Vol. 9 March 2016
GML - RID 3131
ि य िम ानो, ं माच मिह या या आगमनाबरोबर जसे बाहरेील वातावरण तापू लागले आह,े तसे रोटरी िडि RI President K R Ravindran
टम येही ॉजे ट व रपोिटगसाठी लगबग तापू लागली आह.े Presidential citation
या पवतयारीला आता सवच लब ेिसडट लागले आहते. या वष थमच online प तीने ू citation चा फॉम भरावयाचा अस याने याचे नावी य व चल ॅ जेस दो ही या गमती ं चालू होणार आहते. या वषातील सव इ हट् स जवळजवळ सपत ं आले आहते. DGE शातं या नवीन वषाची सु वात झाली आह.े या या AG training चा इ हट ीलकें म ये अितशय छान झाला. PETS क रता महाबळे रची जािहरात बघताना गे या वष या Multi-district PETS या आठवणी पु हा जागतृ झा या.
District Governor Subodh Joshi
रोटरीचे हे अिवरत चालणारे च च यातील नावी य व तजेलदारपणा िटकवनू ठे वत आह.े आता िडि
ट अवॅाडसची ् अिॅ लके शन या वष online ् गडबड सु होईल. सव अवॅाडसची
कर याचा मानस आह.े िडिजटल िडि
ट या ीने हे अजनू एक पाऊल.
सवच लब समाजाक रता खपू छान काम करीत आहते व आप या महेनतीने Be a Gift to the World हे ीदवा य साथ ठरवत आहते.
सबोध ु जोशी District Governor dgoffice3131@gmail.com
Editorial ि य रोटे रय स, हळहळ ् वषा या सु वातीस आपापले या वष चे ल य ू ू वषा या अखरे या ट यात आपण पोहोचलो आहोत. सव लब ेिसडटसनी िनि त के ले होते, या माणे बहतेकानी े ील सु ठे वली आह.े काह ना कदािचत काही कारणा तव आलेले ं आपापली वाटचालदख अडथळे पार क न जा यास ास झाला असणार. पण तरीदख े ील सवचजण आपाप या ल यापयत न क च पोहोचणार आहते. शवेटचे चार मिहने, यात परी ाच थोडा अडचणीचा तर थोडा उपयु वाटणारा कालावधी. परी ामळे ् ु े िदवस सि हस ोजे टससाठी ं े आिण नतर ं सटीच ं ु घरातनू येणारे अ य दबाव आपण सवचजण अनभवतो. यातनच ु ू वेळेचे िनयोजन करीत िविवध उप म दरवष राबवतो. पढील ु वष या टीमची जळवाजळव े ील या वष या अनभवातन ु ु सु आह.े तेदख ु ं ू याच ं े याच ं े ल य िनि त करीत आहते. याना ं यो य ते मागदशन आपण न क च करणार आहोत. पराग कणक े र सपादक ं 9422094325 dgoffice3131@gmail.com
Feedback of DG visit Good evening DG. Rtn. Subodhji, I am feeling on top of the world, after your
visit. It was a wonderful moment. Sir, I was
tensed before the meeting, but when you came and started the meeting in a simple and different way, I was relaxed. It was really very different and interesting meeting, we didn't notice when the two hours’ session finished. Sir, you taught us in a very simple way as how to grow the smiles, increase the turnover, get corporate members, think for a long term and sustainable growth, see our club standing at
2020. Sir, it was not an exam for
us, but it was a training session, with ease. All the BOD members and RCPH Team was very happy on your visit, everyone has enjoyed the meeting session. Sir, we will definitely follow your suggestions and try to grow and increase the smiles in the society, we will work with more zeal and commitment to Rotary. On behalf of my Rotary Club of Pune Horizon I am thankful to you for coming to our club and giving us the able guidance.
Sir, I am sorry if I have missed anything, in your visit. I will always follow our motto-:"Service Above Self".
Thank you in anticipation!
