Taking water up the mountain
It is like a dream from which I don’t wish to wake up. No words to describe my happiness and gratitude as I see water at my doorstep for the first time in 50
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Doing good with TRF help
Sprucing up Mumbai Railway toilets
On a sweltering hot and humid day in May, I struggle to keep pace with the brisk walk of D 3141 DG Gopal Rai Mandhania as we
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Revolutionising learning for hearing impaired children
It is eerily quiet for a school. Even in the corridors, the usual buzz is missing. Enter a class via the back door, no child turns to look at you. But reach the front of the class and face them, inquiring looks and
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Mending schools, Bringing smiles
At Nirona village, about 45 km from the city of Bhuj, I walk into the Government Girls School that was badly damaged in the 2001 Gujarat earthquake and where Rotary has built
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A joint fight against African blindness
Reaching out across borders, RC Nigdi-Pune, D 3131, joined hands with Rotary clubs in Finland and Korea to cure blindness in Ethiopia in East Africa. Four Districts (1380, 1400, 1410 and 1430) from Finland, three from South Korea (3590, 3600 and 3690), and two clubs of Ethiopia (RCs
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Safe drinking water for Gujarat villages
Hand pumps and drawing water from wells are becoming a thing of the past for 18 villages near Bharuch, Gujarat, where both the community as well as schools in villages now have access to clean drinking water throughout the year. Although surface and groundwater are abundant here, the water quality is
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Sunny times at Rameswaram
Mission Solar Rameswaram was an initiative launched in 2013 by late President Abdul Kalam to usher in solar energy in his hometown, Rameswaram on the southern tip of the Indian peninsula. Dr M S Vijayaraghavan, a friend of Kalam and
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Cancer care at Guwahati
Cancer patients around Guwahati can now get palliative care at the newly equipped hospice constructed by the Deepsikha Cancer Foundation at Mirza in Kamrup district of Assam. Rotary Club of Gauhati
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Facelift for Jaipur schools
It is a sight to behold as the boys and girls assemble for their morning prayers, dressed in their spanking new uniforms, seeking the blessings
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