The Interact Committee of the Scholar High School had organised a canteen day in the last week of September where each and everything had been prepared by the students of standards 8 and 9. The profit made was used for children of an orphanage which provides accommodation to orphans aged five to 15 and caters...
The Child Welfare Committee of RCB organised an educational field trip for street kids to the Nehru Science Planetarium on May 29th a fortnight ago. The Planetarium was established in March 1977 with the objective of fostering scientific temper through the means of edutainment (education + entertainment). The children attended shows about space in...
A casual visit to see an RCB summer camp in progress turned out to be a celebration of ‘World No Tobacco Day with street kids at Salaam Baalak, Chowpatty centre. World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) is observed on May 31st around the world every year to encourage a 24-hour period of abstinence from all forms of...
The Indian economy is poised to hit $5 trillion in the next five years, with estimated food consumption at $1 trillion by 2025. The future of the food business in India is likely to be shaped by the following factors: FOOD PREFERENCES HAVE CREATED NEW, MICRO COMMUNITIES ~ People are travelling more than before. Migration has...
[caption id="attachment_18762" align="alignleft" width="251"] President Vijay Jatia[/caption] Rotary’s goal is to service the under-priviledged and Masina services mostly under-priviledged people. That’s how their goal meets our objective. We have started with six departments and there is more work to be done. We are putting in place a system whereby anyone in need and recommended by Rotary...
RCB runs medical camps for Maharashtra policemen The Rotary Club of Bombay is organising a series of medical camps for Maharashtra Police’s junior officers and constables between May and June 2019. The first camp of this series was held on May 26th at the NM Medical Centre (Vashi & Mulund). Comprehensive executive health checkup was...
Dear Friends, As we are nearing the end of the Rotary year, several projects will be completed in the upcoming days. We have many activities lined up this week, starting with the inauguration of the renovated gymnasium at YMCA, Ghatkopar at 6 pm today. On June 17th, we will inaugurate the pre-primary school at BY. This month, we...
[caption id="attachment_18739" align="alignleft" width="251"] Rtn. Homi Katgara[/caption]There is a clear synergy in The Rotary Foundation’s association with Masina whereby not only have both institutions been in existence for over a hundred years but the purpose of serving the community at large are shared principles. The Rotary Club of Bombay has, in a short span of time,...
RCB’S JAL JEEVAN HAS INAUGURATED 12 PROJECTS IN VIDARBHA REGION OF MAHARASHTRA The Rotary Club of Bombay’s Water Resources Committee inaugurated the installation of seven RO plants, one UV plant and distributed a total of 879 gravity-based filters in four villages in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra. These were done as a part of the Jal Jeevan...
[caption id="attachment_18634" align="alignleft" width="542"] Last Tuesday’s speakerAdvait Dikshit talks about the road to summiting MountEverest and his challenges with diabetes[/caption]Working with corporates, doing change management and addressing international conferences – this is what the front end of Advait Dikshit’s life looks like. The meat, muscle and bone of it is made up of ‘adventure...