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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The official visit of the DG Rtn Mahesh Raikar was on 02 September 2010. Dignitaries on the dias included Assistant Governor Rtn. Nikhil Lawande, President Avez and Secretary Amit T. Also present were GSR Rtn. Santosh Lotlikar, Rotarians from our sponsor club Vasco da gama Prakash, Sanjay and Navneet, and our club members. 
Mukul was inducted in the club. The DG also visited Yuwak Sangh School Sada, the first school for our school project where we have constructed toilet blocks, donated books and bags.
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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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community, International, projects, RID 3170
We attended the The Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) Part-I District 3170 course held at Rotary Community Centre, 2nd Floor – Tilak Maidan Complex, Vasco da gama, Goa. The program was hosted by Rotary Club of Vasco da gama, and the faculty members were Piyush Sinha, Prakash Saraswat and Subhash Sajane.
The Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) is a multi-district, grassroots leadership development program of member districts organized into regional divisions in various parts of the world. RLI seeks to have Rotary Clubs in its member districts identify those Rotarians who appear to have the potential for future club leadership (not necessarily as club presidents) and provide those so identified with a quality education in Rotary knowledge and leadership skills so important in voluntary organizations.
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We attended the installation ceremonies of
Rotary Club of Vasco da gama: President Sanjay Satardekar
Rotary Club of Porvorim: President Rajan Naik
Rotary Club of Bicholim: President Rajkumar Kamat
Rotary Club of Margao Midtown: President Allwyn D Costa
Rotary Club of Panaji Rivera: President Nitin Kenkre
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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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community, projects, RID 3170, school
The Installation of Rtn Mahesh Raikar as DG of RI District 3170 for the year 2010-11 was held at the hands of RI Director Elect. 2011-13 of Zone 4 PDG Rtn. Yashpal Das from Ambala District 3080. The Guest of Honour was IPDG Rtn. Ravishankar Bhooplapur & Ann Jaya from District 7250 Newyork, USA.(He is originally from Hubli-Dharwad and has contributed for carrying out free heart surgeries for children in Hubli.)
DG Mahesh Raikar has set the TRF collection for this year for District 3170 as 1 Million $ (3 times last year figure).
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“Installation Ceremony” of Rtn. Avez Shaikh as President of Rotary Club of Dabolim Goa along with his Board of Directors for R.Y. 2010-11 was done at the hands of Rtn. Prakash Saraswat – Chief Guest & Installing Officer on On 1st July, 2010 (Thursday) at Vasco da gama. Also attending were GSR Rtn. Santosh Lotlikar and AG Rtn. Nikhil Lawande and other visiting Rotarians.
Outgoing President Rtn. Dinesh Heda called the meeting to order and outgoing Secretary Rtn. Amit Bandekar presented the report on activities done last year.
Outgoing President Rtn. Dinesh Heda called the meeting to order and outgoing Secretary Rtn. Amit Bandekar presented the report on activities done last year. PHFs Dinesh, Jennifer, Shubhangi, Lalit, Avez and Amit T were recognised. Shubhangi introduced the Chief Guest, Nikhil recited the 4-way test, Lalit was the MC and Amit T proposed the Vote of Thanks.
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Our club has been given the Presidential Citation Award for 2009-10. To qualify for a Presidential Citation, a Rotary club must achieve the membership goal and complete an activity from three of the six categories – Polio eradication, Public image, Service, Membership, Vocational service and Leadership.
Our club has been given a Significant Achievement Award for 2009-10 for our project on Collection of waste Household Batteries, To bring about an awareness of hazardous waste batteries and to set up a collection process in motion in the local community.
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RID 3170
All Is Well- 2010 District Club Assembly (3170) was held on 22nd & 23rd May 2010 at Ichalkaranji, Maharashtra.
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“GURUKUL” PETS & SETS was organised at Kolhapur, hosted by R.C.Kolhapur Central at Shivaji University campus on 17th & 18th April 2010.
DG.Suresh Chandrashekhar from District 3150 had come as the Chief Guest of this important training programme. DG.Guru presided over the programme and later handed over to DGE.Mahesh Raikar for further proceedings. Chief Guest DG.Suresh has impressed and motivated the incoming leaders of the clubs
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We assisted Rotary Club of Vasco da gama in hosting the District team Training Seminar (DTTS) and Training of Trainers Seminar (TOTS) at Woodborne Resort, Nuvem, Goa on 6th and 7th March 2010.
District Governor Elect Rtn. Mahesh Raikar, who also presented the video of RI President-elect Ray Klinginsmith announcing the 2010-11 RI theme, Building Communities — Bridging Continents, during the opening plenary session of the 2010 International Assembly.
Also present were District Governor Gurudatta D Bhakta, DGE Mahesh Raikar, DGN Avinash Poddar (2011-12), DGN Jorson Fernandes (2012-13), PDG Ravi, PDG, District Trainer and Chief Guest PDG Rajan Deshpande, IPDG Dr. Pranesh Jahgirdhar and numerous other senior Rotarians.
The video colposcope for detecting cervical cancer purchased under the Matching Grant project of Rotary Club of Vasco da Gama and Rotary Club of Wigan (RID 1280) was handed over to Dr. Kamat Nursing Home, Goa, India. The project is to install a video colposcope in a hospital catering to poor patients in the port town as well as use the portable equipment to carry out camps in various towns and villages in the state of Goa. Goa is considered as the cancer capital of India with about 700 cases per million of population. The lifestyle of the women in a state where almost 40% of women are unmarried even at the age of 40, makes them at risk for breast as well as cervical cancer.
Rotary Global History Fellowship (RGHF) pins were presented to new members.
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