Making a difference – February 2025

Rotary to upgrade TN govt schools

RIDE M Muruganandam gives the Rotary’s consent letater to state minister Anbil Poyyamozhi. Also seen are PDG I S A K Nazar and TVS Motor Company chairman Venu Srinivasan.

At the ‘Namma School Namma Ooru Palli’ (NSNOP) Conclave hosted by the Department of School Education, Tamil Nadu, and the Confederation of Indian Industry in Trichy, RIDE M Muruganandam gave a consent letter to school education minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi, assuring Rotary’s participation with CSR support to upgrade government schools across Tamil Nadu. NSNOP is a flagship project of TN government which aims to upgrade the infrastructure in corporation/municipality schools across the districts.

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New Generation events at Kodai

From R: DG Raja Govindasamy, RIDE M Muruganandam and RC Kodaikanal president Rajkumar with students at the event.

Around 1,250 students from 24 schools displayed their extracurricular skills under Project New Generation of RC Kodaikanal, RID 3000. RIDE M Muruganandam and DG Raja Govindasamy addressed the students. The contestants fought hard in different segments covering arts, culture and public speaking and leadership skills to win around 400 awards. Project director Jeya Prasad oversaw this interesting, multifaceted event.

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Mega eye camp in Moradabad

The eye check-up camp in progress.

More than 900 patients were examined at a mega eye check-up camp hosted by RC Moradabad East, RID 3100. Fifty people were identified for cataract operations. Medicines and spectacles were distributed. The club launched its mobile eye clinic equipped with laser surgical machines (GG: $72,000) to prevent blindness in premature babies. DGE Nitin Agarwal inaugurated the eye camp which was visited by Moradabad commissioner Aunjaneya Kumar Singh and mayor Vinod Agarwal.

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Giant umbrellas for street vendors

DG Shital Shah and his spouse Ragini with a fruit vendor.

Large umbrellas were given to over 2,400 street vendors across Pune and Raigad districts of Maharashtra under Project Chatrachaya of RID 3131. The initiative had a participation of 105 Rotary clubs and was led by RCs Bibwewadi Pune and Pune East. The project was part-funded by Quick Heal Technologies.

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