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BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2017-18 DESIGNATION
NAME OF THE PERSON
DESIGNATION
NAME OF THE PERSON
President
Rtn Ashish Prabhu
New Generation
Prakash Kapadia
International Service
Yatin Parekh
Club Trainer
Rtn Dr Deep Bhandare
Verlekar Secretary
Rtn Mahesh Patil
Treasurer
Rtn Kedar Kenkre
President Elect
Rtn Sunil Mone
Jt. Secretary
Rtn Sanjiv Desai
VP & President Nominee
Rtn Haroon Ibrahim
CHAIRMAN Fellowship
Rtn Tanmay Kholkar
Polio Plus
Gaurish Shirodkar
Immediate Past President Rtn Manohar Kamat
CLP CHAIRPERSON
Sergeant-at-Arms
Rtn Amit Sukhtankar
Club Administration
Rtn Manoj Caculo
Bulletin Editor
Rtn Vijay Hede
TRF
Rtn Gauresh Nayak
DIRECTORS Community Service
Rtn Milind Shankhwalkar
Vocational Service
Rtn Bhupesh Shah
Club Service
Rtn Santosh Shetye
Membership Development Rtn Ashok Menon Public Relations
Rtn Kedar Dhume
Literacy
Rtn M G Chandrashekhar
Service Projects
Rtn Dinar Tarcar
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CONTENT’S
Our Regulars BOD 2017-2018 >>> 02 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE >>> 04 Rtn. Ian H. S. Riseley RI President
SECRETARY’S MESSAGE >>> 06 SWACHHTA >>> 07 SAKSHARTA >>> 18
Rtn. Aanand Kulkarni DG 3170
Four Way Test of the things we think, say or do • Is it the truth? • Is it fair to all concerned? • Will it build Goodwill and better Friendship? • Will it be beneficial to all concerned?
Club Information: Rotary Club of Panaji Mid-Town Club No: 51217 R.I District: 3170 Founded on: 14-04-1998 Chartered on: 20-05-1998 Charter presented on: 02-08-1998 Meets every Tuesday Time: 19.00 hrs Venue: Clube Tennis De Gasper Dias
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SUDHARTA >>> 20 SAHAYTA >>> 22 MISSION RABIES >>> 24 COMMUNITY SERVICE >>> 26 CLUB SERVICE >>> 28 RCPMT FAMILY >>> 33 YOUTH SERVICE >>> 35 INTERNATIONAL SERVICE >>> 37 VOCATIONAL SERVICE >>> 39 EDITOR’S MESSAGE >>> 41 BOD 2018-2019 >>> 41 PRESS COVERAGE ON WINS PROJECT >>> 42
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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Dear Rotarian Friends, As the scorching Goan summer heat gives way to the heavens opening up to usher in the monsoon season, it also signals the change in the Rotary season where the baton is passed on to the new President and his team on 1st July, the first day of the new Rotary year. As I sit to write my final communication as President of the Rotary Club of Panaji Midtown it is pouring cats and dogs outside on a cool monsoon evening late June. It is as if it is reminding me that my time as President is up. I do believe that the 2 cornerstones for a successful Rotary Club are weaved around firstly the family of Rotary consisting of its members, families of members, partners in service and secondly the difference it makes to the local community around. These were the two guiding principles that we kept before us as we went about our Rotary business over the course of the past 12 months. This last issue of Dream captures in a nutshell a rainbow of activities carried out for Rotary year 2017-18 across all the five service avenues.
RTN. ASHISH PRABHU VERLEKAR Club President
Before we started the Rotary year 2017-18 given that the RI theme was “Rotary Making a difference” and since the subject of children is close to my heart I was clear in my mind that the signature project for the year had to be one which has a significant impact in the lives of young kids. When we deliberated and discussed ideas we decided on Rotary international project focused on India; WASH in Schools (WinS) which tackles water, hygiene and sanitation in schools and which also aligned with our Prime Ministers initiative of Swach Bharat. What followed was an extensive process of selecting schools through the process of survey using the RI/UNICEF survey form, doing Need assessment, Gap analysis, discussions with Managements of schools and thereafter implementing WinS in the selected schools. 5 areas were covered under WinS; construction/repairs/renovation of toilet blocks separately for boys and girls, Safe drinking water facilities with maintenance contract for 3 years, Provision of multiple hand wash stations with soap, Menstrual hygiene management by way of Vending machines and incinerator for disposing and orienting of teachers and training of students towards use and upkeep of these facilities. The WinS journey took us across the State of Goa visiting schools in towns and in villages assessing toilets, water facilities for drinking and hand wash etc. It was an eye opener and a learning experience for us too. We launched the project on our Installation day on 1st July 2017 at the hands of Chief Minister of Goa Shri Manohar Parrikar. Shri Parrikar was very supportive of this initiative and infact made a mention of
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our WinS project on the floor of the Goa assembly when talking about education in schools. Shri Manohar Parrikar inaugurated the first completed WinS school in November at Panaji followed by Honorable Governor of Goa Mrs Mridula Sinha inaugurating the second school in rural Priol. Any project of this magnitude required funding. But amazingly within one week and with the first 10 donors we met we managed to raise the entire funding required for this project. And today thanks to their backing and faith in us, we have executed this project in 26 schools (including 6 special children schools) across Goa touching the lives and bringing a smile to the faces of over 10000 school children and counting‌. I believe that if we want real behavioral change to happen then we have to catch them young; targeting children at schools though a project like WinS only can bring effective long term change. Cleanliness, hygiene, sanitation has to start with children at school. If we are going to achieve our dream of Swach Bharat it has to start with Swach Schools. Our effort this year was towards that goal. Besides the focus on Swachatta through WinS we also focused on our 3 other Permanent projects; Sudharta, Saksharta and Sahayta during the year. All our permanent projects have CHILDREN as the central theme. As the great Nelson Mandela remarked 'There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children'. I take this opportunity to thank each and every member of my Club and my board for their unstinted support and guidance throughout the Rotary year. The Club Secretary Mahesh Patil has been a pillar of strength to me throughout the year. More than just the Club Secretary, he has been my sounding board, my counsel, and an excellent foil to me. Besides he has been at the core of the WinS project and given his professional expertise in the area his inputs have been most valuable in the success of the project. We at Rotary Club of Panaji Midtown celebrated two decades of our existence this year. I am sure we will continue to bond in the spirit of friendship and at the same time make a difference in our local community through meaningful projects in the years to come. Thanking you, Yours in Rotary,
Rtn. Ashish V. Prabhu Verlekar
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SECRETARY’S MESSAGE The Rotary year 2017-18 for the Rotary Club of Panaji MidTown was truly a Trend setting year. The RCPMT, family as we fondly call has been the forefront of Rotary moment of “Making Difference“. The club continued with its tradition of serving community and enjoying fellowship that has helped to build stronger bonds within and outside the club The major feature of the year was WinS implementation. President Ashish Prabhu Verlekar took leadership before the Rotary year began. He meticulously planned program for the year with major thrust on WinS implementation. The project was launched on the installation Day, 1st July at the hands of Hon. Chief Minster and first school was inaugurated within three months. As the year ends WinS implementation has been a trend setter in entire district. We have touched life of more than ten thousand students through 26 schools across the Goa state with an investment of more than one crore. All this was possible only for, the Clubs reputation, active participation from members and full support from corporate sponsors.
