Fellowship and service mingle seamlessly at RC Bangalore, RID 3192, as its 300-plus members enjoy doing mega projects that infuse bonhomie in the club which is celebrating its 90th year.

RC Kottayam East, RID 3211, along with RC McKinney, Texas, RID 5810, provided an ambulance and kidney dialysis equipment worth $118,450 to two hospitals in the city. Over 40 underprivileged people are benefitting from the facilities.

Rajiv Bhalla, past president of RC Ranipur, RID 3080, expresses immense joy and pride as he reflects on a programme which “began by chance and  has given new life to over 1,000 people who were suffering from burn injuries.” Since 2008, the club has been organising an annual camp to treat the physical and mental scars of burn survivors.

With focus on screening and testing patients for tuberculosis, RC Rasipuram, RID 2982, has donated a molecular testing machine to the Government Hospital, a fluorescent microscope to GH, Namakkal, and a microscope each to 10 primary health centres in and around Rasipuram to enhance the TB testing facilities through a global grant project worth `27.4 lakh. Rasipuram is a town in the revenue district of Namakkal in Tamil Nadu.