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CLUB COMMITTEES & OBJECTIVES 2007-2008

Club Service I : Director Rtn. Sushil Sethia


Classification & Membership Development :We have added 8 new members i.e. growth and filled 3 unfilled classification which are Travel Agent, Property Broker and Event Manager. We also had RWM on “Bring a Friend” and “ New Members Orientation”

Rotary Information & Communication: Is shared in our weekly meetings, quiz on Rotary was also organized in RWM of 25th July '07

Website: Being Regularly updated (www.rotarycalmahanagar.org.in)

Family of Rotary: Members are divided into Six Clusters and a Past President heads each cluster.



Club Service II : Director Rtn. Arvind Vajpeyi


Attendance : Many of members are 100percenters and we are also trying to motivate others. Members are also attending club projects on a regular basis. Special meetings are also held to motivate members to attend Meetings and Projects.

Bulletin : Four/Eight pages colour bulletin “Mahanagar” is taken out regularly on a weekly basis which is very informative.

Fellowship : We organize 3 Club Fellowship Programs and 3 Cluster Fellowship Programs in a year. During this year we have organized “ Jashn a Azadi” on 18th August where club members had participated in Antakshari Program. Diwali Night for members' family was organized in an open lawn on 5th November with fireworks. All enjoyed fireworks and games. We also organized Club Charter Nite -” Om Shanti Om” on 5th Jan'08 followed by Club Picnic on 17th February, 2008.

Programs : A good number of speakers from various fields are invited in RWM.

Fund Raising : During the year, the Club has organized Two Mega Fund Raising Events. For the first time, our club had organized one Fund Raising cum Entertainment Program “Dil Se” with Four Fellow Clubs on 16th December at Science City for raising funds for its unique project “Healing little Hearts”. Its Fund Raising Exhibition cum Sale “India Haat” was organized from 15th to 17th January at Ice Skating Rink. Both the events were very successful and were very well attended by members, district officials, fellow club members and general public and were appreciated by all.



Vocational Service : Director Dr. Govind Rajgarhia


Microcredit Project “Swavalamban” :Mega Micro Credit Project was organized on 2nd September at Gorky Sadan where Certificates were distributed to the beneficiaries/their representatives/ presidents of associated clubs for 61Rickshaw Vans and 58 Sewing Machines. The Beneficiaries were RCCs of 9 Rotary Clubs

Vocational Training & Women Empowerment :
  • Junior Nurses' Training Camp "Swayamsiddha"- Our Club has trained 30 Ladies as Junior Nurses in a camp, which was organized in two phases on 18th, & 19th August and 8th & 9th December at Dyan Ashram, Joka. These ladies were distributed Certificates at the Club's RWM of 26th December. Training arrangements for them have already been made with various hospitals. They are expected to earn at least Rs 3,000 to 5,000 per month. Driving license were also distributed to drivers got trained by the Club.
  • 9 Sewing Machines were distributed on 1st July to ladies of three NGOs & 4 Sewing Machines were distributed on 15th       August at Netaji Nagar Bustee


  • Vocational Award :Mega Micro Credit Project was organized on 2nd September at Gorky Sadan where Certificates were distributed to the beneficiaries/their representatives/ presidents of associated clubs for 61Rickshaw Vans and 58 Sewing Machines. The Beneficiaries were RCCs of 9 Rotary Clubs.

    4 Way Test Promotion :Two Boards displaying this have been fixed on the crossing of AJC Bose Road and Lansdowne, near Minto Park and exercise books with back cover printed with 4 Way Test have also been distributed to various schools.


    Community Service (Medical) : Director Rtn. Arvind Vajpeyi


    Andhakar Se Prakash : Eye Care & IOL The club is doing IOL surgeries under its Matching Grant Project 52862. So far 298 surgeries have been done.

    Physically & Mentally Challenged: Is shared in our weekly meetings, quiz on Rotary was also organized in RWM of 25th July '07
  • Project Mobility
  • :

       i) The club is doing Polio Corrective and Club Foot Surgeries at Rehabilitation Center for Children ( RCFC ) and so far havesponsored 12 surgeries.
       ii) On the World Disabled Day, we have also distributed 9 mobility aids 2 Adults Wheelchairs, 2 Pediatric Wheelchairs, 2 Tricycles and 3 Axillary Crutches worth Rs 15,000 with Nopany Institute, in the presence of the Governor.

  • Alleviation of Hunger
  • :
    On 12th August the members & their spouse and children served lunch to 51 mentally challenged men & women of Boodhi Peeth, a home for mentally challenged. Satisfaction of hands on service was visible on the face of members and especially the children. Bed sheets, hair oil, soap and various other articles were also distributed to them on the same day. On 9th September, lunch was distributed to 51 inmates of Boodhi Peeth.


