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| Interact Charter Presentation |
Interact Charter Presentation and Road Safety Awareness Programme were held at Govt Model Tech HS at Kaloor.The Meeting started at 12.15 pm by a prayer by the students.Principal Mrs.Serina welcomed the gathering . President Rtn.M.A.Sebastian Presided over the meeting and Presented the Charter to the Interaract President Mr.Adin and the Principal. Road Safety Awareness Speech was given by the Ernakulam RTO Mr.Jayaprasad and circulated Road safety leaflets to the Interactors which was jointly sponsored by Rotary Club of cochin Downtown And S.T.Reddiar and sons.
Mr.Jayaprasad also handed over a Water Purifier to the School which is sponsored by Rotary.Director for New Generation Rtn.Abey Varkey Gave a rotary Information talk on Four Way Test and Presented a Four way test Plaque to the school.He also distributed Identity cards to the interactors. |
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| Road Safety Awareness Programme |
| A Road Safety Awareness Lecture was delivered by Mr.Jayaprasad, RTO Ernakulam at Govt Model Tech HSS Kaloor on 03 Feb 09 . Road safety leaflets which was jointly sponsored by Rotary Club of Cochin Downtown and S. T. Reddiar and Sons were circulated to the Interactors
Mr.Jayaprasad also handed over a Water Purifier to the School which was sponsored by the club. |
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| Launch of TOBACCO FREE INITIATIVE- KOCHI |
TOBACCO FREE INITIATIVE - KOCHI & QUIT SMOKING WEB PAGE was launched at a Public meeting conducted at the Durbar Hall Grounds,
Ernakulam on 08 Feb 09 at 6 pm . This was jointly organized by Cochin Thoracic Society and Rotary Club of Cochin Downtown.The Meeting was inaugurated by Chief Guest, Dr.M.Beena, District Collector, Ernakulam. Rtn. Dr. Ramesh Nair ,President, CochinThoracic Society presided over the meeting. Film Star Sri.Capt.Raju administered the Quit Smoking Pledge to the audience and also launched the Quit Smoking Web
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Rtn.Ar.M.A.Sebastian President, Rotary Club of Cochin Downtown, Dr Raveendran Nair, Secretary, APCCM Trivandrum, Dr Abraham Paul, President IMA ,Kochi, Dr Jacob Baby,Secretary,Cochin Thoracic Society,and Ms Sini , Secretary, NSS, Co-operat ive Medical College,Kochi were the other dignitaries present on the dias.
The public showed up at the venue in large numbers to take part in the Campaign .The Downtown Family rendered its wholehearted support to make the Campaign a grand success.The evening ended with the performance of a few skits & a live Orchestra for the pub |
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| Pulse Polio Immunization Programme |
| The Second Nat ional Pul se Polio Immunization Program was very effectively conducted by our club on 01 Feb 09 . The various booths allotted to the club had most of our Rotarians and Rtnnes as volunteers. A club level inauguration was held at a booth near St.Martins Church , Palarivattom , by our President Rtn.M.A.Sebastian. Placards and banners were displayed and food packets were distributed to all the booths. |
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| Pulse Polio National Immunization |
| The Club actively participated in the first Pulse Polio immunization Programme for this Rotary year on Dec 21.. All the booths allotted to our club were supported by our volunteers. A Club level inauguration was done by our President Rtn.M.A.Sebastian . Rtn.PP.PHF.A.T.Thomas, Rtn.PHF Unnikrishnan, Rtnne.Annie Sebastian and annets attended the function . |
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District Rural RYLA Inauguration. |
| District Rural RYLA was inaugurated on 20 Dec by PDG Rtn.Sunil Zachariah at Rajagiri College of Social Sciences , Kalamassery . The event was jointly sponsored by Rotary Clubs of Cochin Downtown ,Cochin West, Kalamasserry, and Rajagiri Outreach . District Director for New Generation Rtn. Joe Joseph Kochikunnel , President Rtn.M.A.Sebastian, Rtn.Rajan,Rtn.Balagopal Ram Mohan, and Rajagiri Outreach Project Manager Mr.M.P.Antony spoke on the occasion .. Club New Generation Director Rtn.PHF Abey Varkey, Rtnne Jessy Abey, and First lady Annie attended the function. |
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SNEHA GRAMAM PROJECTS
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Nov. 24: A Meeting was organized with Lourdes Hospital , Kristu Jayanthi Hospital and ESSS to review the Cochin Downtown Projects at Kadamakkudy and Vypeen. President Rtn.M.A.Sebastian presided over the meeting. Dr.Sr.Roslin Colasso, Dr.Somu Abraham , Rev.Fr.Mathew Kallinkal ,Fr.Jaison Vadassery ,Fr.Sheljen, Sr.Alice, doctors and social workers who are involved in the seven clinics attended the meeting.