President (RCP Horizon) Rajendra Harale.
Looking into the future
JOHN F. GERM PRESIDENT 2016-17 ROTARY CLUB OF CHATTANOOGA TENNESSEE, USA John F. Germ is board chair and chief executive oďŹƒcer of Campbell and Associates Inc., consulting engineers. He joined the ďŹ rm as an engineer in 1965 after four years in the U.S. Air Force. He serves on the boards of several organizations, including the board and executive committee of the Public Education Foundation, Orange Grove Center Inc., and as board chair of Blood Assurance Inc. He also is founder and treasurer of the Chattanooga State Technical Community College Foundation and president of the Tennessee Jaycee Foundation. He was Tennessee Young Man of the Year in 1970; Engineer of the Year, 1986; Volunteer Fundraiser of the Year, 1992; and Tennessee Community Organizations Volunteer of the Year, 2009. He is a recipient of the Boy Scouts Silver Beaver Award and the Arthritis Foundation Circle of Hope Award. In 2013, the White House recognized him as a Champion of Change. Germ joined Rotary in 1976 and has served Rotary as vice president, director, Foundation trustee and vice chair, aide to the Foundation trustee chair, chair of Rotary's US$200 Million Challenge, RI Board Executive Committee member, RI president's aide, Council on Legislation representative and chair, membership zone coordinator, chair of numerous committees, area coordinator, RI training leader, and district governor. Germ has received RI's Service Above Self Award and The Rotary Foundation's Citation for Meritorious Service and Distinguished Service Award. He and his wife, Judy, are Benefactors and members of the Arch Klumph Society of The Rotary Foundation. They have four children and six grandchildren.
PRESIDENTIAL CONFERENCE EXPLORES ROUTES TO PEACE Ryan Hyland --- Rotary News On 2 December, a terrorist a ack killed 14 people and wounded more than 20 others in San Bernardino, California. Less than two months later, an event nearby focused on peace: the Rotary World Peace Conference. The two-day mee ng on 15-16 January brought together experts from around the world to explore ideas and solu ons to violence and conflict. The conference was the first of five Rotary presiden al conferences planned for this year. San Bernardino County official Janice Rutherford, a member of the Rotary Club of Fontana, California, told a endees at the opening general session that the conference couldn't be melier. “Now more than ever, we need to come together and create peace and reduce human suffering,” said Rutherford, who declared 15 January 2016 Rotary World Peace Day and a Day of Peace for San Bernardino County. “We appreciate your commitment to exploring these op ons and taking them back to your community and the rest of the world.” More than 150 leaders in the fields of peace, educa on, business, law, and health care led over 100 breakout sessions and workshops. Topics ranged from how to achieve peace through educa on to comba ng human trafficking to the role the media has in elimina ng conflict. Hosted by Rotary districts in California and a ended by more than 1,500 people, the conference is an example of how Rotary members are taking peace into their own hands, said RI President K.R. Ravindran. “We can't wait for governments to build peace, or the United Na ons. We can't expect peace to be handed to us on a pla er,” said Ravindran. “We have to build peace from the bo om, from the founda on of our society. The valuable informa on you leave with at the end of this conference will aid you in managing conflict in your personal lives, local communi es, and poten ally around the world.” Actress and humanitarian Sharon Stone urged conference a endees to find tolerance within themselves as a way to develop compassion and understanding for others. No ng that today's technology makes it easy to learn about diverse cultures and beliefs, Stone encouraged Rotary members to embrace differences while learning about others' work.
