Projects – Rotary Club

Our Service Projects

Rotary Year starts on 1st July and ends on 30th June

View more impactful Service projects in the past

Global Grant Projects:

Cipla Foundation – Donation of fully equipped ambulance – Cost $14,000
Fully equipped Neonatal Ambulance – Cost $12,000
Jeevan Jyot (NGO for Special Children) – Donation of infrastructure facilities – Cost $36,000
Astitva Pratisthan – Establishing the vocational training center for destitute children in rural areas – Cost $35,000
Indrayani Hospital ICU – Establishing the ICU center at a charitable cancer hospital – Cost $75,000
Sahyadri Neuro Rehab – Establishing the rehabilitation center for patients of neurological surgery – Cost $62,000
ICU unit at Deoyani Hospital – Cost $40,000

Global Grant Project in RY 24-25: Breast Cancer Awareness, Screening and Treatment of 2000 women in rural areas With Partner Club in Japan, Project Cost: 64000 USD

Noteworthy Service Projects in recent past

Construction of bund (bandhara) in rural area of Pune district
Establishing the vocational training center for rural students near Pune area
Donation of sleeping and school kits to students of rural area – Done every year for around 500-800 students
Creating awareness about Organ Donation – Recorded in Guinness Book of World Records
Cataract operations for patients with poor economic background
RDEP – Rotary Distant Education Program for students in rural areas
Donation of RO plants to schools in rural areas
Pond (kund) construction for a permanent solution to the availability of drinking water in rural areas near Pune
Dialysis machine donation at various hospitals in Pune

Service Projects during Covid

Water bottles and other facilities to police on Covid duty
Food & grocery help to rural areas during lockdown
Food & grocery help to unemployed circus workers during lockdown
Medical equipment donation to Sassoon hospital. Cost Rs. 8.5 Lakhs
Food & grocery help to transgender community & circus workers during lockdown
Supply of O2 concentrators worth Rs. 10 Lakhs to rural Covid centers
Vaccination Drive – We have vaccinated more than 2000 people free of cost from rural areas and underprivileged people from urban areas
Massive awareness program about vaccination and GIS mapping of people without vaccination, especially in slum areas of PCMC

Current Year Service Projects

A) Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution:

Visit to Aseem Foundation’s National Integration Park who works for people at border states and donation to their ongoing projects
Conducted many de-addiction sessions in association with Muktangan Vyasan Mukti Kendra at schools and colleges
Conducted some sessions on cyber security and social media addiction in schools and colleges in association with a social media expert, Ms. Mukta Chaitanya
Conducted sessions in club on mental fitness, achieving peace through meditation and yoga, improving focus through third eye meditation techniques
Donation and Service Excellence Rotary Award (SERA proposed in April 2025) to Muktangan Vyasan Mukti Kendra

B) DEI – Projects for organizations working for special children

Donation of musical instruments, chess boards to Blind school
Donation of folding wheelchairs to Smit Foundation
Donation of music system to Sneh Kshitij
Donation of laptop, mobile, refrigerator to Prasanna Autism

C) Skilling – Training - Human Development – Career Guidance:

Career Guidance on Google Generative AI at JSPM, College of Engineering for 3rd year Engineering students in association with Google Inc. in January 2025
Career guidance session for 10th std students at Raja Shivray Pratishtan School
Career guidance session for Commerce students of Saraswati Vidyalay Junior College, Karvenagar
Career guidance to 10th passed blind girls
Donation of kitchen equipment required for skill development lab at Dnyandeep Highschool
Donation of carpentry equipment required for skill development lab at Anand Kshan School
Donation of laptop, PCs, scanner cum printer cum xerox machine for Nutan Vidyalay School
Apps donation for enhancing performance of 10th standard students at Dnyandeep School (District initiative)
Conducted Teachers Training on National Education Policy at Dnyandeep School
Conducted 2-day RYLA in which four sessions were conducted towards interview and job preparation of Adhyapak Mahavidyalaya, B.Ed. students

D) Women in Rotary:

Hosted workshop on ‘Canva and Inshot’ for women in Rotary and outside Rotary in September, which was District’s initiative.
Our global grant project is also for women – Breast Cancer Awareness, screening, and treatment.
Conducted workshop for SNDT Women’s University students – “It’s not your Fault – How to remain safe on social media.”
Conducted interactive session “Kali Umalatana” for 350 girl students of Muktangan High School (standards 6 to 8) on awareness and care during menstrual periods.

E) Youth Development Activities