THE LOST TRIBE This week, we post the pathetic stories of the women of the Vaidu community, their desolate and desperate lives, with no hope or meaning, not knowing where the next meal will come from or how they will feed their hungry children that day. How sad is this? What we would spend on a round...
A Ganpati-themed art and craft session was organised for members of Ananda Yaan (in association with Dignity Foundation). Resource Person Ms. Mani Mulla helped our elders create beautiful frames to use on the wall or tabletops. Every member made a gorgeous piece and recalled craft lessons of their childhood. Nutritional recipe demonstrations for Ananda Yaan Nutritionist Pallavi...
Donations received from corporations Sumitomo Chemical India Ltd.: Rs. 40 lakh for Environment Projects Phillip Capital (India) Pvt. Ltd.: Rs. 15 lakh for Rotary Scholarships Standard Industries Ltd.: Rs. 10 lakh for Trust Projects Daftary Foundation: Rs. 9 lakh for Child Welfare Indus International: Rs.7,22,500 for Dialysis Treatment Damordas Charity Trust: Rs. 2.50 lakh for Trust Projects Katgara Foundation: Rs. 1 lakh...
Rotary Club of Bombay installs water filtration units at Wada and Jawhar Installation #1: Wada Rural Hospital, Palghar No. of beds: 60 and OPD facility This is a Government Hospital and takes care of the needs of over 50,000 residents of Wada and Vikramgad. Beneficiaries: Over 700 daily. RCB has installed one AG Green Pure Chill 120 PSS UV unit with...
September 9, 3 - 4 pm. Atiya Ansari is a Fashion Design Instructor at the YMCA Outreach Department who has brought her sense of style to floral arrangements for over 15 years. She will show participants how to cut and arrange a variety of small, elegant flower arrangements and offer tips on how to keep...
The Ansuyadevi Taparia Junior College located at Talwada, Palghar has yet to receive the required directives from the government to operate as normal. The hostel section is closed till the Government gives its green signal. Presently, classes for science and arts, standard 12, are underway and have been so for five weeks with good attendance from...
A special session was conducted on Janmashtami for students of standards 1 and 2 of the Lighthouse Project. Janmashtami songs, stories, and a mind map on the flute; all this and a craft activity to make flutes from newspapers. Students spoke a sentence each on their flute....
OUR UNSUNG HEROES The backbone of Rotary’s many projects that require personal intervention are truly our Rotarian Partners. We may envision a project, fund it, but in many cases, it is the Rotarian Partner who takes over the day-to-day implementation. So much so that often, they actually direct the project and the way it should go. They...
It is a pleasure to be here. I can see my CV doesn’t have all the other attributes that Avaan mentioned. I think it boils down to my mother who is also listening today, who was determined that her daughter had to do everything to make her eminently marriageable. We are followers of the Bahai...
WEvolve This project reminded members that no matter how challenging life gets or how occupied we constantly are, we should always find time to do activities which make us happy and make us feel content. WEvolve was held in the first week of our new Rotaract year, from July 1st to 7th, 2021. A WhatsApp...
The street children from Salaam Baalak at the Chowpatty centre get a daily nutritious evening snack organised by RCB’s Child Welfare Committee. Since offline schools have not yet begun, this is their only assured hot and nutritious meal of the day. Ms. Agnes, from Salaam Baalak, recently shared a thank you message for RCB. She...
The Rotaract Club of H.R. College organised The Lunchbox on August 24th, 2021, and distributed food amongst the poor. Members were asked to contribute food as per their wish and they successfully packed 450 boxes and distributed them in areas of Marine Lines and Grant Road. The boxes included items such as theplas, bread, chaas/juices, sauces,...