RTN. MAHESH PATIL Secretary
The Club continued its three major projects, Sahayata, Sudharta and Saksharta anchored by committed Rotarians Rtn. Santosh Shetye, Rtn. Dr Deep Bhandare and Rtn. Kiran Sirsat respectively. Another feature was mission Rabies a global grant project, anchored by Rtn. Milind Shankwalkar implemented in association with other three clubs of Panaji and Rotary Club of Mapusa. This project will help entire state of Goa. The Club continued its activities in all the avenue of services with active support from each Director. We have made efforts to compile the projects and activities for the year to provide a snap shot of the events for the year to the best of our best of ability. I thank President Ashish, not only for giving me this opportunity to be a Secretary of this vibrant club but also active support from his office. At times he has performed a dual role of President and secretary with the support of his very efficient office staff. Thank you, Rtn. Santosh Shetye, Past secretary and President elect, who made my task very easy by supporting with all the documents, procedures and guidance whenever required. I wouldn't have been able to deliver without their support. Thank you all the BOD members, Anns and Annettes for active participation in all the programs. Thanking you, Yours in Rotary,
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SWACHHTA - WASH IN SCHOOLS (WinS) Signature Project of Rotary Club of Panaji Midtown for 2017-18 The WinS Project was launched at the hands of Honourable Chief Minister of Goa Shri. Manohar Parrikar at the Installation function of our Club on 1st July, 2017 at Hotel Mandovi.
and sanitation. Infact this also forms an integral part of Prime Ministers initiative for Swachh Bharat.
Shri Parrikar complimented Rotarians of Rotary Club of Panaji Midtown for taking up the Swachh Bharat initiative through WINS and expressed willingness of the Goa Govt. to associate with Rotary Club of Panaji Midtown to scale up with the number of schools to be covered under this project.
Objective: Waterborne diseases cause children to be sick resulting in high absentee rate in schools thus creating education and literacy issues. It is estimated that worldwide 272 million school days are lost each year due to WASH related issues.
Background:
It is also a serious health issue since water borne diseases specially worm infection, impair, physical development and reduce cognitive development among school going children. Infect diarrhoea is a leading cause of mortality among children.
WinS stands for Wash in Schools. WASH refers to Water, Sanitation, Hygiene. This is a Rotary International(RI) focus project for India which Rotary Club of Panaji Midtown executed in rural and urban schools in the State of Goa. Out of 6 areas of focus for Rotary International, 2 of them viz Basic education & literacy and Water & sanitation are covered under WinS project. The WinS project is not just a focus area for RI but also for UNICEF and Government of India through the HRD Ministry for Panchayati Raj, drinking water
The above factors also increase the cost of health care and education thus having economic implications. Thus, our aim through the WinS project is to improve school attendance and education outcome through provisions of sustainable WASH services and education initiative in identified rural and urban school in Goa.
JUNE 2018 | PG 8 WASH aspects that were identified and implemented Our club identified schools for this project based on 'Need assessment'. Don Bosco College; Department of Social welfare affiliated to Goa University carried out the Need assessment for the shortlisted schools based on the Baseline Survey Format issued by UNICEF along with RI. After doing a Gap analysis based on the survey our Rotary Club identified the schools to u n d e r t a ke t h e WinS project which covered the following aspects:I. P r ov i d i n g s a f e drinking water. II. C o n s t r u c t i n g / renovating/repairin g toilets separately for boys & girls of the school. III.Hand wash stations. IV. M e n s t r u a l H y g i e n e management by way of v e n d i n g machines and incinerators. V. B e h a v i o u r a l change by way of training of teachers and orientation and supervision of s t u d e n t s during hand washing. Post implementation of the project, operation and maintenance plan along with the school management has been created to ensure that schools maintain/repair the installed
infrastructure on a regular basis. Cost Benefit analysis of each school will be undertaken. Implementation process: 1. Selection of schools based on need assessment through survey. 2. Gap Analysis. 3. Process mapping- executable plan along with budget to bridge t h e gap. 4
. Executi on.
Project in numbers: A) We had planned to execute WinS in 20 schools but ended up executing it in 26 schools. B) Our club raised o v e r $150000 (over Rs 1 Crore) for the project from 10 donors as per of their C S R commitmen ts. Funding for the Project: W e recognise d the donors at the Installation Function on 1st July, 2017 at the hands of Honourable Chief Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar with 'Appreciation Certificate'.
