rc e-city annual report-15-16
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ANNUAL REPORT
2015-2016
Sponsor Rotary Club: Rotary E-Club of
Bangalore
No. Of Members: 28
Meeting Day & Time: Every Sunday, 10:00 AM
Meeting Location: 1st Floor, “Prathibha” #132,
17th Cross, 11th Main, Malleswaram,
Bangalore.
Total No. of General Body Meetings: 22
Total No. of Board Meetings: 09
No. Of Club Projects: 26
No. Of events Participated: 04
Beyond the Club:
| Participation - Rotasia | One member on EC
QUICK FACTS
INSTALLATION CHIEF GUEST:
MR. AUTO RAJA
FOUNDER, HOME OF HOPE
VENUE: Jain Heights, J C Road
DATE: AUGUST 16, 2015
• FOUR new members were inducted by DRR Rtr. Manohar. • Board of Directors 2015-16, were installed by DRCC Rtn Prakash Belavady.• Club e-bulletin “E-Go!” was released by Chief Guest, Mr. Auto Raja.
PR EFFORTS
BEYOND THE
CLUB
Participated in Utthan -the Annual RotaractConference.
Attended the Parent clubGovernor’s Official Visit.
It was a proud moment for E-Cityto be one of the four clubsrecognized at the Inter CityGeneral Forum, District 3190. Theclub was recognized as the “BestCommunity Based Club.”
ICGF
Community service
CLUB VIDEO
OBJECTIVE: To create an awareness video about
various issues in the world that have not been
given sufficient importance. The video also set
the agenda for the Rota year 2015-16.
OUTCOME: Information regarding 14 burning
issues were presented in the video. The video
was shot and edited by Rtr.Sabareesh
Arumugam along with his friend Mr. Nithin.
DATE: AUGUST 8, 2015
VENUE: Malleswaram, Bangalore
PROJECT CHAIR: Rtr. Sabareesh Arumugam
NO. OF MEMBERS: 18
PROJECT TYPE: Stand Alone
AVENUE: COMMUNITY SERVICE
JEEVARATHNI
FOUNDATION
DATE: AUGUST 2, 2015
VENUE: Jeevarathni Foundation
PROJECT CHAIR: Rtr. Sandeep Singh
NO. OF MEMBERS: 10
PROJECT TYPE: Stand Alone
AVENUE: COMMUNITY SERVICE
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this project was to
participate in the Annual Day program of
Jeevarathni Foundation; which is a home for
orphans. School supplies and food grains were
also provided to the foundation.
OUTCOME: The members enthusiastically
participated in the annual day program, they
danced in the Zumba session and also
contributed to the in-house fundraiser.
HOME OF HOPEDATE: AUGUST 23, 2015
VENUE: Home of Hope
PROJECT CHAIR: Rtr. Sujith Prakash & Rtr.
Vivek Raveesh Bhatt
NO. OF MEMBERS: 08
PROJECT TYPE: Stand Alone
AVENUE: COMMUNITY SERVICE
OBJECTIVE: The objective of the project was to
spend quality time with the residents of Home
of Hope. OUTCOME: A small entertainment session was
held and the members volunteered by serving
lunch for the residents.
A need for a health camp was recognised and
this lead to the planning of the Dental Camp.
DENTAL CAMP
OBJECTIVE: To aid the residents with screening
and treatment of dental issues at Home of
Hope.
OUTCOME: E-City in association with SVDC
conducted a dental camp, screening 240
residents and treating 80 in a day long project.
The residents were also provided with required
medicines.
This lead to planning of Eye Camp at SO Care.
DATE: JANUARY 26, 2016
VENUE: Home of Hope, Hennur Bande, Bangalore
NO. OF MEMBERS: 22
PROJECT CHAIR: Rtr. Shreyas
PROJECT TYPE: Joint Project Other
AVENUE: COMMUNITY SERVICE
Hats off to the interns of SVDC for their grit and determination as they treated the residents;
People living “such” conditions whom doctors have refused to
treat.
SO- CARE EYE
CAMP
DATE: MARCH 11, 2016
VENUE: The So-Care Institute, Leggare, Bangalore
NO. OF MEMBERS: 11
PROJECT CHAIR: Rtr. Sujan & Rtr. Sai Venkat
PROJECT TYPE: Joint Project Other
AVENUE: COMMUNITY SERVICE
OBJECTIVE: To aid the children of
So-Care with an eye screening and
to follow it up with the required
treatment.
OUTCOME: In association with Solanki
Eye Hospital Bangalore, the children (80)
were screened. As a follow–up spectacles
were also provided to the children based
on the screening results.
