Rotary Club of Dabolim Goa

We have donated an LCD projector to MES College Zuarinagar Goa to coincide with the official visit of the District Governor (RID 3170) Rtn Mahesh Raikar. Also present were AG Rtn. Rtn. Nikhil Lawande. The LCD projector will be used by the teachers to improve the quality of education in classrooms. The project has been completed under the District Simplified Grants (DSG).

The Rotary Club of Dabolim Goa is focused on improving the employ-ability of students from lesser privileged sections of society. Our Education Projects are thus helping selected schools by improving infrastructure, training of teachers and providing teaching aids. The teaching aids donated by Rotary will help improve the education imparted to students. In the last few months, we have donated a Laptop, books, bags to high performing girl child, helped build toilets at 2 schools – Yuwak Sangh and Anjuman, have planned a teachers training programme, and are working on helping the partner education institutions further.

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We distributed about 450 plant saplings to residents of Velsao Panchayat area and nearby. Occassion graced by Sarpanch of Velsao, Ex Sarpanch of Velsao Laurance and Father of Velsao Church.

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Our Club distributed foot and hand operated sewing machines to poor and needy women on the occassion of Independence Day.

The sewing machines came in from the 3 District 3170 MG Projects for 847 Foot operated sewing machines and 156 Hand operated sewing machines. MG # 72544 with Rotary Oceanside, MG # 72915 Rotary Baltic Riga, District 2410 and MG # 73036 with E club of District 7890. Special thanks to Rtn. Bharat Kamat, Rotary eClub of D-7890 who was the prime contact in getting 420 machines. Rtn. Prakash Saraswat was a project contact for all the 3 projects.

Also present at the function were Urbano Rodrigues – Sarpanch VP Bogmalo Chicolna, Laxuman Kaulekar – President Gomantak Dhangar Samaj Onnati Mandal and member VP Bogmalo Chicolna and other members of VP Bogmalo Chicolna Arun Naik, Shalini Lucas and Sebastiana D’Cruz.

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One difficulty faced by teachers was the difficulty in motivating students to study, especially students from poor families or with parents who are uneducated or not available at home to spend time with the child.

We gave bags as awards to the high performing girl child. This should in turn motivate other students to study harder. Bags were donated by Rohit & Sonali.

The Rotary Club of Dabolim Goa is focused on improving the employ-ability of children from lesser privileged sections of society. We are thus helping selected schools by improving infrastructure and providing teaching aids.

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As a part of our focus on Education, we donated used reading material to one of our partner schools – Yuvak Sangh School, Sada, Vasco. The books and magazines will augment the school library, and will be used by the children.

You can help by collecting reading material from your home, office, and from your friends and family. The material / envelope should be marked with your name. Your small contribution will go a long way to improve reading and learning in children. This is a great idea for people who love their books, and don’t want them to just become clutter. Its best to pass them on so that they can impact someone’s life and be useful once again. Children from financially challenged backgrounds usually do not have adequate reading material at home – any used books, text books and magazines you donate will go a long way in helping them develop the reading habit and will have a positive impact on their lives. Donations can include books in any language, or even good magazines such as India Today, Time, National Geographic and comics such as Tinkle. The books and magazines should be in reasonably good reading condition.

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The Rotary Club of Dabolim, in association with Young Indians (Yi) Goa Chapter, organised a free distribution of plant & tree saplings at the Chicalim Panchayat on Sunday, 18th July ’10. Nearly 500 saplings were distributed to the people of Chicalim and surrounding areas. The saplings included trees like Gulmohar, Cassia Fistula, Neem, Ashoka as well as fruit bearing trees like Mango, Guava, Jamun, Almond, Kokum and Custard Apple. Even decorative plants like Ixora, Golden Duranda and Hibiscus were among the saplings distributed.

The programme also included a Green Exhibition cum Sale of eco-friendly products. Green Essentials, Panaji and Earthworm Ecostore, Porvorim exhibited various products ranging from natural insect repellents and floor cleaners to products like jams, honey and organic plant seeds. Also on display was a vermi-composting unit designed and manufactured by Zarhak Moulders, Verna. The Goa Energy Development Association (GEDA) had showcased the different uses of solar energy and the benefits of the same.

The programme received an over-whelming response from the public and the Club plans to repeat a similar event in the future. The programme was efficiently co-ordinated by Club Secretary, Rtn Amit Tapadia and Rtn Jennifer Lewis e Kamat under the able guidance of Club President, Rtn Avez Mohidin and along with other club members.

