Thursday, April 9, 2020
Dry Ration for families in sealed village Faidan from Rotarians
Saturday, April 4, 2020
Rotarians to arrange 3000 PPE kits for PGIMER
Thursday, April 2, 2020
Rotarians on the forefront of the fight against COVID19
Sunday, March 29, 2020
Doing Good in the Times of Crisis
Here is a podcast.
Click here to listen.
Hats off to all the Rotarians of our Club who are engaged in doing good.
Rotary's Voice of Good was initiated way back in the year of Rtn. Neenu Vij in March 2017. This was intended to be a Rotary's Radio Project. Somehow it could not take off. However, we shall continue to have the podcasts from time to time to spread the 'Voice of Good'
Monday, February 17, 2020
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan grateful for Rotary’s partnership
At the Centennial Summit in Kolkata, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan praised Rotary’s healthcare programmes and urged Rotary to be part of the PM’s Ayushman Bharat scheme.
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Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Rotary Peace City
The most photographed monument in Chandigarh
The Rotary Peace City project, earlier known as Rotary Peace Symbol Project, was initiated in 1993 by Rtn Tony Quinlivan, which was an offshoot of an initiative of Rotary Club of Wagga Wagga-Kooringal, NSW, Australia in District 9700 in 1992.
On 23rd February 1993, Wagga Wagga became the first Rotary Peace City in the world.
Today there are over sixty Rotary Peace cities.
On 22nd June 1994, on 75th anniversary of Rotary Club of Manila, Philippines, Manila became the first declared international Rotary Peace City.
The concept hit the Indian shores on 20th December 1999, when Chennai Kilpauk City became the first Peace City in India.
Chandigarh became the second city after Chennai to be declared the Rotary Peace City on 12th December 2003.
It was in September 2003 that Past Rotary International President Rajendra K. Saboo, the then Special Ambassador for Rotary Peace Communities projects around the world, presented the proposal before the Club members. It was a meeting dedicated to celebration of Diwali with senior citizens. The members accented and the work was in full swing.
Local architects were approached for a design idea, and the concept submitted by Rotarian architect couple, Sandeep Luthra and Suchita, was accepted.
The project cost at that time was for Rs.5 lakh and search for sponsors began. Newly joined Rtn. Arvind Mahajan along with Past President Kewal Seth, and Rtn. Charanjit Singh made a presentation to the Chief General Manager of State Bank of India, who was convinced and agreed to support the project.
The Chandigarh Administration very kindly agreed to provide the space on the Sukhna Lake and ultimately in December, the peace monument was ready.
Rtn. President Vijay Wadhawan, Rtn. P.J. Singh and many other Rotarians supervised the construction of the peace monument which is made of granite and steel.
The Peace Monument was dedicated to the city on 12th December 2003, by the world President of Rotary International, Mr Jonathan B. Majiyagbe who formally hand it over to the Administrator of UT, Chandigarh, His Excellency Mr Justice O.P. Verma (Retd), the Governor of Punjab.
The Pledge for Peace was signed by the then Mayor of
Chandigarh Subhash Chawla and District Governor 2003-04 Kawal Bedi.
Rotary Club of Chandigarh has organized a number of events around the peace monument, and visiting Rotary dignitaries to the city make it a point to visit the place.
Objectives
The objectives of Peace Communities are :
- Respect for the life and dignity of every person, without discrimination or prejudice;
- Rejection of violence, in all of its forms and towards all people
- Resolution of conflict among people within local global communities;
- Reconciliation of difference and the pursuit of harmony; and
- Freedom of expression and cultural diversity.
- COMMUNITY HARMONY
- CULTURAL DIVERSITY
- REJECTION OF VIOLENCE
- RESOLUTION OF CONFLICT
- RECONCILIATION OF DIFFERENCES
- FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Friday, June 28, 2019
Rotary PGI Serai
Rtn. Rajendra K. Saboo had been elected RI Director 1981-83, and it was during that time that the then Director of PGI, Dr. I.C. Pathak, described the problem of attendants of the patients who had to face the vagaries of weather and stay in the open or in car garages.
In 1982 with J.R. Khanna as club president, decided to built the first serai for the attendants of the patients in PGI.
The club raised money and collected Rs.75,000 and on behalf of the club the first cheque for construction of the PGI serai in its campus was presented by the then Rotary International President Hiroji Mukasa to the Director of PGI Dr. I.C. Pathak.
The club made presentations in various schools and donation slips were printed and handed out in schools to raise funds for the project. Special slide presentations were made using the actual photographs of the scenario and the living condition of attendants that moved the teachers and students.
In 1983-84, under president D.S. Swani, another Rs.1.75 lakh were raised and the construction of the ground floor was completed.
