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MONTHLY NEWS BULLETIN OF RID 3131

Chief Editor : DG Rtn. Prashant Deshmukh

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RI President John Germ

RID Dr. Manoj Desai

DG. Prashant Deshmukh

The dreams unfold ... pains taken during trainings, formal informal meets, as I see most of them performing towards District and Club Goals – Adding members, Planning toward Foundation Centennial, Conducting teachers trainings, Collecting data for e-learning, Setting up Adult Literacy Centers, Designing programs towards Child Development and Converting selected schools into Happy Schools. entire District 3131 along with Rotarians, Rotarians Anns, Rotaractors, Interactors, senior and junior citizen all planted the Trees and we surpassed that promised figure of 2 Lakhs. We will continue our Mission of green 3131 and reach 5 lakh by the end of monsoon hopefully.

The Dreams of Dawn have started unfolding and as they unfold the Golden Skies gaze motivating us, indicating us the bright lights of the day would soon be here on earth!

Yes, it was on the very first day of 1st July 2016, we pledged to plant a record 2 Lakh Trees, and it was indeed a 'Green day' for all of us as

On the 2nd July 2016, all Rotarian Families recited Atharvashirsha at Shri Ganesh Temple, requesting him to be with us in our journey of 'Serving Humanity'!

3rd July 2016 was day of Governor's formal installation which was designed gracefully. I must thank all the Rotarian families of 3131, who came in large nos (800+ +) to share those 'Golden Historic moments' with

both of us. Padmaja also joins me in thanking one and all who blessed us. Their words of wisdom and best wishes will indeed make us work hard to offer the Year of Best Happenings !

RIDE C. Basker's presence was the Best thing to happen and we seek his blessings, support and words of advice in our Journey of Serving Humanity! He indeed had a great day in 3131 as he also launched the Service Project 'Annadoot' by RCP Wisdom. The van Annadoot will collect waste food from Hotels and Banquettes and distribute to the hungry sufferers. The junk food will be treated and shall be reused as manure.

It's encouraging to see that all the Sweet- 16's are charged by the

We l l , J u l y w a s m o n t h o f installations for me, but then the August is the month of Membership and let's watch on records we make..............

I am glad Trustee Chair Kalyanda and RIP John Germ have given August messages for us. Let us engrave those lines in our minds as we march on – towards voyage of Victory!!

Keep performing, All the Best !

Yours own in the journey of Serving Humanity !

Rtn. Prashant Deshmukh District Governor-RID 3131 RY 2016-17 For Private Circulation only

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JOIN ROTARY !

YOU ARE INVITED !

Dear Fellow Rotarians and Rotary Family members, The District Conference of the most vibrant year 2016-17 is planned at a Grand International Venue of Leonia Resorts, Hyderabad on 27 th to 29th, January, 2017 The Conference will be uniquely designed with Rotary Business in the presence of top Rotary International Officials flavored with presence & participation of outstanding leaders and celebrities in various professions and vocations PAN India.

Lets join together to enjoy Leonia and the District Conference SINHASTHA.

EDITORIAL The new Rotary Year started on st July 1 and we all witnessed the spectacular installation ceremony of our DG Prashant rd on July 3 . The installation of the new Presidents, Secretaries and their BODs have been completed by now. These new teams have continued their journey as Rotarians in the service for humanity with great passion & vigor.

As I write, DG Prashant has already started with the Official DG Visits to the clubs. We have started seeing a lot of action and this is just a beginning! All the best for the forward journey!

I would like to hear from you with your suggestions & comments for further improvement.

Kind regards, Yours in Rotary, Rtn. Dilip Deshpande, Editor

dilip.deshpande@yahoo.com

Forty years ago, a man named George Campbell, the owner of the company I worked for, invited me to join Rotary. Back then, that was a common practice in the United States. Your boss invited you to join Rotary because he thought it would be good for business and good for the community, and you said yes. It’s not surprising that our membership surged during that period.

George warned me not to use Rotary as an excuse to slack off at work. Even so, I always had time to attend lunch meetings and serve on committees. I never had to worry that taking a long lunch once a week would hurt my advancement, or what my boss would think about the occasional Rotary phone call at work.

Today, things are different.

Companies are less generous about time, and not every manager looks favorably on community service. It’s hard to

MAKE FOUNDATION STRONGER ADD MEMBERS !

More members mean a stronger Foundation : Our Rotary Foundation depends on a strong and thriving Rotary membership.

It is, after all, our members who provide the generous support that enables our Foundation to tackle some of the world’s most pressing problems. As important as that support is, it’s not the only contribution Rotarians make to our Foundation.

The Rotary Foundation has an unusual business model. Like many charities, we receive donations that we use to address a host of critical issues. Unlike most other nonprofit organizations, we depend on our members to develop relevant and effective service projects. Your volunteer labor stretches our contribution dollars and helps The Rotary Foundation to do much more with less.

enjoy a Rotary meeting when you’ve got emails piling up on your phone. It’s harder than ever to balance work with Rotary – and the model that gave us so much growth a few decades ago is part of what’s holding back our growth now.

