Dr. Vijaya Taskar is the President of Streehitkarini, a non-governmental organization providing education to women living in the slums of Mumbai. She requested our club through the CPAA to hold a cancer screening camp for 100 women from slums and lower middle class families in Dadar, Elphinstone and Lower Parel. Rotary Club of Bombay held another screening...
Inauguration of Jal Jeevan – safe drinking water facilities in 3 municipal schools. The Water Resources Committee inaugurated Jal Jeevan safe drinking water facilities in 3 municipal schools (where our Bhavishya Yaan are also conducted) in association with Indus International as under: 1. Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Municipal School, Worli (over 1000 students) 2. N M Joshi Marg Municipal...
NM Joshi Marg School celebrated National day of girl child on 25th January with a yoga session coordinated by Rotary Partner Jaya Prasad. This was one of the activities of ongoing yoga training programme by Yoga & Wellness committee of our club. Rotarian Sitaram Shah helped plan and organise this event. Yoga classes for students of 10...
All 125 students of GK Marg school celebrated 68th Republic day with full enthusiasm. After flag hoisting, our confident children gave a small speech. They played drums and lezum on traditional Lawni dance. The children who did yoga asana, gave a beautiful performance on yoga. The principal and BMC teachers also saw the work of BY...
"Phoenix Mega Medical camp” was held from 10 am to 5 pm, from 5th to 7th Jan 2018 at Phoenix mill compound, Lower Parel, Mumbai. Rotary Club of Bombay participated and gave free service to members of our community on "Yoga Therapy and Yoga Culture of Life." Kaivalyadhama, Lonavla and ICYHC, Mumbai partnered with Rotary...
Dear friends, Seven months have passed by in a blur. New projects, consolidating existing projects and laying the foundation of a strong financial base that will let future Presidents concentrate on doing good has been the focus. I am glad to report that your Club has been successful in all these efforts. Somehow we’ve managed to have a really...
All of us, at some point in time, have been guests of Mr. Kushroo Santook by lending our patronage to the arts at the National Centre of Performing Arts (NCPA). Last Tuesday, we had the privilege of welcoming him as our guest. In the time he spent with us, he was able to give us...
On 16th January 2018 the second Zonal event was conducted i.e. South Zone at Immamwada Municipal school wherein 13 schools were shortlisted and 130 students participated. In this event 11 dramas, 8 Songs, & 9 posters were presented in the competition. All of them highlighted the issue and message of Anti-tobacco in different ways. The drama...
"Education is the most powerful weapon which can change the world" Evolution Revolution is project by The Bhavishyayaan committee of The Rotary Club of Bombay and The Rotaract Club of H.R. College. The program is implemented to make a difference to the lives of 80 students of NM Joshi Municipal School, Lower Parel and Babasaheb...
Tenth of January 2018 became an important day in the calendar of NMJ Municipal School. Let me first turn the clock back. Sometime in October, 2017, our President Ramesh Narayan came up with the idea of BY working with Indian School of Management & Entrepreneurship (ISME). The Founding Dean and Chairperson Dr. Indu Shahani, ISME wholeheartedly welcomed...
Last Tuesday, the chairman of Godrej Group, Mr. Adi Godrej was awarded the Pravinchandra Varjivan Gandhi Award for excellence in public life. He was also given the “gift of trees,” after he delivered a very optimistic post-award speech about how we can sow the seeds for a better Indian economy. “It is a proud moment for...