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MARCH 2011

ROTARACT DISTRICT 3010

VOL. # ONE ISSUE #9

SHOWCASE

In this issue

RI News …Page 2

DDR’s Desk …Page3

Club Cognizance

…Page 4

Points To Ponder ...Page 7

Just Jotting …Page 8

Monthly Mosaic …Page 9

Bits n Pieces

…0

District Administrative Council :

Plans For The Future

SUBHEAD. SUBHEAD. SUBHEAD.

DAC Team at the Project Meet, Noida

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The DAC team has been conducting sessions for chalking out the plans to be executed in the coming quarter. A brainstorming

session was held on 27th

March at Connaught place , where the team members put forward their ideas for community projects.

Some of the good ones were jotted down for immediate action. The meeting proved to be immensely fruitful as all issues right

from Voluntary Blood Donation to the nuclear disaster in Japan were discussed.

To finalize the projects , another session was held on 17th

April at Sec 15, Noida. The projects were given serious thought and

tentative dates were put up. Many DAC team members volunteered to be a part of the various allocated teams. Information

rregarding the projects will be conveyed to all of soon. We hope all of you to come up and support us in making the District

Projects a major success.

“A tailor-made opportunity for India’s weavers “

By Peter Schmidtke Rotary International News -- 14 February 2011

Photos by Alyce Henson/Rotary Images

While a 2005-06 Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholar in

India, Hannah Warren gave a child laborer money to buy a dress. She remembers wishing she could have done more to help the girl.

During her scholarship, which was sponsored by the Rotary Club of Loves Park, Illinois, USA, Warren learned to speak Hindi and tutored illiterate women.

In 2008, Warren returned to India to photograph sari weavers in Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh, part of a project funded by the Royal Society for Asian Affairs. She had planned to shoot portraits of the women wearing their hand-woven garments, but none of them could afford to own the exquisite saris they wove for others or even to buy the raw materials. So instead, Warren gave the women funds to purchase materials to make their own saris. In their portraits, she says, the weavers “looked so beautiful and proud” wearing the first saris they had designed for themselves.

The experience motivated Warren to found Jhoole, a fair-trade social entrepreneurship. The enterprise, based in Maheshwar, provides impoverished women with training, materials, and an international market for hand-woven goods so they can earn a living wage.

In 2010, a US$12,500 Rotary Foundation Matching Grant provided Jhoole with looms and other equipment, 1,500 pounds of cloth and thread, and funds to cover office expenses, publicity, and website design. It also covered the cost of training in weaving, sewing, and personal finance from the Indore School of Social Work. The grant was supported by the Loves Park club and four others in District 6420, including a $7,500 contribution from the District Designated Fund. The Rotary Club of Khargone in District 3040 also provided funding.

“With Hannah as a catalyst, we were given the opportunity to improve the lives of women and children in an area of the world our members may never visit,” says Past District 6420 Governor Anita Papich.

District 3040 Governor Nalini Langer says that Warren “is making commendable endeavours to empower women weavers and keep the art of Maheshwari handlooms alive.”

“There is no way I could be doing this [work] were it not for my Ambassadorial Scholarship,” Warren says. “Like Jhoole's programs, Rotary scholarships are not a one-time donation; they are an investment in goodwill.”

Rotary International News

By Arnold Grahl and Ryan Hyland

Rotary International News -- 22 March 2011

http://www.jhoole.org/

From The DRR’s Desk

Dear Friends,

Warm Rotaract Greetings!!

March has been an eventful month for Rotaract in our district. Projects ranging from

Holi celebration to Womens’ day celebration to education of underprivileged to

medical camps to e-campaigns and many more were taken up by clubs. I would like

to congratulate all these clubs for doing a fantastic job.

I would like to congratulate specially , NSIT Regency Club for doing outstanding

work in the field of education and development of the underprivileged Children of

the society through project SANKALP. Teaching these kids five days a week with

25 volunteers involved in teaching, course and content development, skill

enhancement, awareness campaign, documentary shooting and web development is

simply outstanding. Projects like these create a direct impact to the society as

these developing children would be the face and future of India.

I would also like to congratulate Rotaract Club of Delhi South for consistently taking

up activities like Polio drop camps, medical health checkup camps , education of the

underprivileged people of Palam Village. This not only shows their love and care but

also a commitment towards the development of these people. All clubs must find

an underprivileged area around their locality and consistently work

throughout on their development.

I would like to urge to all clubs that this Newsletter – “ Showcase” belongs to you

people. Kindly send in your suggestions , articles , jokes etc.. to us. This newsletter

is circulated to almost every district in the Country, all Rotary clubs in our district.

