“Science is Fun” Projects Exhibition
Rotary Club of Dabolim Goa, in association with All Goa Govt. recognised unaided Schools Association held the “Science is Fun” Projects Exhibition on Sunday 12 December 2010 at Regina Mundi High School, Chicalim (Goa, India). The exhibition was open to the public from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm.
65 students from 9 schools – Keshav Smruti High School, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, GHS Mangor Hill Vasco, Navy Children School, Regina Mundi, Airway Public Shool, Deepvihar High School, St. Andrews Institute and St. Joseph’s Institute displayed their projects.
The judges were Prof. Terence, Prof. Hirkude of PCC Verna, and Mr. Deepak Khaitan, President, All Goa Govt. recognised unaided Schools Association. The best projects were:
Category: Below 6th standard: Gayatri Salkar – Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, Pushkar Pandit and Aditya Chaudhari – Airway Public School, Tyrel Nunes – Regina Mundi.
Category: 7th-8th standard: Anuj Jaiswar, Steven Vaz and Joseph Francisco Da Silva – Regina Mundi, Shivam Sharma and Sairaj Kakodkar – Deepvihar high school.
Category: 9th-10th standard: Zave C. Vaz and Jafar S. Govikhan – St. Josephs Institute, Vinay R. Tandel – G.H.S Mangor Hill Vasco, Ankita D’Souza and Shilpa B. Kavlekar – Navy Children School.
Also present on the occassion were DGE Avinash Potdar, Rtn. Anand Kulkarni, District Secretary 2011-12, Rtn. Durgesh Haritay – DGSC 2010-11, Rtn. Ashok Naik, Rtn. Ajay Bhatia – President RC Belgaum South, Rtn. Prakash Saraswat, GSR Rtn. Santosh Lotlikar, AG Rtn. Tejendra Lawande, AG 2011-12 Rtn. Atul Naik, Br. Anish, Principal of the host school Regina Mundi. Mr. Deepak Khaitan, Mr. Cherian, Mr. Shetty from the All Goa Govt. recognised unaided Schools Association were present to lend their support and guidance. We also acknowledge the support of Vidya, Rohit and Nisha for helping make copies of the DVD, Niharika for the calligraphy, and Sparsh and Parag for the photography.
To help kickstart project ideas, 15 schools from around Vasco da gama Goa were given the DVD Learner’s Library created by Dr. Arvind Gupta and his team. The DVD is a treasure trove for a child to know how things work, and has hundreds of ways of making Science Fun to Learn. The schools are requested to show the DVD to teachers and students. The schools are welcome to make copies of the DVD LEARNER’S LIBRARY and allow teachers, students, parents to make copies of the work. The work is in the public domain. The objective is to have more children use it, adapt it, and improve it. The DVD contents are also available on www.arvindguptatoys.com.
Also see http://www.rcdabolim.org/2010/distribution-of-dvd-learners-library-to-schools/
Gwenn Ramage and Eugene Wons of Westhampton Beach Rotary, USA (District 7260) visited Yuwak Sangh School, Sada, Goa and Anjuman H. I. High School, Baina, Goa where they had a chance to see the schools, interact with the students and teachers, and inspect the toilets built under the Matching Grants Programme.
Toilets were provided under 

Rotary Club of Dabolim Goa, in association with ALL GOA GOVT. RECOGNISED UNAIDED SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION, presents Science is Fun DVD + Project Exhibition
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.
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.
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
We have completed the construction of Toilet Blocks at our second partner school in Goa.
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
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.
We held our first Garage Sale at Kharewado, Vasco. The items on sale were recieved as donations from various people. Most of the items on sale were pre-used but in a good condition. Old and new clothing, footwear, toys, household knick-knacks and some home appliances were sold. The sale helped us raise funds for our school project.

As a part of our initiative to partner with schools, we donated reading material to one of our partner schools – Yuvak Sangh High School, Headland Sada, Vasco. The 134 books and magazines will augment the school library, and will be used by the children. Thanks to Amit T, Karuna, Lalit, Shubhangi and Sonali for donating books.
We were overwhelmed with the response. Our sincere thanks to all the participants, the Chicalim Sarpanch Mr. Cleto, Mr. Rajan Satardekar, Deputy Collector (South Goa), PI Braz, NISA, Goa Times, Vasco Watch, Vinsan Graphics, Sanjana Lotlikar, Vibhav Joshi, Aditya Mehta, Dr. Sanat Joshi, Ms. Lalita Joshi, Nimisha Saraswat, Vidya Tapadia, Pankajbhai of Jailaxmi Transport, Chaat Street, Flintstone, Wonder Ice Cream, Everton Vales, Temptations, Big G, Magsons, ING Bank, Ms. Sweeja Diwekar and RC Vasco, and Event Sponsors: Prime Builders, Hiralal & Co., RNSB Trust, ACM, Kiran Dhabolkar and Sons, Maharaja Hotels, NRB Group, S K Land Developers, Vijai Marine Services, Goa Medicare Devices, Hyundai – Goa Motors, Links – HDFC Car Loans – Devang Gosalia, Mahalaxmi Mines and Minerals, Mohit Ispat, Tarshish Exports and other donors; Prize Sponsors: Coconut Creek, 10 Calangute, The UB Group and Teles Mega Store;