That’s why the recent Council on Legislation adopted some innovative measures that allow clubs to vary their meeting times and expand their pool of prospective members. Clubs have more flexibility now to respond to the needs of their members and to clear away as many barriers to membership as they can. But there’s one barrier to membership that only you can remove, one thing that every prospective member needs to become a Rotarian: an invitation to join a Rotary club.

Whenever I tell a group of Rotarians that we need more willing hands, more caring hearts, and more bright minds to move our work forward, everyone The typical global grant requires hours of planning and budgeting before even one dollar is received or spent. Then the sponsors must purchase supplies, seek donated goods, set up bank accounts, o rg a n i z e v o l u n t e e r s , w r i t e reports, and monitor the project’s progress, all while working with Rotarians in another part of the world. Fortunately, our clubs have a wide variety of professional skills and talents to call upon throughout this process.

Smaller clubs may not have the financial or human resources to sponsor a global grant, even if their members share a strong commitment to the Foundation’s mission. Imagine what those clubs could accomplish with two or three times as many members.

As we celebrate Membership and New Club Development Month in August, let’s not forget the importance of quickly engaging new members in Rotary service.

Make sure they know about the many opportunities our

applauds. But those hands, hearts, and minds won’t magically appear in our clubs. We have to ask them to join. And an invitation to Rotary is something that only you can give. An invitation is a gift.

It’s saying to someone, “I think you have the skills, the talent, and the character to make our community better, and I want you to join me in doing that.”

I’m the president of Rotary International, but the only club I can invite someone to join is the Rotary Club of Chattanooga, Tenn. I can’t make your club or your community stronger. Only you can do that – by inviting the qualified people you know to join you in Rotary Serving Humanity.

John F. Germ RI President, 2016-17 Source: Rotary International Courtesy: www.eflashonline.org Foundation offers members to pursue their service interests, from promoting better health to providing training and education to bringing peace and stability to communities in need.

Through The Rotary Foundation, our members have a chance to use their skills to make a real difference. First, we need to bring those talented people into our ranks and engage them in our Foundation’s vital work to create a better world. And only we, the Rotarians, can bring in those new members. So it is up to us, really, isn’t it?

Kalyan Banerjee Trustee Chair, 2016 - 17 Source: Rotary International Courtesy: www.eflashonline.org

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The new Rotary year of Dist. 3131 began with a big bang. On the auspicious occasion of our DG Prashant Deshmukh's Installation Ceremony, on 3rd of July, 30 Rotarians assured to become Major Donors. They were felicitated with a special memorable plaque prepared by DG Prashant himself. The felicitations were done at the gracious hands of RI Director Elect Rtn C. Baskar.

Out of these stalwarts lPP Rtn. Mangesh Hande, RC Rajgurunagar lPresident Rtn.Vibha Zutshi, RC Pimpri, fulfilled their promise and became Major Donors. lIPP Rtn Sadanand Nayak, RC Pimpri, became PHF + 4.

I am sure the other volunteer donors will complete their assurance in next few days.

RCP Pune South made 2 full PHF. President Sudhanshu Gore & his members, Ann Shobhatai Kudale & First Lady Leena Gore need a great applause and appreciation. ¡ RC Panvel Khandeshwar, led by the dynamic lady Pres. Alka Koli, handed over a draft of Rs. 50,000/-

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as her clubs contribution to APF, on 3rd July during DG installation.

Our total Contribution in the month of July is USD 23000. We are aware of our goal during this Centenary Year of The Rotary Foundation, which will need still higher support. I am sure you all will make this Centenary a thing of pride for our district in the Rotary World. ¡ The highest amount of the Donation to APF is from RC Pimpri. Congratulations Pres.

Vibha Zutshi, IPP Sadanand and members of RC Pimpri.

This Month's Special From this month, our foundation promotion team will be attending the DG Visits to promote the art of giving to TRF. All the Presidents are well aware that the DG visit is an ideal and the perfect time to accomplish the targets for the Foundation giving.

There will be a Level II meeting of TRF promotion on 28th August 2016, in which our ARRFC A s h i s h A j m e r a , D R F C D r.

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Deepak Shikarpur & DG Prashant will guide all the AGs and Presidents.

We will be conducting zonal meetings with the Foundation directors of the clubs, to guide them about various ideas to collect the donations from Rotarians and the non Rotarians.

We will also share some good and practical fund raising activities.

There is a special hot news for all those presidents, who would like to make their club a 100% PHF Club and get RI Recognition Banner. For this, you will have to see our team personally with prior

appointment by calling me on my personal number: 9823087561 or on email avinash.bhondwe@gmail.com.

So, HAPPY Rotary Foundation Centennial Year!!! & Let us celebrate it with the highest giving to TRF. - Rtn. Dr. Avinash Bhondwe Director, Foundation Promotion RY 2016-17

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DG Visits for the month of August 2016

DG Visits for the month of September, 2016

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Chakan

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Pune Synergy

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Bhor Rajgad

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Pune Ganeshkhind

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Junnar Shivneri

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Bhigwan

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Pune Baner

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Dehu Road

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Chinchwad Morya

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Manchar

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Pune Prime City

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Pune Elite

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Panvel Khandeshwar

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Panvel Sunrise

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Panvel Horizon

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Alephata Main

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Narayangaon

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WASH in SCHOOLS (WinS) WinS DISTRICT 3131 Clean water, better sanitation, teacher training, and hygiene education in schools can improve the health and education of children by creating a cycle of opportunity : improved education, less disease, increased school attendance, improved academic performance, and economic growth.

