Month: February 2024
RC Bharuch brings cheer to the elderly & disabled
On a unique and happy Sunday morning in December, RC Bharuch, RI District 3060, and R K Hospital, in partnership with several organisations in this Gujarat city, organised a walkathon for a group of 300 people. The title of the march was Chalo saath kadam badhae (Let’s walk together).
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RID 5610 delegation visits Gorakhpur
A delegation of six Rotarians from RI district 5610, USA, made a two-day visit to Gorakhpur in Oct 2023
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Project Vignettes – February 2024
Members of RC Chennai Meraki with (from L) PRIDs A S Venkatesh, TRF Trustee Larry Lunsford, RID T N Subramanian
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Over 1,200 surgeries at 10-day Kashmir camp
It was a challenging, but most satisfying mission for a team of 35 doctors
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Thane Rotarians conserve/reach water to 33 villages
Thanks to a long-standing, sustained partnership between the Rotary Clubs of Thana West, (RID 3142) and Maple Grove, Minnesota, US (RID 5950), a clutch of 33 villages in the talukas of Jawahar, Mokhada and Vikramgad, about 125km from Thane, Mumbai, have water for both irrigating their fields and household use.
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Ray Klinginsmith, a Rotary leader of the highest calibre
The first time I saw Ray Klinginsmith in action, he was chairman of the 1998 New Delhi Council on Legislation, where I was a delegate. He had his own unflappable, unique style conducting the council deliberations, having one hand leaning nonchalantly over the podium, which was quite mesmerising for a novice like me. Little did I realise then that one day in the future, this person I was admiring from afar and I, would serve together… Ray as chair of the trustees and I as RI president. He served as RI president from 2010–11.
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Survey shows over 90% Rotarians happy with GGs
In a recent evaluation of global grants (GGs) done by The Rotary Foundation to find if Rotarians were satisfied with the grants process “we found that over the last 10 years since global grants were introduced, 50 per cent of clubs have participated in one way or another in GGs.
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