SO-CARE - Skill
Development
DATE: November 1, 2015
VENUE: The So- Care Institute, Laggere,
Bangalore
PROJECT CHAIR: Rtr. Sagarika Gowda and
Rtr. Keerthi MHM
NO. OF MEMBERS: 17
PROJECT TYPE: Stand Alone
AVENUE: COMMUNITY SERVICE
OBJECTIVE: Having conducted life skills
program in the past years, the club decided to
re-visit So-Care for yet another session. So-Care
is a home for children of prisoners.
OUTCOME: Children were divided into three
groups to cater to their needs. The youngest
were engaged with games, the middle school
group with skill development activities and the
high school children were engaged in a serious
debate on burning societal issues and also
discussions regarding careers.
This lead to planning of a computer lab for the
children.
SO CARE
LAPTOPS
DATE: JUNE 05, 2016
VENUE: The So-Care Institution,
Leggere, Bangalore
NO. OF MEMBERS: 04
PROJECT CHAIR: Rtr. Sagarika Gowda
PROJECT TYPE: Joint Project Other
AVENUE: COMMUNITY SERVICE
OBJECTIVE: To set up a computer lab at
So-Care.
OUTCOME: We approached
GSK to provide us with their
old laptops. They provided us
with 8 laptops. The
necessary OS and software
were installed by the
members and then handed
over to So-Care to start the
Computer lab.
CHENNAI
RELIEF
DATE: DECEMBER 3, 2015
VENUE: Malleswaram, Bangalore
NO. OF MEMBERS: 06
PROJECT CHAIR: Rtr. Vivek Raveesh Bhatt
PROJECT TYPE: Stand Alone
AVENUE: COMMUNITY SERVICE
OUTCOME: In a span of 7 hours, Rupees 9000
was raised to buy relief materials. Blankets,
canned food, medicines and sanitary napkins
were bought and sent to Chennai with a well
wisher of the club Mr. Ajay Salanky.
OBJECTIVE: To aid the victims of the Chennai
Flood with food, medicines and other relief
material.
SPARROW
CONSERVATION
DATE: MARCH 27, 2016
VENUE: Frazer Town, Bangalore
NO. OF MEMBERS: 10
PROJECT CHAIR: Rtr. Pallavi
PROJECT TYPE: Stand Alone
AVENUE: COMMUNITY SERVICE
OBJECTIVE: To understand reasons for dwindling sparrow population
in Bangalore and also learn about the efforts of Mr. Edwin to
conserve the existing sparrows.
OUTCOME: Members visited Mr. Edwin’s residence, where he has
built homes for over 200 sparrows. We also learnt about simple home
made techniques which we could use to build shelters for sparrows.
This lead to a workshop on making Bird Feeders.
SERVICE
ABOVE SELF-
MARATHON
DATE: APRIL 10, 2016
VENUE: Manyata Embassy Business Park, Bangalore
NO. OF MEMBERS: 07
PROJECT CHAIR: Rtr. Shreyas Gowda
PROJECT TYPE: Joint Project Other
AVENUE: COMMUNITY SERVICE
Service Above Self Marathon 2016 was
organized by Rotary clubs of District 3190 to
raise funds for the Rotary TEACH Mission.
Our members participated in the marathon
and 4 of them completed the 5k run.
MATHRUSHREE
MANOVIKASA
KENDRADATE: MAY 8, 2016
VENUE: Kumara Park, Bangalore
NO. OF MEMBERS: 15
PROJECT CHAIR: Rtr. Surabhi Chatrapathy
PROJECT TYPE: Stand Alone
AVENUE: COMMUNITY SERVICE
OBJECTIVE: Members wished to learn about
what the State provides for physically and
mentally challenged orphans. A visit to
Mathrushree Manovikasa Kendra was
organised for the same. It is a home for over
100 such children.
OUTCOME: The visit was an overwhelming
experience for the members, as we learnt
about the sad living conditions and the less
than minimum that the State provides them
with. Future projects were discussed with the
founder of the centre.
Club service
CLUB SERVICE
From trying to make portraits of each other
to saving a burning city to playing a game of
wolf! The club this year has seen many
wonderful club service projects and
activities.
NEWSPAPAER
DRIVE
DATE: JANUARY 17, 2016
VENUE: Malleswaram, Bangalore
NO. OF MEMBERS: 25
PROJECT CHAIR: Rtr. Sandeep Singh
PROJECT TYPE: Stand Alone
AVENUE: CLUB SERVICE
OBJECTIVE: To raise funds for future
projects through a massive newspaper
drive.
OUTCOME: With the newspaper drive
stretching over 45 days, 2.4 tons of newspaper
were mobilised by members. The drive earned
the club INR 24000!
