An unprecedented combination of political will, collaboration from Rotary and inflow of funds from philanthropists has enabled the vaccination programme against Covid in India to reach the 38-crore (380 million) mark till now. However, only in few states over 2 crore people have been vaccinated and lot
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To reduce the waiting list of children in need of heart surgery, RC Faridabad Aravalli, RID 3011, inaugurated an operation theatre and ICU command centre at the Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani International Centre for Child Heart Care and Research, Palwal, in Haryana through a global grant project
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Yeulkhed is a hamlet with around 950 people, located at Shegaon taluk. Over 70 per cent of its population are small farmers cultivating crops on their agricultural land across a stream called Unaad naala. DGE Anand Jhunjhunwala (L) with RC
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Twenty Rotary clubs in the UK collaborated with RC Madras Chennapatna, RID 3232, to supply 20 oxygen concentrators and other medical equipment worth Rs.20 lakh to various hospitals in Chennai and other cities in Tamil Nadu to treat Covid patients.
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In April 2021, RC Jagdalpur, RID 3261, set up a Rotary Rasoi in Jagdalpur in Bastar district of Chhattisgarh. “Our aim was to provide food to home quarantined people and others who are unable to cook such as the elderly, destitute, bedridden patients, migrant labourers and beggars,”
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In a novel initiative, RC Pune Central, RID 3131, flagged off five mobile vaccine clinics, redesigned vans, to administer Covid doses in partnership with Vaccination on Wheels (VoW) and the Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad municipal corporations. “The mobile clinics will reach out to underserved people who do not
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When the lockdown eases and schools reopen, children studying in 100 government schools around Bengaluru will be pleasantly surprised to walk into their schools which now sport a new look with enhanced facilities, all thanks to the Rotarians of RC Bangalore Junction, RID 3190.
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It is hard to believe that the lion amongst Rotarians has stopped roaring. An upright visionary and outspoken… that was the personality of this outstanding Rotarian, PRIP Carlo Ravizza. I was fortunate to serve as the district governor in the year he was the President of Rotary
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RC Aduthurai — RID 2981 A Covid vaccination camp was held at the club’s adopted Kottur village in which 300 people were inoculated. Lunch and fruits were given to doctors, nurses and volunteers. _____________________________________________
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As a fitting tribute to those working tirelessly during the pandemic, RC Bombay Airport, RID 3141, has installed a memorial sculpture for corona warriors at a fuel outlet in Bandra West, Mumbai. The sculpture mounted on a pedestal is made of black granite and depicts six frontline
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During May this year, Cyclone Yaas left thousands of families homeless at Mandarmani, a seaside village in East Midnapore district of West Bengal. To alleviate their sufferings, RC Calcutta Mid South, RID 3291, conducted a relief camp for the cyclone-hit families in this village.
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