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WinS project implemented in following schools in Goa during 2017-18 Sr.No
Name of School
Location
1
Progress High School
Panjim
2
New Goa High School
Mapusa
3
Swastik Vidyalaya
Priol
4
Somnath English High School
Kripal
5
Gananath English High School
Dabal
6
Shri. Shradhanand Vidyalaya
Canacona
7
St. Aloysius High School
Diwadi
8
National Association For the Blind
St.Cruz
9
Honda High School
Valpoi
10
Progress High School
Sanquelim
11
Govt High School
Bhuipal
12
Sanjay Centre Higher Secondary And Vocational Unit
Porvorim
13
Sanjay Centre For Special Education Goa
Porvorim
14
Sanjay Centre For Special Education Goa
Vasco
15
Sanjay Centre For Special Education Goa
Curchorem
16
Aastha for special Children
Mapusa
17
Parse High School
Pednem
18
Vivekanand High School
Borim
19
Dayanand Arya High School
Neura
20
Mandre High School
Mandrem
21
Saraswat Vidyalaya
Mapusa
22
Immaculate Conception High School
Dabal
23
St. Tereza High School
Candolim
24
Cuncolim United Higher Secondary School
Cuncolim
25
Government High School
Vasco
26
Government High School
Sada
26 Schools covered & 10,128 Happy school children • 20 repairs/renovation/new toilet blocks and other sanitation facilities like septic tanks, etc. • 18 drinking water plants with maintenance contract for three years • 40 hand wash stations • 22 vending machines for sanitary napkins • 23 incinerators for sanitary napkins • 16 water tanks
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Donors for WinS Club received excellent support from Corporate and individual donors. All the donors and implementing Partner were felicitated at the hands of Chief Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar. • Mr. Anand Bose • Automobile Corporation of Goa Limited • Goa Shipyard Ltd • HDFC Bank Ltd • Kineco Kaman pvt ltd • M/s. Rosenberger Electronic Company (India) Private Limited • Tata Housing Development Company • Umiya Builders • Kineco Ltd • Dempo Group of Companies - Mr. Srinivas Dempo
Mr. Anand Bose
ACGL- Mr. O'Ajay
• PENTAIR • Mormugao Port Trust
Goa Shipyard Limited Mr. B.B. Nagpal
Rosenberger Electronics India Pvt Ltd- Mr. Jaideep Redkar & Mr. Deepak Gaonkar
Pentair - Shri Narayan Mitra & Mr. Anil Mehata
Mr. Sohan Juwarker & Mr. Jones Jorge
Mormugao Port Trust Mr. G P Rai & Mr. J B Dhawle
Kineco Group – Mr. Shekhar Sardesai
Umiya Builders & Developers Mr. Surendra Naik
Tata Housing Development Co. Ltd. Mr. Sanjeeva Kumar Singh
Implementing Partners
Implementing Partner CDPR – Mr. Yeshwant Thakkar
Mr. Vikas Kulkarni (VHAG)
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WASH IN SCHOOLS (WinS) INAUGURATIONS ACROSS GOA WinS - Panaji & Priol School Progress high School, Panaji, the first school, completed under WinS was inaugurated at the hands of Honorable Chief Minister of Goa on 21st November 2017 in the presence of Team from Pentair and Shri Anand Bose, Our CSR Partners along with management of school, District Governor Rtn. Anand Kulkarni and AG Rtn. Dr. Lenny D’costa. Following the inauguration a well attended function was held for handing over handwash stations to representatives of various schools and to brief about the Wins project. Rotarians, beneficiary schools representatives and CSR partners attended the function addressed by Shri Manohar Parrikar.
Inauguration of WinS at Progress High School on 21st November 2017
Our Second Wins school Swastik Vidyalaya at Priol which caters to children from rural Goa was inaugurated at the hands of Her Excellency, Governor of Goa, Smt. Mrudula Sinha in the presence of CSR partners Tata Housing Development Company and Pentair.
Her Excellency Governor of Goa, Shrimati Mrudula Sinha, at the WinS inauguration along with Mr Venkatraman, Director Finance, Pentair, club members and School management of Swastik Vidyalaya, Priol
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WinS Porvorim & Mapusa Schools Three WinS schools inaugurated on 7th June. Two special children schools at Porvorim and one school at Mapusa at the hands of CSR partner Kineco Kaman & Kineco, by MD Rtn Shekhar Sardessai & Ann Shivani Sardessai and on behalf of RCPMT by Rtn Anand Palan, in the presence of Rtn Gauresh Nayak, Rtn Ilyas Naroo.
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WinS Poingiunim & Cuncolim School WinS was implemented at Shradhanand High School, Poingiunim Canacona and inaugurated on 8th June in association with CSR partner Tata housing development Ltd.
WinS Bhuipal & Honda Schools WinS, at Bhuipal and Honda were inaugurated on 9th June at the hands of Rtn Shrinivas Dempo, Chairman, ACGL, CSR donor in the presence of IPDG Rtn Dr Vinaykumar Pai Raikar, Rtn R Ashok, Rtn Sanjeev Desai, CEO ACGL Mr O V Ajay and other Management executives of ACGL.
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WinS Neura & St Cruz school WinS in schools at Neura & St Cruz were inaugurated on 11th June. National Association of Blind school at St Cruz was unveiled at the hands of Mr Jaideep Redkar, Country Head, Rosenberger India. Shri Siddharth Kunkolienkar Chairman EDC and Rtn Dr Deep Bhandare in presence of Rotarians R Ashok, Rajiv Shirodkar, Suraj Kudchadkar, Sanjeev Desai and Annes Ranjana, Anita Menon, Smita Patil. Apart from WinS, a biogas plant was installed to treat kitchen waste and generate biogas for cooking.
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WinS - Two Mapusa Schools 2 WinS schools were inaugurated on 13 June morning at Mapusa. Anand Niketan school for special children at the hands of MLA Shri Glen Ticlo, HDFC bank rep Shri Ajit Dalvi & Rtn Manoj Caculo. Anns Krupa & Priya and Rotarians PK, Govind Tiwari also participated. New Goa high school was inaugurated at the hands of Padmashri Mr Suresh Amonkar & Rtn Santosh Shetye.
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WinS - Diwar School WinS school, St. Alloysious High School, Diwar was inaugurated on 19th June at the hands of Mr. Anil Bhavnani, Branch Banking Head, Western Region, HDFC Bank along with Rtn. Milind Shankwalkar.
WinS - Borim, Nirankal, Dabal, Sawargal and Churchorem School WinS schools; Vivekanand High School, Gananath High School, Immaculate Conception High School, Somnath High School and Sanjay School, Churchorem for special children were inaugurated on 27 th June. The CSR partners for these schools were HDFC Bank represented by Mr. Neville Noronha and Umiya Builders.
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SAKSHARTA Education Grant is most important component SAKHSHARATA, one among the three flagship community support program of the Club. More than 50 students, popularly referred as the Rotary Scholars are supported by the club for their higher education in the last decade. This year club continued its support for the needy students pursuing their education in professional colleges. Club supports the admission and other fees till students complete graduation. This year eight students were supported for Medicine, Engineering and Pharmacy.