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We have donated a laptop to Anjuman H. I. High School, Baina, Goa. The laptop will be used by the school teachers to improve the quality of education in classrooms in conjunction with an LCD projector that the school is procuring independently. The project has been completed under the District Simplified Grants (DSG).

The Rotary Club of Dabolim Goa is focused on improving the employ-ability of children from lesser privileged sections of society. We are thus helping selected schools by improving infrastructure and providing teaching aids. The teaching aids donated by Rotary will help improve the education imparted to children.

Also see http://www.rcdabolim.org/2010/construction-of-new-toilet-blocks-at-schools/

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We have completed the construction of Toilet Blocks at our second partner school in Goa.

At Anjuman H. I. High School, Baina, Goa – we have built 3 new toilets for the girl child. Earlier, Anjuman had 8 toilets between 1348 people – 781 boys, 519 girls and 40 staff.

Toilets have been provided under Matching Grants Programme (MG # 71359) of The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International with Rotary Club of Vasco da gama, District 3170, India (our sponsoring club) and Rotary Club of West Hampton as the host and Primary International partners. Thanks also to Rotary Club of Southold and Easthampton Rotary Club, District 7260, USA, and, and numerous donors who have shown their trust in our activities and generously supported us.

Also see http://www.rcdabolim.org/2010/construction-of-new-toilet-blocks-at-schools/ and http://www.rcdabolim.org/2010/new-toilet-blocks-at-yuwak-sangh-school-sada-goa-matching-grants-project/

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We have completed the construction of Toilet Blocks at one of our partner schools in Goa. The toilet blocks were inaugurated by AG Rtn. Shankar Kirlaparkar on behalf of the District Governor Rtn. Gurudatta D. Bhakta. Also present were the School Management, and Rotarians from the Vasco da gama and Dabolim clubs. At Yuwak Sangh School, Sada, Goa, the Toilet Blocks project will benefit 229 people – 119 boys, 90 girls and 20 teaching and non-teaching staff members.

Toilets have been provided under Matching Grants Programme (MG # 71359) of The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International with Rotary Club of Vasco da gama, District 3170, India (our sponsoring club) and Rotary Club of West Hampton as the host and Primary International partners. Thanks also to Rotary Club of Southold and Easthampton Rotary Club, District 7260, USA, and, and numerous donors who have shown their trust in our activities and generously supported us.

Also see http://www.rcdabolim.org/2010/construction-of-new-toilet-blocks-at-schools/

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We have completed the construction of Toilet Blocks at 2 of our partner schools in Goa. The toilet blocks were inaugurated by AG Rtn. Shankar Kirlaparkar on behalf of the District Governor Rtn. Gurudatta D. Bhakta. Also present were the School Management, and Rotarians from the Vasco da gama and Dabolim clubs.

Our club has helped in the Planning and Construction of Toilet Blocks, while the Schools have ensured availability of location and necessary permissions, and will ensure that the toilets are maintained properly.

At Yuwak Sangh School, Sada, Goa, the Toilet Blocks project will benefit 229 people – 119 boys, 90 girls and 20 teaching and non-teaching staff members. Before we started implementing the project, the school had a run-down toilet that was not being used. Since the students did not have proper toilet facilities, this forced some of the students to use the open areas adjoining the school or go back to their homes. This also impacted the drop-out ratio among girls. By providing the toilet blocks, the children including girls will have the privacy and the hygiene of proper toilets. Most schools serving the underprivileged have a higher Girl Child drop out rate. This is also evident in the accompanying data shown below that we measured in one of our partner schools. We aim to improve this metric by our project.

At Anjuman H. I. High School, Baina, Goa – we have built 3 new toilets to add to the existing 8 toilets, and the project will benefit 1348 people – 781 boys, 519 girls and 40 staff.

This is a part of our School Project, where we plan to Improve the Infrastructure of schools. Other focus areas of our School Project include Improving the quality of Teachers and Purchase of Teaching Aids.

Our overall objective is to Improve the education imparted to children, Improve employability of the children who graduate, Focus on children from lesser privileged sections of society.

Toilets have been provided under Matching Grants Programme (MG # 71359) of The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International with Rotary Club of Vasco da gama, District 3170, India (our sponsoring club) and Rotary Club of West Hampton as the host and Primary International partners. Thanks also to Rotary Club of Southold and Easthampton Rotary Club, District 7260, USA, and, and numerous donors who have shown their trust in our activities and generously supported us.

