Making a difference – March 2025
A pit latrine block in Nepal
PRIP Shekhar Mehta inaugurated a Rotary Pit Latrine block at Dhangadhi in Nepal. This is a global grant project of RC Pokhara, RID 3292, with RC Akita North, RID 2540, Japan, and RC Woodstock-Oxford, RID 7080, Canada, as its international partners.
Project chair PDG Kiran Lal Shrestha, PDG Takahashi and Kimihiko Sano from RC Akita North, and the local MP were present at the inaugural attended by around 300 people. School uniforms, bags and sweaters were given to 60 students. Around 200 marginalised families will be using a toilet for the first time in their lives.
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Skill centre at Coimbatore college
RIDE M Muruganandam inaugurated a Vocational Training Centre of RC Coimbatore Gaalaxy, RID 3201, at the Nirmala College for Women, Coimbatore. The centre, which will empower women through skill development, was funded by a CSR grant from Lakshmi Ceramics, thanks to its MD S Muthuraman, a Rotarian. DG N Sundaravadivelu, DGE Chella Raghavendran, DGN R S Maruthi and PDGs T R Vijaykumar and A V Pathy were present at the inaugural.
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A club prez collects breastmilk!
Vichitra Senthilkumar, president, RC Avinashi East, RID 3203, has been collecting breastmilk from donors and handing it over to the Neonatal ICU of the Government Hospital, Tirupur, for some years now. She is doing this as a passion to serve the community. Now after taking charge as club president, Vichitra has widened her collection drive to cities like Madurai, Trichy, Karur and Bengaluru.
She personally visits donors to collect the human milk at their doorsteps. When her club heard about the need for some equipment at the newly opened Breastmilk Bank in Tirupur GH, it readily extended help and organised the donation of five litres of breastmilk on the occasion. In the last four years, the club has donated over 1,000 litres of human milk to the GH.
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Rotary tuition centre at Madurai village
A tuition shed, Rotary Adams Study Centre, was set up by RC Madurai Metro Heritage, RID 3000, at Uchanenthal, a small village near Thirupuvanam, 30km from Madurai, to provide a comfortable study room for schoolchildren. Earlier, they used to study in an open area on sand with the help of an LED light. But due to hardships, many children dropped out of school to join their parents in collecting firewood. With donors and Rotarians pooling in ₹3.5 lakh, they have also hired private teachers to coach the students at the study centre.
