Day: August 1, 2017
Literacy Focus – August 2017 issue
Skilling widows Rotary India Literacy Mission has joined hands with The Loomba Foundation to provide necessary literacy and livelihood skills to 30,000 widows in India
Club Matters – August 2017 issue
RC Thanjavur Cauvery — D 2981 The Rotarians provided dustbins and put up banners at the Annai Sathya Stadium in Thanjavur. The dustbins and banners
Rotary remembers Sam Owori
The Rotary flags in front of RI World Headquarters in Evanston, Illinois, USA, and Rotary offices around the world flew at half-staff for a week
Costa Rica a tropical paradise
Reading about Costa Rica in either a travelogue or the Lonely Planet is one thing. Going there and experiencing this enchantingly beautiful country is totally
Indore family strives to usher in better society
Aimed at bringing smiles and changes in the lives of underprivileged, a family group in Indore had seven years ago turned itself into a registered
A software that guides in career development
For many parents, no profession exists beyond the realms of medicine and engineering. For the sake of parents, children too parrot what they say, ignoring
Now Global Grants for Low-cost Shelters & Simple Schools
Clubs and Districts in India can now build Low-cost Shelters and Simple Schools under Global Grants. It’s presently functional for three years but its popularity
Editor’s note – August 2017
July has been a tragic month for Rotarians, as they lost an irreplaceable senior leader who had been elected as the incoming RI President for
The immersive power of Virtual Reality
Around 2,000 people watched the premiere of Rotary International’s new virtual reality (VR) film, One Small Act, at the Atlanta Convention. It was one
1,800 Odisha families lifted out of poverty
Leading NGO Bandhan Konnagar is all set to launch a drive in Bhadrak district with an aim to uplift over 2,000 families out of debilitating
The Great Migration
The Annual Wildebeest migration is one of the travel wonders of the world and is the largest animal migration on our planet. The sight of
Irreplaceable loss to Rotary
Though I had met RIPE Samuel Owori few times earlier, my real acquaintance with him happened when we attended the Directors Elect orientation programme at
Meet your Governors
Public image is his priority Rotary, for me, is the world’s best organisation for brotherhood and social service,” says DG Bagh Singh Pannu, who has
Health comes in little things
Do yourself a favour. Each day become a little healthier, little fitter, little happier and a little freer. “Those who are careful in little things
A million visitors at Surajkund mela
An estimated one million visitors thronged the two-week Surajkund International Crafts Mela at Surajkund in Haryana. Talented artists come from India and across the world
A medical mission to Accra
Rotary medical missions to Africa are welcomed at the hospitals there by both the patients as well as the local doctors who look forward
Naturally Ajrakh
Think moonless, think midnight, think darkness or a star spangled sky, against a stark blue-black background… this is what ajrakh is likened to, with the
International Polio Summit
Rotary District 3291, in association with D 5240 (USA), organised an International Polio Summit — Life after Polio — at Kolkata. The event, chaired
When mirrors helped keep toilets clean!
When a Rotary club in the northern part of Guatemala, one of the five target challenge countries for implementing Rotary International’s WASH in Schools
Rotary newcomer gets President’s Award
A charitable businesswoman has been awarded Stratford Rotary Club’s (Ontario, Canada — D 6330) President’s Award in recognition of her contribution to the charity. Samantha