A win-win MoU

During the Dussera celebrations week, Rotary International ­District 3230 launched a unique ­celebration at Chennai, with District 3230 coming together with 15 clubs of Area 2 Round Table India to form a ‘fusion for service.’

The two entities signed a ­memorandum of understanding to jointly execute community welfare programmes. To begin with, the two organisations will jointly undertake a project to provide clean drinking water to 15 schools in Chennai. This will ­benefit about 50,000 children.

This ‘joint fellowship’ will not only benefit the community which District 3230 and Area 2 serve, it also opens the doors to a win-win situation wherein, the Round Tablers get a better idea of Rotary and the work it does. As RI Director P.T. Prabhakar told at the meeting, when Round Tablers ­complete 40, they are considered too old to continue, whereas in Rotary, 60 is considered ‘young.’

District 3230 Governor I.S.A.K Nazar said that this fusion was ­historic and “through this we are trying to ­create an awareness for Round Tablers that once they complete 40, Rotary could be a natural choice for them to continue their service to society.”

TRF Trustee Sushil Gupta said this joint partnership was a “great initiative” undertaken by District 3230, which would have far reaching results for both Rotary and Round Table. It was a worthwhile initiative to be extended to the national and international levels in the days to come which would take our service activities to a new level.

RI Director Prabhakar said that Rotary had great expectations of ­benefitting from the “young and ­energetic Round Tablers. The ­coming together of these two dynamic ­organisations will take community welfare to much higher levels.”

Tr. Shriram Duvurri, Area 2 Round Table India Chair said that he was very happy with this fusion between Rotary and Round Table that unites for ­fellowship and service to community. ­Appreciating the novel venture, Tr. Deepak Menda, National ­President, Round Table India said that it was a proud moment as both the ­organisations focus on a common goal — to enhance the lives of the downtrodden, and that together they would direct their ­combined energies to realise the objectives of the historic MoU.

Through this MoU, both the ­organisations agreed to facilitate ­partnership between each other to undertake joint programmes to ­promote community development. The ­agreement also encourages Round Tablers to join Rotary after retirement from Round Table to continue their service to the community.n