PROJECT RED POWERS AHEAD

The Gender Equality Committee conducted one more session under the Project Red programme on Saturday, March 16, 2019. Around 350 girls of Maratha Mandir’s Babasaheb Gawde school at Worli were taught about the human body. Rotarian members present were Committee Chairman Rtn. Ravi Fotedar, Rtn. Anar Shah and Rtn. Ptn. Bijal Kara and Rtn. Ptn. Dhvanika Thakkar. Rtn. Aria Ohri (President, Rotary Club of Bombay Sea Coast) attended the event and screened a half-hour film on the changes in a girl’s body along with hygiene and diet tips. She also bust quite a few myths and emphasised better hygiene for all.

RCB distributed a year’s supply of sanitary napkins to all 350 girls. The Club also donated 20 books of Menstrupedia (a comic book-style, friendly guide to periods). Principal Vandana Kumbhar will distribute them in classrooms and have them stocked as reference books. The whole session was vibrant with immense participation from the girls. The question and answer session was interactive too. Playing fly on the wall was RCB’s visiting guest Yijun Zhou, a political correspondent from Hong Kong. Zhou is doing a study on ‘Education systems in the changing world’ and had requested that she be allowed to attend and film the session. The success of the programme prompted Principal Kumbhar to request RCB if the Club could organise a counselling session under the aegis of the Gender Equality Committee.