“The more we understand the darkness of our enemies, the be er we know what to do, how to respond and behave,” said Stone. Rotary is inching the world closer to meaningful change, said the Rev. Greg Boyle, execu ve director of Homeboy Industries, a Los Angeles-based gang interven on and reentry program. “Rotary decided to dismantle the barriers that exclude people,” said Boyle, a bestselling author and Catholic priest. “You [Rotary members] know that we must stand outside the margins so that the margins can be erased. You stand with the poor, the powerless, and those whose dignity has been denied.” Rotary's most formidable weapon against war, violence, and intolerance is its Rotary Peace Centers program. Through study and field work, peace fellows at the centers become catalysts for peace and conflict resolu on in their communi es and around the globe. Dozens of Rotary peace fellows a ended the conference to promote the program, learn about other peace ini a ves, and help Rotary clubs understand the role they can play. Peace Fellow Christopher Zambakari, who recently graduated from the University of Queensland in Australia, said the conference is a chance to increase awareness of what others are doing to achieve peace. “Some people have only a local view toward peace,” said Zambakari, whose consul ng firm in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, provides advisory services to organiza ons in Africa and the Middle East. “An event like this, with so many diverse perspec ves, can open up connec ons and different possibili es to how we all can work towards a more peaceful world." Other speakers included Carrie Hessler-Radelet, director of the U.S. Peace Corps; Judge Daniel Nsereko, special tribunal for Lebanon; Gillian Sorensen, senior adviser at the United Na ons Founda on; Steve Killelea, founder and execu ve chair of the Ins tute for Economics and Peace; Dan Lungren, former U.S. representa ve; and Mary Ann Peters, chief execu ve officer of The Carter Center and former U.S. ambassador to Bangladesh.
INDIAN HOSPITAL PROJECT IS EYE-OPENING When Camilla McGill planned her first visit to benefi ng the town's maternity and eye hospitals. Anne Ford India about 10 years ago, she couldn't have known McGill and her husband relocated again a er The Rotarian how quickly – nor how painfully – she'd learn one of Texas – first to Wilmington, Del., and then, a er the trip's most important lessons. re rement, to Sarnia, Ont. – but the moves didn't “I was alone in a hotel, and I had a nightmare,” slow her volunteer efforts. She joined a Rotary club she says. “I jumped out of bed, caught my foot in the sheet, in Delaware and kept working on grant projects. In Sarnia, she fell to the floor, and hit my joined the Rotary Club of head.” In the morning, she Sarnia-Bluewaterland, found herself dizzy and which co-sponsored a disoriented, with a Rotary Founda on Global blossoming black eye, but Grant project with the she was determined to Anakapalle club last year keep her first at the eye hospital. appointment: assis ng “Cataracts are much with a Na onal more common in India Immuniza on Day event than they are here,” with Rotarians at a nearby McGill explains. “The hospital. sunlight there causes “I didn't find the some cases, and diet – hospital I was looking for,” par cularly insufficient she says, “but I came food – can play a role. across a group of nuns When the eye hospital who care for tuberculosis pa ents. They took me in, cleaned opened in 2000, the goal was to provide 40 free cataract me up, and put me back together.” She soon resumed her surgeries per month and dispense eye medica ons to the work, grateful that the strangers' kindness had sidetracked poor.” The grant last year provided cataract surgeries for 760 her. people, medical treatment for about 2,500 pa ents with “As Westerners, we're o en taught to take ini a ve: 'Be other eye condi ons, and medical seminars on best prac ces the leader! S ck to the plan!'” McGill says. “Most of the for improving eye health. Indians I've met don't work that way; they work with people. Through annual visits, McGill has witnessed Rotary's It's about rela onships.” impact on the hospital. “One year we paid for pain ng and A decade a er that first trip, the rela onships McGill has new les, and we've purchased a new autoclave,” she says. built with Indian, Canadian, and U.S. Rotarians have helped “Many other Rotary clubs from the West have donated hundreds