July 2017
The Golden Orange
R.I President : Rtn. John Germ District Governor : Rtn. Mahesh Mokalkar Club President : Rtn. Alok Goenka Established : 1944 R. I. District : 3030 Club ID 15587
RI Presidential communication Club Assembly
TRF Celebrations Weekly Meetings
District Awards Surgical Camp
Annual Reports
Scholarship Distribution
Rotary Impact
RI President's Message
There are as many reasons to come to Rotary as there are Rotarians – maybe even a few more. But each of us has stayed in Rotary because it adds something to our own lives. Through Rotary, we are Making a Difference in the world; and the more involved we become, the more of a difference Rotary makes to each of us. Rotary challenges us to become better people: to become ambitious in the ways that matter, to strive for higher goals, and to incorporate Service Above Self into our daily lives. What kind of difference Rotary clubs and individual Rotarians make through their service will always be their own decision. As an organization, we are guided by the three strategic priorities our Board has set in our strategic plan: to support and strengthen our clubs, to focus and increase our humanitarian service, and to enhance Rotary's public image and awareness. In the year ahead, our clubs will have the support of a greatly augmented array of online tools, including a refreshed Rotary.org, a simplified Rotary Foundation grant application process, an improved My Rotary experience, and a
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rebuilt Rotary Club Central. As we look to strengthen our clubs, two specific challenges stand out in our membership: our gender balance and our average age. To keep our clubs strong, we need to build a membership that reflects the communities we serve and that will continue to develop knowledgeable leaders for generations to come. For many years, one idea has stood at the heart of all our service: sustainability. Sustainable service means our work continues to have a positive impact long after Rotary's direct involvement has ended. We don't dig wells and walk away; we make sure communities can maintain and repair those wells. If we build a clinic, we make sure that clinic has a way to keep running without ongoing support from us. And when it comes to polio, we aren't working to contain it; we're working to end it. Eradicating polio is the ultimate in sustainable service. It is an investment
Ian H.S. Riseley President 2017-18 that will yield not just a long-lasting but a permanent benefit, on a global scale. It is and must remain our No. 1 priority until the job is done. For 112 years, Rotary has made a difference to more lives, in more ways, than we can ever count or will ever know. Today, each of us bears a torch, its flame lit by Paul Harris that has been passed forward from generation to generation, in Rotary: Making a Difference.
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President’s Message watershed 3 & 4 with the help of our donors. New work will usher in happiness and prosperity to more than 20,000 families, 10,000 cattle and will encourage farmers to sow multiple crops during the year. We have created 9 RCC's of villagers who have taken an oath to ensure proper maintenance of the streams created by our club. Actor Amir Khan's “Paani Foundation” is a well known NGO. They conduct a competition every year among villages with respect to water resources and usage across laid down parameters and gauge their performance. You will be pleased to know that “Kakkardhara Village” in Arvi tehsil in Wardha, where your club has done substantial work is among the 5 frontrunners to win the prestigious award. Further, our partners in service, the Canadian Clubs have transferred USD 10,000 for purchase of individual drinking water kits for villages in buffer zone of Tadoba. We plan to handover these kits in the first week of July and urge our members to please join us as we fulfill our commitment to this community.
I thank all of you for being pillars of strength to me and the Board through the year. Without your support, it would have been impossible for our club to have worked so wonderfully across all 5 avenues of service. My thanks are due to the Board for being there always; and special thanks to Secretary Manish, who was rock solid and always by my side in managing the affairs of the club. As the new Rotary year is ushered in, I assure you that my involvement will remain as passionate to the cause of the Club and Rotary, where we all belong. Let's enjoy Rotary !!! Alok Goenka
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Dear Members, This Rotary year is coming to an end. As we prepare to usher in the new and dynamic leadership, I am left with mixed feelings of the year gone by. Although fully satisfied that I could lead the club to the best of my ability, the unfortunate incidents in the last month definitely left a bad taste in the mouth. I can very well imagine that this would be true for of all our members as well. The coordinated effort by some members to launch a mutiny against the legacy of this 74 year old institution did not augur well for us. More so, in the way wrongful information and canard was spread against the club. I had many times said and reiterated that no individual could ever be more important than the institution, and even more so of a more than 100 year old institution like Rotary. Having said that, I remain very positive that a few who were misled, will see the light of the day and will be back amidst RCN soon. Our service to community remained in focus. We could finish the Ralegaon
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Rotary Impact 2016-17
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YEAR
AMOUNT IN LACS
WATER STOREAGE ( CRORE LIT )
WATER IRRIGATED PERCULATED LAND ( CRORE LIT ) ( HECTARES )
16-17 (TG+GG+CSR) RCN
5
1.25
8.5
100
16- 17 RC OF MUMBAI SC
45
8.5
60
800
17-18 (TG+GG+CSR) RCN
55
11.0
77
1800
17-18 RC OF MUMBAI SC
45
9.0
63
1400
TOTAL
150
29.75
208.5
IMPACT
4100
PROJECT
AMOUNT IN LACS
WATER STOREAGE ( CRORE LIT )
WATER IRRIGATED PERCULATED LAND ( CRORE LIT ) ( HECTARES )
IMPACT
GWALIOR CSR
37.5
8
40
9600
TADOBA DRINKING WATER
24
500
YEAR
AMOUNT IN LACS
WATER STOREAGE ( CRORE LIT )
WATER IRRIGATED PERCULATED LAND ( CRORE LIT ) ( HECTARES )
IMPACT
15-16 RCN
34.50
14.3
100
2625
4000
16- 17 RCN GG
33.85
12.3
85
1250
4000
16-17 RCN – CSR
29.0
10.7
75
1050
2000
TOTAL
97.35
37.3
260
4925
10000
3700
COMMITTEE
FIANANCIAL IMPACT (Rs)
LIF ESKILL
32 WORKSHOPS IMPACTING 1300 CHILDREN
3,20,000.00
MEDICAL SERVICES Cataract : 96 Minor : 70 Major : 34
OPTHAL / DIAGNOSTIC/ MINOR AND MAJOR SURGERIES
1,03,60,000.00
BLOOD DONATION
1487 UNITS
14,87,000.00
NUTRITION
60000 MEALS SERVED TO UNDER NOURSIDED CHILDREN
2,50,000.00
Scholarship committee
Provided to 600 children 9,50,000.000
Youth Services (Rotaract / Interact )
Various projects for interactors and rotaractors
TOTAL
15,76,000.00
1,49,43,000.00
Meeting - Preventing Self Medication At the regular meeting of the club on 1st June, Joint Commissioner, Food & Drugs Administration, Mr. Mohan Kekatpure made a presentation to the members present on the role of FDA in prevention of self medication. It is a known fact that there is a general reluctance on the part of a majority of the population to go to a
medical practitioner unless the problem becomes very acute. Mr. Kekatpure, with his rich experience of 27 years in the FDA, highlighted the efforts of the FDA in spreading awareness amongst the general public, particularly in rural areas, as to the ill- effects of self medication. He also informed the audience about the
June 1st efforts of the FDA in taking action against doctors indulging in malpractices and also highlighted the efforts of the FDA in making available affordable medicine to the masses. He regaled the audience with some humourous anecdotes about his experiences in the field. Rtn Sandip Dhodapkar presented a vote of thanks.
