TIKA sets up a 400-seat auditorium in Tando Allahyar's public school

The auditorium is a collaborative effort between Turkish aid agency and RMWO

KARACHI: Turkey's aid agency, the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), has set up a 400-seat auditorium for the students of a public school in Tando Allahyar district, in collaboration with the Rashid Memorial Welfare Organisation (RMWO).

The newly constructed auditorium, which will serve around 3,000 students of Topian Public School run by the RMWO, was inaugurated by Pakistan Air Force Air Chief Marshall Mujahid Anwar Khan on Thursday.

TIKA Karachi coordinator Ibrahim Katirci, RMWO president Shabbir Ahmad Khan and former Sindh governor and interior minister Moinuddin Haider were also in attendance.

Speaking at the ceremony, Khan thanked the Turkish government and TIKA for its support with regards to the project.

Meanwhile, Haider thanked Turkey for specifically supporting educational projects in Pakistan, maintaining that Ankara and Islamabad share a very special bond that continues to grow.

Katirci also maintained that such projects would further strengthen the long-standing brotherhood between Turkey and Pakistan, adding that Turkey would continue to support Pakistan's development in different sectors.

TIKA has spearheaded many projects dealing with education, healthcare, vocational training and water sanitation in Pakistan. This includes the establishment of seven water filtration plants in Karachi and other parts of Sindh.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 28^th, 2020.