THE Child Welfare Committee would like to thank the Sadhu Vaswani Mission who celebrated Dada’s 101st birthday with our Lighthouse Children on July 31st. A DJ involved the children in a variety of games as soon as they arrived. Small gifts and biscuit packs were handed out as prizes to the lucky winners. The game session...
THE Rotary Club of Bombay, in partnership with the YMCA, provides a secure and quiet study environment for municipality school students to study via the Night Study Centre project. NSC runs 13 classes in 9 centres and provides books, an evening snack, and a tutor to guide the students with their homework. On Wednesday, July 31st...
OUR fondest memories growing up is listen to stories our grandparents told us! The Child Welfare Committee ensured that the Lighthouse and Salaam Baalak children did not miss out on these stories either. Puppet Nani told tales of a cold night in the jungle that didn’t let her sleep. Filled with mystery, animals and a...
Children of the Machimaar Community at Lighthouse show signs of all-round development Rtn. Hiranmay Biswas, Rtn. Rajesh Shah, Rtn. Sunita Mandelia and Rtn. Charu Agrawal spent an evening with children of Machimaar Community at Lighthouse, Bhadwar Park. An exhibition was held to mark the end of the summer camp on June 28th. Over 40 people, mostly families...
Beneficiaries: Bhai Bhandarkar Adaresha Machhimar Vasahat, Machhimar Nagar, Cuffe Parade, Colaba, Mumbai – 400005 Ongoing project: RCB Lighthouse Project was inaugurated on August 9th. This project is positioned as a beacon of hope and learning for little children from KG to 4th standards from the Bhai Bhandarkar Machhimar Nagar fishing community at Cuffe Parade. Already, about 120 children...
Director-in-charge: Rtn. Hiranmay Biswas Chairperson: Rtn. Raj Ajmera Vice-chairperson: Rtn. Kasimali Merchant Committee members: Rtn. Sherebanu Baldiwala, Rtn. Jamshyd Vazifdar, Rtn. Varsha Daiya, Rtn. Hursh Meghani Number of Committee meetings held: Three Objective: The Night Study Centre (NSC) provides students a secure and quiet environment to study which they are unable to get at home. At the centres, we provide...
The Rotary Club of Bombay recently planned activities for street children that were both educative and entertaining. Professionals took origami, spoken English and e-learning sessions. Our Rotarians have been visiting the centre regularly. Rtn. Moy Biswas spent a Saturday morning talking to street kids at Salaam Baalak at Chowpatty. Moy saw the portfolio of Manoj,...
The Child Welfare Committee of RCB organised an educational field trip for street kids to the Nehru Science Planetarium on May 29th a fortnight ago. The Planetarium was established in March 1977 with the objective of fostering scientific temper through the means of edutainment (education + entertainment). The children attended shows about space in...
Trusting the creative process with the magic and mystery of moving from nothing to something, the Child Welfare Committee of RCB planned outbound learning activities for street children. These children have no homes to keep them away from the heat and no school to go to in summer. Thanks to the Rotary Club of Bombay, the...
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...
Birthdays for a cause: two siblings from Bombay Scottish School, Aadya Bapna and Atarva Bapna, chose to celebrate their birthday month with the Lighthouse children from Machimar community at Cuffe Parade. The children from Lighthouse made a beautiful card and helped in decorating the hall to welcome the birthday boy and girl who had...
On February 7, 2019, 22 students aged 6 to 10, from the Lighthouse School visited the Kala Ghoda Art Festival. Four teachers and two mothers accompanied the group. The fair, currently in its 20th year, is a muchawaited event in the cultural calendar of Mumbaikars as it showcases the best of art, music, dance and...