Monday, September 07, 2009

Inauguration of Kovalam

Members of the RC Chennai Kilpauk gathered around the plant just before the inauguration, you can see the musicians in the forefront.

Chip Ross Digital Learning Centre

In the current year 10 disabled girls will start their new and exciting journey into learning computers and seek a new life for themselves with greater opportunities.

This learning will provide them with the skills that they would require to get for themselves better jobs and more than anything else give them a feeling of great self worth.

Plans are being made to commence training for these girls in the middle of this month.

Kovalam water treatment plant inaugurated

The water treatment plant at Kovalam was inaugurated by DG W. Anand on Friday the 4th as scheduled. The inauguration took place with the auspicious sounds from folk instruments played by a small group of musicians hired for this purpose.

Well attended by District officials and members of RCCK the event was a grand success.

This project will enable over 600 households to get their requirement of drinking water within the village itself. Each household spends over Rs 600 per month on their water requirements and this plant will help them save this money.

RCCK pledged to do more for the people of Kovalam and has already initated a lireacy project in the village.

Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Helping Hands - Salem

The next phase of Helping Hands is to commence. RC of Salem Centennial alog with RC of Chennai Kilpauk will organise an artificial limb camp at Salem in November 2009. This will help reach out to the disabled in areas which do not have free access to prosthetics.

Salem Centennial will identify beneficiaries in and around the city of Salem, a radius of about 70 Kms will be covered.

Helping Hands is a Matching Grant project with the Rotary Club of Strathcona Sunrise, Canada with the active involvement of Rtn. Chip Ross.

Kovalam water treatment plant - Inauguration

The Kovalam plant will be inaugurated by the DG of 3230 on 4th September (Friday) at Kovalam at 5 PM. Work is going on at an hectic pace to ensure that all work is completed for the event.

Chennai Kilpauk is looking at a longterm association with the village through RCC, literacy and other projects which will change the lives of its residents.

This project a joint effort of the RC of Dublin and RC of Chennai Kilpauk with support from The Rotary Foundation will provide safe drinking water to the residents of the Kovalam village. Rtn. Arthur McCullough provides active assistance in this project.

Over a thousand people will immediately benefit by this project and will no more have to buy their water for drinking or cooking.

This is a good example of how Rotary is making this world a better place to live in.