RTN. KIRAN SHIRSAT Co-ordinator
M r. V i v e k Ka m a t , D i r e c t o r technical education was the chief guest for the function. He complimented the club for supporting the students who are the future of our Nation and also many Community service projects like SAHAYATA, for home care nursing. He enumerated various Goa Government initiative of setting up centers of education excellence in IIT, NIT etc. He appealed to students to utilize the Rotary support for completing the education and support such community development programs as part of individual commitment to the community.
Mr Vivek Kamat, Director, Technical Education addressing the meeting after distribution of Educational Grants
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Rotary Scholars Receiving the educational Grant from Mr. Vivek Kamat, Director, Technical Education
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SUDHARTA Sudharta: Looking Back‌.. It has been 20 long years since we launched the project of Corrective Surgeries for disabled children. All these years have been very satisfying and fulfilling in terms of our achievements. We have been able to make a positive change in the lives of all people that we have been fortunate to treat. It was recently that we realized the magnitude of the good work we have been undertaking, when a bhel puri vendor at Miramar came and greeted me. He said thanks to our efforts his daughter is now happily married and is in the family way. But for our surgical feats, no one would come forth and marry a girl with deformed legs.
RTN. DR. DEEP BHANDARE Co-ordinator
On ruminating I realised that many more girls whom we had operated are now well settled in their families. Similarly there are a number of boys and girls who are now doctors, lawyers and graduates. They all are gainfully employed and are supporting themselves and their families. It was a revelation to me that few hours of the surgical time and expertise of the team with back up by the Rotarians and The Rotary Foundation has resulted in making so many unfortunates to be independent members of the society. This project has been highly appreciated in the Rotary District and the Rotary International because it is active for last 20 years and has benefitted hundreds of disabled children from poor socio economic background. They would not be able to afford the treatment if not for our project. I have received a number of award and recognition from the governments of Goa, government of India, Rotary international, Giants International, I n d i a n M e d i c a l Association, and Indian Orthopedic Association. However the best recognition comes from the treated patients and their families. During the Rotary year 2017-18 successfull disabilities corrective surgeries were carried out on seven needy children from financially poor backgrounds giving them a new lease of life.
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REPRESENTED INDIA IN PARAOLYMPICS IN SWIMMING AND ARCHERY
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SAHAYTA Sahayata Home Nursing School
Care
With world’s largest population of youth residing in India, it is indeed very challenging to create right kind of skills among youth to get gainfully employed. The challenge is even more accentuated in case of weaker sections of community and women with limited educational qualifications. This has created a large number of youth (specially girls) in rural areas who are bereft of high school education & are unemployed due to unavailability of opportunities. As a result they continue to earn low income & live in poverty.
RTN. SANTOSH SHETYE Co-ordinator
On the other hand, with economic development, past few decades has witnessed an increase in the life expectancy of the average Indian to more than 66 years. There are now more than 100 million people above the age of 60 years in India. Very often, there are cases of elders at home who need to be attended to due to health problems or even to do their daily chores. Simultaneously with emergence of nuclear & double income families, number of family members in a home has reduced. Much as the earning members of the family would like to attend to their elder family members, they are unable to do so due to work commitments. As a result, the aged parents of these family members are not able to get sufficient care at home. Also there is a growing number of old age centres with perennial shortage of home care nursing attendants. Therefore, there is a mounting need of trained and professional care givers who would be able to assist elders at home or old age centres in the performance of their day to day functions. It is with these objectives in mind that RCPMT joined hands with Matruchhaya Trust to start a 6 month sandwich program for Home Care Nursing Attendants. Matruchhaya’s Sahayata Home care Nursing School is located at Kalapur, Goa. It conducts a 6 month duration course which includes 3 months of practical training at Goa Medical College (GMC) Hospital at Bambolim.
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The school has its own modern classroom for training 20 youth, equipped with contemporary nursing apparatus. There is a library on the premises. As this is a residential course, there are separate boarding & hostel facilities for girls & boys with appropriate security. The hostel has a full time Warden who resides on the premises.
All the expenses towards tuition, hostel & boarding are borne by school. The students are also provided with free uniforms, personal hygiene products, stationary & reimbursement of travel cost to visit their homes periodically. The school operates as 100% charity school. Minimum qualifications to join the school are 8 Standard pass. The Curriculum includes Home Care Nursing subjects, Personal Hygiene, Communication Skills, Personal Finance, Self Defense martial arts, Safety, Stress Management & Yoga. More than 270 hours of tuition in Home Care Nursing & 200 hours of other education is provided for making the students empowered citizens. The faculty consists of qualified Nurses, eminent Doctors & professionals. There is a full time School Administrator who coordinates activities of school. Sahayata Home care Nursing School has been in Operation since January2015. Every six months a batch of upto 20 Home Care Attendants successfully complete the course and are gainfully employed. For the year 2017-18, two batches were conducted. 6th Batch consisting of 18 students passed in December 2017. All the students in the batch were girls. The batch began on 3 July 2017 and graduated on 16 January 2018. The certification ceremony was presided by Shri
Siddharth Kuncoliencar, Chairman of EDC Ltd. The chief guest for the event was Mr Luis Fernandes, Principal, Govt Polytechnic – Panaji. The 7th batch of Sahayata started on 3rd January 2018 & completed on 15th June 2018, The batch consisted of 11 girl students. The entire expenses of 6th & 7th batch were borne by Nanu Enterprises as part of their CSR inititiative. The club thanks Mr Pravas Naik for supporting the school. The graduation ceremony of 7th batch & commencement of 8th batch has been planned on 6th July 2018. Reputed private equity & investment bankers, M/s Northern Arc –Chennai have provided full financial support for batches 8 to 10 as a part of CSR initiative. Similarly Automobile Corporation of Goa Ltd, have provided financial support for 5 girl students in 8th batch. The 8th batch consists of 19 girls and 1 boy, totaling 20 students. To date Sahayata has trained 81home care attendants. All the practicing home care attendants are gainfully employed in Goa as also other parts of India.
