NRI from US adopts school for special children

Barjinder Singh, an NRI from the US, agreed to bear the operation cost of RS 25 lakh per year

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An NRI adopted a school for special children in Chandigarh. The Red Cross Society is running the school in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar (SBS Nagar).

Barjinder Singh is an NRI from the US. He signed an agreement with the Red Cross Society to bear the school’s operations expenses for special children for two years, the Hindustan Times reported.

The estimated cost of running the school is around Rs 25 lakh. The number matches with the number of years Barjinder Singh spent in the US. He committed to bear the entire cost of running the school.

Barjinder Singh hails from Hussainpur and runs an NGO, Narao Punjab Mission. He immigrated to the US some 25 years ago

“We have signed an agreement with the Red Cross Society to bear the expenses of the school’s operations for two years. We have cleared the pending salaries of the teachers, renovated the infrastructure and also got financed two buses for transportation of the special kids,” said Barjinder Singh in a quote to HT.

Commenting on the number of students in the school, Barjinder Singh said there were 31 children now. Some students left due to a lack of transportation.

“We will try to get them back to touch the figure of 50. We will rope in specialist staff and doctors for the students and also run vocational and skill-development courses,” he said.

Lakshmi Devi, the school principal, said the rare gesture of Barjinder Singh motivated the staff and teachers to serve the school with motivation, passion and zeal.

Singh hails from Hussainpur and runs an NGO, Narao Punjab Mission. He immigrated to the US some 25 years ago.

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