Rotary Club of ­Hassan ­Hoysala, RID 3182, through a global grant, set up a haemodialysis centre with three machines at the Sanjeevani Cooperative Hospital in Hassan, near Bengaluru.

The Rotary Club of ­Bangalore Lakeworld, along with eight Rotary clubs of RIDs 3191 and 3192, organised a car rally for the blind in May. The event had 30 cars, and was flagged off by DG Srinivas Murthy and PDG Fazal Mahmood at the Vega Mall in ­Bengaluru. The 40-km rally finished at the Gold Coins Club and Resort, Electronic City.

At the maiden launch of Spirit of India Awards, RC Madras Metro, RID 3232, ­honoured three persons

RI Director Raju Subramanian inaugurated a refrigerated centrifuge donated by RC Nasik, RID 3030

It is a great privilege for Rotary to “work collectively in healthcare projects with reputed hospitals and local governments

Major Donor G Sundararajan received the Service Above Self Award at a felicitation event hosted by RC Dindigul West, RID 3000, in Dindigul

RC Madurai Star, RID 3000, along with RC Madras, RID 3232, built four houses (Rs.22.5 lakh) and handed them over to families

RC Manipal, RID 3182, recently upgraded the physiotherapy ­departments in two government hospitals in Kundapur and Karkala taluks in Karnataka. The project, valued at Rs.34 lakh, was supported through a global grant;RCs Silicon Valley Passport and Central Chester County, RID 5170, USA, were the international partners.

Around 150 young girls were the centre of attraction at the V R Punjab Mall in Kharar as they shopped for new clothes to their heart’s content at one of the posh boutiques there. These children, between 8–15 and from an orphange, were escorted to the mall by the members of RAC Chandigarh Himalayan, RID 3080, under the club’s project Choti si Khwaish. “It was heartwarming to watch their gleeful faces as they picked and tried on various garments. It was a magical two hours as their laughter echoed through the store,” says club president Prerna Kashyap.

Rotary Club of Pune Kothrud, RID 3131, has embarked on the Ramnadi Rejuvenation Sustainability Project to restore the Ramnadi river originating in the Sahyadri ranges and flowing through northwest Pune comprising Bhugaon, Bhukum, Bavdhan, Pashan, Baner and Aundh regions. The river has turned into a sewage canal due to dumping of construction debris and garbage.