Kolkata, 3rd November, 2011: Ujjivan Financial Services, a leading urban microfinance institution today set up a concrete water reservoir at Vidya Bhavan Primary School at Kasba and also presented two water purifiers to the underprivileged students at “Children of Topsia” School, as part of its national Social Development Program.

The 400 students of the primary school till now had been suffering without proper access to drinking water. The ‘Children of Topsia’ school is run by a Spanish NGO and has over 180 underprivileged children from the locality.

At a function today, IGNOU Coordinator and former Headmaster (Kasba Jagadish Vidyapeeth), Mr. Bansi Badan Chattopadhyay, unveiled the water reservoir in presence of teachers and students of the institution. He also presented the water purifiers to the teachers of ‘Children of Topsia’ school.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr.Chattopadhyay said, “People in Topsia are primarily workers with below average income, so providing education to five children in one family becomes a difficult task. A majority of the children drop out of school even before they reach Class V and lack of basic facilities affects the morale of students and parents. I am happy that in addition to financially helping the underprivileged, Ujjivan is also encouraging education for the poor children by providing basic school infrastructure”.

One out of every two children in Topsia does not have access to education.