Business Meeting
June 8th
The Business meeting held on 8th June, 2017 was called to appraise the house about mass resignations by the members. Important decisions taken by the Board, were ratified and other issues concerning the club were discussed. Members present were briefed about the crisis of the club aroused due to the resignations of incoming board members including President Elect. Members were informed about the procedure followed as per the bye laws of the club to fill up the vacancy created in both current and incoming board. Incoming board was introduced to the house. House appreciated the gesture shown by Rtn Rina Sinha and her incoming board members by standing by the club and accepting the responsibility of the club at the eleventh hour. The meeting was adjourned after singing of the National Anthem.
June 15th
Sudoku
The guest speaker at the regular meeting of the club on 15th June was a young entrepreneur of the city, Mr Kunal Karnik who made a presentation about a product that he had developed which would transform the medical system of treatment of patients particularly in rural areas. His product, Live OPD, helps a doctor to treat patients in remote locations while remaining in his chamber, by connecting his computer to a device at the remote location. This device, by connecting to the patient, not only provides results of more than 30 medical tests such as ECG, blood tests, sonography etc. within a short time, but also allows the doctor to interact with the patient over video so that necessary medicines and treatment can be prescribed immediately. Mr Karnik said that this equipment could be used not only to treat patients in areas where doctors are reluctant to go but could also transform the world of medical tourism as there would be a huge cost saving in terms of travel cost and time. President Alok mentioned that this equipment could be used by our club to great advantage in its medical camps and other medical services at Melghat and other places. Rtn Sandip Dhodapkar presented a vote of thanks. Solution on Page 28
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Meeting - LIVE OPD for Remote Medicine
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Club Assembly, Awards and TRF Celebrations
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The last Club Assembly was held on 22nd June, 2017. Assistant Governor Meeta Shaw was the guest on the occasion. Directors Rina Sinha, Sandip Dhodapkar, Jerestin Watchmaker, Rahul Choudhari, Mohd Master, Sapna Vastani, Amitabha Sharma, Nimish Sutaria, Rajesh Yadav and Pritesh Tank gave details about the work done by their committees during the
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year. President Alok read out the reports of Directors who were not present. PP Atul Shah summed up the meeting and congratulated President Alok and his team for doing a stupendous job in all 5 avenues of service. AG Meeta Shaw also had words of praise for the entire team and the club at large. Following the Club Assembly, a special
June 22nd TRF Celebration was done with a formal cake cutting ceremony. President Alok gave away awards to many chairpersons for their work done and also to all the Board members recognizing their contributions through the year. Secretary Manish proposed a formal vote of thanks.
We had our second operative camp in MAHAN Hospital at Karmagram, Utavali in Melghat. This hospital was started by Drs. Ashish and Kavita Satav, a physician and ophthalmologist couple. There project caters to and extremely backward area populated mainly by poor Korku tribals. This camp was organized jointly with the Association of Surgeons of Nagpur and our Club. Our journey began on the 24th of June and after 6 hours journey through scenic hills and forests we reached MAHAN at 8 pm. After a sumptuous dinner hosted by the Satavs, we screened and identified patients for surgery the next day. The next morning after breakfast we began work in earnest at 8:30 am.
Everyone was in praise of the state of art operation theatre which has been generously funded by our Club and Rotary Foundation. The surgeries went off with clockwork precision because the team consisted of experienced surgeons and by 10:30 am we had operated a total of 12 cases. This included a thyroid surgery which was a first in MAHAN. There were 4 children with hernias who were operated and a variety of other surgeries. The team of Surgeons consisted of Drs. Rajiv Sonarkar, Divish Saxena, Unmed Chandak, Ramakant Tayade, Ghanshyam Chude and myself. The Anaesthetic team consisted of Dr. Anjali Kolhe and S. Kurwale. We also had final year medical students from the Government Ayurvedic
Smiling Faces – Scholarships
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On the morning of 29 June, 2017, the Scholarship Committee had its 1st major project for the year where, at a ceremony organized by the St Ursula
Girls school at the school premises, a cheque of Rs. 3,75,000/- to support 150 needy children, was handed over to the Principal, MS Rachna Singh by President Alok Goenka. Ra chna, herself a senior member of our club, thanked the club for their support and also gave details of the performances of beneficiary students in their SSC exa m i n a t i o n s . D i re c to r S a n d i p Dhodapkar also spoke on the occasion and expressed happiness in the
Business Meeting - Annual Report The last and final business meeting was called on 29th June 2017. President passed on birthday and anniversary greetings to members and their spouses. Important decisions taken by the board were informed and ratified by the house. Golden Orange was released by PP Atul shah. President thanked the Board, Past Presidents and members for their support and contribution throughout the year. President Alok read out his annual report. House appreciated the work done and President Alok was given a standing ovation. The meeting was adjourned after singing of the National Anthem.
