Night Study Centres, a joint initiative of the Rotary Club of Bombay and Bombay YMCA, was started in 1966 in a Municipal School to support young boys and girls in their school education. NSC is a place where the students, who live in very small tenements, come to do their homework and study. Bombay YMCA’s...
Director-in-charge: Rtn. Bipin Vazirani Chair: Rtn. Mehul Sampat Co-Chair: Rtn. Jamshyd Vazifdar Members: Rtn. Raj Ajmera, Rtn. Sherebanu Baldiwala, Rtn. Varsha Daiya, Rtn. Ptn. Jaya Prasad, Rtn. Ptn. Aradhana Mehta, Rtn. Bimal Mehta, Rtn. Charu Agrawal, Rtn. Hiranmay Biswas, PP Paul George, Rtn. Ptn. Rinku Suchanti, Rtn. Sunita Mandelia The Outreach department, the socially-visual arm of the Bombay YMCA,...
Director-in-charge: Rtn. Hiranmay Biswas Chairperson: Rtn. Varsha Daiya Vice-Chairperson: Rtn. Ajit Lalvani Committee members: PP Rtn. Paul George, Rtn. Bimal Mehta, Rtn. Jamshyd Vazifdar, Rtn. Raj Ajmera, Rtn. Ujjwala Singhania, Rtn. Vikas Jain The Training Centre made additional and exceptional efforts this year to reach out to the youth in and around its community by introducing additional courses to...
THE Vocational Training Centre (VTC) for Excellence is a joint project of Bombay YMCA and Rotary Club of Bombay. It was established in 1993 and has, since then, provided vocational training facilities and services. It has touched close to 50,000 lives since inception and presently offers courses such as Tailoring, Advance Tailoring, Beautician, Mehendi-Basic and...
Number of Committee meetings held: 2 Completed Projects: HIV Awareness World Aids Day Rally and street play held on December 1st, 2018. Christmas get-together for ORD Department on December 21st, 2018. Ongoing projects: Bombay YMCA outreach and development department along with Rotary Club of Bombay conducts social awareness programmes such as Gender Awareness, Child Sexual Abuse, HIV/ AIDS Awareness,...
The Maneckji and Shirinbai Neterwala Foundation generously donated 20 new computers to RCB’S Vocational Training Centre at YMCA, Mumbai Central. The inauguration took place on May 21st at 5.30 pm. The Vocational Training Centre has touched the lives of close to 50,000 people since its establishment in 1993 at Agripada Municipal School. Last year, approximately 2000...
THE School Excellence Program (Teacher’s Training) for a hundred Municipal schools in Thane was launched by PP Rtn. Nirav Shah, Rtn. Mudit Jain, Rtn. Hiren Kara and Rtn. Anar Shah on September 1st, 2017. The programme was undertaken by the Rotary Club of Bombay and the Rotary Club of Colombo with the help of Kaivalya...
Salaam Bombay Foundation, in collaboration with the Rotary Club of Bombay (RCB), has embarked on a journey to empower young girls from resource-challenged backgrounds with 21st century relevant skills. These skills motivate them to continue their education, gain internships and aspire for better careers. They also have the opportunity to use the skills to get...
Over 40 students from classes one to four attended the summer camp from April 10th to 24th at Lighthouse. The idea was to utilise the summer vacations and expose children of the machimaar community to four different states of India via a summer camp that was organised with the following objectives: To acquaint children with the...
For 12 years, the Inner Wheel Club of Bombay has celebrated the success of underprivileged women by having a ‘haldi-kumkum’ ceremony at the vocational training class, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Municipal School, BDD Chawl, Worli. February 2, 2019, was a joyous day for the hundred women who are currently benefiting from this programme and for the President...
Progress at RCB’s Skills@School project with Salaam Bombay The Rotary Club of Bombay Grant for the year 2018-19 has supported 155 girls of Skills@schools so far. ...
The Rotary Club of Bombay and the Bombay YMCA began its partnership way back in 1929, when Mr. H.W. Byrant, General Secretary & CEO of Bombay YMCA was instrumental in founding of the Rotary Club of Bombay as one of the Charter members. He was also elected as the Vice President. Since then, the Rotary...