Its a great platform to express yourself through writing ,paintings etc.. in this

newsletter.

I wish all the very best to clubs for their future endeavors.

Tonnes of Love & Regards,

Rtr. Manik Gupta

DRR District 3010 - Learning Through Fellowship

Rtr.Manik Gupta, DRR 2010-11

Rotary International Theme

For 2010- 2011

Rotaract District 3010 Theme

For 2010-2011

THE FOUR WAY TEST Of the things we think, say or do… 1. Is it the TRUTH? 2. Is it FAIR to all concerned? 3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? 4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

Service Above Self

CLUB COGNIZANCE

Shaheed Divas, RC HAPUR

Educational Activity by RC DELHI SOUTH

ROTARACT CLUB OF DELHI SOUTH

General Body meeting was called early March on March 6th , 2011

wherein the various events to be executed throughout the month were

discussed and new ideas were introduced.

A tree plantation campaign was organized at Prathmik Vidyalaya, sector-

27, Noida on Tuesday, March 5th, 2011.

The club conducted an educational activity at Prathmik Vidyalaya in

sector 27, Noida on March 7th, 2011.

Rotary Blood Bank organized a Blood Donation Camp at Accenture

(DDC1A and DDC2), DLF Cyber City Phase 2, Gurgaon on March 08,

2011. Rtr.Nikhil Nanda volunteered for the event.

The members of the group went on an outing to Okhla Bird Sanctuary on

Sunday March13th, 2011 to promote team unity and encourage the

members to be even more active in the club activities.

Their parent Rotary club planned to distribute free water filters to the

households of Palam village. On the March20th, 2011 rotaractors went to

the Palam village and did the survey in the houses of Indira Park locality

of Palam village.

The members of Rotaract club of Delhi south contributed in the

CLOTHES DISTRIBUTION project organized by ROTARY CLUB OF

DELHI SOUTH frequently in Palam village.

A medical camp was organized in Palam village on March 27th, 2011.

People were given free medical checkup and were also prescribed

medicines accordingly.

The Delhi South members have been working hard towards building their

own club website.

ROTARACT CLUB OF HAPUR

Rotaract club Hapur gave sradhanaji on SHAHEED DIVAS to

BHAGAT SINGH, RAJ GURU and SUKHDEV.

Club held a meeting with doctors for free dental check up camp and also

to conduct a polio drop camp in city .

A meeting called up of the rotaract club members and elected Rtr.FIROZ

CHOUDHARY as the president for the year 2011-12.

Tree Plantation, RC DELHI SOUTH

CLUB COGNIZANCE

BATTLE AGAINST CORRUPTION

A Rotaract Club, Delhi Vikas,District 3010. Initiative: BATTLECampaign, 2011

RC DELHI VIKAS, E-Campaign

Project Sankalp, RC NSIT REGENCY

ROTARACT CLUB OF DELHI VIKAS

E-Cmpaign:AntiCorruption:

Continuing our e campaigns,Delhi Vikas added the e campaign

against corruption and circulated a mail over the issue of corruption

and jan lokpal bill at the peak time when this issue was raised.

Teaching nearby poor kids of workers-

Our group member Dharmendra Rai during his vacations after

exams took the initiative of teaching voluntary to the nearby kids of

the workers working at a construction site in Mehrauli,nearby his

house.

Club members meet in Shastri Park.

The members of the club including secretary met near the slum area

around shastri park metro station to look into the condition of the

people living there in order to plan events for them.

ROTARACT CLUB OF NSIT REGENCY

NSIT Rotaract Club has initiated Project Sankalp in areas around JJ

Colony and Bharat Vihar, a step towards empowerment of the

underprivileged.

The Club Conducted a seminar on PLACEMENT/CAT preparation in

the college auditorium , a step towards guiding our fellow Rotaractors

towards Career planning, skill enhancements and Analytical thinking

required for cracking these examinations.

The Club members are providing technical assistance to NGO jaagriti in

developing website and applications.

Club members are working for Centre for civil society, publicizing

their documentary festival Jeevika.

We’re this close to Ending Polio Campaign

Rotary International

ROTARACT CLUB OF

DELHI RIVERSIDE

The Club held a meeting do decide the projects to be done in the

future.

CLUB COGNIZANCE

No Smoking Campaign, RC ASET

RC DADRI CITY, Holi celebrations

RC DELHI VIVEK, Women’s Day

ROTARACT CLUB OF ASET

To celebrate the spirit of womanhood, Rotaractors of ASET celebrated

International Women’s Day in the college premises by giving a rose to

every female teacher and other subordinates.