June 25th College, Karishma Takrani and K e t k i Ketkar who assisted us i n t h e surgeries. Then of course there was the staff of MAHAN who worked with precision and dedication, and last but definitely not the least were Drs. Ashish and Kavita Satav who supervised the entire operations. All in all it was a very successful camp and I thank the entire team for their effort and support. Rtn Dr. Raju Wilkinson
June 29th knowledge that most of the SSC students have scored 60% and above and Jasmeet Panesar had scored 93.20%. He exhorted the students to keep working hard and promised the continued support of the Rotary Club of Nagpur. The students also offered their prayers during the program. Present on the occasion were PPs Dr Sanjiv & Khushnoor Chugh, Shabbir Shakir, Akhtar Parvez Maimoon, Atul Shah, Tauby Bhagwagar, President Alok Goenka, Secretary Manish Bhati and Chairperson Namita Sharma.
June 29th
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Melghat Surgical Camp
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Swapnasiddhi District Awards 2016-17
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Best Club President RID 3030 Alok Goenka Best Lady Rotarian Jerestine Watchmaker Best Secretary in the Zone Manish Bhati Silver Citation Mamta Jaiswal Gold Citation Tauby Bhagwagar Platinum Citation Atul Shah Platinum Citation Shabbir Shakir Award for Best Bulletin Award for Balanced Program Award for Best Community Service Activity Best Work in Blood Donation Best Ophthalmic Service Award for best work done in Rain Water Harvesting Award for best work done for Tribals Award for outstanding Vocational Service Activity Award for Best Interact Activity Award for Best Rotaract Activity Award for Best International Activity Award for Highest Contribution to TRF Special Recognition for Project - Water Shed Management
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Community Service Medical Chairpersons: Dr. Shantala Bhole and Dr. Rizwan Haq Report of Diagnostic camps done in the year 16-17 Health Check and Rubella vaccination camps
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Health checkup camp at Sunshine Foundation for women and children was held on 17th July 2016. Health checkup camp was held at CDS School, Wadi Rubella vaccination camp was held at New English high school, Congress Nagar Health checkup camp was organized for inmates of Shashkiya Karuna Mahila Vastigruha Rubella vaccination camp was held at Guru Gobind School Deaf and Dumb School, Shankarnagar International woman's day on 8th March by participating in a health checkup camp for women of nearby slums, organized by Janalaxmi Financial Services Company, Multispeciality diagnostic camp Melghat on 16th October 2016. Almost 500 patients were examined by doctors of various specialties and given medicines. Patients requiring surgery shortlisted.
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Diagnostic health camp was held at T.S.Wilkinson Memorial School. Cchildren were examined by doctors of different specialties like paediatrics, gynaecology, dermatology and dental. The children had lot of skin problems that were addressed.
Mega health camps conducted for police officers of Nagpur division, along with BPCL once in December 16 and once in February 17. Their general checkup, BMI calculation, Random Blood sugar, Lipid profile and LFT were done. They were also evaluated by physicians. Altogether nearly 1000 officers tested. 12. Our club celebrated at their office in Wardhamannagar. 60 women attended the camp. Anaemia detection by haemaoglobin testing, breast cancer awareness and self -breast examination was taught to them. Free snacks, drinks and iron supplements were distributed. Surgical camp at Hemalkasa
Chairpersons: Dr. Aarti Anand and Dr. Sadashiv Bhole Surgical camp held at Lok Biradari Prakalp, Hemalkasa from 20 - 22 January 2017 where a team of 60 medical personnel including Surgeons, Anaesthetists, Gynaecologists, Radiologists, Ophthalmologists, Physicians and paramedics worked to perform 68 major surgeries, 30 FNAC procedures and 20 USG and Color Doppler procedures. Surgical camp at Melghat
Chairpersons Dr. Raju Wilkinson and Dr. Rajesh Singhvi Fully equipped OT set up established under Rotary's Global Grant Scheme was inaugurated at Mahatma Gandhi Tribal Hospital, Utavali , Melghat Surgical camp held on 26 th March 2017. A team of medical personnel including surgeons Dr S.K. Hazra, Dr. Raju Wilkinson and surgeons from LMH along with Pathologists Dr. Sabiha Maimoon, Dr. Anne Wilkinson and Anaesthetists Dr. Bhau Rajurkar, Dr. Shobha Daga and team from LMH successfully conducted 24 general surgeries and 4 FNACS. 60
Dr. Jerestine Watchmaker Dental procedures including dental extractions and restorations were performed at the newly inaugurated Dental OPD. Dental team of Rotary Club of Nagpur comprising of Rtn Dr. Anil Choudhary, Rtn Dr. Pooja Poddar and Rt Anne Anjali Choudhary were assisted by Dr. Rajesh Gadekar, Dr. Swapnil and Dr. Gayatri. Another surgical camp was held by Rotary club Amravati Mid town on 9 th April 2017 where 9 surgical cases were performed by their team of surgeons. Eyes through Rotary and Ophthalmic surgical camp. Chairpersons : Dr. Shivani Bidaye and Rtn Shiraz Doongaji Ophthalmic surgical camp was held at Yogiraj Hospital where 60 cataract surgeries done from 3- 4 December 2016; further 90 cataract operations were done at Lok Biradari Prakalp, Hemalkasa. Eyes through Rotary team led by Rtn. Shiraz Doongaji received 8 eye donations this year. Every family was thanked for the noble gesture with a memento.
Skin and organ donation Chairperson : Dr. Sameer Jahagirdar Awareness campaigns held in the form of talks and awareness rallies conducted at colleges and work places by Dr. Sameer Jahagirdar, Dr. Ravi Wankhede and Rtn. Shiraz Doongaji through the year. The places included Mahatma Fule University of Talent Development Academy, Raisoni Institute, Hindi Rashtrbhasha Sabha Gruha etc. Thousands of Organ donation forms were distributed during these programs. Print Media also covered these programs in a big way. Dr. Sunil Keswani, Director, National Burns Centre Mumbai addressed our regular meeting to enlighten our members about skin bank and ways to spread awareness about it. During this Rotary Year the Skin Bank received 7 Skin donations. Total 9 calls were received but two of the calls had to be declined as the donors were not fit for harvesting Skin. One of the skin donor had also donated Liver and Eyes. The Liver was flown to Mumbai by a special plane. This was also the first Cadaveric
satisfaction about the project, availability and quality of issued skin graft. In all this year total of 6607 sq.cm Cadaveric Skin graft was distributed to the potential users. Since its inception, this Skin bank has harvested till date, 24122.88 sq.cm skin from 16 donations and has distributed 15334.05 Sq.cm Skin to the needy burn patients. 5305 sq.cm is still under process and will be ready for distribution once phase III processing is over. At present the
Skin Bank has got 3483.83 Sq.cm Skin ready to be distributed to any needy patient on receiving requisition.
