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Rotary Club of Bombay / 2019 (Page 31)

A regular eye exam is the most impactful investment in wellness! The Rotary Club of Bombay thanks Dr. Radhika Krishnan, CEO of Aditya Jyot Foundation, for making eye exams free for RCB projects. She organised free eye checkup camps for more than 250 Bhavishya Yaan children and 220 Ananda Yaan senior citizens through the Aditya Jyot...

Keeping in mind that senior citizens of the new Ananda Yaan (Dr E. Moses Road) Centre did not have any previous medical reports, a comprehensive check-up camp was organised on February 2, 2019. This was efficiently conducted by a team from KJ Somaiya Hospital and coordinated by Mr. Dilip from the Dignity Foundation. The team,...

RCB’s Night Study Centres’ (NSC) held their annual get-together on February 2, 2019, at YMCA International House. An invocation opened the programme, followed by cultural and entertainment performances by students of different centres. The programme was attended by over 450 students and their teachers from Baradevi Municipal School, Abhyuay Nagar Municipal School, Ahilya Vidya Mandir, Nadkarni...

For 12 years, the Inner Wheel Club of Bombay has celebrated the success of underprivileged women by having a ‘haldi-kumkum’ ceremony at the vocational training class, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Municipal School, BDD Chawl, Worli. February 2, 2019, was a joyous day for the hundred women who are currently benefiting from this programme and for the President...

Republic Day care for the elderly The Rotary Club of Bombay thanks Rtn. Rahil Shah for organising a diagnostic blood test camp for 75 senior citizens at the new Dr E. Moses Road centre on January 25 as a pre-Republic Day celebration. The elderly were tested for haemoglobin and fasting and post meal sugar levels. Members...

This innocent question was asked by a five-year-old when 40 students from Rotary Club of Bombay’s Lighthouse class visited the Bombay Port Trust Sagar Upvan garden at Colaba on January 25, 2019. Four teachers and three mothers from the machimaar community accompanied the children on this trip. The visit was planned to coincide with the topic of...

Rotary Peace Scholar Retd. Justice Roshan Dalvi threw light on the nature of peace and its importance in society There is a need to look for peace, not only between countries but also between families, societies and relations, says Retd. Justice Roshan Dalvi. “Peace is not just absence of war, but presence of something very material...

Republic Day inauguration of Jal Jeevan plants Jal Jeevan inaugurated water purification plants at Jeevandhara Kanya Ashram Shala, Ashagad, Dahanu city, and at Adivasi Seva Mandal School & Hostel, Talwada on January 26, 2019. The Ashagad facility will benefit 550 children and 25 faculty members while the Talwada facility will provide water to over a thousand...

Birthday celebration with a difference Anvita Seksaria, daughter of Rtn. Alok Seksaria, reached out to 80 senior citizens on her milestone 18th birthday. Anvita meticulously planned an evening to celebrate her big day with family and elders at Ananda Yaan. The evening started with the Byculla members of Ananda Yaan giving the birthday girl a traditional welcome....