Rotary Club of Bombay’s Lighthouse students participated in an Annual Taekwondo Competition organised by the DSB International School in Lower Parel on December 4th, 2022. Our children have been learning taekwondo weekly for the last three years and were ready to face external competition. We are proud to share that Rudra Meher from Lighthouse won three medals...
Our Diwali Literature camp 2022 focussed on diction and confidence building. Activities to encourage these were conducted which ended with short performances. A nature walk to CPRA GREENS was a new concept introduced this year and we are grateful to parents for their support. Children are compared to beautiful flowers and our senior and junior kindergarten children looked...
An outdoor activity added value to the current topic of ‘Flower’ in our Diwali camp for the children of our Lighthouse Project. 25 tiny tots of Senior and Junior kindergarten accompanied by four adults were taken to CPRA Greens on November 3rd, 2022. They eagerly touched different types of leaves and flowers and saw Cats Claw,...
MANI BHAVAN WAS THE FOCAL POINT OF MAHATMA GANDHI’S POLITICAL ACTIVITIES IN MUMBAI BETWEEN 1917 AND 1934. Today, it’s a museum and historical building dedicated to him and his work. 32 children of Lighthouse Project from classes 1 to 5 visited Mani Bhavan on October 1st, 2022. They were happy to see the library with...
THE SOUND OF LITTLE FEET SHUFFLING ON WOODEN FLOORS PUNCTUATED THE STOIC SILENCE OF MUMBAI’S 218-YEAR-OLD ASIATIC LIBRARY WHEN 31 STUDENTS OF OUR LIGHTHOUSE PROJECT VISITED THERE FOR A FIELD TRIP. For some, it was a new experience. For others, who had been here before with parents, it was a walk down memory lane. Krishna Kate shared...
62 children from Lighthouse Project’s Junior KG, Senior KG, and standards 1 and 2 participated in a supermarket role scenario. Play builds confidence, creativity communication, and physical development. It is fun and allows children to explore real life roles in a controlled environment. At Supermarket Day, our Lighthouse kids learned about dairy products, fresh foods, cleaning...
This Ganesh Chaturthi, Lighthouse students take home idols crafted by themselves. Child Welfare Committee of RCB thanks Rtn. Poonam Lalvani and the Life Foundation for organising this fun workshop. Children spent their weekend getting their hands dirty, playing in the mud, being creative and learning how to make eco-friendly Ganesh idols for the festival! Life Foundation...
Our children at the Lighthouse Project celebrated India’s 75th year of Independence with RCB President Vineet Bhatnagar. As always, many Rotarians joined in the festivities. PP Ramesh Narayan, Rtn. Vandan Shah with Rtn. Ptn. Ekta, Rtn. Ratan Tankha with his family, Rtn. Dilip Dalal, Mr Rajan Gupta with his family, and Rtn. Charu Agrawal kept...
Child Welfare Committee thanks Rtn. Poonam Lalvani for organising a free eye check-up through her Life Trust Foundation. A hundred children of Lighthouse got their eyes tested in the presence of Chairman Rtn. Charu Agrawal. Post-Covid, we noticed that children were struggling to read the blackboard during offline classes. Just as a lighthouse acts as...
Rotary Club of Bombay’s Child Welfare Committee supports nutrition for street children of NGO Salaam Baalak Trust. They have sent a thank you note to RCB: Salaam Baalak Trust provides holistic development support to street and homeless children. Our Charni Road centre provides nutrition, education and health services to children living on the streets of...
Taekwondo is good for kids’ physical, mental, and emotional health. As it is an individual sport, each student advances at his or her own pace. At the same time, our Lighthouse kids from the Machchimar community also enjoy the friendship and camaraderie of practicing in a group setting. The formative years of children thus benefit from...
Creating awareness has been an important aspect at Lighthouse. So, we taught our little children environment-friendly habits such as switching off the lights when they leave a room or if they don’t need it to be on, turning off the tap, disposing trash in bins and keeping small bowls of water for birds and animals....