We were awarded the Presidential Citation for demonstrating commitment to fellowship and service by Rtn. Mahesh Raikar, District Governor 2010-11, RID 3170. The President Avez Mohidin and Secretary Amit Tapadia were also given Appreciation Awards. The District Governors Appreciation Award Ceremony was held at Hubli, Karnataka.
The Rotary Club of Dabolim has taken up the initiative to collect a database of potential blood donors. The purpose behind collecting this data is to save precious time in case of an emergency. If there is an available database of people a per their blood group, it becomes easier to identify a donor when needed. Citizens (above 18 years) who wish to register themselves can register here.
You can also SMS your Name, Age, Blood Group, Contact Number and City to 9225877345.
The collected database will be maintained by select Rotarians and may eventually be shared with affiliated hospitals. Registered donors will be contacted whenever needed but it is not binding on any registered donor to donate blood at the given time.
The Rotary Club of Dabolim Goa has been selected to participate in the Innovative and Flexible Rotary Club Pilot Program.
Feedback from numerous Rotary surveys and focus groups has repeatedly shown that prospective qualified members and younger-aged Rotarians need flexibility to become or remain involved with a Rotary club. The Innovative and Flexible Rotary Club Pilot Program will focus on letting clubs self-determine their operations to fit better with the needs of their members and community. The pilot is focused on encouraging Rotary clubs to be fun, dynamic, diverse, resilient, tolerant, interested in trying new things, member driven, inspirational, and relationship rich.
Also see Fact Sheet on 2011-14 Innovative and Flexible Rotary Club Pilot Program on the Rotary International website, and about Pilot Clubs.
We had a visiting Rotarian Angela Lawrence from Rotary Club of Brigg, North Lincolnshire, England who took time off from her holiday in Goa to visit our Matching Grants Project site – New Toilet Blocks at Yuwak Sangh School Sada Goa. They also visited projects of RC Vasco – the Clean Drinking Water Station set up near Yuwak Sangh Sada, and the bus donated to Ashadeep special school.
Rotary Club of Dabolim organized “Blood donation camp” on 11th April 2011 at Corlim industrial estate in the premises of ESI Dispensary Corlim. A team from Blood Bank unit , Goa Medical College was called to collect the blood from donors. Employers, employees and administrative staff from from various companies came forward for donating blood. In total 40 units of blood was successfully collected thus making the camp a great success.
Talk on Union Budget 2011-12 was delivered by Mr. M. A. Sundaram. Mr. Sundaram spoke to a packed audience that comprised of corporates and students, and addressed the following - The challenges that the FM had while drafting the budget including political pressures and the possibility of the elections having an impact on the budget rather than the other way!! The steps the the FM took to meet the challenges. The FM did not tall promises and made only those proposals that are achievable.
The speaker had reasoning of how the proposal targets could be met… AND what made it possible to achieve targets of the earlier proposals. The impact (positives and negatives) of the budget on major sectors were discussed in detail.
Replying to a question the deficits were compared to other developing / developed economies. Emphasis on overall governance specially on the distribution system for food stock and may the government should privatise the distribution system. Mr. Sundaram debated on the issue of FDI in retail Vs a better distribution system. Effects of political turmoil on oil prices and its impact on the budget proposals.
Also present was Rtn. Prakash Saraswat of RC Vasco who spoke about Rotary.
Mr. M.A. Sundaram has over 50 years experience of working in Government, Public and Private Sector Industries. He has worked as Joint Director (Finance) in the Railway Board, New Delhi, Finance Director of BRPL a Public Sector Petrochemical Corporation in Assam, Vice-President (Finance) in Zuari Industries Goa and Reliance Industries Mumbai. Mr. M. A. Sundaram was also Chief marketing Coordinator, Goa for DSP Merrill Lynch. He has studied Modern Management Techniques in USA and Canada under a United Nations Fellowship. He has been a Visiting faculty in Railway Staff College Vadhodra and Institute of Rail Transport, New Delhi. Mr. Sundaram is now a Visiting Faculty in Goa University, Goa Institute of Management, Ribandar and MES College.
We received and hosted the incoming Rotary GSE team from District 1860 Germany. The team comprised of the team leader Martin Puetz, and the team Petra Oberbeck, Turgay Goksu, Frederic Siebenhaar, Susanne Weisgerber and Carmen Fischer. The Rotary District 1860 is a part of the Future Vision plan of Rotary International.
Over 150 children of classes 7th – 10th standard at Government High School Vasco da gama Goa were checked for General Health, Oral problems, Eye related problems, etc. Rtn. Dr. Shubhangi Lotlikar of RC Dabolim arranged for panel of doctors and supplementary medical care and capsules. Rtn Dr. Ramani of RC Vasco conducted the Eye check up, Dr. Priyarani Sawaikar, Dr. S. Sanzigiri were also present, as was Rtn. Dr. Kapil Talaulikar of RC Dabolim. The camp was organised by RC Vasco.
We met Jason Piatt and Dennis Koons of The Rotary Club of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, of Rotary International District 7350. The team visited different project sites of RC Vasco and RC Dabolim. Jason and Dennis also inaugurated the Books and Bookshelf project at Municipal School Vasco and the Clean Drinking Water Station at Sada funded by their club. They also participated in the National Immunization Day Pulse Polio at Rotary’s booth in Vasco da gama.
We received and hosted the Incoming GSE Team from Rotary International District 7910, Central Massachusetts USA. The team was led by Rtn Vithal Bhakta from Rotary Club of Leominster along with Team Members Amber Edward, Martina Javits and Caprice Taylor.
We Attended the 52nd District Conference 2011 in Hubli.
Matching Grant # 73960 submitted by Rotary Club of Napoli (Naples), Rotary International District 2100, Italy, and Rotary Club of Dabolim for funding to help provide teachers and educational materials to blind students at Savy Project in Naples, Italy has been approved by The Rotary Foundation (TRF) for USD 5100.
Rotary Club of Napoli (Naples) has been conducting projects to conduct training courses for computer literacy for the blind. The organization of the courses was launched in 1999. In 2007-2008, for the first time are between the teachers two blind students who had attended previous courses and that prior to 2000 had no knowledge of computers. In recent years, the course also makes the most deserving for the European Computer Driving Licence ECDL.