Community Service Non Medical Fellowship during the meeting We arranged snacks during fellowship meeting and also took care of arrangements for halls throughout the year and there were no complaints as to food and our arrangements. We would like to thank the management of Meerakle Hospitality specifically Manager Keshav Behara and his team who served us sumptuous snacks and made our job easy every week. Pulse Polio We participated in distribution of snacks and jackets in pulse polio camps organised by the NMC which are organised twice in a year. Blood Donation Camp: We created a difference this year regarding Blood Donation by signing MOU with the partner Blood Banks which are Jeevan Jyoti, Life Line and Hegdewar blood banks to regularise our
working with these Banks. Specifically we have made agreement that 15% of the blood will be at the disposal of our club so that we can really make a difference to the part of society which is unable to shell out the expense to obtain free blood. In the beginning of the first 3 months we were only able to organise just 1 camp on the day of our installation. We have concentrated on organising blood camps with substantial donation only and we collected around 1473 units this year and distributed 86 units free of cost. Asset Management We also took review of our projects above 2 lacs 1. Natal Neo care at matru seva sangh 2. Ambulance with gaurakshan seva Kendra
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Garden at matru seva sangh Skin bank Water shed project at Girad with Magan Sanghralaya We found that in some cases the assets donated to the organisations were being under utilised by the organisations and the action has been taken by the club to ensure that it is utilised properly. Projects like garden at matru seva sangh should not be taken up by the club as the authority looks forward to upkeep of the garden on daily basis by our club. I thank the club for giving us the responsibility of taking up the above projects as it has been a learning experience, helped us in integrating our friendship and wow affect of doing good. I also thank all the team members for the whole hearted support and good work.
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donation from rural part around Nagpur i.e from Sawangi Meghe Rural Hospital and Medical College. For transporting donated organs special green corridor was made available by Police department for fast transfer of organs from Sawangi Meghe to Nagpur Airport. This was first of its kind event in Nagpur. Rotary OCHRI Skin Bank distributed skin to 11 recipients this year, many of them were admitted in different hospitals of Nagpur. All treating doctors expressed
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Club Service
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Fun and good fellowshipship is the cement for the community hence fellowship has been the backbone of our esteemed club !! To keep the flag soaring high all the chairpersons of the fellowshipship didn't leave any stone unturned and each fellowshipship was a masterpiece in itself. Monsoon fellowship - a Yash Chopra style "ghanana ghanana" Diwali fellowship with Angad Ranyal - a stand up comedian with his rib tickling
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Raakhi Bhatia comedy, a fantastic evening where all rotarians sat back relaxed and enjoyed the evening to the fullest. Charter Night- A masterpiece where 80plus members participated in “Rags to Reaches " where we were taken on a bike journey to all major cities in India. Last but not the least - Shaam Sufiyana, where we had Dinesh Rahate (a member of AR Rehman troupe) – his soulful music had everyone swaying to his tunes and the party went on till late in the night.
Rotary club of Nagpur along with Arena events brought to Nagpur - PINKATHON a completely new and unique event. The Pinkathon Marathon had more than a thousand she brigade on the streets of Nagpur, rains notwithstanding! Nothing deterred them from coming on the streets on a wet sunday morning. There were 4 categories 21km/10km/ 6km/3km We even managed to have about 100 mamaography tests done on a mobile mammography van
Youth Service
Rahul Chaudhary
Snapshots of 2016-17( Rahul Chaudhary) Joint Interact Installation of 28 Schools in 2 phases (More than 45 Rtn & Rt. Ann attended) Chairpersons : Rt. Ann Ruchi Uppal, Rt. Ann Ria Gupta, Rt. Ann. Shikha Tuteja, Rtn. Manisha Agrawal, Rt. Ann Purvi Thakkar, Rt. Ann. Priyanka Thakkar
·Joint Rotaract Installation of 10 Colleges Installation of 2 New CollegesChairpersons: Rtn. Navneet Jain, Rtn. Sandeep Vaid, Rtn.Shweta Singh, Rtn. Sarang Kale, Rtn.Pranav Singhal, Rtn.Zaheer Akolawala, Advisor: Rtn.Manish Agrawal
·Rotaractors of Hislop College Organised Inter-Interact and Inter-Rotaract Futsal Tournament
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·Literacy Street Play of Rotaractors :Joint Project of Lifeskill Workshop & Rotaract – 4 rotaract teams – 12 co-ordinated Nukkad Natak-(skit shows) in 1 hour- on literacy( LIFE SKILL WORKSHOP & ROTARACT COMMITTEE)
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·AIMs: Annual Interact Meet (209 participants : Interacts Chairpersons) ( more than 50 Rtn & Rt.Ann. Attended ) Advisor: Rtn. Anmol Badjate Chairpersons: Rtn. Namita Sharma, Rtn. Yusuf Master ,Rtn.Zaher Akolawala, Rtn. Rishi lashkare, Rt. Ann. Ritika Singhvi ,Rt. Ann. Fatema Shakkir
·Inter School Quiz Competition- Echo Achievers ( 46 teams :138 students, 38 teachers & more than 35 Rtn. & Rt.Ann attended)( Joint Project of Quiz & Interact ) BVM, Civil Lines Nagpur won Ist Runner Up position in State level Advisor : Rtn. Shabbir Shakkir Chairpersons: Rtn. Vipul Gupta, Rtn. Namita Sharma, Rtn. Navneet Jain, Rtn. Kritika Choudhary,Rt. Ann. Shikha Tuteja, Rtn. Shamsha, Rtn. Sandeep Vaid, & Interact Team
·Lifeskill Workshops : 32 Workshops Chairpersons: Rtn. Namita Sharma, Rtn. Geeta Rao, Rt. Ann. Sonal Singhvi, Rt. Ann. Varsha Paranjapee ·Women's Self Defence Workshop for Interacters & Rotaractors Girls Raisoni College, 200 plus girls, Chief Instructor Mazar Khan, Director Sadabai Raisoni College Ameena Vali
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Workshop in Urdu : Joint Workshop for Jamali school, Husamiah boys high school & Husamiah girls high school Jamali on Money Management by “CA Dr. Tejinder Singh Rawal, MA in Urdu”
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·RYLA :70 students, 16 activities, 6 chairpersons ,2 days 1 night, 20 plus Rotarians, masti, fun, learning, team work, leadership, dance , bonfire, creativity, crisis management, wall climbing, tent pitching ,night trek, zip line, wall climbing, real temple run, Burma bridge, standup comedy, special Clap”. Rt. Ann Chetna Singhal, Rtn. Aejaz Akolawala, Rtn. Tushar Singhvi, Rtn. Rakesh Awchat, Rtn. Litesh Thakkar & Rt. Ann Fatema Akolawala
· MAHADAN :Rotaract Club of Hislop , Sadabai Raisoni & Rotaract of Nagpur collected 277 units with huge effortsChairpersons: Rtn. Namita Sharma, Rtn. Navneet Jain ,Rt.Sandeep Vaid
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·Charity Dance-A-Thone :Rotaract Club of Hislop College raised funds for the deprived and also Set a National Record of 12 hrs of the Longest Relay Dance Marathon( India Book of Records). 1000 entries
·LandArt Project by Interactors
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International Service RYE PROGRAM ACTIVITIES IN THE ROTARY YEAR 2016-17 ·Rotary club of Nagpur was host to 3 short term students and 1 long term student from the rotary year 15-16 ·Short term students were guided to join short courses in various subjects like Yoga, Multi media & Martial arts.
