Since its launch in 2022–23, Project Drishti, an initiative by RC Indore Uptown, RID 3040, has screened 726 visually-impaired ­children.

Wearing a pair of worn-out Hawai chappals, Aakash Kumar, a Class 10 ­student at Rajkiyakrit Higher Secondary School, Pakur village, Jharkhand, walks seven kilometres every day to attend school. The journey, which takes him over 90 minutes, is along a rough, stony path

In an outreach to socially disadvantaged students, RC Nagpur South East, RID 3030, distributed 6,000 books, 300 school bags, 500 water bottles, 300 lunch boxes, 300 geometry boxes and 175 uniforms to students in 23 zilla parishad and five urban schools in and around Nagpur.

The Rotary Club of Mapusa ­Elegance, RID 3170, has launched a programme to provide adult diapers to old age homes in and around Goa.

For Hari Krishna Tripathi, a former executive engineer from the Electricity Department, Lakhimpur, Uttar Pradesh, and his wife Madhulika, a dedicated social worker, mornings are far from typical.

In June 2024, the Rotary Club of Thane, RID 3142, and RC Phoenix ­Mauritius, RID 9220, organised a ­medical camp in Mauritius

Nivedha (27) is a happy woman now; her face has undergone a remarkable transformation, thanks to a corrective dental ­surgery sponsored by RC ­Coimbatore Monarks, RID 3201.

Vadachi Wadi is a small village with a population of hardly 40 families, comprising some 385 people, barely 13km from Aurangabad.

That compassion comes in several forms and through little acts of kindness and generosity showed by individuals was proved by some members of the Rotary Club of Panaji Riviera, RI District 3170, in July.

In Aurangabad, Nanda Hiware’s days are now filled with hope and promise. A ­physically- challenged mother of two, she brings home Rs.300–400 daily, thanks to her ‘tricycle shop’ — a lifeline ­provided by RC Poona Downtown, RID 3131.