Project Vignettes – October 2023
Rotary leaders meet Rajashree Birla
TRF trustee chair Barry Rassin, trustee Bharat Pandya and PRID Ashok Mahajan met Rajashree Birla, chairperson, Aditya Birla Foundation for Community Initiatives and Rural Development, at her office in Mumbai. The Rotary leaders thanked her for her Foundation’s generous donation to Rotary and she assured them of her continuous support.
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Organ donation campaign
Fifteen Rotary clubs from Muzaffarnagar and Khatauli, RID 3100, participated in an organ donation rally led by RC Delhi Manthan, RID 3011. The rally was flagged off at the Begrajpur Medical College, Muzaffarnagar, and culminated in Delhi. RID 3100 DG Ashok Gupta emphasised the importance of organ donation.
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Delhi Rotarian-teacher feted
Ritika Anand, joint secretary of RC Delhi City, RID 3012, and vice-principal of St Mark’s Senior Secondary Public School, Meera Bagh, Delhi, was honoured by President of India Droupadi Murmu with the National Teacher Award on Teachers’ Day (Sept 5). She has also received the CBSE Award for Excellence in teaching and the Delhi State Teachers’ Award in the last two years.
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School kits for children
RC Rajkot, RID 3060, is running a school kit distribution project to help underprivileged students in 93 municipal schools in Rajkot. This project, which began on July 1, 2023, aims to provide essential school supplies to more than 4,000 students at an estimated cost of ₹20 lakh.