Sapna Vastani ·Inbound as well as rebound students were interviewed by club GO reporters for their firsthand exchange experiences. ·Articles on IYE Program were printed throughout the year in RCN magazine GO ·RYE Program promotion was done within Club, Public at large and during Interact Installations. ·Inbounds from various clubs were involved in club activities like Nirmalaya, Walkathon, Udaan, community welfare projects, regular meetings and fellowships. ·All Inbounds of District 3030 were invited in December to the club for a Christmas Celebration. ·Many Rotary members' invited the students for family functions and festivals. ·The inbound students travelled to various parts of the country with their host parents. ·Systematic screening of residences and families were done for 3 long term ,6 short
term and 2 new generation outbound candidates. ·For the first time, an Orientation program for Outbound Students and their Parents was organised on club level to guide the students for District interviews IN A NUTSHELL In the Rotary Year 16-17, Inbounds from earlier year 15-16 were Short term 3no. Long term 1no. Outbounds from Rotary Year 16-17 were Long term 2no. Short term 5no. New generation 1no.
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The Rotary Foundation Chairpersons PP. Atul Shah, PP Vijay Naidu Committee Members Rtn. Sonam Mohota ·The Rotary Foundation celebrated its centenary during Rotary year 16-17and our club magazine Golden Orange carried an article every month informing and educating our members about the Foundation and its activities. ·The goal set this year for the TRF committee was to achieve a 100% PHF club and had reached 47 PHFs and 3 Major Donors by half year. During the same period a term gift of $ 30,000 was also received. Due to intervention by TRF at District level , however ·The club celebrated the foundation's birthday at the regular meeting in June. ·The club also received District award for TRF and its global grants.
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Global Grants
from Kacholia Family, making it a total of 4 GG. When the ban came into place on our district,( because of some learned Rotarians ) the RalegaonWatershed was already approved and the other three were in various stages of submission and approval. From 1st May, the entire board supported by a large team of Rotarians has worked on arranging funds and re-routing of the GG projects so that we do not fail in our commitment to the society at large Watershed The plan at the beginning of the year was to finish the Ralegaon Watershed which was started last year and to initiate and promote the Arviwatershed project. I am happy to announce that the work on R a l e g a o n Wa t e r s h e d i n N O W COMPLETE. Though we have to arrange some funds to pay to the contractors, I am
confident that we will be able to achieve this in the coming days. Regarding the Arvi project, the complete map was drawn out. Our first phase has now been pushed back to the coming year. But, a project of Rs. 45 lacs was executed by RC Bombay Sea Coast and they are planning to execute another one of same magnitude next year. Caring Friends Nagpur which has worked shoulder to shoulder with RCN havealso been able to arrange some CSR funds for next year. I am hopeful that in the coming year, we shall be able to complete the Arvi Watershed with help of RC Bombay Sea Coast and Caring Friends. What will remain in Arvi is the work on the main river, the cost of which is about Rs. 2.5 to 3 Croreson which we have initiated planning activities.
