AquaKraft Projects Pvt Ltd announced young and budding US-based Formula race car driver Atharva Desai as International Youth Ambassador for QUENCH 66, a School Development initiative supported by the Department of School Education, Government of Maharashtra, India.
QUENCH 66 was launched on February 9, 2022, by Varsha Gaikwad, Minister of School Education, Government of Maharashtra in the august presence of Bhajan Samrat Padma Shri Anup Jalota, Vandana Krishna (IAS) – Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Maharashtra, Vishal Solanki (IAS) – Commissioner (Education), Department of School Education, and Government of Maharashtra, India. QUENCH 66 is AquaKraft’s mission to provide 50 million litres of drinking water across 500 schools in Maharashtra by installing one clean drinking water system and two water-positive bio-toilets (1 Male + 1 Female) at each of the identified model schools across the state of Maharashtra. The organization plans to achieve this by creating awareness and leveraging multiple stakeholders of the society and bridging the gap between the haves and have nots. QUENCH 66 encourages individuals and corporate citizens of India and the Indian diaspora across the world to actively contribute to the cause by walking, running and cycling.
The human body is 66 per cent water and this most underappreciated fact, that there are scores of perilous lives exist without access to clean water. In remote small villages, Children are the ones, who often end up bearing the burden of walking miles each day to fetch water from wells, streams and ponds. The time lost fetching the water, robs entire children communities focus on education and eventually their future.
Speaking on the announcement Dr Subramanya Kusnur, Founder Chairman & CEO, AquaKraft Group Ventures said, “Atharva is the perfect ambassador for QUENCH 66 as he merges his racing dreams with the cause of providing clean drinking water and safe sanitation to over 1.5 lac children across over 500 schools in remote villages of Maharashtra. With roots in Maharashtra, being born and brought up in the United States of America makes him a role model not only for the children in rural India but also for the strong Indian Diaspora across the world.