Month: September 2017
D 3000 Rotarians plant 30,000 saplings in a single day
Within two months of mass blood donation at the district level on a single day when 3,000-plus units of blood were donated, 127 clubs of
Crowding for doing good
A few years ago, Amit Onkar, a fashion technology student from Chennai, met with a terrible accident. A truck hit him when he was crossing
D 3232 attempt Guinness record on oral hygiene
Late into the night of August 18, when Chennaites were fast asleep, enjoying the unseasonal downpour, two Rotarians were experiencing a sleepless night. “Through the
A workshop for District EMG and CSR Chairs
A well-attended and well conducted workshop for the EMG and CSR Chairs of Districts in Zones 4, 5 and 6A, was recently held in Delhi
Sam Owori’s final journey
It was past six in the evening on Friday, July 28, when we drove into a little village in the town of Tororo in Uganda.
What Women Want
Sigmund Freud, the 18th century Austrian neurologist, hailed as the father of psychoanalysis, famously asked the question, “What do women want”? He didn’t have an
A Rotarian’s literary feat
District Governor Elect Sayantan Gupta, D 3240, along with Dr Bina Biswas, recently called on the then President of India Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati
Towards a TB free India
Young Nandita Venkatesan, a TB survivor, got the undivided attention of the assembled District Governors at the seminar ‘Towards a TB-free India’ presided over by
Club Matters – September 2017 issue
RC Nagapattinam Wings — D 2981 The birth anniversary of Tamil Nadu’s former Chief Minister K Kamaraj was commemorated by the club on July 15
Rotary India banks on Rotaractors
Fifty new Rotaract clubs were installed in District 3232 this year. The new presidents and secretaries received their certificates of appreciation from PRIP Gary
Recharging Rotaractors
South Asia, with 1.2 lakh Rotaractors, has nearly 22 per cent of the world’s total strength, but only 16 per cent of it is
Putting them back on their feet
Five-month-old Livya Miranda gives a cherubic smile to Younis, the counsellor at the CURE International’s Clinic in the Institute of Child Health (ICH – Government
Meet your Governors
Empowering women is her mantra Nothing can stop a woman from achieving great success and respect if she is determined, dedicated and hardworking,” says this
Countdown to history
“Countdown to history” is a phrase I especially like. Those three words express not just how momentous Rotary’s polio endeavour is — something achieved only
A golf fundraiser for community wellbeing
The Rotary Club of Thomasville (Georgia, US — D 6900) stepped up to the tee for the United Way of Thomas County on Saturday morning.
Incoming RI Presidents
RIPE Rassin is a member of RC East Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas. As president, he aims to strengthen Rotary’s public image and maximise its reach
Promote literacy, make a difference
Dear Rotarians, I am sure all clubs would have retained many members and also inducted new members in August. I welcome all the new Rotarians
The new IFRP head
Jatin Sharad Patel (47), a Rotarian of RC Bombay North West-Malad, D 3141, is the present Chair of the International Fellowship of Rotarian Photographers (IFRP),
Something for everyone in Toronto
Dear Fellow Rotarians, One of the best parts of any Rotary convention is the sheer diversity of the people you see there. Whether you’re heading
Helping save lives
To tide over shortage of blood and promote blood donation, D 3030 conducted mega blood donation camps across the district during the first week of
Have couch, will travel
Nobody from our family has ever been to South America. You should go! But where will you stay,” asks Ma anxiously in early 2013. “Did