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Global Grants At the beginning of the year, we had planned on 3 GG Projects: 1. Ralegaon Watershed with 8 Canadian Clubs 2. Tadoba Drinking Water with 8 Canadian Clubs 3. Gwalior Watershed with CSR Funds of GAPL. 4.Was a old Project which was conceptualized in the year of PP Atul Shah .but fortunately saw the light of the day this year , The Melghat Project in which A State of the art operation theatre with a total fund amount of Rs 35 lakh commissioned at MAHAN trust , Melghat . Monthly diagnostic and surgical camps are held. More then 350 villages get benefited out of this facility . During the course of the year, another GG was added to the above, namely Arvi Watershed with a USD30,000 Term Gift
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I have got four committees under me. 1. NUTRITION COMMITTEE The chairpersons of the committee are Gurinder Kahai, Madhu Mrig and Shalini Naidu # One of the most vibrant committee was actively engaged in providing mid day meal to the underprivileged children's studying in Antarbharti school whole year round. # the committee has also conducted multiple programmes on occasions like independence day, Janmashtmi etc. # The committee is looking further to add one or more school for its mid day meal programme after doing due deligence of the same. 2. COMMUNITY WELFARE Two very able persons who are chairing this committee are Kusum Pande and Namita Sharma # The committee has forayed it's foot at Melghat by conducting a camp along with the medical committee to identify and provide nutritional supplements to the needy. # The committee had also conducted couple of camps for special child, senior citizens etc. # In the coming year the committee in collaboration with NEERI intends to
actively engage it's services in Melghat, Ralegoan and Tadoba by providing the villagers with solar equipments which will aid them in getting clean potable water as well as other institutions after doing proper deligence. 3. HEMALKHASA NON MEDICAL This committee has three seasoned chairpersons viz Rajesh Datar, Sonia Khurana and Rajendra Jaiswal all of them have very ably conducted this project in the past. # The Hemalkhasa camp took place from 20th to 22nd January 2017. # A prior visit was done where in all the non medical logistics were streamlined will in advance. # With the chairpersons at the driver's seat we successfully aided the medical team in their endeavour of surgical camp. 4. UDAAN Pritesh Tank was the Advisor and Gogi Bhasin, Rita Bhargava and Shewta Singh are the chairpersons of this committee
Amitabha Sharma # Udaan as usual was held on 14th of February 2017. # The entire team successfully conducted the one day sports carnival for more than 350 special child under different category
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The year started with distribution of Micro-Credit loans to 27 women entrepreneurs. This year alongwith seasoned Rtn Shailja Pingle, Geeta Rao and Kshama Yadav were the chairperson for Micro credit. The year saw the number of cases rise to 48 beneficiaries. Till date almost all the repayments have been made on time. Rtn ann Geeta Rao visited most of the benificiaries at their work place and found that the amount given to them was being used properly. Some of the entrepreneurs have started employing others, as their business is growing. In some cases it was found that the entire family has actively got involved in the business. Dignity for Dead
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As for Dignity for Dead , we had nine mobile mortuaries distributed among various social organisations. This year one new machine was handed over to Mukti S K Sewa Sanstha, which provides this help to the underpreviledged section of the society. The first two families that used this machine extended the act of kindness by donating the eyes of the
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Walkathon: The legendry mega event of Rotary Club Of Nagpur “ Main” was held on 5th Feb 2017, breaking all previous records of participation. There were 5 categories of events this year. 3Km/6Km and 10Km walk along with 6Km and 10Km run. Everything was going as per schedule till Mr. Modi decided to test our abilities by shocking the nation with demonitisation. After that raising funds through sponsorship became a big challenge. At this moment of crisis IDBI came forward and helped us with a generous sponsorship. Apart from this Magnum Insurance was the associate sponsor. The event was supported by – Dinshaw's, LIC, Spacewood Furniture, Segan Technologies, ICAD , Hotel Centre Point and Vista Solutions lead by Atul and Prajakta Upadhyaya.
Arneja Heart Institute was the title sponsor and like every year did the job wonderfully well. We hope this relationship continuos for ever. The team of advisors for the project included PP Dr. Sanjeev Prakash Chugh,
PP Shabbir Shakir and PP Tauby Bhagwagar. The core committee of Rtn Shivkumar Rao, Rtn Ashok Mrig and Rtn Sunil Bhatia helped in planning and mobilising the sponsorship. The two chairpersons Rtn. Pranav Singhal and Rtn. Yusuf Master worked very hard for the success of the event. This would not have been such a success without the support and advice of Rtn. Parag Paranjape, Rtn. Nimish Sutaria, Rtn. Monal Malji, Rtn Amitava Sharma, Rtn Rahul Choudhary and Rtn Pritesh Tank. Secretary Manish Bhati handled the electronic timing devices with the help of M/s Vista Solutions. President Alok Goenka was always ready to visit the sponsors and was the pillar of strength. Rotarians and Rotary anns and also non Roratians extended their full support for the success of this event.
SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE : During the year, we have distributed a sum of Rs. 4.81 lakhs to 214 needy students in this Rotary year. A total of Rs. 11.67 lakhs were distributed last year benefitting more than 800 students. Other distributions worth an additional approx Rs. 7.00 lakhs to 9 more institutions are likely to happen in the last week of June
and 1st week of July, 2017. Supporting me in this noble venture during the year were Namita Sharma, Nisha Kamath, Shashank Pande and Rajiv Behal. PROGRAMS COMMITTEE : We had 51 weekly meetings during this year. Leaving aside 12 Business meetings, 3 condolence meetings, 2 Club Assemblies
and the last Presidents annual meeting, we had 33 meetings in which we had speakers on a wide range of subjects such as travel, health, fitness, finance and taxation, spirituality. We had 2 fiery panel discussions as well. During this year, we had initiated a Rotary means Business meeting where members/spouses would be invited to display their products/services to promote business amongst members of the club. We had 4 such meetings where 15 members were provided the club platform to promote their business/ profession in an ethical manner. Programming in sync with me and putting up a varied spread this year were Reema Sial, Anjuli Minocha, Chetna Singhal and Neeta Singh. S P O R T S COMMITTEE: Stree Shakti was seen at its very best during the Rotary Cricket League organised by the ladies of the Club on 4th December. This very popular yet unusual project by the ladies of the ladies and for the ladies utilises proceeds therefrom to fund the Micro Credit initiatives of our Club. With every
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passing year, the popularity as well as the fund raising potential of this project has been growing by leaps and bounds. Playing ball with me in this committee were Nilufer Rana, Jatin Sampat, Raj Shah and Pranav Singhal. Guys your enthusiasm was phenomenal. GOLDEN ORANGE : Our award winning monthly magazine continued in
a new avatar this year as well. 12 monthly issues giving details of activities of the club in each month together with various informative, educative and entertaining articles were published during the year and appreciated by all. Forming sleek designs this year were Hetal Sampat and Durriya Akolawala
