Making a difference
Women achievers honoured
Six women professionals were honoured with Vocational Excellence Awards by RC Bombay Sea Face, RID 3141, on Women’s Day (March 8). The awardees are Dr Sadhana K Desai, gynaecologist; Suvarna Raj, a wheelchair-bound sportswoman who has won international medals in powerlifting, table tennis and athletics; Archana Chandra, who teaches intellectually disabled persons; Chinu Kala, a self-made entrepreneur; and two IT professionals, Laina Emmanuel and Rimjhim Agrawal who have developed an AI device for treatment of brain disorders. Club President Minal Turakhia spoke on the award’s significance.
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Adult Literacy Centres in Sambalpur
As part of its Adult Literacy Mission, RC Sambalpur Greater, RID 3261, has sponsored five adult literacy centres, and with support from Coal India, they will be supported to add five more centres.
Club president Syed Bilal Akhtar Mallick led a team to one such literacy centre at Pitasiari village, a remote area which even Google could not locate. In fact, it was an old man who guided the Rotary team. Around 40 aged people welcomed the Rotarians with a warm smile. The adult learners said they were now able to read, write and put their signature.
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Rotary projects at Odisha villages
In a series of community projects, RC Jubilee Hills, RID 3150, with CSR funding (₹66 lakh) from BGR Mining and Infra Ltd, has reached out to the villagers of Hemgir block in Sundargarh district of Odisha as they face numerous hardships due to the remote location.
Bicycles were distributed to 541 government school students. To address water scarcity in villages like Durubuga, Majhipada, Charpada and Laikera, the club installed borewells, submersible pumps, storage tanks and multiple delivery points.
A community centre at Kirispira village with a population of 2,000-plus was given a facelift with a new cemented flooring. DG Sharath Choudary inaugurated the facilities in the presence of club president Balakoti Reddy and PDG Sam Movva.
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Rotary palliative care in Tezpur
A 15-bed palliative care ward has been set up at the Baptist Christian Hospital by RC Greater Tezpur, RID 3240, in partnership with RC Biratnagar, RID 3292, through a global grant project worth ₹38 lakh.
Along with this medical facility, a conference room and admin ward were also inaugurated by DG Sukhminder Singh.
A vehicle was donated to the hospital to provide homecare services for patients. RC Greater Tezpur president Jayant Tibrewal, secretary Ankit Khetawat and IPDG Nilesh Agarwal played a vital role in steering the medical project. Project chair Hemanand Khosla and its primary contact Ramesh Garodia coordinated for project completion.