W H AT I S T H E WA S H I N SCHOOLS TARGET CHALLENGE? The WASH in Schools Target Challenge is a pilot program of Rotary Foundation to motivate Rotary clubs to develop sustainable w a t e r, s a n i t a t i o n , h y g i e n e (collectively referred to as WA S H ) , t o i m p r o v e t h e

attendance of the students and to bring a behavioral change in the society through better hygiene practices using the expertise and resources available through Rotary's two areas of focus : "Basic Education & Literacy" and "Water & Sanitation".

The program runs from January 2016 to July 2018 in five countries, all chosen for their strong, active involvement in school sanitation efforts: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, India, and Kenya. The program will concentrate on measuring the effect on school attendance of WASH and basic education and literacy initiatives. It is based on Multi Level Approach that challenges our clubs to work together with schools for WASH

to reach three levels of achievements: Rotary One star where the achievements of the participating Rotary clubs and schools will be recognized at the district level by the District Governor and Rotary Two and Three stars where the achievements will be recognized

by UNICEF and Rotary International.

Recognition Levels: A Three-star Approach The first two levels (Rotary One Star and Rotary Two Stars) set benchmarks for water and sanitation facility upgrades, hygiene education, and teacher training along with key behavior change components; the third level (Rotary Three Stars) emphasizes incorporation into government initiatives and

curriculum enhancement. Rotary and UNICEF will recognize Rotary clubs and schools that meet the requirements for each level.

Rotary One Star : Rotary District Governor Recognition Education: Teachers trained to teach hand-washing, begin taking daily attendance, and supervise daily group hand-washing at mealtimes. Facilities: Establish low-cost, point-of-use treatment of drinking water and gendersegregated toilets. Behavior change: Daily supervised hand washing before school meals and at group toilet times.

Management: Plans created for operational maintenance and menstrual hygiene management.

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Continued on Page 7 Rotary Two Stars : Rotary And Unicef Recognition Education : Teachers trained in hygiene and menstrual hygiene management education. Improved attendance and follow-up with absent students. Facilities : WASH conditions meet national standards. Behavior change : All students use the sanitation facilities at all times.

Management : Menstrual hygiene management plan implemented, with infrastructure and supportive environment.

Rotary Three Stars : Rotary And Unicef Recognition Education : WASH lessons integrated into

curriculums, and complementary teacher training provided.

Facilities : WASH conditions meet minimum World Health Organization standards, and regular maintenance is ensured.

Behavior change : Community members involved. Management : Monitoring and evaluating to check compliance with national standards; data reported to government.

Strategic Partnership With World Vision The Board of Trustees has approved a strategic partnership with World Vision to jointly undertake Government schools pan India for WASH in urban,

Y O U T H From the Chairman's Desk: “Parivartan – Act of Kindness Project” for Interactors This is very unique project as it has unbelievable benefits to make child better person in life and can also change the society. It is very easy to implement, administer at very low cost.

How to implement : · For whom: for school children from 7/8th standards · One 40 page notebook is given to all children. · They need to write daily in FEW lines what good work they have done. · Books are checked once in 10 to 15 days by volunteers / Teachers. · We request teachers to ask 3 students randomly to read their good work done yesterday. · Duration: minimum 45 to 60 days. · Cost: Rs.10/- per child for notebook · Child will learn automatically difference between what's good and what's bad. · Psychologically they become helpful to others in family, school and society. · They tend to go away from bad company and friends. · They become better citizen and are more acceptable in society, family. · When you read this notebooks, you come to know real pictures of

semi urban and rural areas. World Vision is a Community based international organization which has a presence in over 100 countries and has a strong presence in India. Besides providing manpower, it will also be funding the WASH projects to the extent of 50%.

We, in district 3131 are planning to have massive drive in 2500 schools for WINS education.We will implement WINS with the help of ZP, Local bodies, NGO, Unicef, Rotary clubs in these schools. Initial discussions with ZP officials are going on.

WinS team has made very effective video for educating students. These will be distributed to school authorities.

Rtn. Shekhar Zilpewar Team WinS District 3131 2016-17.

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society and problems. This helps children to become better person in life. If we can work towards removing these problems, then only we can make better society.

Examples of good work by children are as follows: · Helping brother, sister, mother or father, friend, elderly people · Listening to teacher in class is also good work, Doing regular study · Giving glass of water to parents/grand parents, Telling story or spending time with them · Planting trees, Sharing food with friends, Not fighting in class and out side · Helping to read and write to senior people, Helping to cross roads, Helping in kitchen and many more………

Idea is to make them think about doing good work and when you do it for 45 to 60 days, it becomes a habit and even if few children become better human beings, the project is a success. It also gives us picture of the problems in the

society.

