Around 45 families have benefitted from a river desilting service project carried out by the Rotary Club of Nasik, RID 3030, across the Nandini River near Mahiravani village. Excavators were engaged to remove silt down to a depth of 2m deposited across the 1.5km stretch of the river which also has a bund to store water. “At least 60 million litres of water can be stored in the bund after this desilting activity,” says club member Vinayak Deodhar.
The residents of Ayyanar Street in Neyveli, Tamil Nadu, had a reason to rejoice when their once dark and dismal street lit up, thanks to the installation of solar street lamps by the Rotary Club of Neyveli Lignite City, RID 2981. This narrow street, comprising three lanes and lined with 34 dilapidated mud huts, is home primarily to elderly couples, with just two families having school-going children attending the local government school.
This was the first time in my life that I did Tirupati darshan without any Aadhaar card, PAN card or a security check and the experience was magical,” says an excited Mahaveer Bothra, DG of RID 3233. He is talking about the special darshan he had organised for 1,650 special children and their attenders soon after he took over as the newly carved district’s governor.
During its endeavour to improve employment opportunities for the youth, particularly those from rural areas and lower middle classes, Rotary…
It was heartwarming to look at the happy expressions on the faces of children, and hear their delighted squeals as…
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A cutting-edge technology in radiation therapy has been set up for free and affordable cancer treatment through a partnership between a research centre and a private hospital facilitated by RC Pune Pristine, RID 3131, in the form of a CSR fund-based Rotary Foundation India grant of Rs.4.2 crore.
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For many children in the slums of Sangvi, Pune, the idea of sitting in a classroom and learning the alphabet…
In a quiet corner of Taraimal, a village 231km from Raipur, Chhattisgarh, the once-faded walls of the Dhanwarpara Government Primary…
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Apart from being a daughter, wife, to mother and family matriarch, a woman has to overcome many challenges in her personal and professional life, said Chennai mayor Priya Rajan at the inaugural of Golden Sparrow, a one-day women’s carnival in Chennai, organised by RID 3233 led by DG Mahaveer Bothra. “Women should be celebrated in society; we have got innate capabilities to succeed in life despite odds and pitfalls.”
The Save Vembanadu project, led by RI District 3211, is an environmental initiative to clean and preserve Vembanad Lake in Alappuzha, Kerala
Mithila Devi Gupta, an elderly Hindu woman, was supposed to undergo gallbladder surgery in Bhaderwah, a town in Jammu district…
Two months ago, my 98-year-old mother passed away. She was occupying the only bedroom on the ground floor. That was…
Our apartment block’s WhatsApp group often buzzes with messages about how a pet bird has flown away and if anyone spots it, she should alert the owner on its whereabouts. Such frequent attempts to retrieve birds have always made me wonder why people keep avians as pets, and whether this a sustainable practice?
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Inspiration can strike in the most unexpected places. For Jagannath Santra of RC Jamshedpur, RID 3250, it happened in the quiet halls of the National Archives of Singapore. “While I was there on work just before the Covid lockdown, I came across a photograph of a 1947 Rotary mobile dispensary donated by the Rotary Club of Singapore. It had once treated civilians injured during World War II, and supported vaccination drives. That image reminded me of Rotary’s legacy of humanitarian service,” he recalls.