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I strongly believe that every member of the Rotary Club of Nagpur can bring about a change in some way, in some section of the society. Being an office bearer brings in more responsibility of administration, paper work, record keeping, reporting and all of these take away a lot of time and energy. I was reluctant, so it was a Big NO to the President, for the post of Hon. Secretary. But when President Alok is at his natural best, before you realise, you are virtually pushed back to the wall and there is little space left to manoeuvre. There are no requests or questions, it is always an order bundled with passion, aggression, care and love and all these leave you helpless. There is nothing one can do about it. It was as if I was hypnotized and eventually decided to walk along with him and what a journey this has been! Working along with board members was an experience by itself. Yes, we did have differences of opinions on projects and other issues related to club matters. We argued, we debated, we agreed to disagree - but within the board meetings only. Have you ever watched living clouds created by thousands of starlings flying together, commonly referred to as 'murmuration'? The way in which all the birds suddenly change direction or speed as if they were a single entity, still remains one of nature's secrets, with most scientists assuming that starlings undertake this unique collective motion in order to reduce predation risk. In a similar way, Board 16-17 was much more than just the sum of great individuals. Organizational strength, progress and resilience are determined by the extent to which individual members 'fly together' as if they were a single entity working towards a common goal. It was always the collective “WE” which was bigger than the “I” and “YOU”. Like to many others, this organisation has introduced me to various aspects of serving the society. This organisation has made me believe that as an individual, I can change the life
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of few. If you can dream of a better community around you, this organisation makes you believe that you are the one who can bring in that change. The sheer size of the club allows you to dream big. I owe all this and a lot more to this club. As I got involved with the administration of the club a couple of incidents rattled me. The first one was when a few members called me to complain that “our name is not there in the file as chairperson, so why should we work for a particular committee” and the second incident was when I received a resignation mail from a senior member stating “Over the years, RCN has grown multi fold. Such growth, more often than not affects harmony in the club since there are more chances of difference of opinion. This is quite natural.” But I emphatically assert: it is not natural! Growth is a natural process and is important for every organisation. Small efforts of every member of a large group create a huge impact in the society and resultantly, the organisation grows. Differences of opinion in a group are certainly democratic and desirable, but they begin to look ugly only when we lose our focus and work for serving ourselves rather than the community. Members who echo such sentiments of self above service - call them whatever you like, but don't identify them as Rotarians. Yes, we all come from diverse backgrounds and diverse cultures, are brought up with different family values and yet, what binds us together is the feeling of sharing the joy of giving. We are proud of our culture which teaches us to serve our parents, elders, teachers, and guests with a Divine Bhava. Service organisations like ours are nothing but extensions of the same preaching where our organisation is meant to feed the hungry, nurse the sick, comfort the afflicted, and lighten the sorrow of the sorrowful. Sense of getting recognised, name in file as chairperson, being a director of the
club, pictures in the Golden Orange, defeats the motto of joining this Club. What's important is the realisation that the healthiest thing for the organization is that there is no one person who is greater than the organization. At times we all tend to forget the purpose for which we have come into this club. We expect the Chairperson to call us and invite for club projects, we expect the President and office bearers to make a more inclusive atmosphere. We have all voluntarily joined this club and volunteering is the ultimate exercise in a democracy. You vote in elections once in five years but when you volunteer for your club, you vote every day about the kind of community you want to live in. It has been an eventful year in more ways than one. We aimed big, but the Ban on our District from TRF activity came in at a very wrong time. Club was on course to complete Global grants worth more than 200,000 USD in a single year. It has not been easy, I also realised that working selflessly in not always appreciated. I was charged with mishandling of projects for personal benefits. Despite these few dark episodes, I still cannot deny that I have made some great friends, have been introduced to some dedicated and passionate volunteers of Rotary Club of Nagpur. I feel sorry for the few priceless Rotarians whom we lost in the fag end of year for no fault of ours. I wish they had been told that it is a clearly wrong to institutionalise their individual thoughts. Any organisation must move forward with common people, collective thinking and problems. When I look back, it is a sad feeling to realise that membership strength is down from 374 to 271. Despite decrease in the club strength, I guess percentage of Rotarians in our club has increased many fold. Thank you all for the fantastic support extended and looking forward to a great year ahead under the dynamic leadership of President Rtn Rina Sinha!
Just Saying, Again... An old fable comes to mind. In an ancient temple, a number of pigeons lived inside the Gopuram. Since the temple was being renovated, the pigeons had no choice but to relocate. They settled in a Church nearby accommodating themselves with other pigeons already living there. When the Church was being painted, they all had to move again and found shelter in a mosque, yet again accommodating themselves in the available space with the mosque's resident pigeon population. Life for them came a full circle, when they had to move out en masse from the Mosque because of some repair work which started there also, ending up in the same temple, now a congregation of pigeons from all over. One fine day, observing some communal clashes near the temple, a baby pigeon enquired with her mother who these people were and why they fought. The mother responded that they were humans, explaining how some going to the temple were 'Hindus', some going to Church were 'Christians' and some going to the Mosque were 'Muslims'. The Baby pigeon asked why they
were always called pigeons irrespective of where they lived and why humans couldn't be humans wherever they went. The mother went on to explain how pigeons have understood this simple truth, and lived peacefully in these high spots but the humans living below continued to fight and kill each other over their differences. What began as religious segregation has expanded to various other forms of discrimination. Why can't we accommodate all types of people, stop bracketing them and not judge them? Should people not be treated equally, irrespective of their religion, sex, physical looks, financial status and social standing, or sexual preferences? If we consider ourselves secular and champions of equal rights to the citizens of the world, should we then discriminate in our feelings and interactions with these other nonsecular, overtly communal or nonprogressive types? I feel not. Maybe we disagree on some aspects, but surely these “others� have an altruistic and humane side as well. Differences apart, let's follow
Gandhi's dictum of listening to the others, and try our utmost to live peacefully with differences, and not judge them, as they perhaps, would us. Live and let live. Nimish Sutaria Editor
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Note I wrote this in Nov 14 and somehow cannot believe it is so topical even today. If anything, ghettoization and hatred based on religious/ cultural / lifestyle choices and issues has become even more of a divisive phenomenon than in 2014, and the malaise is now worldwide – Ed.
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IN SHORT Tapri Chai - The Chai Books Cafe This is an established concept since the days of Usha Khanna's Samovar at Jehangir Art Gallery in Mumbai which started in 1960s. Following that same thought, it is designed to be a comfortable place to hang out with outdoor seating and awning to protect from the elements. Chill, debate, discuss, eat and sample tea varieties and of course read. Tea choices may be limited for a gourmand but for the average Nagpurian, it is great. More of a youth hangout, it has the potential to please all age groups.