It also turned out to be a very impactful PR
project. Where members have collectively
spoken about Rotaract and our projects with
over 200 households.
JAIL VISIT
Objective: The visit to the jail was
aimed at creating awareness among
the members, about the living
conditions in a jail and educational
provisions provided to the inmates.
As we work so closely with children
of jail inmates, the members also
wished to have a dialogue with the
authorities to understand the
provisions given by the state to
these children.
PROJECT CHAIR: Rtr. Amshuman
NO. OF MEMBERS: 07
PROJECT TYPE: Stand Alone
AVENUE: CLUB SERVICE
Outcome: In our visit, the
members learnt about the poor
sanitation conditions in the
emergency rooms. In the kids
sections, an acute shortage of play
material was noticed. The
members decided to collect the
same for the kids and hand them
over during the next visit. A
dialogue with the authorities was
not possible and hence a direct
meeting with them was decided to
be scheduled.
DATE: SEPTEMBER 13, 2015
VENUE: Paraappana Agrahara,
Bangalore
DOCUMENTARY
SCREENING
DATE: OCTOBER 4, 2015
VENUE: Malleswaram, Bangalore
PROJECT CHAIR: Rtr. Vineeth Raj
NO. OF MEMBERS: 18
PROJECT TYPE: Stand Alone
AVENUE: CLUB SERVICE Documentary screening is an on goingproject of E-City from its inception. Theproject aims at educating members aboutvarious world issues through screening ofsignificant documentaries every fewmonths. Screenings are followed by livelydiscussions about the concerned topic.This year documentary regarding theSyrian conflict was screened.This lead to the Facebook awarenesscampaign about the Syrian Conflict.
GUEST SPEAKER -
Dr. Prashanth
Rajaram
DATE: OCTOBER 11, 2015
VENUE: Malleswaram, Bangalore
PROJECT CHAIR: Rtr. Vijaya
NO. OF MEMBERS: 14
PROJECT TYPE: Stand Alone
AVENUE: CLUB SERVICE
OBJECTIVE: Projects related to Animal Welfare,
was one of the objectives of the club for this
Rota year. Dr. Prashanth was invited to the club
to address the raising concern for animal
welfare in today’s society.
OUTCOME: Dr. Prashnath Rajaram, a director of Wildlife
at Karuna, an animal rescue centre; spoke to the club of
the various challenges in Animal Welfare today and care
giving methods. This session enabled the members to
understand the issue and discuss possible projects.
This lead to a to a visit to Mr. Edwin’ Thomas’ s
residence who is an enthusiastic bird lover and has over
sparrows in his yard.
SECRET SANTA
DATE: DECEMBER 25, 2015
VENUE: Malleswaram, Bangalore
NO. OF MEMBERS: 25
PROJECT TYPE: Stand Alone
AVENUE: CLUB SERVICE
E-City celebrated Christmas by playing
Secret Santa. The best part of the day ,was
when Santa arrived bearing gifts for all the
members! We thank Rtr. Sandeep Singh for
treating us with such a pleasant surprise and
being such a sport!
GUEST SPEAKER-
Dr. Anita DATE: JANUARY 10, 2016
VENUE: Malleswaram, Bangalore
NO. OF MEMBERS: 20
PROJECT CHAIR: Rtr. Chirag
PROJECT TYPE: Stand Alone
AVENUE: CLUB SERVICE
OBJECTIVE: Depression being considered as the
modern Plague, the members of the club
wanted to learn about the condition and also
ways to support and help people suffering from
mental disorders and illnesses.
OUTCOME: Dr. Anita, who runs a special needs
school called “Mind Trees” was invited to the
club as a guest speaker. She spoke about
depression, its root cause, treatment and
emotional support required. Projects to build
awareness amongst parents regarding mental
disorders in children were also discussed.
This lead to a visit to Mind Roots.
CLUB CALENDAR
DATE: JANUARY 01, 2016
VENUE: Bangalore
NO. OF MEMBERS: 27
PROJECT CHAIR: Rtr. Sabareesh Arumugam
PROJECT TYPE: Stand Alone
AVENUE: CLUB SERVICE
As a fun activity, the club came up with its
own calendar for the year 2016. Groups of 2-
3 members chose a month and photos were
clicked, designed as they wanted. This
calendar was also given as a souvenir to
well wishers of the club.
DATE: APRIL 24, 2016
VENUE: Malleswaram, Bangalore
NO. OF MEMBERS: 15
PROJECT CHAIR: Rtr. Pradyumna AK
AVENUE: CLUB SERVICE
CLUB
WORKSHOPS –
MIND PALACE
OBJECTIVE: Inspired by the famous
Sherlock series, the members
decided to learn about the Mind
Palace which is a great memory aid.
