The Rotary clubs of RID 3201 have donated bicycles to 1,500 students on the first day of this Rotary year. A brainchild of DG Jose Chacko Madhavaserry (D 3201), the Pedal to School initiative, aims to provide free bicycles to 3,000 underprivileged students between

Supporting the environment has been added as Rotary’s seventh Area of Focus. A task force under the leadership of PRIP Ian Riseley worked on the policies to handle environmental projects in Rotary’s sanctioning of grants. On June 26, the closing day of the RI virtual convention, the

Following a request from the Revenue Officer of Chennai Corporation, members of RC Madras Marina, RID 3232, distributed food to about 800 migrants accommodated in shelter camps at Basin Bridge during the lockdown. The Rotarians identified a shutdown hotel in the neighbourhood to prepare

With a smile on her lips and tears of joy, Faustina D Mello (77), an inmate of the St John Old Age Home, Goa, thanks the Rotarians of RC Panaji Riviera, RID

Chhoti si Asha, a star-packed fundraiser for the future of disadvantaged children, was launched as a joint initiative by Rotary India, RC ­Bombay and Wizcraft International Entertainment, and supported by Being Human – The Salman Khan Foundation. The three-hour programme was aired on the Colors channel on Jun 28.

Several districts in ­Marathwada and North Maharashtra region have always suffered from deficient rainfall, and been afflicted with frequent and severe drought. With water storage facilities being near-nil in several villages, which had received barely 50 per cent of the annual monsoon rainfall

The literacy committee of RI District 3190 is helping the Karnataka government in providing safety for students writing SSLC exams that were postponed because of the nationwide lockdown. The pending exams were scheduled between June 25

Mohammed Tasleel, President of Rotary Bengaluru Manyata, RID 3190, was conferred the Rotary Bangalore Annual Mclver Award by RC Bangalore, and the Community Service Award by Rotary Bangalore Centennial in recognition of his support for migrant workers and

Bangladesh officially imposed its Covid-19 lockdown on March 24, but self-imposed restrictions in movement and work from home, mostly in the private sector, began from early to mid-March. The term used was “general holidays”, so as not

Ten years ago Dr Ravindranath Tongaonkar, member of RC Dondaicha, RID 3060, and President of the Association of Rural Surgeons of India and International Federation of Rural Surgery pointed out that cysts and keloids usually don’t cause pain unless they are inflamed or infected and usually disappear

Rotary Club of Alleppey, RID 3211, has been providing relief material to frontline staff and public in its community to help combat the Covid-19 pandemic. It installed a