Club Corner – July 2016
The club provided toilet blocks, repaired the RO plant and re-laid classroom floors at the 120-year-old Olcott Memorial Higher Secondary School in Chennai. The project, costing Rs 9.8 lakh, was done with global grants from TRF, RC Madras Coromandel and RC Kandy, D 3220, Sri Lanka.
The Rotarians had organised a squint eye correction camp for children and adults at an eye hospital in Deolali. The club has been involved in correcting this disorder in people for the past 17 years.
The Rotarians organised a Vaidik Ganit workshop with faculties from National and State level Maths clubs. Over 400 students from various schools in Patan benefitted from the programme.
The club dedicated a van costing Rs 5 lakh and equipped with various scientific equipment and consumables, for the Science on Wheels programme. The van will visit schools without science labs in remote areas such as Mokhada, Wada and Jawhar to demonstrate science practical to students.
