Club Assembly Report For Oct-Dec 2019

1. Name of the Committee: Gender Equality

2. Director-in-charge: Rtn. Vineet Bhatnagar

3. Chairperson: Rtn. Arin Master
Vice Chairperson: Rtn. Anar Shah

4. Names of Committee Members: Rtn. Ravi Fotedar, Rtn. Dr. Ashish Contractor, Rtn. Natasha Treasurywala, Rtn. Tanya Sood, Bijal Kara, Dhvanika Thakker, Pervin Jehangir

5. No. Of Committee meetings held: Three.

Dates: July 9th, August 13th & September 24th, 2019. We had another meeting in January 2020 too.

6. Objective: To help women and children from underprivileged backgrounds lead a more dignified and comfortable life by giving them access to better medical facilities, better education and teach them professional skills to sustain themselves.

7. Status of planned projects: So far, we have financed the second phase of our commitment to Salaam Bombay for Skill Development and Enhancement. 155 Girls enrolled for Skill Development in different fields for the academic year 2019/2020 from 8 schools across Mumbai. Only one girl child dropped out of the programme. As part of the RCB grant, the girl students are also provided with a banana and a glass of buttermilk at every session they attend. We have also financed IWA for the Quarter for treating patients in various medical fields through regular OPDs conducted at The IWA clinic. I would like to report here that the clinic is doing well, with increased footfall and esp the Dentistry has picked up quite well. So far, this financial year, the total number of patients seen is 4150 till date. Also we have been monitoring the progress of the garden school children, to whom we give nutritional supplements. Checked on 99 children, out of which 65 had gained, 22 had lost and 9 were the same.

8. Status of on-going projects: We will be starting with Project Red this month with the sensitization and distribution of sanitary napkins to the girls of Colaba School. That is taking place on February 29th. A few other schools in the pipeline should be finalised soon. These schools will be undertaken shortly before the finals start. Salaam Bombay will complete their second batch of Skill Enhancement programs by early next month. They usually have their Certificate Distribution Ceremony in April.

9. Action Plan to carry out the planned project: Co-ordinating with Salaam Bombay, to complete their course and for the distribution of the Certificates to the students. Contact these 3/4 schools which have been identified for the distribution of sanitary napkins. Another worthy project which has been identified and passed at the last committee meeting is to support an NGO called Miracle Feet. This NGO helps children borne with Club Feet, by putting them in casts from the time the child is borne till about 5 years of age. They also give them special shoes to wear till the defect is rectified. This provides a better quality of life than what the child would have grown up with.

10. Can the Board help: To expedite the planned projects: At present the above projects are doing well, but should any need arise or if any other worthy projects surface, we will definitely approach the Board.