of India's poorest ci zens in a variety of projects. ophthalmologic microscopes. Now the hospital could use a phacoemulsifier” – an expensive piece of equipment that uses Her journey began about 9,300 miles away from India, in vibra on to pulverize and extract the cataract. It will help the town of Pearland, Texas. When she and her husband improve outcomes for pa ents with limited access to health moved there from Canada for his job, McGill returned to care – which McGill describes as the most rewarding part of school to study inter-cultural communica on – and joined the this work. local Rotary club. “I went to the 2005 Rotary Interna onal Conven on in Chicago my first year as a member,” she recalls. Her visits to Anakapalle have allowed her to see how vital “I saw the full interna onal component of Rotary on display. I the hospital's services are to the community too. “One day I was amazed to learn that there were grants available to do all was visi ng the eye hospital, and the staff was smiling and kinds of things.” happy and laughing, and I asked why,” she says. “It turned out that a man was coming in who'd had a damaged eye removed Through Indian friends back in Canada, McGill had at an early age. He had only one eye le , and a completely developed an interest in India, and she sensed an opportunity. white cataract was covering that en re re na. The hospital She took to the Web, browsing posts from Rotary clubs was going to remove the cataract, and the staff knew he working in the country. Volunteers were needed for many would be able to see again. That was exhilara ng to see projects, including schools, a maternity hospital, and an eye happen.” hospital, with the Rotary Club of Anakapalle, a small town in east-central India. “I contacted them, and I went,” she says. She hopes other Western Rotarians pursuing global grant projects will visit poten al partner clubs and project sites, she The hotel mishap aside, that first journey was a success. A says. “Once that's done, the grant becomes more than a piece $1,000 dona on from the Rotary Club of Pearland furnished of paper. We can feel what the need is, in addi on to knowing Anakapalle schools with desks and benches, and later, larger what the need is.” grants from The Rotary Founda on supported projects
MOVED TO ACTION Kevin Cook The Rotarian meet. In 1981, a er medical training in Bangladesh, Hashrat and her husband, a pediatrician, moved to Iran, where Hashrat ran a 20-bed maternity center for the Ministry of Health. They went for a most sensible reason: “Doctors' salaries are higher there.” But five years of juggling motherhood – she and her husband had a son while in Iran and also have a daughter – and her du es at the maternity center led to a series of choices. “I had wanted to Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, is the 11th-largest city on
be an obstetrician in private prac ce,” she says, “but there was
earth. Nearly a third of its 15 million residents live in trash-strewn
such need in Dhaka that I changed my path.” The family eventually
slums, subsis ng on less than $2 a day. Women have it worst:
moved home.
Second-class ci zens, o en married off in their midteens, many
She went to work for Marie Stopes Bangladesh. Stopes, a Bri sh
struggle to raise children in condi ons most Westerners would find
women's rights pioneer in the early 1900s, advocated birth control
medieval. A recent study found that “65 percent of slum women
and wrote a controversial book, Married Love, that was so frank
share one toilet with more than seven families.”
about sex that no respectable Londoner could be seen reading it.
Into this “difficulty” steps Hashrat Ara. “Difficulty” is her
The organiza on that bears her name today supports women in 39
understatement of the challenges a physician faces in Washpur,
na ons – including Bangladesh, where Hashrat is regional medical
one of Dhaka's poorest townships. A vast maze of dirt-floored huts
adviser for Marie Stopes Interna onal.
made of wood and corrugated metal, Washpur floods each
“I saw homeless people in my city sleeping under the sky,” she
monsoon season, leaving its inhabitants ankle-deep in polluted
recalls. “I saw sex workers who had no choice in their lives. How
water. Yet life goes on – with help from one of Rotary Interna onal's
could a person see such need and not be moved by it? I wanted to
“Global Women of Ac on.”
do all I could for these people who had no hope, no help.”
