December reports show increased levels of dedication and commitment to education amongst the women of the Vaidu community Students show engagement and dedication with most reaching class before time and waiting for teachers to begin. They often bring their children for the classes. Students have been learning Marathi vowels, and, also to derive words from them....
The International Women's Association (IWA) Clinic at Fort which is run in partnership with the Rotary Club of Bombay held two camps, on 16th July & 23rd July, 2018 for a total of 110 children from the Garden School, Colaba. The children were between 4 to 6 years of age and were examined by a paediatrician,...
One of the objectives of the Women Empowerment Committee is outreach. In August of this year 30 Rotaractors of HR College completed a 5-day training course on Gender Sensitisation conducted by Laadli/Population First. 23 Rotaractors successfully completed the program and are now beginning their outreach work in teams of 10 across municipal schools and other...
Certificate Distribution Ceremony For Skills@School The Rotary Certificate Distribution Ceremony (Phase 1) for 55 girl students from Colaba Municipal Secondary School and Globemill Passage Municipal School took place on October 14, 2017 at the Colaba Municipal Secondary School. In attendance were President Ramesh Narayan along with Framroze Mehta, Shernaz Vakil and Nandan Maluste from the Women’s...
Supported by the Women's Empowerment Committee, the IWA Clinic introduced a new service with a soft opening of their Radiology Department on Friday, 6th October. Rtn. Arin Master, Rtn. Tanya Sood, Rtn. Natasha Treasurywala (also members of IWA) and Rtn. Framroze Mehta were present and Tanya did the honours of being the first, by bravely...
The Women's Empowerment Committee (WEC) began the current Rotary year with continued support to the International Women's Association (IWA) in an on-going effort to help underprivileged slum children, who are being prepared by the "Prem Daan" nuns and teachers of Garden School, to enter regular schools. Last year’s health check-up was an eye opener to the...
The Women's Empowerment Committee (WEC) began the current Rotary year with continued support to the International Women's Association (IWA) in an on-going effort to help underprivileged slum children, who are being prepared by the "Prem Daan" nuns and teachers of Garden School, to enter regular schools. Last year’s health check-up was an eye opener to the...
The RCB Clinic (in association with the International Women’s Association) at Fort held their second camp for Garden School kids on 5 December 2016. A total of 40 children were examined by the general physician, the paediatrician and the dentist. The children were weighed and measured so that their progress can be monitored at their...
The projects undertaken by the Women’s Empowerment Committee are as follows: 1. Donated Rs.1,00,000/- to the Rotary Club of Porvorim, Goa, to create Awareness and provide Aid for Women’s Cancer. 2. Supported the Districts Heart Surgeries. 3. Planned the possibilities of building toilets in the slums. 4. Conducted 3 successful Medical camps for the children of BY, Savera and...
The International Women's Association (IWA) Clinic at Fort, which is run in partnership with RCB, held a camp for 50 children belonging to the Garden School, Colaba. Each child aged between 4-5 years was checked by a pediatrician, a general practitioner and a dentist. After having completed the checkup, the children were each given a glass of milk, a banana and a much sought-after bar of chocolate....
The Rotary Club of Bombay, in partnership with the International Women's Association, has been running a clinic for indigent women and children in Mumbai. The clinic has been in operation for over 50 years, however our participation is more recent. Thanks to funds collected by the Rotary Club, the clinic underwent a major renovation in...
All Rotarians are invited to RCB's flagship Fund Raiser which will be held on the 29th of March, 2016, at the Bhabha Auditorium, NCPA, Nariman Point, where acclaimed playback singer, Javed Ali, promises to enthrall all with his melodious serenades, known to be as smoothing to the ear as they are enriching in lyrics. Supporting...