Rotary Club of Surat, RID 3060, under its women’s empowerment programme, has started a vocational training centre in Amroli, Surat, to train women in tailoring. The centre, sponsored by club member Babubhai Jariwala,was recently inaugurated by IPDG Prashant Jani in the presence of DG Santosh Pradhan and

Rotary Club of Rewari Main, RID 3011, recently ­renovated an urban public health centre (UPHC) run by the ­Haryana health ­department at Rajeev Nagar in Rewari. The club sponsored

Around 100 ­multispecialty health camps were held across RID 3012 with all the 126 clubs taking part in a mega Rotary Day programme (Aug 29) that reached out to over 50,000 beneficiaries. In these medical camps, various tests, eye and retinal screening, dental check-up, mammography and cancer

The series of lockdowns caused by the Covid pandemic across India has left debilitating and far-reaching implications for the handloom industry. Not only has the weaving of fabric almost come to a standstill, the supply chain from the weaver to the agent to the shop has also

An ambitious low-cost housing project Aashiyana of RID 3141 for Adivasi families living in mud-reef huts across various padas (hamlets) in the Palghar district of Maharashtra has so far completed 110 pucca, concrete houses, while 215 units are under construction. The project team led by district project

In most cases, Covid patients suffer mental agony and depression during quarantine and hence need counselling along with recreation to overcome the psychological stress, says Mohammed Tasleel, past president, RC Bangalore Manyata, RID 3190. Under Project Co-heal, the club has set up a Covid care centre at

Living in constant fear of wild elephants, villagers living in mud huts at Kherjan and Dhekiajan, a cluster of 10 villages to the east of Digboi in Tinsukia district of Assam, seek refuge at concrete homes during night. “Some of us even stopped going to paddy fields

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

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

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.