Chennai Kidathon

ll be utilised for supporting Sanjeevi Primary Health Care Centre, a joint initiative between MCRT 94 and Ford India, which has been providing free primary health care to 400 villages in and around Maraimalai Nagar for the past 15 years, and Freedom through Education, a project to impact the education of under-privileged children, by building classrooms and improving infrastructure in schools. About Madras Cosmopolitan Round Table 94

Madras Cosmopolitan Round Table 94 (MCRT 94), is a member of Round table India(RTI), a non-political, non-sectarian, non-profit organisation of young men from varied professional and non-professional backgrounds, who get together and engage in community service and fellowship activities. MCRT 94 raises funds through various fund raising events held throughout the year. 100% of the funds raised are utilised to support various charities. MCRT 94 Foundation supports and undertakes several community service projects directly and in association with other like-minded organisations / supporters. What is this fund raiser for? Funds raised from this event will be utilised for supporting Sanjeevi a free primary health care centre serving over 40 villages in and around Maraimalai Nagar. This centre is a joint initiative between MCRT 94 and Ford India. The primary function of this centre is to offer free medical services to villages that do not have access to good hospital / medical facilities. The centre is 15 years old and has handled more than 3.8 lakh patients thus far providing them with quality primary health care at absolutely no cost. You can view a video about the Sanjeevi project here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhpZONlp1FE. Funds from this event will also be used to support the Freedom through Education initiative: a project to impact the education of under-privileged children, by building classrooms and improving infrastructure in schools. Round Table is also providing educational accessories, health care, vocational and child related programs in schools. In support of this effort, MCRT 94 has taken up specific school projects after a study is done into a school’s current capacity and requirements. The usual recipients are the student community, we support infrastructure development in needy schools, provide much needed materials to needy students. Over the years we have built 4372 classrooms in 1630 needy schools at a cost of approximately Rs.1,10,000,000. If you would like to support these causes as part of your organisation’s CSR initiatives, then you can directly participate as a Donor and make a donation to ‘MCRT 94 Foundation’. MCRT 94 Foundation is an 80G registered organisation and the charitable activities undertaken meet the requirements of Schedule VII of the Companies act 2013 pertaining to allowed contributions to CSR activities.