Dimapur Rotaractors reach out to underprivileged families V Muthukumaran
RAC Dimapur president Ashok Jain fitting a hand sanitiser in an autorickshaw.
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imapur, the gateway to Nagaland and rest of the Northeastern states — Tripura, Mizoram and Manipur, has one of the oldest Rotaract clubs of RID 3240 — RAC Dimapur — chartered in 1972. “But we became active from 1975. Over the decades, we have taken up a number of service projects reaching out to the homeless, destitute and marginalised families which have lifted our public image here,” says club president Ashok Jain. His team is preparing a digital register of blood donors in the city and “we will have a soft launch of the roster in March. With the names of blood donors and details of their blood group, the roster will be a useful reference guide for patients and hospitals.” Rotaractors will also take up an awareness drive on blood donation. Last year, during the second wave of Covid, the club had arranged 105 units of blood by taking the donors to hospitals for the transfusion and then dropping them back at their homes. “Rotaractors donated 20 units of blood. We lent oxygen cylinders to 34 patients with an inventory of 20 units, five owned by us and the rest coming from NGOs like Shree Agarwal Mahasabha,” recalls Jain. Around 1,000 meals were distributed to patients and their attendants