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MISSION RABIES Rotary Joins in to Eliminate 'Rabies’ “Mission Rabies” Mission Rabies is a Charity which was founded in 2013 with one aim, eliminate Rabies. Over 99% of human rabies cases are caused by an infected dog bite. Once symptoms of the disease develop, it is always fatal. Every year, millions of healthy dogs are inhumanely killed for fear of this deadly disease. However, this doesn't halt the spread of rabies, which causes the deaths of around 59,000 people a year – the majority of which are children under 15. Mission Rabies is going to change that.
RTN. MILIND SHANKHWALKER Co-ordinator Primay Host Contact, Global Grant Project Elimination of Canine and Human Rabies in Goa.
Science shows that the most effective long-term Rabies control strategy is through vaccination of dogs in endemic areas. Rabies is 100% preventable. Mission Rabies is working to prevent needless deaths from this devastating disease. Mission Rabies and Goa MR set themselves a challenge - make Goa a Rabies free state! Bordered by sea to the East and jungle to the North, South and West, the movement of dogs into and out of the state is limited, making it the perfect location for a state-wide vaccination campaign. In 2014 MR sterilised 20400 dogs across Goa in a 6 month long campaign. By creating a more stable and healthier dog population, They lay the ground work for incredible future rabies-combating results. Developing a strategy to cover all 12 talukas of Goa in a year, They meticulously mapped out every catching area, trained even more dog catching teams, recruited a project coordinator and set to work. In September, with 20 international volunteers back for another month-long mass drive, allowed them to complete one of the most densely populated of Goas’ talukas in just 4 weeks!
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The end of 2016 brought about the start of a Mission Rabies and Worldwide Veterinary Service ( “ WVS” ) partnership in Goa. The Goa HICKs International Training Centre was constructed in the North Goa to build upon the work started by Mission Rabies in 2014. MR is now covering entire Goa with their catching teams working alongside the WVS sterilisation teams. MR also has their very own rabies laboratory in Panjim enabling their rapid response team to get a fast diagnosis from every dog they pick up. Having already reached 92000 vaccinations, 2017 is set to become another record breaking year in India! Mission Rabies and Rotary To achive the objective of Rabies free Goa, Rotary has associated with Mission Rabies through Global Grant from The Rotary International, Rotary has provided Mission rabies better mobality, Three Bolero vehicles, 2 of which are being used by the vaccination teams to enable them to travel around the state and a third vehicle acts as an animal surveillance vehicle to transport dogs with suspected rabies to a central facility for observation and evaluation. The Grant has also provided two Activa scooters for the pre & post vaccination surveyors. Mobility is the main thrust of this project. earlier MR teams hired vehicles,which was expensive and an impedement to react and rapidly respond to any potential outbreaks Rotary Grant vehicles are seen in use by Mission Rabies on the Goan Roads.
The Rotary Grant also provides for operational costs during project duration such as Driver salaries, Maintainance and fuel for 18 months. Mission Rabies will own these vehicles at the end of the project. It has been assured that the project will continue to be run with the help of coperating organisations post Rotary Grant duration. The Project is being monitored by our Host club through monthly Progress reports from Mission Rabies, site visits, Interaction with MR Teams and Regular Presentations at weekly meetings by Dr.Murugan Appupillai, Director Mission Rabies for Goa All Rotary Clubs of Goa will also be approched to support Mission Rabies in educational outreach to the schoolchildren, especially those in primary schools. Rotary Clubs will also increase rabies awareness with about 1000 children join their biannual march. The aim is to teach them about the signs of rabies, how to behave around dogs, how to avoid bites & what to do if bitten. The Project aims is to eliminate rabies from Goa by 2020. Rtn. Milind Shankhwalker Primay Host Contact, Global Grant Project Elimination of Canine and Human Rabies in Goa.
SANGUEM TALUKA Total Vaccinations = 3,194
MR Team will work year round to catch and vaccinate dogs with focused drives each year after the monsoon season. The goal is to vaccinate at least 75,000 dogs each year. A 24x7 Hotline is in operation for public to report Rabied dog cases to MR. The total Project cost through The Rotary International Global Grant is US $ 47700 ( Rs. 31 lacs ) Rotary Clubs from Gainesville, Florida USA have contributed US $ 17,000 to the project. Five Goan clubs - RC Panaji Mid-Town, RC Panaji, RC Riveira, RC Miramar and RC Mapusa together have contributed US $10,500 to the project.
Sanguem Taluka – Total vaccination Coverage July - August 2017
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COMMUNITY SERVICE Tree Plantation The Club held tree plantation drive along the Panji- Phonda by pass on 8th July 2017.
Wheel Chair Donation
RTN. MILIND SHANKHWALKER Director
Wheel Chair donation jointly with RC Mapusa, for a needy patient from Devgad, Maharashtra, at Goa Medical college, Bambolim on 31st July 2017. Women Empowerment project in association with Late Smita Kamat Charitable Trust. 12 Women Entrepreneurs were given equipments like sewing machines, scholarships etc. Two wheel chairs were also handed over to the needy patients in partnership with Rotary club of Mapusa.
Inauguration of Mobile Library Chief Minster Manohar Parrikar Inaugurated the Mobile Library and handed over the keys to Dr. Carlos Dsouza, Curator central Library, in the presence of Mr Srinivas Dempo, Chairman ACGL, Mr. O. Ajay Ceo, ACGL, District Governor Rtn. Anand Kulkarni and Rtn. Santosh Shetye, Coordinator of the project.
Chief Minister in the Mobile Library along with the dignitaries
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End of Life Care
Polio Plus
Ms Sheela Jaywant, speaking on End of Life care and Will.
Boat cruise with Special Children
Blood Donation RCPMT participated in Medical Checkup camp at Directorate of Fire & Emergency Services. The camp was jointly organized in association with Indian Medical Association, Tiswadi branch and Deccan Chemicals. Camp was inaugurated By Mr Ashok Menon, Director Fire and Emergency Services along with Dr Mahendra Kudcahdker, Rtn Ashish Verlekar and other members of Rotary club of Panji Midtown. More than 50 personnel from the Directorate of Fire & Emergency services were examined.
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CLUB SERVICE Members Satisfaction Survey Rtn Deep Bhandare, Club trainer presented a questionnaire for conducting members satisfaction survey. The questionnaire was as per the Rotary international format; however few questions were added to meet our local requirements. On conclusion of the survey Dr. Deep presented the survey findings.
