RC Cuffe parade

Area of focus: Fighting disease Host sponsor: Rotary Club of Madras East, India International sponsor: Rotary Club of San Antonio, Texas, USA Total budget: $70,242 Background: India has more than 800,000 new cases of cancer every year; many people, especially in rural areas, are not aware of, cannot afford, or are afraid of screening for the disease. Late diagnosis of breast and cervical cancer leads to high mortality rates. Scope: Rotarians identified a significant public health problem in their area, then found a strong cooperating organization to work with. They helped design a special vehicle to bring screenings to women in rural areas and mobilized their networks to ensure that the mobile unit would reach as many women as possible. Impact: 3,650 women were screened during the project. Top tip: Cooperate with an organization that is already experienced in the work your club plans to focus on. Equipping a specialized medical center in New Y...

Hello friends Greetings for the festivals !! As all we know the month of August brings the festive mood with it. Shravan, Independence Day, Eid... And now September,  Naag pancham, Sheetla satam, Krishna Ashtami.... The list of festivals take off and goes till November, till Diwali comes. Every festivals signify some or the other duties to mankind. Needless to say Religions and Science walks hands in hands. Its a different story that we don't bother to understand the ideology, the secret behind it. With our myopic vision we don't acknowledge the significance of any festivals. The reason is changing time. Everything changes with time. Then why not way of celebration? This time we have planned the celebration of our Independence Day differently. For that We had planned Blood donation camp with the association of Western Railway Motormen association and Nair Hospital. Ofcourse, it was a collective efforts of four clubs. In Six hours time we c...

The prayer (condolence) meeting in honour of Dear Rtn PP Namarta Agrawal  was held on 27th August 2018 at 6 pm at IMC, Churchgate , Mumbai. Most of the Club members, her Co Presidents, District dignitaries including Namrata s immediate and extended family members, Mr. Pramod Agrwal , Son ,Daughter in law, Son in law Anirudhdh and two sisters  were present for the meeting The prayer ceremony began with a few minutes of silence in honour of the departed. It was followed by a Shivoham Stotra by Rtn. Geetika Agarwal and New member Rtn.Nandini Trivedi gave a tribute by singing Hume itni Shakti dena daata ...  Most of her Co Presidents Cherished the memories and said kind words. Her Co prez Dr.Batra, PP Devang Goradia, PP Riaz , PP Yamini fondly  described her qualities and rapport with them.   Ave Chair Rtn. Rajendra Agrawal and PDG Gopal Mandhania specially came for this meet. Mrs. Seema Mandhania wrote a very special note forNamrata which was read by P...

We live in an age of miracles. ~ Levon Helm Residing in Borivali, Mumbai, poor Mahanto is a father of two daughters. He was very unhappy for them as both the girls are heart patients. When I met Mahanto at SRCC Children Hospital one of his daughters had already undergone surgery. He was so overjoyed he could not hold back his emotions and tears as he spoke to us. His 5 year daughter was successfully operated and is now stable. I have captured his joy in a video clip which I am wish to share here as an attachment. After meeting Mahanto, I believe that miracles truly occur. Its impossible to believe this unless one looks into Mahanto's eyes. A painter by profession, he earns Rs. 550 per day, he has no choice but to work daily being a daily labourer. Both the daughters kept falling ill. Breathlessness, fever and weight loss being common symptoms. Once when the elder daughter was very ill, the parents rushed her to the doctor and the general physician found out that both ...

Rotary club of Mumbai Cuffe Parade organised  Rubella and Thalasemia awareness  camp on 28 Aug at 9.30 am at Worli, for the parents of Green lawns School and Rotaractors of Khalsa College. Awareness programme was attended by eminent Doctors from H. N (Reliance) Hospital, Dr. Rahual Varma, Dr. Ashwin Shetty and Dr. Shweta Bansal. District dignitaries like PDG Dr. Jayant Kulkarni, Ave. Chair Rtn. Zankar Gadkari, Medical Ave Chair Dr. Satya and  Presidents of 11 clubs, Rotary Club Downtown Sealand  Rotary Club of  Malabar Hill  Rotary Club of Bombay Mandvi    Rotary Club of Peninsula              Rotary Club of Bombay Bay view  Rotary Club of Bombay Pier         Rotary Club of Metropolitan          Rotary Club of Queen City           Rotary Club of Boisar Industrial town    R...