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What does an idea look like? And where do they come from? Grant Snider's illustrations will motivate you to explore these questions, inspire you to come up with your own answers and, like all Gordian knots, prompt even more questions. Whether you are a professional artist or designer, a student pursuing a creative career, a person of faith, someone who likes walks on the beach, or a dreamer who sits on the front porch contemplating life, this collection of one- and two-page comics will provide insight into the joys and frustrations of creativity, inspiration, and process—no matter your age or creative background. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Grant Snider is an orthodontist by day and an artist by night. His comics have been featured in the Kansas City Star, the New York Times, and the New York Times Book Review, as well as The Best American Comics in 2013. He lives in Wichita, Kansas, with his wife and three children. www.incidentalcomics.com
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Mastani The famous Khatri's Mastani from Pune in Nagpur has opened a few outlets in town. It is the same mastani taste, more so because it s made there and transported here. Mastani is famous for selling 100% natural, preservative free shakes and icecreams. Their seasonal varieties are hugely popularly such as the mango featured here. Look forward to sitafal one when in season because though available otherwise, the fresher the fruit the more authentic the taste. The uniqueness of the mastani by Khatri is that the sweetness is not overpowering and is perfectly balanced, without compromising the taste. Prices range from Rs 30/- for plain icecream and from Rs 110/- for the mastani (Shake with icecream). Location- Traffic Park and Shraddhanandpeth Square
TAMARIND MARGARITA (Brick Lane Curry House version) This lovely essential Mexican cocktail with a unique Indian twist is very simple to make. Coat the rim of a rocks glass with salt, fill with ice and set aside. Add the remaining ingredients to a shaker and fill with fresh ice. Shake, and strain into the prepared glass. Garnish with a lime wheel. INGREDIENTS Salt (for rimming the glass) 60 ml Tequila 30 ml Tamarind concentrate (homemade imli ka paani does the job equally well!) 30 ml Sour mix (or also called sweet and sour mix: make it yourself
15 ml Simple sugar syrup
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with equal parts of lime juice and sugar syrup)
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16th July to 15th August ShivKumar Rao 16/JUL Anand Garodia 16/JUL Nilima Malani 16/JUL Bobby Srinivas 19/JUL Harshawardhan Dhanwatey 19/JUL Pranoti Parekh 20/JUL Manmeet Singh Dheer 21/JUL Rasheeda Amin 21/JUL Surendra Jaiswal 22/JUL Indira Khurana 23/JUL Surinderpal Singh 24/JUL Prashant Rajurkar 27/JUL Manisha Agrawal 28/JUL Nishi Hansles 29/JUL Sanjay Sanghi Rashmi 30/JUL Pramod Jain 31/JUL Madhav Kinkhede 01/AUG Shridhar Pasari 02/AUG Lubna Haque 02/AUG Rakhi Bhutani Ashok 03/AUG Yogesh Thaker 03/AUG Jayshree Jain 03/AUG Prashant Kale 04/AUG Kanoria Alka 04/AUG Sunil Thapar 06/AUG Devendra Agarwal 06/AUG Meenakshi Sial 06/AUG Urmi Sharma 06/AUG Pushpa Parikh 08/AUG Archana Javery 08/AUG Kamal Kapai 08/AUG
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Anniversaries 16th July to 15th August Shabbar & Fatema Shakir 09/AUG Wijay & Anita Chitaley 14/AUG Mohatashim & Durriya Ahmed 14/AUG
Showcase : People of Action afford the cost of treatment. A tailor who worked with Garima Sainani at her boutique in Nagpur is related to Karmenge. Kanchan's problem, diagnosis and their inability to find treatment was taken up by Garima and her husband Pawan. Pawan took the initiative to look for some help to the poor couple since he had through Rtn. Manish Bhati about Medical Aid by Rotary. Manish took it as a challenge and tried for help from Rotary but was limited due to an available limit of Rs 65000/- as against private hospital quotes of Rs 2.5 lacs. This Rotarian did not stop here. He contacted various Private hospitals and got varied opinion. Somebody also advised him not to take up such cases due to the possibility of he being blamed in case if something went wrong. He then contacted his fellow Rotarian friend Shivkumar Rao . Shiv though used his contacts with friend and fellow Rotarian Dr. Nikunj Powar, Cardiac Surgeon at Platina Heart Hospital, managed to get the child initially admitted for treatment. Thereafter, Kanchan was examined and operated by Dr. Khanzode who is a paediatric surgeon at Platina Heart Hospital. The cost of 2.5 lacs was a large amount, and was managed to be partially through the efforts of Rtn. Navneet Jain who managed to get Rs 1.5 lacs released from
the CM fund. Faced with a deficit of Rs.1 lac Dr. Nikunj Powar helped to reduce the gap with a special discount and waived Rs. 60,000/-. The remaining amount was contributed by Manish's other friends including Pawan Sainani. Today baby Kanchan is rid of her out of danger and would hopefully recover well and lead a healthy life. The Parents are extremely happy and have blessed the helpful Samaritans. The purpose of sharing this story in GO is – I am absolutely proud of my fellow Rotarians who stood up for an underprivileged family in their hour of need. Further there is a message for all of us - if you too come across someone who requires help, do not hesitate. Come forward, open your Roster, talk to your fellow Rotarians and help will certainly come your way. BELIEVE YOU CAN! BELIEVE YOU WILL! RAnn. Geeta Rao. JULY 2017 GOLDEN ORANGE
Rotary provides a platform where people share ideas and take action to create a lasting change. This then is a true story of all that is fundamental in Rotary. Many of us have faced situations where we come in contact with someone less privileged or underprivileged in need of help. At such times, despite being convinced of the need and even sympathy for the person(s), find ourselves unequipped moneywise or in terms of resources, or the will even. This is a true story of saving a life by People who thought THEY SHOULD HELP. Karmenge, a landless farmer with his wife and their 2 year old ailing daughter Kanchan came to Nagpur from a village near Chandrapur seeking treatment of their only child, suffering from a congenital heart ailment which afflicts 12% of children and can be treated only by surgical intervention. It caused pure and impure blood to get mixed and stunted growth and left her weak. The two year old was weak and absolutely underweight. Illiteracy and poverty are a curse for human beings. This couple visited all Government hospitals for treatment and were promptly sent back with some prescription for fever medicines etc. Some Doctors simply classified it to be a case beyond treatment as the parents were poor and could not
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