    Project Pulse Polio : Door to door immunization of children is carried out in Ward 21 & 22 of the city in Kalkar Street, Malapara, Nimtala and Ahirtolla of Burrabazar area. About 2951 children have so far been immunized during the three NID/SNIDs held during the year.

    Medical Services : The club has organized Health Check up Camps on various dates where General Checkup, ECG , Eye Check up, Dental, Pediatric have been done and Spec have been distributed. Free medicines
    have also been distributed from time to time. A summary is given below:

    Date Total Checkup ECG/Sugar Eye Cataract Cases Dental Pediatric Specs
    23.08.07 300 25   25 0 122
    28.10.07 250 48 150 35 0  
    25.11.07 1000 87 642   0  
    16.12.07 400 40   40   140
    23.12.07       72   318
    06.01.08 398 47   47   158
    27.01.08 250 30   30   80

    Project Healing Little Hearts : Continuing our Healing Little Hearts program added few more smiles to young ones . The club has done 12 surgeries during this year and has target to do 100 surgeries. The club has successfully raised funds for at least 75 Surgeries.

    Aids Awareness : On 1st December, the club participated in Padyatra organized by District on Aids Day for creating Aids Awareness.



    Community Service II : Director Rtn. Nirmal Nahata


    Literacy :
  • Udayer Pathey:
  • This year the Club has taken up a unique project “ Udayer Pathey”, an educational scholarship designed to benefit the meritorious students from the villages & small towns of West Bengal and help them achieve their dreams of becoming doctors in the future. The Program was launched on 1st September and is a joint effort with Asia Heart Foundation. This year 159 students have been given scholarship and 150 students each will be granted scholarship for the next 5 years. The cost of scholarship of one student is Rs 500 p.m.and Rs 36,000 for 60 months by Mayor of KMC and Speaker of Lok Sabha.

  •  Concentrated Learning Encounter ( CLE ) :
  • A training Camp was organized from 1st to 6th October where Rtn. Shiv Kumar Singh of Rotary Club of Damuli, Nepal, trained 40 Teachers from around 30 Centers. The club has also distributed study material to these teachers and training centers. The program is being done under the Club's Matching Grant Project 10754 The members and anns also visit the training centers from time to time and organize follow up meetings with these trainers.
  • Distribution of Literacy Material :
  • The club has distributed various literacy material such as exercise books, pencils, pens, colour pencils, school bags, story books etc to small under privileged children of various schools. About 4000 Excercise books, 350 story books, and lot of pencils, erasers etc were distributed to underprivileged children of 4 homes run by NGOs and to children of ‘Ek Prayas’ and at “Netaji Nagar Bustee”.
  • Lit & Draw competition :
  • On 22nd July Sit & Draw competition was organized at “The Refugee” where about 100 children participated. 6 prizes were given to the students.
    Children's Day Celebration : On 14th November, Children's Day was celebrated with the students of “Ek Prayas”. where Magic Show was organized for them and Colour Pencils, Biscuits and Chocolates were distributed to them.. They also put up some dance performance.


    Project Water & Sanitation : On 14th November, Children's Day was celebrated with the students of “Ek Prayas”. where Magic Show was organized for them and Colour Pencils, Biscuits and Chocolates were distributed to them.. They also put up some dance performance.
  • Tubewell :
  • RC Calcutta Mahanagar installed a Tubewell at Bagnabarh, Pingla, Midnapore (West) on 26th September'07 at a cost of Rs 14,000. It will provide water to the villagers who were suffering due to acute shortage of Water.

  • Water kiosk -Drinking Water Facilityl :
  • One Water Kiosk has been put up at KMC Pay & Use Toilet at Gol Park at a cost of Rs 70,000, where provision for Cold Filtered Water has been made.. This Water Kiosk will serve the public of Garihat and Southern Avenue.
  • Toilet for Female Students at KMC School Building: On 8th December an MOU was signed between KMC & RCCM under which RCCM has agreed to construct Toilets for Female Students at KMC 108 Own Building. One such toilet has already been constructed at D L Khan Road School at a cost of Rs 25,000 and handed over to the school on 10th December 2007.



  • International Services


    GSE Team The club hosted GSE team from USA. The members of the Team were taken around the city and to the various Projects of the Club.

    Annual Giving This years target $ 18,000



    Special Projects -- Bihar Flood Relief -- Healing Hands to Nature's Fury


    On 15th August One Truck Load Relief materials worth Rs. 1,25,000 were sent to Begusarai, Motihari and Darbhanga. The project was done with fellow clubs and District.



     

    Major District Events Sponsored / Co- Sponsored Water Conference on 10th December, ICM on Membership Development on 9th June, SETS 2007 RYLA, Diwali Meet, World's Aid Day etc.

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