Donations to poor students

JAKARTA (JP): Students at the Gandhi Memorial International School handed over on Friday a donation of Rp 20 million (US$1,800) to poor students under the National Charity Movement (GN-OTA) to enable them to continue their studies.

The donation was given in the form of a check to H.H. Siagian of the movement in a ceremony held in conjunction with the celebration of the 129th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's birth at the school complex in Ancol Barat, North Jakarta.

About Rp 16.2 million of the donation was collected from the students' pocket money, school principal A.P. Singh said in a statement.

"The students had also collected a lot of useful goods which were presented to children at an orphanage run by Bintang Pancasila Foundation," he said.

The school's fund-raising activities are an annual event.

Friday's ceremony was attended by several foreign ambassadors and diplomats. (ivy)