“Call me Hashrat,” she says. “In Bangladesh, surnames are
Hashrat knew of Rotary through her brother, a club officer who
op onal.” Her name led to some confusion when United Na ons
“loved telling his Rotary stories,” tales of fellowship that made
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon honored Hashrat as one of six
weekly mee ngs sound like the perfect blend of altruism and
Women of Ac on in November. The others all had two names. That
lunch. She joined the Rotary Club of Dhaka North West and found it
led reporters to call her Dr. Hashrat Begum, not knowing that
more progressive than many clubs in more comfortable parts of the
“Begum” is a tle roughly equal to “Mrs.” It got worse: The spell-
world. “For one thing, women were welcome.” Today her home
check func on on English-language smartphones “corrected” her
club boasts 16 women among its 45 members. Being a Rotarian,
name to “Hashtag Begum.”
she says, means “being part of something big. Ending polio. Se ng
“My name doesn't ma er,” she says. “It is the work that ma ers.” By any name, she's one of the busiest people you're likely to
an example for the world. One drawback is that we don't do enough to promote our work. People s ll think it's just old people si ng together and ea ng. I tell them Rotary can play a cataly c
role, influencing entrepreneurs to support Service Above Self. We
as one of the year's Women of Ac on, set off a chain of events that
are seeing this happen in Bangladesh.”
thrilled – and wearied – the honoree. Preparing to meet Ravindran
With a grant from The Rotary Founda on, Hashrat started a free
and Ban, she arranged for others to cover her du es in Washpur,
clinic for the poorest of Washpur's poor, paying many of its
then booked a two-day flight from Dhaka to New York, with a stop
opera ng expenses herself. In addi on she offers voca onal
in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Then, hours before her flight
training programs for girls and sewing machines that allow women
took off, her mother died.
to become providers, even decision-makers, in their families.
This is s ll difficult for her to discuss. With typical discipline, she
Eighty percent of the workers in her country's booming garment
made the funeral arrangements before leaving. Why endure a trip
industry are women, but almost all managers are men. She
to another hemisphere so soon a er her mother's death?
foresees a Bangladesh where that ra o is closer to even.
“Because this honor isn't about me. I came to accept it for my
“I believe in equality,” she says.
family, my club, and my district. Most of all, it is about the work we
K.M. Zainul Abedin, a past governor of District 3280 and a
do.”
member of Hashrat's club, calls her “hypno c.” Abedin first saw her
Shortly before flying home, she pauses for a few minutes to
10 years ago as she was explaining the facts of HIV/AIDS to a group
discuss a day she'll never forget. Si ng in the lobby of a Manha an
of boys and girls. “Her easy communica on about sex, a subject
Hilton, resplendent in a mul colored sari and headscarf, she folds
that is taboo in our society, convinced the par cipants to act as a
her hands and smiles.
peer group for HIV/AIDS awareness,” he says. There's no telling
How does she feel? “Exhausted. But happy.”
how many lives her work saved. And she was just ge ng started.
Looking back on her hours in New York, she says, “Rotary Day at
Once she joined Rotary, Abedin and the other club members
the UN was a fantas c experience. I was impressed by all the high-
saw Hashrat throw herself into the club's work with round-the-
rise buildings of New York and touched by how caring and cordial
clock commitment. This was a doctor who made house calls to
everyone was. The event was a huge inspira on for me and a
those without shelter. “I have accompanied her on late-night visits
tribute to women in the developing world.”
to the living sites of homeless people,” Abedin says, “people who
Soon she is back at work, gree ng visitors under an electric-blue
are vulnerable to dysentery, jaundice, and fevers. Many suffer from
sky and a banner reading “Rotary Club of Dhaka North West –
malnutri on, clandes ne abor ons, sexually transmi ed
Mother and Child Care Centre.” Her pa ents dress as she does, in
infec ons, rape, violence, drug addic on, physical and sexual
tradi onal garb, though there are several wide-eyed, shirtless boys
harassment. Dr. Hashrat helps all she can, and as the excellent
and one, dressed up for a visit to the doctor, in a miniature shirt and
leader of our Train the Trainers program, she teaches others to
e. In most ways this is a day like any other, as a jet-lagged Hashrat
help.”
takes temperatures and distributes medicine to grateful mothers
Last fall, Rotary Interna onal President K.R. Ravindran sent a
and bawling children. Since 2010, the free clinic has aided more
tweet that delighted Bangladeshis: “Dr. Hashrat coordinated the
than 37,000 women, immunized more than 2,000 children, and
implementa on of numerous health projects for underserved
even tended to the occasional grown man. Hashrat's not the sort of
communi es in Bangladesh.” That sentence, introducing Hashrat
doctor who turns pa ents away. “We extend our hand to all,” she says.