My request to all my dear Rotarians is to kindly consider above points why this project is needful and useful for children.

There's no specific notebook, you can use as you wish. Age group should be above 10 years. The notebook should preferably have hard cardboard cover so that it can last for 2 months. Friends are planning to train 10,000 students this year and request you to cover at least 3 schools with 50 to 100 students in your area. Please contact us to implement this unique project in your area.

by - Rtn Dr Vijay Mehta Chairman -Parivartan 09422548210

At the outset, I extend my heartfelt wishes to all club President Elects, YOUTH Directors & committee members for the wonderful Rotary year 2016-17. We have set the goal of reaching to at least 50,000 “YOUTH” through Rotary structured programs & specially designed District Youth Development Activities.

July is the month of Earlyact, Interact & Rotaract Installations and our youth team is busy attending those in the District. I wish all the best to all the newly elected Earlyact, Interact & Rotaract Presidents and Board Of Directors.

Friends, let us re-visit our mission-“To seek 100% Clubs participation in YOUTH programs”.

YES – “We Can “& together “We Will” reach our mile stone!!!

PP Rtn Shital Shah DirectorYouth Service 2016-17

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M E M B E R S H I P MISSION MEMBERSHIP Dear Rotarian's, during Pre PETs and PETs, the membership team had urged you to add minimum 7/8 members during your installation. I am happy to announce that every club has responded very positively. Many clubs organized meetings with prospective members. We had circulated club list of members who have left Rotary in last five years. Few clubs tried to reconnect them. Clubs also focused on PI activities. All these efforts finally resulted in addition of good and resourceful members. We had decided to add 1500 net members. Initially all of us felt that it is a difficult target to achieve, but friends now I feel we can reset our target to 2000 members. We have excellent additions in certain clubs. To name a few : RC Bhigwan : + 40, RC Inspira :+25, RC Aundh : +21 RC Talegaon Dabhade : +20 RC Pimpri Town : +20, RCP Wisdom : +20, RCP Lokmanyanagar : +20, RCP Katraj : +19, RC Purander : +15, RC Indapur : +12, RC Baramati, RCP Gandhibhavan, RCP Hadapsar, RC Lonavala :10 members each. There many more, who have added members but not reported yet.

We have applied for Charter for three new clubs. RC Talegaon Dabhade City, RC Panvel Elite, Rc Pune Smart City. out of which

we have received Charter for RC Talegaon Dabhade City. Friends this club will have 81 members when we install. I am sure by August end we send charter applications for another3 clubs.

August is membership month and we need to work hard on membership. It is a lifeline of Rotary. We must add more Lady members and young members.

Addition of good resourceful members can help Rotary to change our image. We have planned August Award event to honor all these performers. Our membership team has decided to have following Awards.

These new awards : 1) Top two Awards per zone, makes 10 awards 2 ) To p 3 a w a r d s f o r l a d y Rotarians.

3) Balance awards for new clubs.

4) One exclusive award for a club who has added maximum number of members.

Friends, I request all of you to forward us the details of your achievements and also upload on RI website. Please note that we will refer RI website for all your additions. If we continue to perform at this pace I am confident to achieve all our targets.

Rotary 'Designated Month' August

Wish u a very happy membership month.

Rtn. Ratnakar Bagul Director Membership 2016-17

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WOMEN IN ROTARY (WIR) LAUNCHED THEIR FIRST PROJECT : On Thursday, the 14 th July 2016 a half day seminar titled 'Only For Your Skin' was arranged by Women in Rotary (WIR) and Medical Service Projects team of District 3131, which was sponsored by RCP Shivajinagar, RC Pune Central Inner Wheel and RC Magarpatta Elite.

Over 300 ladies and gents attended this seminar.

They were guided in the field of skin care by erudite experts: D r. N a n d i n i D e s h m u k h , (Homeopathic Medicines), spoke about homeopathic application for skin care.

Dr. Jyotsna Joshi (Best Cosmetics and Treatment for Skin) gave an elaborate presentation on types of skin problems and simple solutions.

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(BeautyTherapist) elaborated on skin care through cosmetics, diet and exercising.

WIR Director Gauri Shikarpur introduced Rotary and active part of lady rotarians which is increasing over last few years.

Rtn. Gauri graciously handled the audience questions and facilitated their answers.

Dr.Madhavi Vaze, Director Medical Services Projects, explained purpose of this seminar and necessity of awareness of skin care, skin diseases and remedies thereof.

District First Lady Padmaja Deshmukh addressed the audience explaining need and benefit of such seminar.

PP Rtn. Aparna Ranade wove the seminar together deftly.

It was a joyous and informative s e m i n a r. Q u e s t i o n - A n s w e r session received excellent response and specific guidance was given by concerned doctors.

Couple of more such seminars was a requirement of audience.

On behalf of RCP Shivajinagar club, Director community services(medical) Rtn Ravikiran Desai did a noteworthy meticulous job of logistics and organisation of this event.

IPP Rtn. Gauri Shikarpur Director, Women in Rotary

IPP Rtn. Deepa Gandre gave a heartfelt vote of thanks.

