Author: Rotary News
Serve (wine) to change lives
The Rotary E-clubs of Hamburg-Connect, Germany, and Greater Cape Town, South Africa, planned the perfect fundraiser around this perfect theme — with a bit of “shaken, not stirred” added. The end result was an online wine tasting fundraiser that served wine to change lives. Members
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Talat – a unique voice with tremor, tadap & tenderness
Talat Mahmood is the only singer who hasn’t been copied by others,” Lata Mangeshkar remarked once. Ace composer Anil Biswas often asserted that Rafi, Kishore and Mukesh had many clones while Talat didn’t — because no one could imitate him. His voice, with
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A special day for the disabled
Under its newly-created avenue, Able to Ability, RID 3141 organised a series of programmes to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities by joining hands with local NGOs and several Rotary clubs in the district.
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A PDG’s passionate foray into sanitary pad and incinerator manufacture
About four years ago, when PDG Vijay Rathi, RI District 3132, was on one of his frequent visits to Latur in
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A mid-sea, fun training session for RID 3211 AGEs
The incoming governor of RID 3211, decided to celebrate the nearing end of the Covid pandemic and the 117th birthday of Rotary by conducting his AGTS (assistant governors
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Pune Rotarians upgrade an NICU
Rotary Club of Poona Midtown, RID 3131, recently expanded the neonatal ICU facility at the Seth Tarachand Ramnath Charitable Hospital in the city with the support of a global grant. PDG Girish Gune
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Put on your dancing shoes
Sometime back, my son and daughter-in-law celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary. Amidst a cheerful atmosphere, their friends were having fun, joyfully clapping and dancing to the rhythm of film music. They persisted, and hesitatingly we too started dancing, attracting appreciation from the youngsters. I
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A dermatology camp to mark Leprosy Day
A skin check-up camp was organised by RC Chennai Bharathi, RID 3232, with the support of the National Leprosy Education Programme and the Gremaltes Hospital at an anganwadi in Puzhal on the city outskirts to mark World Leprosy Day and World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day. Rtn Dr Renuka
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Pune Interact clubs execute a clutch of service projects
During the Covid pandemic, a group of teenagers in Pune were eager to do their bit for the medical frontline staff, inspired by their Rotarian parents. “When
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RC Deonar nurtures RCC for 25 years
For more than 25 years, the members of RC Deonar, RID 3141, have nurtured the concept of Rotary Community Corps (RCC) in the Karjat taluk of Raigad district, Maharashtra. The work
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