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SERVICE PROJECTS
Vrukshdindi Computer Dona on
Club – Pune Katraj
Club – RC Pimpri
Beneficiaries : 10000
Beneficiaries : 1250
President : Suvarna Kutwal
President : Sadanand Nayak
Descrip on : A Vrukshadindi was organized by the members of
Descrip on : 2 computers were donated to Subodh Vidyalay by our
Interact Club of Muktangan, along with Rotary club of Pune Katraj.
Rtn. Nikhil Garg. One blackboard (size 8x6 feet) was also donated
The rally was organized to create awareness about environment,
to the school. Principal Mrs. Jagtap accepted the dona ons on
issues like drinking water, sanita on, etc. More than 400 students
behalf of their ins tu on.
took part in an hour-long rally that went through the streets of Vidyanagari / Sahakar Nagar. The students also distributed saplings to the ci zens. The rally also included the dhol-tasha pathak from the school and children were dressed in tradi onal wear.
Dona on of Cradle Club – Chinchwad Pune Beneficiaries : 15 President : Sanjeev Datye Descrip on : A care-taking home for new-born homeless infants,
Rubella Vaccina on
known as Adhar was visited. This ins tute takes a lot of care of
Club – Pune Kalyaninagar
these babies ll they are adopted by someone. Their health,
Beneficiaries : 150
nutri on, feeding is taken care of. A great service is done by the
President : Sejal Mehta
aayas here. We donated a cradle and other needful material like
Descrip on : A Rubella-vaccina on camp was held at Sau. Hirabai
room mats, which was needed for the kids.
Gopalrao Gaikwad School, Kasari Village.
SERVICE PROJETS ... Rubella Vaccina on
Water tap dona on
Club – RC Daund
Club – Pune Deccan
Beneficiaries : 350
Gymkhana
President :
Beneficiaries : 2468
HARISHCHANDRA
President : Sharad Disale
THOMBARE
Descrip on : Water-Tap
Non-Rotary Partner : Rural
dona on at Warje Interact
Hospital Nursing staff daund .
school. Rtn Makrand Tilloo was the Chief Guest. We distributed
Descrip on : Rubella vaccina on was given to the girls from
100 Water taps near Warje Ramnagar.
Lajwan Garela High school, Daund, & Nanaso Pawar Ashramshala Sonawadi.
Dona on of bicycles Club – Nigdi Pune Beneficiaries : 22 President : Ranu Singhania
RYLA Club – Pimpri Town Beneficiaries : 90 President : Chandru Chandnani
Descrip on : 22 girls at Darumbre village school walk long distances to a end school. Bicycles were donated to them so that there is incen ve to a end school and study. Club members donated the same.
Descrip on : Our Club conducted first RYLA at Shivli, Taluka Maval. 90 Students a ended the program. Chief guest was District Direc or Youth Rtn. Dinakaran Pillai. 10 Awards were distributed.
Medical Check-up Club – RC Khopoli Beneficiaries : 60 President : Niraj Jadhav Descrip on : Our club
Rubella vaccina on
organized a student-health
Club – Pune Haveli-East
Check-up camp at a school in
Beneficiaries : 200
Narangi Village Adiwasigaon.
President : Rahul Kalbhor
An NGO known as CASP was
Non-Rotary Partner : Shivam Hospital
our non-Rotary partner in the
Descrip on : 200 teenage girls were vaccinated with Rubella
endeavour.
Vaccine.
SERVICE PROJETS ...