F E L L O W S H I P We have already started the enjoyment with the Monsoon Fellowship at Blue Bay Resorts on 31st July, Ambegaon. Thanks a lot for the overwhelming response for this event!

Please reserve those dates for the upcoming Fellowship events !

16th October 2016 Spiritual Fellowship President Rtn Devavrat Shahane, DirectorFellowship RY 2016-17

Upcoming Fellowship events (Note: President Elects are open to host these District Events): 16 October 2016

Spiritual Fellowship

6 November 2016

Race Course Fellowship to be hosted by RCP Far East

11 December 2016

Bird watching & Fish Fellowship hosted by RC Bhigwan

December 2016

Hurada Fellowship to be hosted by RC Baramati

8 January 2017

Kite Fellowship to be hosted by RC Panvel

13 February 2017

Popati Fellowship to be hosted by RC Goregaon

24 April 2017

Gazal Fellowship

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Child Development Safeguarding Children from Online Sexual Abuse – A Rotary District 3131 Initiative Every child having access to a smart phone or laptop and social media is a potential victim of online sexual abuse. Perpetrators defy age and geographical borders and have unregulated access possible for any child in any corner of the world. Children and young people face the risk of being exposed to abusive images, of being groomed or lured into sexual conversation or exploitation by adult offender or of being bullied or harassed online. Therefore, It is essential for stakeholders such as Teachers, Parents, Caregivers, School Counsellors, Psychologists, and also those engaged in Government or education systems to understand the extent of the problem, find ways and means of protecting the child and work towards becoming a hostile and an intolerant civil society against child sex abusers.

When we talk about Child Development, it encompasses physical, emotional, mental,

social, language and cognitive development of the child. For a child to develop into confident and complete person, he needs guidance in various aspects of life. TEACH Committee of RID 3131 understands this need very well and has designed the programs accordingly. Child Development Avenue in Literacy team of Rotary District 3131, identified the need for creating awareness amongst stake holders and organized a one day workshop on “Keeping Children

safe Online” on 16th July 2016 at Pune under the guidance by DG Prashant and leadership of DLCC Rtn Vaishali Bhagwat and District Chairman – Child Development, Rtn Vrinda Walimbe. Rtn Yezdi Batliwala and Rtn Parag Muley were the convener and coconvener for the workshop. The program is designed to empower children and young people in India to better protect themselves from a number of risks in both online and offline, including sexual exploitation and abuse,

improve our partnerships with Indian law enforcement and make India a more hostile place for child sex offenders. The workshop was attended by more than four hundred participants who were teachers from schools all around Pune including Pune Municipal Corporation Schools, parents, school counselors, social workers, lawyers from juvenile court and even few grand parents.

The highlight of the workshop was it was attended mainly by non Rotarians and thus this Literacy initiative also turned to be PI initiative too. The fact that Rotary does take up socially relevant issues helped in improving image of Rotary. RC Poona, RCP Downtown and RCP Pride were the hosts for the workshop.

Commissioner of Police, Pune, Ms. Rashmi Shukla was the chief guest for inauguration ceremony.

RID Shekhar Mehta was Guest of Honour and in his speech elaborated on TEACH initiatives

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program of RILM. District Governor Rtn Prashant Deshmukh elaborated the various projects like WINS, TEACH, Medical and Health Awareness programs, etc by District 3131.

ZLCC Dr Bal Inamdar appreciated the efforts taken by TEACH committee of RID 3131, which mainly comprises of Ladies Brigade. A booklet containing articles by socially aware persons from different walks of life, and CD containing technical articles and film on cyber crime was published on the occasion. A board game which makes children aware of the things that they can do to ensure their safety was also released in the workshop.

The technical session, “Deep Dive”, had in depth presentations by experts in related fields. Rohit Srivastava explained about Cyber threats to children with demo and

gave ring side view of how cyber crimes are aided by our own naivety. Ms. Persis from Majlis was very eloquent in insisting on reporting of any Child Abuse incidents happening around us and also how majority of the abuses happen in the four walls of so called secure homes. She explained the provisions under the POCSO Act. Aarambh, an NGO based in Mumbai was the Knowledge partner for the workshop. The initiative has been working on the issue of online sexual abuse of children with national and international experts and has launched India's first “Child Sexual Abuse Images Reporting Hotline” in May 2016.

The further Train the Trainer programs will be conducted by master trainers from Aarambh India. Debashish Pramanik from Systools gave a technical perspective on “Tracing the Offenders”.

In the end Panel discussion was led by Rtn Vrinda Walimbe and Dr. Laila Garda from KEM, Pune.

The panelists were Lawyer Persis Sidhwa, Cyber crime investigator Shweta Chawla, Sandeep Chhabra, Principal of Indus School, Counsellors Preeti Broker and Gauri Kulkarni and Psychologist Dr Ujjwal Nene from KEM Research Centre.

Future plans: · To organise extensive training programs for Volunteers so that they can conduct training programs for stakeholders to understand the problem and take measures to protect the children under their care. · Standardized training material will be made available to the volunteers

"Each Rotarian is connecting link between the idealism of Rotary and their Trade or Profession".