RTN. SANTOSH SHETYE Director
Guest Speakers Mr Parag Rangneker, Eminent E nv i r o n m e n t a l i s t , wa s g u e s t speaker on 18 th July. He made photographic presentation on “Monsoon Escapades in Goa- “ This was attended by large number of Anne's and Annett's
Mr Aston Gudinho, CEO Investment Promotion and facilitation Board, Government of Goa, delivered talk on Recent developments in Goa Investment Promotion Board (IPB), Policies and way forward'.
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Guest speaker Mr. Swayan Chaudhuri, Managing Director & CEO, Imagine Panaji Smart City Development Limited spoke on “SMART CITY IN PANAJI CONTEX. He gave detail presentation on smart city concept. He emphasized aid of technology in logistic, water and sanitation to make city smart. He emphasized community participation and involvement is key to success and sustainability of smart city. He appealed for suggestion and was keen for public dialogue with professional organizations like Rotary It was interactive session with excellent inputs from the members to make Panaji a SMART city.
Guest speaker Advocate Shivan Dessai, spoke on RERA (Real Estate regulatory Act). Advocate Shivan gave detailed insight into the newly enacted act and its implications on construction industry. He shared his personal experiences of many frauds and cheating with home buyers. This act will help and assure home buyers of fair deal and eliminate malpractices builders. He sighted many provisions that will help the consumers especially an independent Authority to address the consumer's complaint in time bound manner. The meeting was also attended by many guests from construction Industry.
Making of New Mandovi River Cable Stay Bridge The detailed presentation was made by L & T executives Mr Rajkumar and Mr Arvind Nerurkar on “Making of New Mandovi River Cable Stay Bridge”. They provided insight into the planning and latest technology used in making the new bridge. The details of the unexpected problems encountered and the efforts to overcome were very interesting. The presentation was excellent narration of latest technology and engineering expertise. It was an excellent learning opportunity for civil engineering and construction professionals
The Union Budget The Union Budget for the year 2018 was presented in the parliament. Professor Nilesh Borde, from Goa university was the guest speaker to analyse the budget. He spoke on Macro economic scenario in the country and presented various initiatives of the budget that will boost the economy.
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Chadar Trek in Ladakh Rtn. Prakash Kapadia shared his personal experiences of the famous “Chadar Trek” in Ladakh. He narrated with photographs his experience of pre trek preparations to the challenges faced during the expeditions. It was a wonderful presentation with first hand experiences of trekking and precautions required during such expeditions. Large number of members and Anns attended the presentation with very interesting Q & A sessions
How to appreciate Art Shri Apoorva Kulkarni, well known artist, historian and independent curator was the Guest speaker. He spoke on “How to appreciate Art“ He narrated the evolution of art, painting from 18th Century to the present form of Modern arts. It was an excellent presentation from expert with lot of learning for all.
Ten Indian films you may have not seen but must see Mr Sachin Chate, noted film critic Mr Sachin Chatte spoke on “Ten Indian films you may have not seen (But You Must)“. He described each film and its unique features.
The Art of Food & Life Rtn. Pralhad Sukhtankar, Food entrepreneur, Retstuarateur, gave presentation on “The Art of Food & Life”. Special Red Wine Sangria from Black Sheep Bristo was experienced by the guests. His presentation was an excellent overview of Food industry from 19th Century in Europe and Mughals to the recent trends across the globe. He emphasized the adoption of western cuisine as well as preserving and improving on local cuisine.
Yoga and Stress Management Ms Namrata Menon, yoga expert, spoke on “Yoga and Stress Management”. Her simple tips and techniques were very informative for stress management.
Diabetes and healthy lifestyle Dr Tejas Kamat spoke on “Diabetes and healthy lifestyle”. Dr Kamat a renowned Diebetalogist, gave a very interesting presentation on some myths about Diabetes. He enumerated the causes of Diabetes and to control it. Dr Kamat suggested various life style changes that could effectively control Diabetes.
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New members were inducted
Release of the Club Directory
Two new members Rtn. Shivan Desai & Rtn. Jagmohan Chabra were inducted during the DG Visit. Rtn. Anand Kulkarni welcomed them in the club with certificate and pin. Rtn. Ashok Menon, Director Membership Development gave brief introduction of the new members.
Rtn Ashok Menon, CLP membership Development, releasing the club Directory during 7th weekly on 22nd August.
District Conference at Belgaum Advocate Shivan Dessai with Ann Neha along with DG Rtn. Anand Kulkarni and Assistant Governor Rtn. Manoj Patil
20 Rotarians attended the District conference held at Belgaum from 3rd to 6th February 2018. Our Club bagged many district awards during the presidentship of Rtn. Manohar Kamat and secretary Rtn. Santosh Shetye. Club received following awards Best Bulletin monthly, Best administered Club, Best Secretary Mr. Santosh Shetye, Highest in TRF Contribution, Highest per capita contribution to TRF and Best large club.
Mr Jagmohan Chabra with Ann Anita along with DG, AG
International BOD The first Board of Directors meeting was held at Tashken, Uzbekistani from 3rd to 8th August. The meeting was attended by Board members along with other Rotarians. Members visited our Late Prime Minister Lal Bahdur Shastri memorial, apart from many other tourist and historical important places. The international BOD, was part of brain storming session to develop action plan for the various service projects of the club as well as involvement and fellowship with club members
Club E-Magzine Dream
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District Governor Visit Rtn Anand Kulkarni, District Governor along with first lady Dr Rajashree visited our club on 9th December. District Governor visited Rugnashray to oversee Sahayta and Sudharta which are two permanent project of the club, located at Bambolim in the afternoon. Sahayata a Home Nursing school, started in 2015 in association with Mathruchaya Trust was to impart Home nursing to the students. District Governor appreciated the efforts and also assured to give publicity with other clubs in the district. This will help them to enroll interested students for the course. Rotarian Santosh Shetye, coordinator of the project and Rtn. Milind Shankawalkar, Director Community service coordinated the visit District Governor also visited the Physiotherapy Centre, established by the club at same venue. It also supports another permanent project Sudharta- a Polio corrective surgery. This project is coordinated by Rtn. Deep Bhandare for more than a decade. Club expressed its gratitude to the District Governor for sanctioning District grants 4000 USD for upgrading the Physiotherapy center and MHM in the Schools. Public function in honor of the DG was held in the evening along with Rotary family.
