Give a gift that keeps giving…. This is the motto of the charitable trust that Janet Yegneswaran, a past president (2017–18) of the Rotary Club of Bangalore Koramangala (RCBG), RID 3191, set up in memory and name of her late husband Rajanet Yegneswaran, a Rotarian of the same club, some 20 years ago.
Whether it is enhancing farmers’ income in tribal villages, providing wells in villages where women earlier had to walk across several km to carry water over their heads, giving modern educational aids to children in rural schools, or organising group weddings for Adivasis, the Rotary Club of Bombay Bay View, RID 3141, has done it all.
Anybody travelling to Chandigarh for a Rotary-associated visit is bound to hear about Rajendra Saboo’s contributions to Rotary, not only as RI President, RI director, district governor or club president… but right from his early years.
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A 70-year-old architect was on a morning walk along Bandra’s Carter Road; he suddenly fumbled and collapsed on the pavement. Onlookers rush to him and respond in the usual way, some
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Fellowship and service mingle seamlessly at RC Bangalore, RID 3192, as its 300-plus members enjoy doing mega projects that infuse bonhomie in the club which is celebrating its 90th year.
RC Kottayam East, RID 3211, along with RC McKinney, Texas, RID 5810, provided an ambulance and kidney dialysis equipment worth $118,450 to two hospitals in the city. Over 40 underprivileged people are benefitting from the facilities.
Rajiv Bhalla, past president of RC Ranipur, RID 3080, expresses immense joy and pride as he reflects on a programme which “began by chance and has given new life to over 1,000 people who were suffering from burn injuries.” Since 2008, the club has been organising an annual camp to treat the physical and mental scars of burn survivors.
With focus on screening and testing patients for tuberculosis, RC Rasipuram, RID 2982, has donated a molecular testing machine to the Government Hospital, a fluorescent microscope to GH, Namakkal, and a microscope each to 10 primary health centres in and around Rasipuram to enhance the TB testing facilities through a global grant project worth `27.4 lakh. Rasipuram is a town in the revenue district of Namakkal in Tamil Nadu.
In June 2024, the Rotary Club of Thane, RID 3142, and RC Phoenix Mauritius, RID 9220, organised a medical camp in Mauritius
Nivedha (27) is a happy woman now; her face has undergone a remarkable transformation, thanks to a corrective dental surgery sponsored by RC Coimbatore Monarks, RID 3201.
RC Gandhinagar’s novel project in farming has benefited 60,000 children. They learn about the relationship between agriculture and environment, farm animals and different crop patterns. Parents buy farm produce at reasonable prices and the farmers benefit as brokers are eliminated. An ideal project.
RC Nagapattinam Wings – RID 2981 An amount of Rs.25,000 was given to daily wage labourer Venkatesh (44) for…
The English historian, Lord Acton, said in a letter to Bishop Creighton of the Church of England in 1887
Google co-founder Larry Page once said, “You never lose a dream, it just incubates as a hobby,” and that’s exactly what happens to people who pursue a sustainable lifestyle. Just like their lives, their hobbies are also inspired by a desire not to harm the planet, to do things in their free time that do not tax the earth nor leave a carbon footprint. You could call it the art of engaging with the finer, subtler and sometimes mundane side without feeling guilty.
The great use of a life,” wrote American philosopher William James in 1900, “is to spend it for something that outlasts it.”
Club president Saratchandra Singh Phijam explains, “This project provides a consistent source of nutritious food for the children…
His vision is to make clubs “vibrant and irresistible so that they can build on the magic of Rotary.” Chetan Desai aims to add 700 new members and charter 12 new clubs, taking the total to 6,700-plus and over 130 respectively by June 2025.
