Rotary Club of Vasco da gama

DG Dr. Pranesh visiting the Bus Shelter at Chicalim Garden just renovated by the Club with support from Jalsan Trading and U A Sarmalkar & Co.

The visit to Govt. PHC Hospital at Chicalim, where DG handed over the Iron/Follic tables of more than 6500
nos costing more than Rs.15,000/-but donated to our club by Rtn.Dr. Shubhangi Lotlikar, member of Rotary club of Dabolim-Goa

District Governor Dr. Pranesh Jahagirdar visited Asha Deep Special School with members of our Club and spend some time with the special children to whom we handed over a school bus recently under Matching Grants with participation from RC Cottleville/Weldon Springs, District 6060 as primary International Partner

DG was warmly received by the Management and school staff and was shown the entire school premises where children were engaged in various activities in craft, drawing, vocational activities and physiotherapy
excises.

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 DG Rtn.Pranesh Jahangidar is officially visiting our club on 13/3/09 and the programme drawn for his visit is as under:

1. Breakfast with DG at rotarian’s house/ time 8.30 to 9.00 am
2. Meeting with President/secretary/treasurer/ incoming team.
3. Visit to club’s permanent project like meeting children at Govt. high scoool, vasco main/ Inspecting the Ashadeep school premises at Sada, and meeting with children/management./ time 10.00 to 11.30a.m.

Members of RC Vasco da gama (and 3 professional counselors) shall be inviting about 100 school drop outs to a career counseling session.

Each Rotarian involved will first make a group of 5 participants and after an half hour interactive group discussion, refer them to the professional counselor as per the assessment of needs. The teenager will then be given specific counseling as per his/her abilities by the professional. About 40 such individual sessions will be conducted on that day and if need is found, the time will be extended.

The first time I experienced and understood 'the joy of giving' was a few years back. I am not able to recollect the exact year when it happened but it was a very trivial gesture of sharing my food at a local eatery with a small child who was begging for alms. I realised that day the fact that the biggest earning one can earn is the satisfaction of having shared your privileges with the under privileged. The look on the face of the child on receiving the puff that was given was what we all the time strive to acheive.

Our dear DG Dr. Pranesh, Rotary Foundation Trustee Rtn. Carolyn Jones, PDG. Dr. rajan, Dr. Vahia, fellow Dream Presidents, dear Rotarians, Annes, Ladies and Gentlemen.

It is a great honour and proud moment for me to be chosen as a Dream President whose club untill now has played its role to satisfaction to ‘Make Dream Real’ this year. I am asked to share my experience of the last six months with you all.

The Golden Jubilee District Conference SUVARNAUSTAV was well attended by Club members.

From being known as a low profile Club, we got an opportunity to be visible due to the activities done by us during the year.

Rotary Club of Vasco-da-Gama on 7th February 2009 handed over a school bus to the Ashadeep School for the Specially Challenged Children under the Matching Grant project of the Rotary Foundation. The school bus will serve the need of the specially challenged children students of the school and also of those challenged children of Mormugao taluka who due to unavailability of dedicated transport could not have access to the school. The bus was dedicated to the school by The Rotary Foundation Trustee Rtn. Carolyn Jones by handing over the keys of the bus to Mr.