The MF Serve Committee (Microfinance) of RCCT is glad to announce that we are disbursing microloan to 9 applicants from Poondy village for purchase of tailoring machines. We had received 12 applications from the village and after duediligence and personal screening by Surabhi trust (which is helping us out on the tailoring project at Poondy village), we have sanctioned loans of Rs.5000 each to 9 applicants. We are paying a single cheque of rs.45000 to Surabhi trust who will be purchasing the 9 tailoring machines and delivering it to the recipients.

We had taken quotes for the sewing machines from different vendors who quoted anywhere between rs.5500 to rs.7000 per machine. We were able to negotiate a good rate of 5000 per machine which will help reduce the burden of the borrowers also. The recipients have been trained at our RCCT tailoring centre at Poondi and using our centre to make a living and will now continue functioning from their own places.

The MF Committe meeting held at our CAMS Blood camp venue on 20th November was attended by Pres Rajie, Rtn Satish Jupiter and Rtn Krishnachander with Rtn Prithvi as a special invitee.

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On Saturday the 20th RCCT in association with CAMS conducted a blood camp in the premises of CAMS at Anna Salai. President Rtn. Rajie, Rtn. Satish Jupiter Rtn. Krishnachander & Rtn. Prithvi were present on behalf of RCCT.

86 Donors totaling 30100 ml of blood was donated voluntarily by the staff of CAMS. The blood goes to Govt Children’s hospital blood bank where children with critical needs will be the recipients. “God bless” your Club since the blood collected through these camps reach the most marginalized of children” remarked Dr. Subalaksmi of the Dept of Transfusion Medicine Institute of child health Chennai.

123 units of blood have been collected this year including the earlier camp conducted at QMC college where 37 units were collected. Along with the 86 units collected at CAMS the total blood collected is over 43 litres. That’s sizeable!

Tributes:

• To all the volunteers of CAMS who voluntarily came forward and made the camp a success.
• To the blood bank team led by Dr. Subash who did the job with their trade mark efficiency and dedication.
• Thanks to Satish Jupiter for making it happen.

Did You Know?

1. Only 5 percent of eligible donors across the nation donate blood, but the number of transfusions nationwide increases by almost 10 percent every year.
2. Whole blood donors can donate as frequently as every 56 days. A benefit from donating this often is that you
   receive a mini-physical once every two months.
3. Each whole blood donation can help as many as three people. One unit is divided into three parts: red blood
   cells, platelets, and plasma.
4. Statistics show that 25 percent or more of us will require blood at least once in our lifetime.
5. Each time your blood is taken you will be checked for some key diseases. Namely hepatitis B, hepatitis C, Syphilis, HIV/AIDS and malaria.
6. Another positive benefit of donating blood is the fact that you get to renew your blood supply.
7. By donating blood you lower the blood count and stimulate the bone marrow to produce more cells.
8. Most important of all, Blood cannot be manufactured. It can only come as a gift from people.

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Yesterday the 18th a couple of projects were completed at Porur Girls School. The long pending Dental camp was conducted and a voucher to purchase shoes for the athletes of theschool was handed over to the HM Ms. Mala by President Rtn. Rajie. Also present was PP Rtn. Murugan.

18th November – Projects Brief.

Crossing the hurdle

A voucher to purchase 21 pairs of shoes for the athletes of school was handed
over to Mrs. Mala Headmistress of the school. Having crossed the first hurdle we
are now hoping that these girls will train and win competitions.

Dental Camp

A dental camp was conducted by RCCT along with doctors from Lifeline cliniq.
Dr. Sateesh explained the process of screening where all the girls were
examined and graded as “Good Fair & Poor”. The girls whose dental condition is
reported as “Poor” would be referred for further treatment. The district ought to
note that RCCT has taken “Schools into smiles” literally. : )

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On 14th Nov, celebrated as Children’s Day, was the “Schools into Smiles” Cultural Fest-Finals- the culmination of the cultural competitions held for the students of Panchayat schools and corporation schools at Vellore, Thiruvannamalai & Chennai over the past 3-4 weeks…The finals of the all competitions where around 300 children took part in Singing, Dancing, Fancy dress, Drawing, Painting & Speech contests.

Many Rotary clubs along with Cherian Foundation played hosts to the inaugural and the prize distribution function held at Anna Adarsh School Auditorium, Shanthi colony, Anna Nagar. All the Club Presidents present were happy that they had a part to play in bringing cheer and happiness to these children and an opportunity to bring out their latent talent. It was great to see the children from far off places take part enthusiastically.

Rotaractors and Interactors helped in a huge way to ensure the success of the show…which included the Rotaractors of KRMM ably led by President Rotaractor Ram.

The Cultural Fest ended with a Prize distribution function with Mr. Y.Gee. Mahendra as the Chief Guest. Rtn. DGN V. Raja Sreenivasan and Rtn. PDG. Subbu as the Guests of Honour, where I had the honour and pleasure of giving the welcome address in Tamil…During the prize distribution it was indeed heartening to see the First Prize in singing went to Miss.Sharmila of Porur girls school.

It was a great platform for these children who have limited opportunities to showcase their talents..All the children were given a take away goody bag that had a cake, jam bottle, dictionary, compliments from chitram tv, gift vouchers and much more…and taken on a short sight-seeing trip after which they left for their destinations.

Rtns. Murali, Aarti and Ann Priya took time off on a Sunday to judge the singing event and be a part of the proceedings. Rtn. Benjamin the brain behind this project conveyed his special thanks to them and to Ann Priya who stayed till the end of the show. Rtns. Deepika, Rajesh Trikha (thanks for the lunch), Saivani and Spouse Sridhar were present to support and motivate the children.

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On 10th November we completed a project for Blind Students at the Govt School for the Blind at Poonamalee.

We gave away Braille kits consisting of Braille Slates, Braille Geometry Boxes, Braille Abacus and other items. CD players replaced tape recorders as an aid for the students to learn lessons, White cane mobility sticks and Tylor frames and metal pegs meant for Algebra.

Chief Guest Dist. Governor designate Rtn. Raja Seenivsan who despite another business engagement made it to the event. A large number of blind students will benefit from this project. Rotarians Rajesh Trika, Vijaykumar Srikumar, R.M. Suresh attended and helped coordinate the event.

Rotarian Sagar was the architect coordinated the event from procuring the material ( some as far from Dehra Doon) arranging the venue inviting the chief guest down to last detail. Rtn Sagar introduced the Chief Guest to the gathering speaking fluently in chaste Tamil. President Rajie welcomed the gathering bravely speaking in Tamil recollecting RCCT special connect helping the visually impaired.

Chief Guest Governor designate Rtn. Raja Seenivasan in his speech called on the students to strive to achieve the extraordinary. He went to mention that RCCT was amongst the best clubs in district in terms of service done for the community over the years. He went to say if there is a club he like to join again it is RCCT.

The loudest roar of the evening from students came when Chief Guest Rtn. Raja Seenivasan informed the students of President Rajie’s role in the recent blockbuster Enthiran.

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