While the tiny tots were taught to show gratitude to their community helpers , the elder kids were shown the Movie of the Month: “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” which shows the true meaning of Christmas isn’t presents at all, but the people around you that you get to spend the day with. As part of...
Christmas came to the Ananda Yaan centres at Byculla and Dr. E Moses Road (a joint venture between Dignity Foundation and Rotary Club of Bombay)! This year, the youngsters decided that they would celebrate Christmas with the senior citizens. At RCB’s Dr. E. Moses Road centre, students from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences organised the...
On International Human Rights Day, Rotarian and Managing Trustee of the Poddar Foundation, Prakriti Poddar, along with the Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission (MSHRC) led the discussion on Human Rights for Mental Health. The extremely detailed discussion brought not only the challenges up, but also highlighted the solutions. Aspects of mental health through the lens of...
Highly anticipated 13th Annual Golf Tournament coming up soon Like in the last several years, the Sports Committee plans to continue with the motto of spreading goodwill and fellowship through sports. What started off as a challenge on the greens of the US Club in south Bombay on January 12th, 2008 has flourished and blossomed into...
BY kids go to the museum Fifty children from standards 7, 8 and 9 of Ambedkar School went to Bhau Daji Lad museum to attend a programme conducted by the STEAM academy of the Bhau Daji Lad museum. This programme is curated by Dr. A.P. Jayaraman, founder of the Academy for the Advancement of STEAM. The...
Students from grades 5to 9 joyfully participated in the Christmas celebrations. The meaning of Christmas and the story was explained to them along with some interesting videos. Later, they gave a tough competition to each other in carol singing and greeting cardmaking competitions. Last, they danced and sang as Santa Claus paid them a visit...
Annual Report of Rotary Club of Bombay: “RESOLVED THAT the Annual Report of Rotary Club of Bombay for the year 1st July 2018 to 30th June 2019 be and is hereby adopted.The Resolution is proposed by Rtn. Shiv Kumar Israni and Seconded by PP Rtn. Nirav Shah Carried Unanimously Accounts of Rotary Club of Bombay: “RESOLVED that...
Minal Bajaj, who received the Anita Parikh Award for Empowerment of Women at RCB, spoke on: Beyond Women Empowerment We are all born empowered. The difference lies in how conducive our environment is in allowing each of us the liberty to comprehend that empowerment, sharpen it and exercise it in our daily lives. I believe I...
We can keep guessing who used Ananda Seva from RCB but does it really matter? What matters is the happiness that followed when our members at Dr. E Moses Road came to know that they were going to watch a movie together. Our Ananda Yaan E Moses members have been requesting, for a while, that...
Dear Friends, Very Warm Greetings! It was a pleasure meeting Ms. Minal Bajaj and her family last Tuesday. Ms. Bajaj’s passion for serving India’s less fortunate, which not only includes various activities of the very reputed Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation as its Honorary Director since 2009, but also, her leadership role beyond the Foundation to sports, art and...
Thanks to Past President Ramesh Narayan, a unique initiative and event was organised at the Indian Merchants’ Chamber (IMC) under the aegis of - IAA, IMC, Advertising Agencies Associations of India, The Advertising Club and our Club, on the much discussed subject of Mitigation of Violence Against Women. Ten leading speakers raised serious concerns over the...