The club intensified its fund raising efforts and raised Rs.50,000 through sale of coupons in schools and public, and another Rs.1 lakh by publishing a souvenir. Another Rs.50,000 was raised through the premier show of the Amitabh Bachhan starrer “Coolie”.
During 1984-85, when R.M. Suri was the president, the club undertook a massive fund-raising drive in October 1984. Rotarians wearing blue sashes and holding donation boxes, started going around the city, from shop to shop, and from house to house, requesting people’s contribution to the project. Several teams of Rotarians fanned out in different parts of the city, including Sector 17, Industrial Area, and residential areas to collect fund.
The Club was able to raise Rs.2 lakh that helped in completion of the PGI serai that year.
On 28th of June 1985, the keys to the PGI serai were handed over to Dr. I.C. Pathak.
The Club spent Rs.4.6 lakh on this project that brought relief to numerous attendants who accompanied the patients in PGI.
The Club has remained actively involved with this first major project of the Club and till date had been doing annual maintenance of the facility though its upkeep is the responsibility of the PGI.Rtn CJ Singh
Sunday, March 24, 2019
PGI and Rotary to work for a TB-Free Chandigarh
Walkathon held at Sukhna Lake to observe World TB Day
On the World TB Day, the Department of Pediatrics PGIMER and Rotary Club Chandigarh have teamed up for TB-Free Chandigarh.
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Kings XI Punjab and Rotary Chandigarh tribute to CRPF martyrs
Kings XI Punjab and Rotary Club Chandigarh give Rs.25 lakh to 5 families of martyrs from Punjab and Himachal Pradesh.
Rs.5 lakh each to the CRPF jawans from Punjab and Himachal
In a unique campaign run by Kings XI Punjab, with the assistance of the Rotary Club for the CRPF jawans who lost their lives during the Pulwama attack, had their families present at the press meet today and were each given cheques of Rs 5 lakh by Kings XI Punjab.
The five CRPF jawans who lost their lives were Jaimal Singh from Dharamkot, District Moga; Sukhjinder Singh from Tehsil Patti, District Taran Taran; Maninder Singh Attri from Dinanagar, District Gurdaspur; Kulwinder Singh from Tehsil Anandpur Sahib, District Rupnagar; and Tilak Raj from Kangra, Himachal Pradesh
Present at the event were Kings XI Head of Operations Anant Sarkaria, Rotary District Governor Rtn. Praveen Goyal, Rotary Club Chandigarh President Rtn. A.P. Singh, Kings XI Captain Ravichandran Ashwin, Mayank Agarwal, and Mandeep Singh in the presence of Senior DIG CRPF Punjab V.K. Kaundal, and other senior Rotarians.
Anant Sarkaria said, “We are extremely grateful to have partnered with the Rotary Club of Chandigarh for this project who have helped us connect with the families of our brave jawans, who put their lives on the line every single day for us, and we as a team would like to stand behind and honour their sacrifice.”
These five jawans being honoured were part of the 78-vehicles convoy carrying 2,547 CRPF personnel who were ambushed and attacked at Pulwama on 14th February.
Rotary Club Chandigarh President Rtn A.P.Singh said that three years back we had initiated the project of sending 5000 kg of sweets every Diwali to the jawans at the border, and we are grateful to KXIP for making us a vehicle of doing good for the Pulwama martyrs as well.
Sunday, April 22, 2018
Mohan Fibre Products supports blood donation movement
Mohan Fibre Products Ltd, a leading manufacturer of moulded fibre packaging for fruits, contributed Rs.21.50 lakh to the Rotary & Blood Bank Society Resource Centre of Chandigarh in April this year out of its CSR funds to support the purchase of a new mobile blood donation van.
Past Rotary International President Rajendra K Saboo, Chairman of the Centre along with the Director Dr Manish Rai, Administrator Surinder Pal Kaur, Rotary Club President P.S. Matharoo, along with other board members of the Mohan Fibre including Managing Director Mr Krishan Kumar, Mr Brijesh Kumar, Rtn Past District Governor Madhukar Malhotra.
Rtn Krishan Kumar had been a great supporter of humanitarian causes and had earlier supported generously the 'Kayakalp' project at PGI in the paediatric ward, said Rajendra K Saboo.
Handing over the cheque to the Centre, Rtn Krishan Kumar, in his most humble way, assured all support to the Centre for any further requirements.
The order for the van has been placed with the Swaraj Mazda for supply and fabrication of the van.
Rotary and Blood Bank Society Resource Centre is one of the finest modern blood bank promoted jointly by Rotary Club of Chandigarh and the Blood Bank Society.