In an effort to give underprivileged children hailing from rural background, the experience of their lives, Round Table India(RTI) in collaboration with ‘Book A Smile’ will be turning their dreams of flying in an aeroplane into reality through their ‘Flight of Fantasy’ initiative.
Selected 40 children will be taken to Delhi by a flight and will be taken on a tour to Agra, Fatehpur Sikri by the organization. This is a part of the initiative, under which RTI has selected 500 students from 18 cities across the country for the same.
“Our endeavor is to give these underprivileged children, a memorable experience, which will not only give them happiness and joy but more importantly it will become an event which will act as a catalyst of hope for their future. It will inspire them to work hard to chase their dreams. In other words we are trying to give wings to their dreams,” said Manpreet Singh Raja, president, RTI.
The flight will take off from Ranchi on September 27 to Delhi with 40 children aged under 18 on board from Ranchi and its vicinity. Their schedule includes sightseeing covering tourist attractions of Delhi after which they will move towards Agra to visit Taj Mahal and Fatehpur Sikri. later, on September 28, they will witness a programme on the theme “How can education change your life” before boarding on flight back to Ranchi.
"We have also tied up with a Yuva School in Ormanjhi, Ranchi to develop quality infrastructure to facilitate Tribal students there under our initiative 'Fredom Through Education', which provides basic infrastructure for primary education in rural India," said Mayank Jaiswal, Chairman Area 16, RTI.
later at the event, RTI members felicitated Dinesh Munda, a person who with his efforts helped in reuniting a tribal village girl Bahamani Barju with her parents. The girl comes from a small village in Khunti was missing in Delhi.
Yann Tavernier, President of round Table International; Paulus Vreeburg, President of Round Table Netherlands; Daniel Groen, Project Head of Round Table Netherlands; Manpreet Singh Raja, president RTI and Mayank Jaiswal, Chairman Area 16 RTI were present on the occasion.