Charter Nite The Club celebrated its 20th Charter Nite on 20th May 2018 in the presence of Chief Guest DG 20-21 Rtn. Sangram Patil. Past presidents and charter members were feliciated on the occasion. The Club showcased its permanent projects. Souvenir Cap to mark the occasion was released at the hands of the Chief Guest.
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RCPMT FAMILY River Rafting
How to Create Wealth
23rd July Family outing at Valpoi for white water rafting. More than 30 RCPMT family members enjoyed the adventure
Family Function was attended by more then sixty Rotarians and Annes; Mr. Abhay Nagar from Money Yogi made a presentation on 'Wealth Creation'. This event was coordinated by Rtn. Vijay Hede. In his opening remarks Rtn. Hede cited several anecdotes of people having created enormous wealth by long term and systematic investing of small amounts. Mr. Abhay Nagar recommended that people must invest across all asset classes consisting of gold, real estate, fixed deposits. However, he said that to create wealth one should invest in equity. The key attributes for creating wealth through equity is that the long term investments are free from tax, they beat the inflation and underlying these investments is the ownership or businesses which keep on generating returns and thus augment the value of your investment. He further suggested that instead of investing on tips one can leave the management of the assets to professional fund managers; hence the case for mutual fund investing. Selection of the right funds and patience are the attributes which help in creation of wealth. The function ended with networking dinner.
Heart Disease Challenges
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Prevention
and
Guest speaker Dr. Guruprasad Naik, Head of Dept. of Cardiology at GMC spoke HEART DISEASE - "PREVENTION" AND "CHALLENGES FACING THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES“. The meeting was attended by Rotarians and Annes. It very informative and useful as Dr Naik apart from providing scientific basis also gave easy tips to remain healthy. The meeting was followed with fellowship and dinner
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Diwali Dhamaka
Anns Meeting
Club celebrated Diwali Family night, on eve of Diwali Festival. It was a cultural and entertainment filled night. Rotarian Prakash Kapadia along with Anns coordinated the event
This was a special meeting organized by Anns. Three Anns, Dr Tosha Sangam Kurade, Ms Pallavi Nilesh Lawande and Ms Vini Prasad Keni spoke on their passion and profession. The meeting was coordinated by Ann. Gauri Yogesh Nadkarni. These Anns gave excellent presentation in their chosen subject and all enjoyed sumptuous dinner of varied items of starters, main course and desserts prepared by Anns.
International Boat Cruise Around 50 members of our Rotary family enjoyed 4 days on cruise to Singapore and Malaysia during Diwali Vaccations. It was an enjoyable experience with lots of fun.
Ladies Overnite Retro themed overnight was organised at Bell Bottom hotel on 9th June. Over 50 family members of Rotarians participated in the outing which was co-ordinated by Rtn. Gauresh Nayak and Rtn. Prakash Kapadia.
Family Get-togethers
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YOUTH SERVICE FIFA, U-17 World Cup Mr Srinivas Dempo, Venue Director for Goa, FIFA, U-17 world cup addressed the club on U-17 World Football cup hosted in Goa this year. He gave detailed insight into the U- 17 world cup, and showed clips of the past matches. He highlighted the importance of such event in our country, especially to groom young talent as well as its benefits to local economy. He appealed the members to watch the matches with the children as it will not only inspire the children to take up the sport but will also these players are potential best footballers of the world. A lucky draw of the match tickets was won by Annet Krishiv Nitin Sud Impressed with Mr Dempo's presentation Club members decided to watch the match with Rotary family. Club expressed its gratitude to Mr Dempo, an Honarary member of our club, for not only accepting our invitation to address but also sponsoring the tickets for all the club members to attend Brazil match. The meeting was coordinated by Rtn. Dhruv Madan
RTN. PRAKASH KAPADIA Director
You are my hero This metiing was an special event for Annets. Rotarian Prakash Kapadia and Rotarian Manu Anand motivated annets to speak on “My Hero�. Ten annets participated and spoke on their role model. It was fascinating program to watch a cinfidence, thught process and eloquence of the annets. More then 50 members and family participated in the program
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Excellence awards
RYLA
Annette's who excelled in their respective fields of academics and extra curricular activities were falicitated on 12th June, with Alpha Mindz Excellence Awards.
RYLA an annual youth leadership development program was conducted with Green theme on 24th and 25th Feb. The focus was on nature and Environment . A two days residential program for fifty students from three schools was held at Bondla Zoo. Rtn Tushar sawkar coordinated the event along with Rtn. Sanjeev Dessai. President Ashish, Rtn. Kedar Kenkre, Rtn Kedar Dhume, Ann Priya, Ann Gauri Kenkre, Ann Durga, Ann Ambika attended RYLA with annettes. Students were exposed to various nature conservation techniques, bird watching etc.
Installation of Interact Club at Rosary and Hedgewar High School
Interact activity awareness program and cycle Rally
Rotaract Function was organized to felicitate the DRR’s from Goa to celebrate 50 years of Rotaract. Senior Rtn. and past DRR, Rajiv Nevgi was the chief guest. He gave glimpses of Rotaract movement in seventies. All Goa DRR’s were felicitated with the certificate and cake was cut to commemorate the 50 years of Rotaract.
Our Lady of Rosary High School conducted a cycle rally of Interactors on 7th February for Public awareness on conservation of Environment. The rally was flagged off at Donapula circle by president Ashish Verlekar in the presence of School coordinators, Rotarians and Annes. Around seventeen students participated with play card displaying, conservation of fuel, save water, planting trees, proper waste disposal etc. The event was coordinated by School teachers Ms Tafsin and Marizit, along with Anns Ms. Swati, Ms Anita, Ms Vaijyan, Ms Gauri Kenkre and Ms Smita Patil.
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INTERNATIONAL SERVICE Demystifying Donald Trumph and his Foreign Policy Professor Dattesh Paruleker, of Goa university spoke on “Demystifying Donald Trumph and his Foreign Policy“. His talk was organized as February was Rotary's Conflict resolution & Understanding Month. Professor Parulekar with examples gave insight into the President Donald Trumph's international policies.
RTN. YATIN PAREKH Director India - A change of Life, Personally & For Business Mr Jurgen Langer, CEO, Ceremaic Enginering Pvt. Ltd. shared his experience as a Expat German in India. He spoke 'India-A change of Life, Personally & For Business. He narrated his early experiences in India in general and Goa in particular in setting up of Industry as well as personal adjustment.
