Club Matters – August 2017 issue
RC Thanjavur Cauvery — D 2981
The Rotarians provided dustbins and put up banners at the Annai Sathya Stadium in Thanjavur. The dustbins and banners were placed at strategic spots to ensure cleanliness at the stadium.
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RC Delhi South Metropolitan — D 3011
The club, in association with Singer India, is running a Rotary-Singer Centre at Kusumpur Pahari for the past 25 years to provide training in tailoring for underprivileged women. It has trained over 300 women so far, and 60 more are undergoing training at this centre.
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RC Vuyyuru — D 3020
The club installed a water cooler costing Rs 10,000 at Vuyyuru Library. It was part of the club’s efforts to provide clean, safe drinking water in local places for the benefit of people on-the-go in the region.
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RC Indore Malvika — D 3040
The Rotarians are providing clothes and healthy food for the children of daily wage earners in a colony at a nearby village. They have also constructed a toilet block to address sanitation issues and are conducting literacy programmes for the children and adults in the colony.
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RC Jodhpur Sanskaar — D 3053
The club gifted special beds for mentally-challenged patients at the Guru Kripa Mansik Vimandit Ashram in Jodhpur. Rotarians Bhavana Kanunga, Priya Kothari, Kanchan Agarwal, Deepa Bohra, Priya Bhandari, Anita Nagar and Shweta Jain celebrated their birthdays with this special gesture.
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RC Mahemdabad — D 3060
The Rotarians sponsored sewing machines for 21 women to help them pursue a vocation and achieve financial independence. DGN Pinky Patel handed over the machines to the beneficiaries.
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RC Shimla — D 3080
The club organised a yoga programme at the Ridge Shimla for school students to mark the World Yoga Day on June 21. Children from 15 schools took part in the demonstration where the State Governor Acharya Devvrat was the chief guest.
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RC Rajpura Greater — D 3090
A traffic awareness seminar was held at Patel Public School with the help of the Traffic Education Cell, Patiala. Chief guest S Balraj Singh, SP (Traffic), Patiala and PDG Vijay Gupta addressed the students on the need to follow road norms to avoid mishaps.
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RC Bareilly Metro — D 3110
Twelve health camps were held at Mundia Ahmed Nagar, a village near Bareilly last year. Nearly 170 patients benefitted in each camp which screened the villagers on general health parameters with free consultation, said PP Anil Mehrotra.
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RC Mumbai Ghatkopar — D 3141
The club provides braces and orthodontic treatment for crowding or spacing of teeth at the clinic of IPP Dr Amar Ravjiani and his wife Dr Swati Ravjiani, under its ‘Donate a Smile’ project. Children who undergo such surgery show a marked improvement in their self-confidence, said Ravjiani.
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RC Gulbarga Midtown — D 3160
The club organised a dental camp for schoolchildren. They were checked for oral diseases and given advice on oral hygiene. Toothpastes and brushes were distributed to the children.
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RC Panaji Riviera — D 3170
The club gave a facelift to the Government Primary and Middle School in Valpoi and provided a range of facilities, including classroom furniture, wash stations, toilet blocks, water purifiers etc. The ‘Happy School’ was inaugurated by the State Health Minister Vishwajit P Rane. IPDG Vinaykumar Pai Raikar was also present.
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RC Kadur — 3182
The club distributed school bags, notebooks and stationery kits to students in government middle schools at the Inglaradalli and K Gollaratti villages. President K H Srinivas presided over the event.
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RC Tirupur South — D 3202
As part of its ‘Empowering Women’ project, the club donated sewing machines to poor women to help them generate income by pursuing the vocation.
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RC Siliguri Central — D 3240
The club donated 25 sets of desk and benches to a government school in Siliguri. The Rotarians have also planned to sponsor more furniture, light fittings, fans, sanitation facilities and toilet blocks for the school in the current year.
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Inner Wheel Club of Patna — D 325
The members have completed a series of projects including setting up 10 Happy Schools, eight toilet blocks, seven vocational training centres and adult literacy centres in various slum localities, including the one in Beur jail.
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RC Raipur — D 3261
The club has set up a drinking water-cum-hand wash station at a government school in Parsada village in Durg district. The Rotarians also provided a computer lab and employed a teacher to impart digital education for the students.
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RC Cuttack Mahanadi — D 3262
A handwashing station was installed at Sitadevi Joglekar School as part of WinS project. The facility was inaugurated by DG Narayan Nayak and PDG A B Mohapatra. Over 150 students took part in the WASH programme conducted by Rotarians.
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RC Belur — D 3291
The club, in association with Jagriti Club, organised a drawing competition and a quiz contest to mark Gandhi Jayanthi. Over 130 children took part in the programme held at Adarsh Hindi High School in Bhawanipur.