Medical Camp Medical Check-up Club – Poona downtown Beneficiaries : 130 President : Supriya Banerjea Descrip on : Yet another LN-4 success story in Latur on 14 February 2016. Rtn Shobha Nahar, President of RCP Inspira took up the ini a ve in organizing this camp. RCP Inspira, an all-women club, is just a few months old. With clever u liza on of their contacts, they collaborated with an NGO Ashtavinayak Pra shthan, Latur and RC Latur Horizon. Ashtavinayak Pra shthan’s chairman Shri Pradip Rathi also heads Latur Urban Co-op Bank and is a well connected personality from Latur. Their herculean efforts generated over 500 enquiries and 185 pre-camp registra ons. The dropout was minimal. Our team to Latur consisted of Shabbir, Pradeep, Rajesh, Pinky, Vikramjit, Ni n Kundale & Haresh Karle. RCP Inspira team comprised of Rtns Shobha, Swa Joshi, Archana Sutar, Padma Mantri, Nirmala Thormote, Manisha Solanki, Darshana Baviskar, Dipali Bendre and Vaishali Kashid. They were supported by a ba ery of dedicated volunteers of Ashtavinayak Pra shthan, RC Latur Horizon, Blind School and Latur Urban Bank. The camp concluded with a ceremony in which Dr Ashokrao Kukde- a very senior doctor and highly respected social worker, Mrs Pra bha Pa l, President ZP, Mr Akhtar Mistri, Mayor, Mrs Smita Khanapure, Ex Mayor were the guests of honour and Shabbirbhai presided over. Mr Pradip Rathi had taken care of every minute detail and remained present throughout. He also paid personal a en on to all the members of our team. 130 persons were benefited by this camp. We organized our first LN-4 camp in January 2014. With this camp our LN-4 team has crossed a milestone of bringing smiles to more than 1000 faces. 850 from the camps we were directly involved in and 221 from the camps independently organized by our associates RC Indore Uptown, and RC Jamnagar. This project has given us many moments of pride and sa sfac on, and so many friends in so many Rotary Clubs in so many RI Districts and States. Our next camp is scheduled at Achalpur on 21 February.
Club – RC Pen Beneficiaries : 80 President : Mitesh Shah Descrip on : G D Pol Founda on, Yerala Medical Trust and Rotary Club Pen organised a medical check-up camp at Pen Police Sta on for blood sugar, bood pressure, diabetes and ECG and eyes.
Plas c Mukta Abhiyan Club – Pune Heritage Beneficiaries : 200 President : Madhumita Barve Descrip on : Under Swacha Bharat Abhiyan, we organized a rally to create awareness of environment. The people were appealed against using plas c which is harmful to both animals and human and also creates pollu on.
Eye Check-up Camp Club – Pune Kalyaninagar Beneficiaries : 250 President : Sejal Mehta Descrip on : An eye check-up camp was held at Mahatma Gandhi School, Yerwada for kids and parents.
SERVICE PROJETS ... RDEP
Lecture for School Girls
Club – Poona Downtown
Club – Poona Midtown
Beneficiaries : 400
Beneficiaries : 250
President : Supriya Banerjea
President : Subodh Gulavani
Descrip on : Under Rotary’s RDEP (Rotary Distance Educa on
Descrip on : GTBT - Good Touch Bad Touch - A unique and
Program), every year we provide educa onal so ware with a full
educa ve lecture by our Club member Rtn. Dr. Shubhada Jathar to
back-up system to some schools. This year we have donated this
the girls of RCM Gujarathi High School, Near Daruwala Pool for girls
so ware to two schools so far. On 23 February, 2016, there was the
of age group from 10 yrs to 15 yrs. ( 5th to 9th std ). Very nicely she
inaugura on of this RDEP at Ashram School, Wagholi. Our club
explained about the precau on to be taken by girls when they are
organised this RDEP at a concessional rate of Rs.20,000 with the
growing as adult. She created an awareness about the social safety
help of RC Poona North and Tata Technologies. The full package
issues also.
consists of a projector, a CPU, an UPS, two speakers and a white screen along with the so ware with the explana on of full syllabus from class 1 to 10. The school had organised the program with a
Shloka Recitation
ribbon-cu ng and a few speeches by the teachers and students.