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IPDG Rtn. Dr. Vinaykumar Pai Raikar inducted to Arch Klumph Society by RI IPDG Rtn. Dr. Vinaykumar Pai Raikar was inducted into Arch Klumph Society by RI President Ian Riseley and Rotary Foundation Chairman Paul Netzel in a glittering ceremony at Rotary International Convention, Toronto on 26th June 2018. It is a proud movement for Rotary Club of Panaji Midtown and is the First Rotarian in RI District 3170 to receive this Honor.
Samanvay Attended Samanvay Strategic planning meet & TRF Dinner at Panaji Community Centre on 21st August. Dr Vinaykumar Raikar, IPDG, Rtn Ashok Menon along with Rtn, Gary G. K. Huang, past president RI
TRF Contribution for Rotary year 2017-18... $10205 NAME OF ROTARIAN
PAUL HARRIS FELLOW STATUS
NAME OF ROTARIAN
Rtn. Dr. Sangam Kurade
PHF+5
Rtn. Tanmay Kholkar
Rtn. Gauresh Nayak
PHF
Rtn. Kedar Kenkre
Rtn. Shivan Deasai
PHF
Rtn. Mahesh Patil
Rtn. Kedar Dhume
PAUL HARRIS FELLOW STATUS
Rtn. Ashish Verlekar
PHF+ 6
Rtn. Ashok Menon
PHF+2
Rtn. Nazareth Vaz
PHF+4
Rtn. Bhupesh Shah
PHF+3
Rtn. Dr. Deep Bhandare
PHF+4
Rtn. Prakash Kapadia
PHF+1
Rtn. Ben Saldanha
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VOCATIONAL SERVICE Vocational Service Award The theme for the event was recognizing the individual who have worked diligently and devotedly in their profession over a number of years. The individuals were selected from Food industry. The professionals were felicitated at the hands of eminent educationist and Padmashree, Shri Suresh Amonkar. Shri Amonkar congratulated club for recognizing the common man and sighted his personal experiences of how it makes this small awards a big difference in the lives of the these awardees. Six individuals representing food industry and selling Bhelpuri, Pav Bhaji, Vegetables, Fish, Mutton and fruits were felicitated
RTN. BHUPESH SHAH Director
ISABEL PAUL D’SOUZA Fish Vendor
PRAKASH ARJUN KAUTHANKAR Fruit Vendor
MR. JAWAHARLAL GUPTA Chat Seller
REVAAPA K. ARSID (Bhaiyya) Selling Pav Bhaji
SADIK BEPARI Selling Mutton & Chicken
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Talk on Court Craft
Johnny Walker
Advocate Shivan Dessai, new member of the club, spoke on his Vocation. He gave excellent insight into the present Judicial system
Rtn. Dr. Deep Bhandare spoke on benefits of regular walk for healthy life. He elaborated with example, various aspects of walks, which enhances the health.
Supreme Court Judgement on Goa Iron Ore Mining A d v o c a t e R t n . Yo g e s h N a d k a r n i g a v e presentation on historical perspective on Goan iron Ore Industry and its Portuguese legacy. He presented the sequence of events from pre liberation to till date and events that lead to the present crisis of cancellation of leases by the Supreme Court.
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EDITORS MESSAGE It's time to bid adieu. It has been wonderful year for the Club. The board of Directors took a laudable initiative of launching an online monthly Magazine which over the year have saved 10 trees and contributed to environment preservation. It has also increased both the width of the reach by making it possible for thousands of Non Rotarians to access the magazine and the depth of the reach by making it possible for us to reach The Rotarian family worldwide. It has been a tradition at the Rotary Club Of Panaji Midtown that the successive presidents have outperformed the predecessors and this year was no different. The PresiedntRtn. Ashish and his team needs kudos for their outstanding performance and their contribution to the community in varied projects. We have brought a compendium of the key projects undertaken by the Club in this print edition of the Dream. Mention needs to be made of the WINS project which has created focussed hygiene infrastructure in 26 schools and is in line of the Key Project of the Government Of India ' Swatchh Bharat�. We have brought you glimpses of this project in this print edition.
RTN. VIJAY HEDE
I take this opportunity to all the contributors to The Dream over the year and to the readers and wish you all a Great Rotary year Ahead.
Bulletin Editor
BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2018-19 President
Rtn. Santosh Shetye
Secretary
Rtn. Gauresh Nayak
Treasurer
Rtn. Rajiv Shirodkar
President Elect
Rtn. Haroon Ebrahim
Jt. Secretary
Rtn. Manu Anand
Club Administration
Rtn. M. G. Chandrashekhar
VP & President Nominee
Rtn. Dr. Sangam Kurade
TRF
Rtn. Bhupesh Shah
Immediate Past President
Rtn. Ashish Verlekar
Membership Development
Rtn. Sanjiv Desai
Sergeant-at-Arms
Rtn. Tanmay Kholkar
Public Relations
Rtn. Yatin Parekh
Bulletin Editor
Rtn. Nazereth Vaz
Literacy
Rtn. Ameet Sukhtankar
Service Projects
Rtn. Buddha Mangaldas
DIRECTORS Community Service
Rtn. Prakash Kapadia
Vocational Service
Rtn. Milind Shankhwalker
Club Service
Rtn. Manoj Caculo
New Generation
Rtn. Dhruv Madan
International Service
Rtn. R. Ashok
Club Trainer
Rtn. Gaurish Shirodkar
CHAIRMAN Fellowship Polio Plus
Rtn. Manohar Kamat Rtn. Dr. Deep Bhandare CLP CHAIRPERSON
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PRESS COVERAGE ON WinS PROJECT
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Wash in Schools
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Project -
5
Areas
WinS - leaves a Smiling Impact
relating to Water, Hygiene and Sanitation
• Constructing/ Renovating/ Repairing toilets for boys & girls • Providing safe drinking water facilities • Hand wash stations • Menstrual Hygiene-Vending machine and Incinerator • Behavioural change by way of orienting teachers and training of students to use and upkeep facilities.
26
Schools across Goa including 5 special children schools
Over
10,000 Happy school children and counting
Signature Project of
2017-18