Chennai: As the country sees extensive participation by young volunteers during the pandemic, students of Rotaract Club of SRM Easwari Engineering College, Chennai have partnered with NGO Smile Train, an organisation that supports 100 per cent free cleft surgery and comprehensive cleft care for children. Associated with the cause since 2019, the students have raised funds for 50 cleft surgeries, said a press note.
Under their flagship program ‘Aram’, the club organised various fundraising events such as theatre play, standup comedy and music concert shows in 2019 and 2020. In 2021, it had organized a sequence of fundraisers abiding by the preventive measures for Covid-19.
The club had organized various sports events to raise funds for the cause, in addition to trash-collection drives across Chennai to raise funds by reselling usable items from residential colonies, added the release.