Women’s Empowerment Committee Medical Camp for BY Students at IWA

The recently renovated 53 year old IWA clinic was the perfect venue for a successful medical camp held for 40 BY students of the Colaba Municipal School on 12th January, 2016. General practitioners – Dr. Aspi Mehta and Dr. Shilpa Mukhtyar, along with the dentist Dr. Kshitija Sonavne diagnosed the children and recorded the needed treatments on history sheets, which the children took home to their parents, for further treatment, on their next visit to the clinic.

The WE and IWA committee members enthusiastically assisted the doctors and children, ensuring things flowed smoothly. Chairperson, Delia Fernandes, along with Pervin Jehangir, Purnima Sheth and Veera Jamshedji represented IWA, and Rtn. Arin Master, Chair of Women’s Empowerment Committee and Hon. Jt. Secretary, Rtn. Framroze Mehta represented RCB. Healthy jaggery and peanut chikki and bananas, donated by Mrs. Kusum Vaidya, were distributed to all the children. R/Ann Poonam Suvarna, co-ordinator of the BY program at the Colaba Municipal School, assisted by Rtn. Dr. Batra addressed the Club meeting on the 12th of January, 2016, filling in for President Rtn. Dr. Sonya Mehta. Rotarians who were interested in attending the District Conference 2016 on the 6 and 7th of Feb at The Renaissance Convention Centre Powai, were asked to register by getting in touch with the Office. He thanked the members for their Birthday Donations and acknowledged Rtn. Sheela Bulchandani for her generous donation towards the Cancer and Bhavishya Yaan Committees, as also Rtn. Shiv Kumar Israni for his donation towards Bhavishya Yaan. teachers, helped organize the students in an orderly and efficient manner.

She will go on to fix meetings with the parents to apprise them of any required followup treatments. A generous donor, Ms. Khorshed Pundole, was so glad to see the great work going at the renovated clinic that she promptly enrolled as a member of IWA! This was a wonderful start to a project that aims to alleviate the medical issues of underprivileged women and children. Great going by the WE Committee!!