The rotaractors conducted a rally and shouted slogans to encourage people

to quit smoking, and step ahead towards a healthy lifestyle.

Visit to “Samvedna”on 15th March : A team of 10 rotaractors went to visit mentally challenged children in Shalimar Bagh, near Pitampura.

Heal the world- 16th and 17th March :A team of 8 rotaractors bought plant saplings from a nursery nearby college area. These plants were sold to

raise funds for social activities conducted by RC-ASET.

Seminar on Women empowerment- 16th March :Two rotaractors from

RC ASET attended a seminar at Amity University, Noida on 16th March.

Holi Mela- 15th and 16th March :Holi Mela was organised in the college canteen area to celebrate the festive season.

Amitech 2011: The annual techno-cultural fest of ASET :The

extravaganza was held on 25th and 26th March, 2011. RC ASET put up 4 stalls. Each stall had 4 organisers to attend to their respective events. More

than 50 rotaractors took part in this huge fest.

ROTARACT CLUB OF DADRI CITY

R.C. Dadri city organised a Holi Programme “AAYO FAGUN RE, HORI RE HORI RE” in this programme Holi was celebrated with

Sandal & Flowers. It was a Rotary & Rotaract Families get-together programme. Rtr.Manik Gupta {D.R.R} and Rtr. Himanshu Gupta {Z.R.R.} also paricipated in this programme.

All Members of Rotaract club of Dadri city were together for

“HOLIKA DEHEN” and disributed the “JAUN-BALIAN” to all members & their families.

ROTARACT CLUB OF DELHI VIVEK

Celebrated as “ National Safety Day” Project – “Saavdhani hi Suraksha Hai”

Celebrated as “INTERNATIONAL WOMENS”S DAY” event Project

“ PAHCCHAN..!! ”

Visit to “ AAHAR – THE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FAIR”- Project

“ChakkLe..!!

Participating in “ SUDINALAYA celebrates Joy of Empowerment

INTERNATIONAL WOMENS”S DAY” event chief guest – Smt. Pratibha

Devi Singh Patil, President of India.

Celebrated as “WORLD CONSUMER RIGHT DAY – Jaago Graahaq Jaago”

Event

Organised a Event as “WORLD WATER DAY” Project “JAL Bacchao...

KAL Bacchao..!! “

Points To Ponder

Clubs Of The Month

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March Club Performance

March Club Performance

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Communication with District

Communication with District

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Total Performance Level

Total Performance Level

Here’s a tally of points awarded to the

Rotaract clubs based on the projects done,

participation in district events,

communication level and the quality of

the reports sent.

Well Done Rotaractors . . .!!! Keep UP The Good WOrk

Star Club Of The Month

Rotaract Club of

Delhi Vivek

Projects Of The Month

Project Sankalp - Development and teaching of Underprivilged , five days a week & English teaching classes for Cleaning staff etc. of college- NSIT Regency

Medical Camp in Palam Village - By Delhi South

Women's Day celebration - By ASET , Delhi Vivek

Holi Celebration - Dadri City

EDITORIAL

“ The first step towards getting

somewhere is to decide that you are not

going to stay where you are.”

Warm Rotaract greetings to our readers!!!

Hope you are keeping well. It is good to see

many clubs working hard despite time and

schedule constraints. Kudos to you guys!

But for the rest of you, buck up!! There has

been a decline in many clubs’ activities which

is unacceptable at this time when all of us are

up and ready for some major action.

The next few months are going to be some of

the very best ones of this Rotaract year as the

DAC team has many events and projects lined

up for all of you. But as we have been saying

constantly, we require full support from all of

you to make our endeavors a success.

We hope to see better efforts from your side.

Take Care!

Just Jotting

Rtr.Jyoti Bhatt

District Editor 2010-11

Rtr.Jyoti Bhatt District Editor 2010-11

Comic Corner

The only way of finding the limits of the possible

is by going beyond them into the impossible.

http://thinkexist.com/quotation/the_first_step_towards_getting_somewhere_is_to/13879.html



MONTHLY MOSAIC

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ANNUAL ROTRACT DISTRICT CONFRENCE

OF PAKISTAN AND AFGANISTAN

This is to inform you that the Annual District Conference of Rotaract District 3272, Pakistan and Afghanistan is

scheduled to take place on the 23rd and 24th April 2011 at Lahore. The registration fee is Rs 2500 which includes

all expenses for the stay. All interested Rotaractors must contact immediately so further plans may be finalized.

For Details contact : Rtr. Deepti Gahrotra, [email protected]

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