Walking Gandhi to restore books

Hyderabad

Oct. 11: A child education support organisation has decided to take up restoration of spoiled books of students in flood-hit villages of Atmakur mandal in Kurnool district.
The Care Foundation For Children and Ageing an international NGO (CFCA) took an initiative after it was reported in this newspaper that books of lakhs of school students were spoiled in the floods.
The CFCA founder
president, Mr Bob Hentzen, also known as the “Walking Gandhi of South and
Central America” who
participated in a cultural fest here on Sunday, said: “We are sponsoring education of 3.3 lakh students across the world including Africa, Asia and South America. Hyderabad is one of the biggest projects in India. The supporters come from more than 60 countries.”
Mr Hetze, 73, who champions the cause of non-violence, had walked 6,000 km in 1996 from Kansas in the U.S. to Guatemala for nine months. Now, he will start a 14,000 km walk from Guatemala to Chile covering 12 nations from December.
The CFCA Hyderabad project executive director, Mr S. Suresh Reddy, said: “We are going to provide sustained education support. In addition to the education, we are also contributing to build houses for the flood-hit families.”
Source::DC