Paul Harris.

The concept of "Rotarians' Referral Network" (RRN) is based on above principle.

This is a product of Rotary District 3131 and "It is Vocational Service of Rotarians, By Rotarians & for Rotarians".

Rotary International is established & flourished by Businessmen & Professionals.

Vocational Service is very Important Avenue & this year, we have decided to make lot of Vocational activities. Generally, each & every Rotary Club is executing Minimum two programs under this Avenue – 1. Vocational Excellence Awards Distribution & 2 . Vo c a t i o n a l Vi s i t t o t h e Factories.

Being Rotary is a major group of

Professionals & Businessmen, we are promoting our "Four Way Test". This is the concept to promote Fair Trade Practice amongst Rotarians & their professions. We are encouraging "Referral Business" through our Rotarians.

As we know traffic signals are useless without civic sense, same way our "Business without Four Way Test" is not fair. It is proven fact that our 90% business goes through 'Referral Business'.

Being Rotary is the Group of Professionals, then why not we encourage "Referral Business" through our True Rotarians?

At present two Forums are st rd Meeting on 1 & 3 Saturday in Pune City & Pimpri Chinchwad area at 8 am. The simple agenda is, Meeting Call to Order, Four Way Test, 1 minute introduction of every Rotarians with his business activity, 10 minutes 3 Business Presentations of Rotarians, Referrals Exchanges & at the time of fellowship B2B meets. Including Fellowship we

· Each Volunteer to make a commitment to conduct training programs for stakeholders and children · To start a more in depth conversation about online behaviours in India, help to break down barriers between adults and children in regards to the online world and how to report if something goes wrong online and ultimately help safeguard more children across India.

- By Rtn Vrinda Walimbe, Counselor & Psychotherapist, Chairman- Child Development, RID 3131 Rtn. Vaishali Bhagwat Dist. Literacy Committee Chair (DLCC) 2016-19

· Volunteers will be given a certificate by RID 3131

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invest 90 minutes. We may start more Forums / Groups as per demand. · This is Fellowship Forum.

Membership is available for Rotarians only but this is not a Rotary Club, No President, no Secretary is here.

The Activity will be run by Vocational Director under the Guidance of District Governor.

For day to day activities Dist.

Committee Chair Person will work as convener. lVenue & Menu expenses will be contributed from time to time. l F or Every M eeting, F ive Rotarian Guests are allowed but please register names with The Convener. lReferral Business will be count, Thank You Note will be given. lMore than 25 – 30 lakhs of INR business has been created through this Forum.

We are in process to make edirectory of Rotarians' Classification wise with the help of District IT Team. In immediate

future, District will introduce eplatform for Referral Network.

We are quite confident that, this 'Capsule' may attract young entrepreneurs & Rotary Member's average age will come down.

Wish You All The Best to Promote Your Business.

RRN Core Team Members are – Prasad Sovani (9822193445), V S Srinivasan (9822021752), Rajkumar Tambe (9822258646), Dhanashri Jog (9850116083), Ramdas Jaid (9822031344), Shekhar Luniya (9822257474) Mukesh Supanekar (9422031811) Rtn. Sheetal Lokhande (9823281078), - Rtn. Dilip Kumbhojkar.

Director: Vo c a t i o n a l Service.

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Dear friends, I have a great pleasure to pen down the reports of medical activities throughout the dist. in the month of July.

The year 2016-17 started with a big bang with an announcement of Occupational health center at Kurkumbh MIDC & Rotary supported Chakan Blood bank at Chakan on the day of the installation of our DG Prashant Deshmukh on 3rd July.

We must appreciate the efforts of

applauding & appreciating.

RC Lokmanyanagar (president Vilas Ravande )started a mother & child care clinic at Bavdhan which will cater the needy & underprivileged mothers & their babies. They also organized a medical camp for Varkaris.

RC of Pune Heritage (president Jaywant ) organized a drive called “Mahadan “ as the blood donation, pledge for organ donation & other donations as well.

RC of Junnar (presi Datta Mhaske ) arranged a mega dental check up camp & treated various dental problems of 250 school children .

A G Vi k a s To p a l e & P r e s i Chandrakant . RC Karvenagar (Presi Shirish & PP Vivek Joshi ) donated a well equipped van “clinic on wheels “ (cost about 15 lakhs, )for the Varkaris, walking their way to Pandharpur. A team of doctors led by Rtn. Dr Narkhede accompanied them & treated injuries & illnesses, scorpion bites, snakebites etc. during the wari, totally free of cost. This noble gesture is worth

RC Mideast (Presi Dr Kench )started Rural health centre. Presi Vilas Ravande started mother & baby care clinic at Bavdhan .

These centres are for the service to poor . Congratulations to both of them.

RCP Camp (Pres. Kranti Shah), carried out dental check up of 1100 students. , along with the treatment of needy. The total cost of the project, Rs.1,60,000. RC Mahad (Pres. Rahul Sukale), an asthama camp at Mahad, RC

Nigdi-Pune (Pres. Dr. Shubhangi Kothari, collected 145 blood bags which will help 435 patients. RC Bhigwan carried out HB camp for 450 patients.

