DG Pawan Agarwal inaugurated a Rotary dispensary set up by RC Nainital, RID 3110, at Farsoli village in Uttarakhand. DG Pawan Agarwal (fifth from L), club president Babita Jain andRID 3012 PDG Subhash Jain at the Rotary Joggers Park in
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When a fire cracker burst on Kamina Patil’s face on Diwali in 2014, the entire family was distraught. The eyeball on her right eye popped out of its socket due to the impact, in addition to causing minor injuries on her face. “That Diwali was a dark
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A decrepit zilla parishad school at Jambhurde village in Murbad taluk of Maharashtra was transformed into a Happy School by RC Dombivli, RID 3142, thus benefitting over 120 students. RID 3142 IPDG Dr Mayuresh Warke (third from L) with members
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All the 39 district governors in India have done an amazing job by adding 20,000 new members in just one year (2021–22) as compared to a membership growth of 40,000 in the preceding 10 years, which only goes to show that RI mantras, Grow more, do more
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In June 2022, RID 3232 past governor G Olivannan met Henry Wickramasinghe, a Sri Lankan, for business in Chennai. But the meeting was interrupted by repeated calls Wickramasinghe received on his mobile. “He explained that it was from the Sri Lankan Prime Minister’s office. There was an
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It is ten years now since the Rotary Breast Milk Bank was established in Thane. When it was set up in May 2012, it was the district’s first such facility and the 10th in the country, says Dr Laxmikant Kasat, a paediatric surgeon and founder of the
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A Rotary home for a woman RC Vellore South, RID 3231, constructed a low-cost shelter for an underprivileged woman. Built at a
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While Rotary clubs are active in cities and major towns, not much is being done in the remote villages of Karnataka, feels T Srikanth Bhagavat, president, RC Bangalore Midtown, RID 3190. “I always felt that rural areas are getting the short end of the stick as all
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RID A S Venkatesh’s message offers new hope at the dawn of new Rotary year as he says past successes have given rise to a new thinking process and thus opens up new opportunities. His views are simply inspiring. Mukundham Singam, RC Tiruchirapalli, Diamond City —
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Seventy women were screened at a health camp for anaemia patients hosted by RC Salt Lake Metropolitan, RID 3291, under Project Matri Raksha. The club has partnered with RC Nidau-Biel, Switzerland, RID 1990, for this global grant project. While 43 had normal haemoglobin, 27 had low count
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Around 600 grocery kits were distributed by Rotarians from RID 3150 to the flood victims living on the banks of Godavari River in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. People living at island villages were the worst affected as the river was in spate following the floods in July
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