To curb the existing shortage, a mega blood donation camp was organised on Churchgate station  on 14th August ,Tuesday as a part of a  celebration of Independence Day . Several banks in the city are facing acute blood crisis. State government officials are hopeful that the drive will plug the gap. Organised by Rotary Club of Cuffe Parade, RC Malabar Hill, RC Downtown Sealand and RC Bombay North for welfare of Western Railway Motormen Association . 78 blood units have been collected through this project, Four Rotary clubs members took part in it .  Mumbai has 59 blood banks of which 21 are run by the government. Officials from Nair  hospital said blood shortage is a common problem during summers and festive seasons. Until last week, patients visiting  hospitals were asked to approach other government blood banks due to shortage of certain blood groups. The scarcity was maximum among negative blood groups. Members from  four clubs were present at this...

In deed  It was the histrionic  date, 27th July, 2018.  On Guru Purnima a memorable Tree planting drive organised by Rotary District 3141.  Planned by lead host Club of Boisar Industrial town, Forest Deptment  and Gokhale College, Jawhar on a barren hill near Mokhada village. It was like a festival of trees.  The students had decorated the college and there was a Tree Findi with dancing and slogan shouting disciplined college students. They planted a large number of Laburnum, Karanj, Peepal, Sitafal, White Jamun,Tamarind trees.  The college students and young Rotarians climbed the hill with ease.  Two enthusiastic Rotarians president Meera Nair and project director Narayan Mohite worked for months for success of their greening efforts.  District Governor of Rotary District 3141 Shashi kumar Sharma was the chief guest. Our club co hosted this event. From RCMCP five members President Pinki Dalal, IPP sonal Somaiya, Hon. Club Se...

Speaker meeting  Dt.25th July 18 Venue : Samrat Speaker : Dr. Ashok Kothari Who are  the real friends of human? If you ask this question to anyone , answers will surely surprise you. Some will say money, few may say power, many will say knowledge. What is around us , always at our service without any expectations , We never bother to even look at them. Yes, The truth is Trees , Jungles, Water, River, Animals , Birds, in short flora fauna and nature is our best friends but We human will never understand this. Speaker Dr. Ashok Kothari is a Medical practitioner  but naturalist at heart . In his talks he gave a real picture of trees of India , What to plant , why to plant, where to plant. He addressed members questions and  gave answers. It was so amazing to know that so many trees can live for more than 200 to 300 years. So, if one would like to do some thing in the memory of their loved ones they can plant those trees. It is Bakul , Banyan tree an...

Hi Friends !! As all of us know that Globally, forest cover is one-third less than what it once was and global deforestation continues at 13 million hectares per year. This indiscriminate felling of trees threatens the environmental health and sustainability of communities in rural and urban milieu. Social forestry needs to be undertaken on a large scale to reverse the ill effects of deforestation and restore the ecological balance.Same time our duty as a citizen of India to do whatever in our capacity. Most of the time We are not even aware what trees should we plant? Most of the time people go for Tree plantation drive, without any proper knowledge and guidance.  Sp, naturally its end up in to photo ops and nothing beneficial to our environment.  What is required is proper guidance on What to plant , Where to plant , When to plant and basic care about it.  Proper direction and advise in very Juicy narration will be by Rtn. Ashok Kothari, Ave,Chair, Envir...

Green beginning !! Its 1st July. Beginning of Rotary new year. So RCMCP have decided to kick start the new year  with Tree plantation drive. As we all know that   tree Plantation drives combat many environmental issues like deforestation, erosion of soil, desertification in semi-arid areas, global warming and hence enhancing the beauty and balance of the environment. Trees absorb harmful gases and emit oxygen resulting in increase in oxygen supply. On an average, a single tree emits 260 pounds of oxygen annually. Similarly, a fully-grown tree is sufficient for 18 human beings in one acre of land in one year stressing the importance of tree plantation for mankind. Govt of Maharashtra is running VAN MAHOTSAV drive from July 1st to 7th. As part of it, RCMCP did plantation of BAHUGUNI trees, which give small white fruits and birds can feast on them. On A,B,C and D roads and Churchgate area many trees had uprooted because of heavy storms and ongoing work of Metro. So i...