RCP Wisdom (Pres. Anand Khairnar) organized 'Aarogya Vyakhyanmala'. RC Pimpri (Pres.

Vi b h a Z u t s h i ) o rg a n i z e d a program for adolescent health.

RC Aalephata Main started Dengue awareness campaign.

M E D I C A L : This year R C Dehuroad have completed 7th Warkari seva shibir..,their signature project in which approx 10500 beneficiaries treated with free consultations, medicines etc. with help of 110 volunteers Including club Rotarians, Ann's , Staff from Cantonment hospital, Ayush Hospital,Ojas hospital and Students of JSPM pharmacy college.. Hats off to them.

For this mountains of medical projects, a service to humanity , in a true sense, We congratulate all of these clubs.

Dinanath Mangeshkar Hosp Auditorium on 27th August eve.

In association with WIR, our cmmmittee, organized a very useful event called, “For your skin care”. It was attended by about 250 people & was appreciated a lot.

3)For the doctors in Rotary as well as other Doctors : On 28th August, between 10 am to 12.30 pm at Poona Hospital Auditorium. This program will be graced by the presence of PDG Dr Ulhas Kolhatkar as chief guest.

We will publish the doctor's directory on the same day.

In August, we have planned : 1) AMRUT event : Breast milk awareness program at Deenanath Mangeshkar Auditorium on 5th August eve .

2) For your bones & joints only : Aw a r e n e s s , p r e v e n t i o n & treatment of knee joints, back pain & joint replacement surgery in association with WIR. At

14th July, 2016

Dear all Sweet sixteen friends, we appreciate your efforts for the service to humanity. You are doing a God's work !!!!

God bless you all !

Rtn. Dr. Madhavi Vaze, DirectorService Projects-Medical 2016-17

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Rotary Mega Medical Center - RC New Panvel RC New Panvel was Chartered 29 years back .19 years back in 1997 it started the first Blood Bank in Panvel and Raigad which has helped in saving many Precious lives.Component lab was started in 2005 in Rotary Centennial year and Apheresis Unit was started in 2010-11.Our Club is coming up with Rotary Mega Medical Centre which will comprise of 1-Dialysis Centre & 8 HAEMODIALYSIS Machines.

2-Thalassemia Centre 3-OPD,Day Care and Diagnostic Centre 4-Rotary Community Centre.

Total Area being Constructed20000 Square feet. Total Cost of the Project- INR 5 Crore Construction Cost -3.5 Crores being raised from Generous Donors from community. Notable is Donation by Rotarian Vilas Kothari who has Donated 76 Lakhs for this Project which includes a Term Gift for Procuring Equipments for this centre. He is also a Level 3 Major Donor. Other Donors who have contributed 25 Lacs are Rtn. Dwarkanath Bhagat, Rtn. Purshottam Agarwal and Rtn.

Ramsheth Thakur. Both DL Bhagat and Purshottam Agarwal are also 2nd Level MD. We have completed RCC Work and now interior work is going on. We intend to inaugurate this project in TRF Centennial year to Serve Humanity through Rotary.

Trust Chairman Purushottam Agarwal, Pres. Hemant Bhalekar and all RC New Panvel members are putting in great efforts to fulfill this dream. Glad to share that we have received Rs. 45 Lacs

from TRF against our Term Gift in TRF Centennial year. Recently, DG Prashant gave us opportunity to showcase our project as ideal PI Project in Dist. PI Seminar.

Rtn. Dr. Anil Parmar, CounsellorTRF 16-17 RC New Panvel M.: 9322218978

DG Rtn. Prashant Deshmukh to inaugurate landmark EYE-PROJECT in ETHIOPIA on 24th August, 2016

For the first time in the history of our district 3131. Four Districts from Finland, Three districts from Korea, one (Host) District from Ethiopia have collaborated with our district, to implement such a massive G LO B A L GRANT PROJECT, for Helping the poor in 10 regions of Ethiopia The Project costing USD 1,22,250 .

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For the 1 time in District 3131 Mega Tree Plantation has been done. More than 2,70,000 tree plantation was done. This project was jointly done with Forest Department Govt. of maharashatra. 100% club participation was there in this project. The Presidents of 2016 – 17 along with their respective clubs have done fabulous job & has shown their strength, unity & co-ordination. Special thanks to DG Prashant Deshmukh for giving direction to this project & by attending several meetings of this project.

Myself along with District Tree Plantation Chairman Rtn. Makarand Tillu and other District Service Project Environment Committee members put their efforts together for the Great Success of this project. Number of

NGO's, Rotaractors, Interactors, Friends of Rotarians & number of school students jointly worked together for this project.

Rtn. Adv. Ajay Wagh Director -Service ProjectEnvironment RY 2016-17

S E R V I C E P R O J E C T S : "Nirmal Raksha Abhiyaan" Rotary Club of Pune Inspira's "Nirmal Raksha Abhiyaan" Rotary Club of Pune Inspira's, “Nirmal Raksha Abhiyaan” a project for safe disposal of used sanitary napkins using scientific means was launched at the hands of Pune city Mayor Shri Prashant Jagtap at the installation ceremony of Rtn. Pienaal Waankhaday as the President of RCP Inspira on July 10th 2016.

