WE SHALL MEET EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 6.30 PM starting from 2nd February 2011.

Friday 9th July shall be the Club Assembly.

All Committee Chairs and members shall give the final touches to the planner for 2010-11.

Matching Grant application, submitted by Rotary Club of Vasco da Gama and Rotary Club of Westhampton for funding to help provide toilet blocks and classroom furniture for schools and villages in Goa and Karnataka, India, has been approved by Rotary Foundation (India) ("RF(I)") and The Rotary Foundation ("TRF").

The award is in the amount of INR258,500.00 equivalent to US$5,500. The total grant budget for the project is INR634,500.00 equivalent to US$13,500.00.

Our Club thanks Rotary Club of Westhampton (http://www.westhamptonrotary.org/) for being our Partner for this project.

Matching Grant application, submitted by Rotary Club of Vasco da Gama and Rotary Club of Wigan for funding to help provide a video colposcope for detecting cervical cancer to Dr. Kamat Nursing Home, Goa, India, has been approved by Rotary Foundation (India) ("RF(I)") and The Rotary Foundation ("TRF").

The award is in the amount of INR268,800.00 equivalent to US$5,600. The total grant budget for the project is INR616,800.00 equivalent to US$12,850.00.

Our Club thanks Rotary Club of Wigan (http://www.rotary1280.org/wigan/index.htm) for being our Partner for this project.

After almost 20 years there shall be representation of the Club at the Rotary International Convention at Birmingham from June 21-24.

Rtn. Prakash Saraswat is attending with his spouse Jaya. Also attending is our President elect Rtn. Servulo Barros.

District 3170 Assembly at Belgaum on 30th & 31st May 2009 was attended by President Tejendra, President-elect Servulo, Secretary-elect Piyush, Vice President Ume & CRFC Prakash (who was also a resource person)

The assembly was well organised by RC Belgaum.

Rotary Club of Wigan, UK has agreed to be our partners for the project for Cervical Cancer Detection Video Colposcope.

The cost of project is over $12000 and the Club hopes to complete the project in the coming six months.

Our Club is the International Partner for Rotary Club of Napoli, District 2100 for a training programme to provide trainers and a PC equipped with a special software that allows to read all what is present on the monitor including texts, command or picture description for 15 blind men and women in Naples, Italy.

The Project shows our willingness to partner for projects outside our community and use our resources to do humanitarian work Internationally.