The lockdown and hardships faced by many made Rtn. Kirit and Rtn. Ptn. Damini Kamdar plan their wedding anniversary with a difference this time around. They celebrated their special day on January 24th by showing genuine care and concern for the needy. The tasty chola-kulcha lunch with fruit cake and chocochip brownies was a treat for...
A special workshop was conducted on January 12th to familiarise parents of Lighthouse children with online learning and to help them navigate the digital world. Students from ITM Business School, Kharghar demonstrated creation of an email account using the Gmail mobile app. This was followed by a walkthrough of Google Meet and Google Classroom, both of...
The students of ITM Business School, Kharghar, are volunteering with Lighthouse for 15 days. To celebrate Makar Sankranti, ITM volunteers Sugyani Mall, Parth Khimani, Priyanka Tupe and Shruti Rane taught our Lighthouse students how to make tiny origami kites. The students were also shown a video about Makar Sankranti culture and its festivities. Children were told...
The Child Welfare Committee of Rotary Club of Bombay thanks Rtn. Satyan Israni for celebrating his anniversary with the Lighthouse children. The children were told to come to their class on January 7th, 2021, in different batches with their parents. Due to the pandemic, we are still having classes online and thus any physical interaction creates...
The Rotary Club of Bombay’s Skill Development Committee conducted a number of aptitude tests across various demographics. So far, 48 children have taken the test from all the five Bhavishya Yaan schools. This is deemed a very good response given the network challenges faced by the children – connectivity, signal strength, data plan limitations. Nearly...
HANG UP THE HOLLY ‘TIS THE SEASON TO BE JOLLY! Our youngsters at Lighthouse have begun to celebrate the Christmas season. Festivities commenced with the tiny tots of the K.G. class crooning all- time favourites Jingle Bells and We Wish You a Merry Christmas. With a little guidance from their teacher, Ms. Priyanka, they also made...
IN THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS, SANTA VISITED THE STREET CHILDREN OF THE NGO SALAAM BAALAK AT THEIR CHOWPATTY CENTRE. The Child Welfare Committee of Rotary Club of Bombay organised snack boxes and sweat shirts for the children who came to the day shelter for the first time in eight months. The centre is now open and thanks...
LIGHTHOUSE CELEBRATED CHRISTMAS WITH AN ONLINE EVENT. SENIOR ROTARIANS INCLUDING IPP PREETI MEHTA, CHAIRMAN OF THE CHILD WELFARE COMMITTEE RAJESH SHAH, PE SHERNAZ VAKIL, RTN. DILIP DALAL AND RTN. PTN. EKTA SHAH TURNED ATTENDED THE SHOW WHICH WAS EMCEED BY RTR. PURVI TODI AND JINAY PARIKH OF ROTARACT CUB OF H.R. COLLEGE. The event commenced with...
The Gender Equality Committee (GEC) in collaboration with Saukhyam conducted an awareness programme on reusable pads for our Vocational Training Centre and Night Study School students and teachers on Thursday, December 3, 2020. Saukhyam trains rural women groups to produce reusable pads from cotton cloth and banana fibre. Their current production centres are in the states...
Rtr. Riya Jain and Palin Rathor, Partners -in-Service Directors along with members of the Rotaract Club of Hinduja College organised a two-day workshop for all our Lighthouse students on November 27th and 28th. On the first day, guest speaker Ms. Yashvi Mehta (alumni of RCHC), who is a qualified dietician and yoga instructor explained to the...
Children’s Day was filled with fun for kids of Lighthouse. The day began with a yoga session in the morning, attended by children and parents on Zoom. A unique story-telling session followed this with Ms. Sarita engaging children in a warm-up dance and music exercise. The children were then shown “Baby Shark”, one of the most...
November 20th, 2020, is universally designated as World Children’s Day by UNICEF. To mark the occasion, students from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, organised a fun workshop for children aged seven to 15 years. The event was part of the Xavier Social Involvement Programme which enriches the lives of the disadvantaged and underprivileged through various activities. The...