President Pienaal Wankhadey and Director Service Projects Nirmala Thormote fully supported the project conceptualized by Secretary Rtn. Smita Vikhankar, chairperson "Nirmal Raksha Abhiyaan". The initiative is buoyed as the Mayor announced to extend full support so as to make it a role model under “Swachcha Bharat Abhiyaan”.

The Mayor also announced that with the help of RCP Inspira and

all other Clubs under Rotary 3131 District the incinerators would be installed in entire Pune City. The first such incinerators have already come up at Siddharth Nagar, Tadimala and SRPF in Wanowrie area as part of MoU signed by PMC with RCP Inspira.

These incinerators have been sponsored by Club Trainer Rtn. Pankaj Shah. PP Arun Sathe, GSR of the club, is helping with Global grants. Entire Team Inspira has taken up to themselves to scale up this project and have been involved in awareness sessions that are conducted at various locations.

R C P U n i v e r s i t y, P r e s i d e n t Devavrat Shahane and Director Service Projects Kshama Ganguly announced 5 incinerators at the launch.

Additional support for 25 incinerators were also promised by various Rotary District Clubs

at the installation ceremony, Governor Prashant Deshmukh and first lady Padmaja, District Governor (Elect) Abhay Gadgil, AG Jaideep Malaviya, GSR Arun Sathe, Club trainer Pankaj Shah and all Inspira members graced the occasion of formal launch of the "Nirmal Raksha Abhiyaan".

All the clubs are invited to join the

Rotary Club of Pune Inspira and participate in the Abhiyaan and help in making Pune city clean and solving this major issue.

President Rtn. Pienaal Waankhaday RC Pune Inspira

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August & September, 2016 Date 5th August

DRM1 Dist Literacy Seminar (Level III) August Awards Awareness Prog. : Bones & Joints Doctors Directory Releasing Prog.

DRM 2 RYE - Ganesh Visarjan

6th August 7th-August

Literacy Recognitions TROIKA Meet Vision 2020

Venue Deenanath Mangeshkar Auditorium

24th-August 27th-August 28th-August

MIT College, Auditorium PYC Hindu Gymkh.

Deenanath Mangeshkar Auditorium Poona Hospital Auditorium

3rd Sept.

15th Sept.

24th Sept.

1st-2nd Oct.

pandit farm

Proposed Host

RCP Katraj RCP Gandhi BhavanÂ

It was a pleasant surprise for me to receive the first issue No.1 of July of your GML "ZANZAWAT" for which I am indeed grateful to you What a wonderful array of colourful publications with excellent design and artwork beautifully printed on art paper in enchanting colours with photogtraphs in bewitching colours with most expressive contents and I am completely overwhelmed and amazed with your labour of love in preparation of each and every publication which is a gem of a piece worth preserving in my Rotary Library to be cherished forever! My hats off to you once again for the above most exquisite eye-pleasing publications never , ever initiated by any Rotary Governor in Rotary's history as far as our Zone is concerned!

Coming to your GML most appropriately titled "ZANZAWAT", I found it to be most interesting, informative and expressive in contents brilliantly compiled and edited by Rtn. Dilip Deshpande ( with following

District Governor Vivek Sawant, MKCL Sandeep Gaud PDG Vijay Jalan (Rotary Co-rdinator)

Calendar of Events

PDG Dr. Ulhas Kolhatkar

RCP Laxmi Road, RCP Sinhagad Road

RYE Inbounds

RCP Metro

RID Manoj Desai

Rtn. Pankaj Shah Dist. SecretaryEvents & Meets 2016-17

Announcement

Comments Dear Rtn. Prashantji,

Chief Guest

highlights in colourful photographs) for which my compliments for the most exemplary job!

GML is an important tool through which the Leader reaches out to his readers with information and inspiration and let me tell you that you have utilised this tool most effectively through your Editor to motivate, and invigorate your Rotarians to strengthen our organisation on solid foundations of "Rotary Serving Humanity " for which my heartiest compliments !

Congratulating you for excellent GML and looking forward to similar issues in future and best wishes for (16 -17) to Serve Humanity through Rotary and with warm personal regards to you and Padmajaji from myself and Indumati, We remain, Your Friends, Rtn. Jagmohan Katakia PDG Dist. 3040 (94-95) 23- B, Kunj Society, Alkapuri, BARODA. 390007 (Guj)

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL DISTRICY, 3131 presents INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING and PEACE SYMPOSIUM

Chief Guest : Rtn. Paul Netzel,

Trustee, The Rotary Foundation, USA

18, 19 th Feb., 2017 Registration Fees Rs. 2,000 / -

for Foreign Delegates US$ 80

Venue : Swami Vivekanand Hall, MIT College Campus Off Paud Road, Pune, India..

For Registration Contact : Rtn. Pradeep Wagh, Chair, Peace Symposium Tel.: +91-20-2543 9101, 9881 364 977 peace.symposium.rotarypune@gmail.com pradeepwagh.rotary@gmail.com

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