Rotary Club of Dabolim Goa

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/

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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.

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Toilets were 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 numerous donors who have generously supported us.

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

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Rotary Club of Dabolim Goa, in association with ALL GOA GOVT. RECOGNISED UNAIDED SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION, presents Science is Fun DVD + Project Exhibition

We have distributed 15 DVDs to schools around Vasco da gama Goa. The DVD Learner’s Library created by Dr. Arvind Gupta and his team.  The DVDs are a treasure trove for a child to know how things work, and has hundreds of ways of making Science Fun to Learn: the concept of Magnetic Levitation / Maglev trains explained using small magnets, an old slipper and a pencil, or the basics of astronomy explained using an old bucket handle, plastic balls, cycle spoke and thread, etc.

We have requested schools to show the DVDs to teachers and students. The schools are also 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. There are PDF books on the DVD that can be printed and distributed.

The DVD contents are also available on www.arvindguptatoys.com

The DVD distribution will be followed by a Science Exhibition to help increase usage of the DVD among children and schools.

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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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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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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.

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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.

Please help collect 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.

FAQ:

What can I donate ?
Reading Material can include any books and magazines in reasonably decent condition that will help a child read and learn. They can include the 5-year old India Today that you have lying somewhere at home, the Amar Chitra Katha that your child doesnt read anymore, Gode Goshti in Marathi, or the workbook on Financial Accounting from your graduation that you have not touched for ages. They can be in any language (English, Hindi, Marathi, Konkani, Gujarati, Tamil, or even Swahili), and on any topic under the sun.

What will the club do with the reading material ?
These books and magazines will be sorted according to topic, suitability etc. and then donated to our partner institutions. We will be donating the reading material to the schools: (classes 1st to 10th) and colleges (11th-12th, B Com / BBA / BA) students. The children will be from ages 5 years to 20 years.

Which are your partner institutions ?
These schools and colleges are in the vicinity of Vasco / Dabolim, and have been shortlisted after evaluation on numerous parameters by our members Amit B and Snehal.

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Dandiya Nite, an event organised to raise funds for our school project, was a great event. People of all age-groups had a wonderful time. Dandiya enthusiasts turned up in large numbers in colourful ethnic wear and were seen dancing away to garba and dandiya beats and Bollywood numbers. Numerous prizes including attractive cash prizes were given to the winners of the different dance competitions. The food court with mouth watering food stalls was a runaway success. Ladies lined up at the mehendi stall, while other games made it a fun filled event for everybody.

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;

We hope to be back next year with a bigger more memorable event.

Dandiya Raas is the traditional folk dance form of Vrindavan, where it is performed depicting scenes of Holi, and lila of Krishna and Radha. Along with Garba, it is the featured dance of Navratri evenings.

The Rotary Club of Dabolim, a part of the Rotary International family, will be investing the funds in our School Project. We are partnering with selected educational institutions in improving their infrastructure, buying training aids, and providing training for teachers. The project will improve the quality of education, impacting the lives of a large number of students and their families. Improving the employability of students is critical for India to harness the potential of its demographic dividend where over 52% of the population is below 25 years of age, and this project will be our small contribution towards the larger goal.

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