Month: August 2017
Rotary to build storage facility in Tasmania
The Rotary Club of Ulverstone (Tasmania, Australia — D 9830) has found a place and means to build a storage shed at the Ulverstone showgrounds.
Rotaractors create records in blood donation
National and international Rotaract clubs, along with Rotary clubs, collected 28,556 units of blood from 412 camps and entered the India Book of Records for
Letters to the Editor – August 2017 issue
Rotary’s principles getting diluted The article We need clubs with Quality, not Quantity in the June issue is well written by Jaishree and provides ample
Promoting hand hygiene
From now on my friends and me will wash our hands thoroughly with soap and water before lunch,” says Vandana (14), a Class 9 student
Happy School enthuses students
A complete makeover of a Government Middle School at Barnala village, near Mansa, the district headquarters of Punjab, has spread cheer among the villagers. This
Membership handbook for club leaderes
Rotary’s influence on the world is directly proportionate to the number of communities that are exposed to its ideal. Hence, it is imperative that
Dialysis made affordable
Low-cost, quality dialysis will be one more reason for Thiruverkadu Medical Centre, on the suburbs of Chennai, to be sought after by the poor, as
Senior citizens in distress, time to act: NGO
A vast majority of the elderly in the country are in great distress at an age when they are most dependent on others for support.
Nigerian hospital gets patient monitor
It was all smiles on the faces of the management staff of Ikorodu General Hospital, when the Rotary Club of Gbagada led by the District
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