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CRADLES DONATION : Santhwanam Orphanage
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Nov. 19: Rotary Club of Cochin Downtown donated two to the near Elamakkara. Thanks to our Rtn. PHF. Dr.Ramesh Nair and Rtnne Prasanna Nair. It was because of their initiativeness and support we could make this possible .. cradles
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| JEEVAN-Samagra Aarogya Paripalana Programme |
Nov. 24: President Ar M.A.Sebastian inaugurated the Twelve day Training Programme for the Volunteers of conducted by
Ernakulam Social Service Society at the ESSS Hall. |
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| Pulse Polio: L’tl Sac Inaugurates! |
| Jan 6: Sundays are always fully packed for Downtownarians. January 6th was no exception! The morning started off with Rotarians in small groups teaming up under the stewardship of Rtns. Padmaraj, VT Thomas, Antony, Sebastian and Michael helping the volunteers set up booths and then to provide lunch for them. First lady-in-waiting Annie and our youngest family member Zak were present and the President administered the first doze to baby Sac to inaugurate this edition of Pulse Polio. |
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| 'Snehagramam' beneficiaries meeting at Kadamakkudy |
Dec 22, Kadamakkudy:
President Rtn. R. Madhav Chandran addressed the gathering of all the 100 selected beneficiaries of the Snehagramam Project in the presence of all the concerned Panchayath Ward members and explained the project without room for any ambiguity or confusion. RCC Secretary Shelju, Panchayath Vice President and Ward members spoke on the occasion. Treasurer Rtn. Adv R. Padmaraj and Club Service Director Rtn. Benny Zachariah accompanied the President. Renjith of Rajagiri CASP clarified all the doubts regarding the implementation of the project. As per the project 50 numbers each of rain-water harvesting units and toilets are being constructed by Rotary. The beneficiaries were carefully selected based on their financial background as well as the degree of necessity of such a support for them. Individual house visits were conducted by Rajagiri CASP to ascertain this. |
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| Probus Club Members Day Out!! |
| It was a picnic with a difference. At 9:00 am on 18th December, over 80 members of our Probus Club at Moolampally, all in the age group of 70+, gathered at Chittoor Bus-stand the board the 2 luxury coaches arranged by us. It was the long-awaited one-day picnic coming true for them. They embarked on a pleasure ride to Malayattoor Hill shrine and Kodanadu Elephant training center. President, Secretary and Treasurer made it a point to see them off at Chittoor and to wish them Bon Voyage! Needless to say, they all had a whale of a time, and more importantly, all of them reached back safe! |
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| Snehagramam MoU signed |
| Dec 28: The Memorandum of Understanding to implement the Snehagramam project was signed between our club and Rajagiri CASP. President Rtn. Madhav Chandran and M.P. Antoni from Rajagiri CASP signed the MoU in the presence of PP Rtn. Thomas Joseph, Rtns. M.A. Sebastian, Benny Zachariah and Adv. Padmaraj and Rtnnes. Sujata, Annie and Lucy. |
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| Wheelchair for Kids |
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| 150 pediatrics wheel chairs were distributed with the support of Rotary Club of Scarborough, Western Australia, in a solemn function attended by cine actor Jayasurya and MLA Prof. K.V. Thomas. |
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| Onam for the Girl Child! |
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| Onakkodi (new dress) and footwears were gifted to all the inmates at the Prathyasha Auxillium. Members & families took part in the Onasadya (Onam feast) that was part of the celebrations at the center. |
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| Pipeline re-laying at Karikkattuthurthu |
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| A project to re-lay a 1 km. stretch of KWA pipeline is being planned. Necessary funds have been arranged and the documentation and formalities at the KWA is in full swing. |
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| Matching Grant Project – Snehagramam takes off! |
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With the funds already in place, our Matching Grant project has started in the right earnest. First of the 3 clinics as part of the project is being inaugurated on the 16th September. Second clinic launch is planned for the 23rd and the 3rd on 7th October. MoU has been signed with the Lourdes Hospital in this regard. Procedures to implement the rain-water harvesting units and toilets are set to motion.
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| Rotary Snehagramam Health Clinic inaugurated at Chappa Kadappuram on Oct 7th 2007 |
| Kochi, Oct 7: The third Health Clinic as part of the 'Snehagramam Family Outreach program' was inaugurated at Chappa Kadappuram today. This is a community service project of Rotary Club of Cochin Downtown with the support of Lourdes Hospital, Kristhujayanthi Hospital and Ernakulam Social Service Society (ESSS). Lourdes and Kristhujayanthi hospitals will provide the medical and para-medical staff and resources, while Rotary Club has given the infrastructure and stock of medicines to run the clinic. |
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| Age no barrier for these young at heart! 14th October. |
Our Probus Club at Moolampally is one of its kinds in the District. For the past seven years we have been nurturing this club with over 100 active members. The 7th Anniversary celebration was held on the Sunday, 14th October. Many of our members attended the function with their families.
Annual Day celebrations are a festive occasion for these elders who meticulously plan and prepare their cultural events to exhibit their enormous talents. Some of their performances like Vanchipattu, Fashion show and Punchiri contest could even test our own such performances in the club! The kind of energy and enthusiasm with which they gyrated and danced had our members spell-bound. A hearty lunch was also served after all the cultural activities were over. President and Club Service Director spoke on the occasion. The winners of the various competitions were given prizes by the President. |
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