Project Vignettes – February 2024
Members of RC Chennai Meraki with (from L) PRIDs A S Venkatesh, TRF Trustee Larry Lunsford, RID T N Subramanian, RI President Gordon McInally, RIPN Mario de Camargo, PRIP K R Ravindran and TRF Vice Chair Bharat Pandya at the Zone Institute.
Car rally spreads climate change awareness
The 6th annual car rally by RC Chennai Meraki, RID 3232, spanning 5,905km in 14 days, promoted climate action and nature conservation. Textile baron Nalli Kuppusamy flagged off the rally which also made a stop at the Bengaluru Rotary zone institute.
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Water filters for Kolkata government schools
RC Calcutta, RID 3291, through Project Pranadhara, distributed 150 water filters to 75 government and government-aided schools in Kolkata. The total project cost was ₹10 lakh.
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Human milk bank in Shimoga
RC Shimoga Central, RID 3182, in association with the Sarji Group of Hospitals and RC Central Chester County (Lionville), USA, RID 7450, set up a human milk bank — Amrutha Bindu — in Shimoga. The facility, with a processing capacity of 200 litres, will donate 40 per cent of the processed milk to the Government McGann Hospital. The GG project cost ₹50 lakh.
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Ophthalmic equipment donated
RC Vadali Roundtown, RID 3055, and RC Chevrolet Canada, RID 7090, through a GG partnership donated equipment to five eyecare centres in rural Gujarat. The total cost of the project was ₹25.4 lakh.
