Rotary Club of Hiranandani Estate, RID 3142, has undertaken a unique project of providing ‘Hygiene Kitchen’ for public organisations such as orphanages and old-age homes where the kitchen is in bad shape. “Serving safe food is not an option, it is an obligation. And more so when

While the eradication of poliomyelitis from India in 2011 was a milestone for Rotary, very few people have given thought to patients still suffering from the debilitating effects of this crippling disease. Numbering around lakhs, mostly elder citizens, they have to put up with conventional calipers made

Soon Chennai will see pink-coloured autorickshaws driven by women, thanks to the Rotarians of Rotary District 3232. “It became my dream project after I saw a similar programme during my visit to Japan last year. I want to see women in the driver’s seat in the literal

Over 7,000 people benefitted from a two-day ­medical camp organised by RID 3292 in collaboration with RID 3523, Taiwan. Named Rotary Nepal ­Taiwan ­Medical Mission, the camp, coordinated by RC Baglung, was held at the ­Dhaulagiri Zonal ­Hospital in Baglung. A team of 90 medical experts in

Rotary Club of Chengai Chennai Corridor, RID 3231, constructed concrete houses for eight families in Mettukadu, a village on ­Chennai’s outskirts. The village has been adopted by the club as part of its Happy Village programme and 20 families reside here. The beneficiaries of this project are

In a first-of-its-kind initiative in Thiruvananthapuram, RC Trivandrum Central, along with its partner RC Kazhakuttom, RID 3211, set up four dialysis machines at the Sri Ramakrishna Ashrama Charitable Hospital for chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients at a cost of Rs.25 lakh. This centre is a good example

Rotary Club of Panaji Riviera, RID 3170, distributed ­jackets and gloves to 100 ­garbage collectors of the ­Municipal Corporation of Panaji City. The outfits are meant to provide them protection and keep them clean as they go about their job of ­maintaining cleanliness across the city.

One of the highlights of the platinum jubilee celebrations of Rotary Club of Nagpur, RID 3030, which turned 75 on December 13, was to ask the 55 inmates of Matru Seva Sangh, a school for mentally-challenged children that the club has been working with for the last

When as the DGE of RI District 3201, Madhav Chandran was preparing to undertake one of the most exciting journeys of a Rotary leader’s life, that to the International Assembly in San Diego, in January 2019, like most governors-elect, he too was scratching his head on what

Children in bright uniforms welcome us with a broad smile and the school teachers led by the headmaster greet us with gratitude as we step into the Government Higher Primary School (GHPS) at Yaluvahalli village in Bangarapet taluk, Kolar town, 90 km east of Bengaluru.

In 1999, four young and idealist doctors from AIIMS, Delhi, came to Bilaspur to establish a rural centre for medical care in the Achanakmar forest area, located around 30 km from Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh, which has many tribal villages. They found some land, leased it and built