A few years ago, Bhavishya Yaan at Colaba school hosted an Australian intern, Grace Gerhard. Grace spent a month teaching English to BY students. She observed that several students had tremendous potential. Amongst these, Rakesh Thakur stood out as a motivated and capable young student. She decided to support his goals to become a lawyer. Rakesh recently...
Dear Me 2.0 threw a spotlight on the importance of mental health. The event included activities to help participants to forget their anxieties and overcome stress. There was an icebreaker in the form of positive words for each other, followed by a listing down of things that made participants focus on experiences that made them...
RC Jerusalem was also founded by James Wheeler Davidson, in fact on the same trip, a couple of weeks ahead of RC Bombay. Since last year, both our Clubs are also officially ‘Sister Clubs’. Their lunch meetings are held on Wednesdays and cover a wide bandwidth right from spiritual to economic topics. On January 12th this...
WELCOME THE SATELLITE CLUB OF RCB Last week, our very own Rotarian, Dr. Indu Shahani spoke to us about her tryst with the young and eager and her connection with three generations, from baby boomers through millennials to Gen Z. She spoke how Gen Z were responsible trustworthy and reliable, inspite of their air of over-confidence and...
Hungry Paws is an annual project by Team RCISME to help and feed stray animals in our localities. The project began on December 12th, 2022, with a webinar by Ms. Chandini, an animal activist. The hour-long session was an insightful look at how to achieve our goal. On December 16th, 2022, the team collaborated with famed dog feeder...
On January 21st, 2022, the Rotaract Club Of H.R. College and National Service Scheme took a step towards change by organising a vaccination drive. Over a hundred people including students and staff availed of the opportunity to get vaccinated free of cost. Our Rotaractors got great encouragement via the press coverage that the event garnered. https://digitallearning.eletsonline.com/2022/01/hr-college-gets-studentsand-faculty-vaccinated-through-nss-androtaract-club/ https://indiaeducationdiary.in/a-nobelinitiative-by-h-r-college-to-get-studentsand-faculty-vaccinated/amp/ https://www.mumbailive.com/en/civic/hr-college-in-mumbai-organisesvaccination-camp-for-their-studentsfaculty-71298 https://www.mumbailive.com/hi/civic/hr-college-in-mumbai-organisesvaccination-camp-for-their-studentsfaculty-71298 https://www.cityairnews.com/content/a-noble-initiative-by-h-r-college-to-getstudents-and-faculty-vaccinated https://www.fmlive.in/a-nobel-initiativeby-h-r-college-to-get-students-andfaculty-vaccinated/ https://www.apnnews.com/a-nobelinitiative-by-h-r-college-to-get-studentsand-faculty-vaccinated/...
Our Rotaractors have launched 2022 with a bang, starting a new initiative called, What the Tech. It’s an online workshop for our senior citizens to make them familiar with today’s must know digital apps (Ola, PayTM, Swiggy, Instagram, YouTube, Amazon, Zoom) It will be a two-hour workshop with one break, on February 13th, 2022 (Sunday). Venue: Zoom Price: Rs....
Community helpers play an important part in keeping us happy, healthy and safe. To highlight their contribution to society, the K.G. students of Rotary Club of Bombay’s Lighthouse Project were given the opportunity to enact roles of community helpers on January 31st, 2022. From soldiers and commandos to vegetable vendors, tailors and barbers, all types...
Please note the Alibag Fellowship is on February 19th, 2022 (not February 20th, 2022), to ensure that our generous donor Anita Parikh is with us. 10 am: Catch the Roro. 11 am: Arrive at Alibag, head straight to the Elders Center for the inauguration. 1.15 pm: Leave for Vaid Wadi for a sumptuous lunch and fellowship. 4 pm: Sundowner...
The formation of the ATLAS SkillTech University began in February 2020 when I was invited to be on the skills committee of the Government of Maharashtra. What is a skill tech university? It is where a core discipline is taught with technological intervention and increasing the skills of a person. So, skill-tech is a progressive...
RCB’S NUTRITION PROGRAMME FOR GIRLS AT MAROL RIYA SHINDE Eldest of four, Riya lives with their parents in Vanicha Pada. Her mother is a house maid. Her father is ill and stays home. Riya does home chores and cooks. She goes to a nearby municipality school whenever she gets time or when her mom stays home. One...