Over 300 student volunteers along with consulate staff led by Consul General Andrew Simkin cleaned and beautified Chennai’s Government Hobart Higher Secondary School for Muslim Girls, creating a new assembly and sports area for the school. The volunteers cleaned the playground, painted the open-air auditorium and donated new sports equipment to the school. Chennai’s first citizen, Mayor Subramanian and the school’s Principal Leader inaugurated the new facility by hoisting the Indian National Flag. Hobart students pledged to keep their school campus more student and environment friendly, following the singing of Indian and American National Anthems. Held on October 1, the eve of Gandhi Jayanthi, the event brought members from “Harmony India” an interfaith organization, the local administration, school and college children and consulate staff to volunteer their services at this school for underprivileged Muslim girls and make a visible difference.