Secretary's Report- 2010-2011 on Projects and Success Stories

Report from Kalarani Sivasubramanian-  Secretary 2010-2011
Great pleasure in sharing with you the various projects our club has carried out during the last year. We have contributed for 16   projects out of which 2 have been our long – time on going ones & one which was started recently will be a continuous one......note on our projects…..

1. The first & biggest project was the construction of a new geriatric rehabilitation block at VHS; Adayar. With the co-operation of our members, we were able to contribute a huge amount of Rs. 15 lakhs to see this building stand  structural & mighty. We had the privilege of having this block inaugurated by the International Inner wheel president Pallavi Shah in August last year . Association President Dr. Kapila Gupta visited VHS & looked around the newly constructed block with profound interest.Both of them paid rich compliments on the efforts our club had made in successfully completing this project.Bed sheets for the inmates were contributed by our club.

2. The second project was in september 2010, for the Govt. Children's hospital in Egmore.Together with the Rotary club of Madras South, we have donated a sum of Rs.25,000/ towards a printer for the ECG machine.

3. School uniforms worth 7500/ were given to 10 students of Guntur Subbarao girls high school in T'Nagar.

4. Scholarship was provided for 2 girls studying in Chellammal College. The girls received Rs.10,450/ & Rs. 7500/ respectively.

5. A donation of Rs. 15,000/ was made to the multiple disability unit at Spastic society.

6. Cash contribution of Rs.10,000/  was given for autistic children at "Wecan" autism institute, Neelangarai.

7. Nutrition-filled snack "Sundal" was supplied at the cost of Rs. 8000/ for cancer-affected children at Andhra Mahila Sabha

8. A donation of Rs.20,000/ was given to Institute of Child health, Egmore towards life-saving medicines for new borns & children.

9. Along with IWC Central, sanitary napkins were provided for students of Ganapathy girls high school in Gopalapuram for a period of 3 months amounting to Rs.9000/. This will be our continuous project.

10. New clothes worth Rs.10,000/ were given during Diwali for children at "Children Garden School" & Rs. 2000/ was also contributed towards  the District Diwali celebration - "Mazhalai Oli"

11. Children's day activities & programmes organized by Joint council for women acknowledged our contribution of Rs. 3000/ with gratitude.

12. Rs. 3000/ was given to IWC Adayar, towards Tree Planting.

13. A female child who had to undergo a cochlear implant surgery at Ramachandra hospital was aided with a sum of Rs. 20,000/.

14. A sum of Rs. 25,000/ was donated to “Hope Foundation”, a school  in Neelangarai for the under privileged children who exhibited their desire for education & their skills in general knowledge, rhymes & poems in our presence.

 Now about our 2 long -time on going projects.

1. Birds' old age Home: Our club has been giving Rs. 1000/ every month to this home for basic neccesities like milk, rice & grocery items. When 3 of our members visited the home recently, the pathetic living conditions of the inmates forced our members to put the matter forward at the Gen body meeting when members decided to increase the contribution from Rs.1000/ to Rs. 1500/ every month.  Additionally,36 quilts @ Rs. 500/each are also being given to the Home. Our member Indira Revi has generously contributed for 10 such mattresses.similarly, Our members PDC Shanthi & President Manjula donated Rs. 3000/ towards Annadhanam at the Home.

2.Children's ward at the egmore eye hospital : providing cots, cradles, mattresses & other utility items to this pediatric ward has been our continuous project. This year a cupboard worth 4800/ was given to this ward in addition to Rs. 2500/ towards MRI scanning charges for an infant.

Our charter member Olagammai contributed a sum of Rs. 1000/ from her trust towards charity.

Not only were our projects meaningful; our  monthly general body meetings also were worthwhile & entertaining with each group organising speakers who delivered informative talks on 'Women & weight issues; on "greener environment'; on soft skills & personality development; on “legal rights for women”; while on the lighter side, there was "Mohini Aatam",folk dance & hip hop too!

That’s about all our activities carried out during the last one year. We  hope to continue to think ahead & aim high to make our projects more meaningful. Thank you!!