Month: March 2017
Club Matters – April 2017 Issue
RC Pondicherry Elites — D 2981 The Rotarians presented a scooter to Puthuvai Cluny Social Service Trust in Dubrayapet for their outreach activities in villages
Media lauds Rotary’s anti-polio efforts
Global news agency Reuters has published an article highlighting Rotary’s support of a large-scale polio immunisation campaign currently happening in 13 countries across west and
RI President calls on President of India
In February, RI President John Germ and spouse Judy Germ, accompanied by PRIP Rajendra Saboo and TRF Trustee and WinS Global Chair Sushil Gupta, called
Nurturing champions of tomorrow
It was a superb show. Players, parents and audience enjoyed it best,” says Rtn Bharat Parekh, President of RC Bombay Midcity, D 3141, referring to
From darkness to light
Once the sun set, it was complete darkness inside our homes for the past 50 years. This is the first time we are having some
Letters to the Editor – April 2017 issue
A classy magazine In 1912, a year after 1911, the delegates at the third RI Convention in Duluth, Minnesota, changed the name of The National
Literacy is more than teaching alphabets
Hunger and learning do not go together, said PRIP Rajendra Saboo, addressing the Literacy Summit. “Our country is full of children who are missing their
Rotary ambulance benefits Mexican fishermen
Rotary Club of Southwest Eureka (D 5130, North California, US) is celebrating its 48th anniversary with the completion of its Mexico Ambulance Project. The club was
Moulding global citizens at IRYLA
District 3131 hosted a three-day International RYLA in Panvel on the Pune-Mumbai highway. This dream project of DG Prashant Deshmukh was jointly hosted by RCs
RC Shimla transforms a prison
You must visit our city prison now. We’ve made it colourful and aesthetically beautiful,” says Manu Aggarwal, President, RC Shimla, D 3080. The cells and
Celebrating Kolkata’s heritage
To commemorate Unesco’s World Heritage Week, RC Kolkata Metrocity D 3291, along with the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) Kolkata chapter,
Is Trump wrong in putting America first?
For the last 50 days, Donald Trump, the newly and, I should reiterate, fairly, elected President of the USA has come under the most tremendous
Rotary meet gives an economic boost to Shepparton
The District 9800 Rotary Conference is set to give Greater Shepparton (Victoria, Australia) a strong economic boost as more than 700 Rotarians converge on the
Redditch Rotary to go shopping for new members
A major recruitment drive by Rotary International is to be launched in Redditch’s Kingfisher Shopping Centre in a bid to attract ‘vibrant’ new members. For
Sunbury Rotary names Citizens of the Year
Kind, warm, caring and strong, were the words used to describe the 2017 Sunbury Rotary Citizens of the Year during the 62nd annual awards ceremony.
MoUs galore
The Literacy Summit, in total, witnessed signing of eleven MoUs. Teacher support: An MoU with Global Education to train 18,000 teachers in Maharashtra. E-Learning: An
Rotary exchange to India spreads friendship, understanding
One of Rotary International’s mottos is “World Peace through Understanding.” It is to convey that, when you know people better, they can’t be your enemies.
Let’s globalise human compassion
In a world where globalisation is the new mantra and we’re all connected with each other through high-speed internet, air travel and so on, “we