By President Nominee Shernaz Vakil When I joined the Rotary Club 17 years ago as a complete rookie, I was not sure how and where I would contribute. I only had an idea that somehow this was how I could reach out to the less fortunate. Having now chaired and been on several committees and social projects...
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...
Thirty-seven children of Ambedkar School, Worli, visited the CSMVS museum on Friday, May 17th. Thanks to Rtn. Priyasri Patodia and President Vijay Jatia, everyone was well looked after at the museum. The children enjoyed the archaeological pit and were delighted with the natural history section, especially with the animals! They saw the Egyptian mummy on display...
Adding one more feather to its glorious cap, the Rotary Club of Bombay has provided e-learning kits to 90 schools in Washim and Mumbai under the Rotary India Literacy Mission. With the increasing competitive spirit of children to survive in today’s modern and fastchanging world, using technology not only motivates them but also engages them by...
Another year has gone by at Bhavishya Yaan’s GK Marg School and it has been like its previous years, memorable. The year began on a joyous note with the primary section being added to BY for the first time. Teaching fundamentals of English to the enthusiastic primary students through the year has been satisfying for...
Thirty-five children from GK Marg, Bhavishya Yaan, went to Mumbai’s first exclusive Children’s Museum at CSMVS on April 18th, spread over 6,000 sq ft space dedicated exclusively to children. The first exhibition at the Children’s Museum has been curated by a group of 25 young curators aged eight to 14 years old. The visit to the museum was...
This summer, 40 students from GK Marg were introduced to the Father of Sci-Fi, Jules Verne, and his best-known work Around the World in 80 Days. We set off on a nine-day adventurous summer camp starting on April 8th, 2019 and ending with a grand finale on April 16th, 2019 with lots of fun, laughter...
Giving back to those in need is a mandate at Urvi Shah & Associates, and its founder Urvi regularly donates her time and creative energy to invigorate the minds of young children. Urvi, an interior designer by profession, established Urvi Shah & Associates 15 years ago. She started her journey of volunteering once a week at...
The Bhavishya Yaan Finishing School Lab 2019 was held from April 1 to 5, 2019 at Indian School of Design & Innovation. Success in the 21st century comes to those who know and understand themselves, their strengths and how best they perform. As we all know, a person can perform only from his strength...
Rotary India Literacy Mission (RILM) has initiated a project tying up with the State Bank of India Foundation to establish digital classrooms in 310 government and government-aided schools. They have also tied up with ONGC for E-Learning in 75 schools from their CSR funds. RCB has been offered ‘lead host club’ to partner this project, by...
Thirty-four children from Bhavishya Yaan took part in a painting competition held at the Piramal Art Gallery, NCPA, by PP Rtn. (Dr.) Mukesh Batra, on March 7. The photographs, all of which were taken by Mukesh, an avid photographer, captured the essence of his travels across Rome, Venice, Amalfi and Positano and were sensational. The children...
The Bhavishya Yaan programme launched itself at the Prabhadevi Municipal School amidst much excitement and fanfare on February 25, 2019. The magnanimous donors, Rtn. Rajas Doshi and Rtn. Ptn. Jyoti Doshi, had been instrumental in getting this project off the ground. The day began with the Bhavishya Yaan children speaking about English and Computer classes followed...