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Mormugao Municipality along with Rotary Club of Dabolim are taking the initiative forward to promote an Eco friendly holi. We helped organize a demonstration to make eco friendly holi colours from material available at home.

Mormugao Municipality along with Rotary Club of Dabolim are taking the initiative forward to promote an Eco friendly holi. Natural colours are now available at Vasco. In a letter to the MMC chairperson, Mr Shekhar Khadapkar, a member of the Patanjali Yog Samithi (PYS), Mr Sharad Chopdekar, who is also a councillor and former MMC chairperson and Mr Amit Bandekar, secretary of Rotary Club of Dabolim, have requested to provide assistance to promote healthy and environmentally safe Holi festival. The PYS has decided to have a demonstration of eco-friendly colours, which is made up of leaves and flowers ahead of the Holi celebration in Vasco. The PYS will also demonstrate colours made from chana dal, toor dal and various other household commodities.

The festival of colours that marks the celebration of the spring season is just round the corner. On March 1 everyone will onto the streets to have some fun with colours.

Are we really aware that we are actually playing with some carcinogenic substances? According to experts some of these colours which are easily available in the market contain carcinogens like mercury sulphite, aluminium bromide, etc that are known to cause renal failure, eye allergies, puffiness, temporary blindness, dermatitis and even skin cancer. The ‘gulals’ or dry colours contain a toxic colorant and a base of asbestos or silica. The heavy metals in these can cause asthma, skin diseases and adversely affect the eyes. However now there is no need to panic as the solution is just one store away. The eco-store, Earthworm at Porvorim is now busy packing some eco-friendly colours that will broaden your happiness while playing with colours. They have now tied up with eCoexist; a Pune based social enterprise which promotes eco-sensitive products through socially sensitive means. “We are promoting Rang Dulaar—a range of natural Holi colours that are completely free of chemical content. Prepared by the Vanastree, a collective of women from the Malnad region and packaged by the prisoners of Yeroda jail in Maharashtra these colours generate income to less privileged groups of people” states Nirmal Kulkarni of Earthworm. Another interesting part is that these jail inmates make the colours from the dry and flowers that are thrown out after being offered to God. These colours are also obtained from food products like turmeric, cocum, lemon juice, spinach, hibiscus, tulsi (basil), henna, indigo, harda (terminalia chebula), glyricidea, nirgudi and other local leaves, with rice flour being used as a filler. Rang Dulaar colours are available in five dry colours—red, yellow, orange, blue and green and are priced between Rs 20 to Rs 100.

“There are simple ways to make these colours at home too. These can be made by mixing turmeric and besan (yellow), boiled marigold or palash flowers (yellow), soaked pomegranate peels (liquid yellow colour), sliced beetroot soaked in water ( deep pink), dried and powdered henna leaves ( orange-red paste) mixed with water, etc” states their campaign.

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American novelist, Chuck Palanhiuk said, "When did the future switch from being
a promise to being a threat?"

Simple words with a lot to think about. 

One of the major threats that we face today is that of global warming. It is
not entirely possible to reverse the damage that has already been done but we
can do our best to preserve what we have. It is our responsibility to provide a
cleaner and greener world for the generations to come. 

The Rotary Club of Dabolim Goa, as a part of its "heal the earth - together"
programme is promoting and celebrating a non-toxic and eco-friendly holi. For
this, we are using Rang Dulaar Natural Holi Colours, which are made on a base
of turmeric and contain no chemical content. Additionally, these colours,
include an element of recycled flowers collected from the nirmalya which is
produced during Ganesh Chaturthi. 

Colours that are commercially available are usually industrial dyes that are
not meant for human use. These contain toxic heavy metals that can cause
serious health problems. 

Rang Dulaar colours are completely non-toxic, totally non polluting and wash
off easily. They are available in five colours, red, yellow, orange, green and
black. They are soft to touch and carry an aroma of turmeric. 

Rang Dulaar is a product of e-Coexist, a social enterprise that promotes
natural and recycled products. The Rotary Club of Dabolim Goa is supporting
their efforts and aims at making these colours a household name. 

The colours are being made available to you at the original cost itself. We do
not have any mark-up on the price of the product. 

We urge you to join in our efforts to save the planet and enjoy a safe holi!

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