Ahandwash ­station and drinking water facility installed by RC Amravati Indrapuri, RID 3030, at Pragati Vidyalaya, a government primary school, was inaugurated recently by DG Rajiv Sharma. More than 250 students will benefit from this facility. A well feeds sufficient water for the school’s needs and the

One of the ­objectives of ­Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is to make India an open ­defection free (ODF) country. But it is ­easier said than done given the ­enormous ­challenges being faced by policy ­planners, civic officials and the voluntary sector working towards this aim. For example, a

Rotary Club of Bilaspur Queens, RID 3261, in association with the Bilaspur Police, are helping ­destitute women in Chhattisgarh become self-reliant under an ­initiative named Pink Line. It is a global grant project, executed with RID 5300, USA and TRF, where electric rickshaws were given to 15

Rotary Club of Mapuca, RID 3170, has become another Rotary entity to create a ­Guinness World Record. This time it is for forming the ‘Largest Human ­Representation of a Text’. There was a twin objective in attempting this record; Rotary International’s 114th birthday in

The D Y Patil Medical ­College Hospital and Research ­Centre in Pune now has a ­dedicated Mother’s Milk Bank, thanks to the ­initiative of RC Nigdi-Pune, RID 3131. The 100-member club joined hands with Rotary Clubs of ­Finland and Wien, Austria, and TRF, to ­establish this life-saving facility

Better technology and ­innovative ideas are now being used more and more by Rotary districts in India to train incoming district officers. According to the staff at RISAO, the DGEs of at least two RI Districts, 3170 and 3240, have tried to use “new age technology tools”

People in Kerala are still trying to pick up their lives after the recent floods washed away their belongings. The rains displaced nearly a million people across the State. “Everything is lost. I have no more tears left in my eyes,” is a common

Reaching out with timely help for the deprived people and engaging the less fortunate children are the highlights of the all-women RC Gargis Kolhapur, RID 3170. The Rotarians donated 75 new blankets and bags full of used clothes

Twenty government schools across Howrah, Hooghly, Paschim Medinipur and Murshidabad will get better sanitation facilities and safe drinking water, thanks to the global grant initiative of four clubs of RID 3291 — Belur, Calcutta Chowringhee, Calcutta North Suburban and Chandannagar. The clubs are partnering with six clubs

Rotary Club of Rourkela Royal, RID 3261, hosted its annual ­Cyclothon to popularise cycling as a commuting and fitness medium, and identify talented cyclists and groom them to compete in professional

He has been instrumental in constructing 621 individual toilets, benefitting over 4,000 people across three villages in Thane district of Maharashtra, including one in an