When he became president-elect of his club, RC Madras South, RID 3232, two years ago, Jawahar Nichani knew what the flagship project of his club would be during his year as the club leader in 2022–23 — giving a future to children by giving them access to
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When Mayank Katara, the son of a small-time plumber, was struggling with his studies, he was referred to Lalita Sharma Anant, president of Rotary Club of Indore Adarsh, RI District 3040, and an experienced professor with a doctorate in public administration and international studies, who had given
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For three years now Rotary Club of Pune East, RID 3131, has been distributing ‘Happy Family Kits’ to migrant and economically challenged families in the rural belts of Pune. Each kit comprises ten items including a biogas stove, solar lamp, detergent soap and other toiletries, stainless steel
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A visit to this spanking new, vibrantly coloured, cheerful Panchayat Union Middle School in Bettati, a small village in the Kotagiri block in the cool environs of the Nilgiris district (RID 3203) in Tamil Nadu, is bound to brighten your day. The chatter and laughter of children
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The surgery has transformed her personality and boosted her confidence. She is enthusiastic to face the world these days,” said the mother of an 18-year-old girl who underwent a corrective surgery for squint eye disorder. Another boy, sitting on a hospital bed with a plaster on his
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Local governments and the states play a critical role in the development of an ecosystem for a medical service project which the Rotary clubs are doing in collaboration with hospitals and NGOs, said RI director Anirudha Roychowdhury. “As government agencies are key stakeholders, clubs must partner with
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Twenty-five refugee children aged 10–16 were identified by RAC Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Uganda, for a mental wellness programme hosted by Rotary E-Club of Empowering Youth, RID 3132, under its Project Mindstrong. The 90-minute interactive session was anchored by host club member Sangeeta Chandran
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In a major boost to empowering girls and rural women, Rotary clubs of RID 3150, donated 2,700 bicycles to students, and 100 sewing machines to those who had completed tailoring courses in Guntur and Prakasam districts of Andhra Pradesh. Apart
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PRIP Shekhar Mehta presided over the installation of Nandlal Agarwal as the 77th president of RC Dhanbad, RID 3250. He distributed bicycles to 25 school girls to enable them to commute between school and home, laid the foundation stone for a dialysis centre to be built by
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Rotary Club of Karamadai, RID 3203, and RC Wattala, RID 3220, Sri Lanka, sponsored the setting up of a high dependency ICU at the Colombo North Teaching Hospital in Ragama in the Gampaha district, 18km from Colombo, Sri Lanka. Rotary clubs of Kunnathur, Avinashi and Tirupur North,
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Flying around the world in 90 days to end polio. That was the mission of two passionate Rotarians — PDG John Ockenfels (71) and Peter Teahen (70), both from Iowa, US — who took off from Cedar Rapids airport in a small single-engine plane (Cessna T210M) on
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