1. Improving the quantity and nutrient level of food consumed in the household This primarily includes improving access to generalised household food ration through public distribution system. Also providing access to supplementary foods under the integrated child development services scheme. To impart knowledge to improve the local diet, production and household behaviours through nutrition and health...
Ananda Yaan’s senior citizens got the opportunity to watch a movie in the theatre after a long time with the help of Ms. Shruti Jatia. Ms. Jatia sponsored a movie screening and snacks for both Ananda Yaan Centres. Members were delighted to be out having fun. 76-year-old Mrs. Kalavati Kurunkar shared that she was watching a movie...
REVERSE DISCRIMINATION! It’s interesting and heartening to see the amount of support and effort that is going into gender equality these days. In this morning’s paper, I read an advertisement by a washing powder company extolling other advertisers to communicate equality at home by showcasing housework as not just a woman’s job. In other words, the necessity...
Coordinator Rtn. Pradeep Gujarathi sends the highlights: Unique project for cotton farmers of the entire Chopda Tehsil to save their cotton crop from pink bollworm attack. Lowest prices negotiated for the pheromone trap set (Trap+Lure) @Rs. 35 with Pest Control Pvt Ltd. (PCI). IMPACT: 15000 (RCB’s 10000) pheromone traps in around 65 villages of Chopda Tehsil covered appox....
An anonymous donor organised a day in the great outdoors for Ananda Yaan members. Our senior citizens spent March 28th, 2022, at Manas Resort in Karjat, bonding over water rides, food spreads, garden visits and all the usual chitchat. Worry lines were swept away as they queued up to partake of the day-long delights planned...
On April 2nd, 2022, the incoming RCB Board along with the Committee Chairs for Rotary year 22-23 attended the day-long offsite under the PE Vineet Bhatnagar at the Fountainhead, Alibaug, to present and discuss plans for the Alpha Year. In 2022-23, PP Sandip Agrawalla is the DG of Rotary District 3141 and PE Bhatnagar has taken...
Rotaractors of HR College (RCHR) took a session on health, hygiene, cleanliness, and yoga/fitness at Salaam Baalak’s Chowpatty centre supported by the RCB’s Child Welfare Committee. The session included spelling revision, a Zumba session, and more on the importance of health and fitness and how to do it all in a fun way. During the game...
On April 1st, 2022, the Urban Heritage Committee, along with the Asiatic Society of Mumbai, opened the Map Exhibition at the Durbar Hall for a month-long showcase of rare maps of Mumbai spanning 300 years. It was a wellattended event with Rotarians, media, donors and interested parties coming together. Prof. Vispi Balaporia, President of ASM, and...
Rtn. Peter Born was at the World Expo 2020 in Dubai recently and visited the office of Rotary International on March 11th, 2022. Peter wrote, “During this visit I handed over the banner of our Rotary Club of Bombay in exchange of the official RI World Expo banner which I presented at today’s meeting.” “As Co-Chair...
Rtn. Dr. Aashish Contractor (AC): Today marks almost two years since the lockdown. All that we have spoken about is the big C but there are two other big Cs that we mustn’t forget – cardiovascular disease and cancer. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death across the world in both men and women....
By Dr. Robert Lampard When Rotary founder Paul Harris wrote his last article for the Rotarian in 1947, he identified three Men of Rotary. The first was the 30-year Executive Secretary of Rotary, Mr. Chesley Perry. The other two were Halifax lawyer J. Layton Ralston and Calgary businessman James Wheeler Davidson. The latter two, together...