Club – Pune Ganeshkhind
From our club, President Supriya and Rtn. Pallavi gave some
Beneficiaries : 250
messages to the students. Boys and girls of std.IX were present at
President : Babanrao Bondre
the lab during the func on. The Computer teacher showed them
Non Rotary Partner : Bhara ya Vidya Bhavan School
some lessons from the so ware. The school is very happy with the
Descrip on : Shloka Recita on Compe
RDEP and expressed their gra tude by thanking our club. It
School for Interact and Early Act Clubs was held by our club. The
happened to be Rotary’s birthday as RI completed 111 years on 23
winners were given gold, silver and bronze medals along with the
February, 2016. We distributed pedhas to the students and
cer ficates of apprecia on.
on at Bhara ya Vidya
teachers. From our club, the members present were, Rtns. Aruna Rathi, Pallavi Sable, Pinky Mehmi, Sujata Malkani and President Supriya Banerjea.
RDEP Distribution of Science kit
Club – RC Shikrapur
Club – RC Shikarapur
Beneficiaries : 1200
Beneficiaries : 320
President : Ravi Bhujbal
President : Ravi Bhujbal
Descrip on: The RDEP-E-LEARNING Project Inaugura on
Descrip on : Science Kits were handed over to a school named
Ceremony was arranged at "Shri Guruda a Vidyalay, Savindane, Tal
Kalbhairavnath Vidyalaya, Koyali Punarvasan, Shikrapur, Tal-Shirur,
Shirur, Pune. The two E-learning projects are given to this school.
Pune on Wednesday 24/02/16.
the students, villagers and Rotarians were present for the program.
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Calendar of D. G. visits March 2016 1st Mar 2016
Tuesday
Pune elite
17th Mar 2016
Thursday
2nd Mar 2016
Wednesday
Mangaon
20th Mar 2016
Sunday
E-Club of Pune Diamond
3rd Mar 2016
Thursday
Pune Baner
21st Mar 2016
Monday
Pune Riverside/Patalganga
4th Mar 2016
Friday
Pune Wisdom
22nd Mar 2016
Tuesday
Pimpri
5th Mar 2016
Saturday
Magarpa a Elite
25th Mar 2016
Friday
6th Mar 2016
Sunday
Pune Sahyadri
26th Mar 2016
Saturday
8th Mar 2016
Tuesday
North
27th Mar 2016
Sunday
Daund
9th Mar 2016
Wednesday
Pune Cantonment
29th Mar 2016
Tuesday
Panvel Ind town
10th Mar 2016
Thursday
Panvel Horizon
30th Mar 2016
Wednesday
13th Mar 2016
Sunday
Pune Next Genera on
31st Mar 2016
Thursday
16th Mar 2016
Wednesday
Panvel Sunrise
Pune Synergy Nigdi-Pune
Pune inspira Pimple Saudagar Elite
Uran
Top Five Clubs in Rotary District 3131 in Service Projects, Founda on and Administra on as on 29.2.2016 Best Performing Clubs under
Best Performing Clubs under
Best Performing Clubs under
SERVICE PROJECTS
FOUNDATION
ADMINISTRATION
1
NEW PANVEL
65
1
PUNE SPORTS CITY
95
1
POONA WEST
100
2
PUNE GANESHKHIND
55
2
KURKUMBH MIDC
80
2
PUNE SOUTH
95
3
PUNE SOUTH
55
3
PIMPRI
70
3
PUNE WISDOM
95
4
INDAPUR
55
4
PUNE PRIDE
70
4
PUNE GANESHKHIND
90
5
PUNE CENTRAL
50
5
PUNE MIDTOWN
60
5
PUNE MIDTOWN
90