OUTCOME: Rtr. Pradyumna
who has been working on
his mind palace taught the
members how to build
their own mind palaces
through a simple activity of
remembering a shopping
list!
CLUB
WORKSHOPS –
PRESENTATION DATE: FEBRUARY 28, 2016
VENUE: Malleswaram, Bangalore
NO. OF MEMBERS: 15
AVENUE: CLUB SERVICE
OBJECTIVE: To help members over come stage
fright and improve presentation skills by
allowing them to present topics and issues that
they would like to share with the club.
OUTCOME: Inspired by Dr. Prashanth Rajaram’s
talk, the first presentation in this project was given
by Rtr. Sanjana. It was an informative session
where the members learnt about slaughter houses
and the cruelty towards animals.
BIRD FEEDER
WORKSHOP
DATE: MAY 1, 2016
VENUE: Malleswaram, Bangalore
PROJECT CHAIR: Rtr. Rudravajhala
Mukund
NO. OF MEMBERS: 14
PROJECT TYPE: Stand Alone
AVENUE: CLUB SERVICE
OBJECTIVE: Inspired by Mr. Edwin Thomas the member’s
decided to help local birds battle the Bangalore summer
with small bird feeders installed at members residences.
To try and make a #DIY bird feeder with household
items.
OUTCOME: Lead by Rtr. Rudravajhala
Mukund, the members experimented
making a bird feeder. It was a fun
morning with a lot of learning Some
members have the bird feeder in their
terrace!
INTRA CLUB
AWARDS
DATE: MAY 29, 2016
VENUE: Malleswaram, Bangalore
NO. OF MEMBERS: 25
PROJECT CHAIR: Rtr. Sandeep Singh & Rtr. Sabareesh
Arumugam
PROJECT TYPE: Stand Alone
AVENUE: CLUB SERVICE
OBJECTIVE: The annual Intra club awards
aims at having a themed party for the
members. We also give away awards
recognising quirky but outstanding qualities
of members.
OUTCOME: The theme of this year was “Street”. The members
dressed up flaunting their ideas of street, be hip- hop, hippie or
desi! Every member was recognised with an award. This was
followed by a hearty lunch.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
SERVICE
RYLA
DATE: OCTOBER 24 & 25, 2015
VENUE: Indian Social Institution, Benson Town,
Bangalore
PROJECT CHAIR: Rtr. Sandeep Singh
NO. OF MEMBERS: 25
AVENUE: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPEMENT
SERVICES
OBJECTIVE: To strengthen the bond amongst
the members as well as provide them with an
opportunity to experience RYLA in it’s true
spirit.
OUTCOME: The 2 day residential RYLA was a
grand success thanks to the efficient planning
and execution of the RYLA team. Hand picked
sessions, chosen by the members were held
with the support of our parent club. Impactful
sessions covered Emotional Quotient, Lateral
Thinking and De-Stressing techniques.
MIND ROOTS
DATE: FEBRUARY 27, 2016
VENUE: Mind Roots
NO. OF MEMBERS: 07
PROJECT CHAIR: Rtr. Chirag
PROJECT TYPE: Stand Alone
AVENUE: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICE
OBJECTIVE: In continuation to Dr. Anita’s talk at
the club, the members visited her special needs
school Mind Roots to understand the different
teaching techniques and skills required to be a
special educator.
OUTCOME: It was an eye opening experience to
witness first hand the patience and perseverance
required to teach special needs children. We are
exploring how their therapies can be made
available to children at Mathrushree Manovikasa
Kendra
CLUB
WORKSHOPS -
ARTDATE: APRIL 17, 2016
VENUE: Malleswaram, Bangalore
NO. OF MEMBERS: 16
PROJECT CHAIR: Rtr. Vivek Raveesh Bhatt
PROJECT TYPE: Stand Alone
AVENUE: PROFESSIONAL DEV. SERVICE
OBJECTIVE: To learn the basics of
zen art and cartooning.
OUTCOME: Through the
workshop members who
believed they could never
sketch or draw managed to
learn how to cartoon in a
simple and effective manner.
All thanks to our in house Da
Vinci Rtr. Vivek.
CLUB
WORKSHOPS -
MUSIC
DATE: FEBRUARY 14, 2016
VENUE: Malleswaram, Bangalore
NO. OF MEMBERS: 13
PROJECT CHAIR: Rtr. Sabareesh Arumugam
PROJECT TYPE: Stand Alone
AVENUE: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICE
OBJECTIVE: Members of the club who are also
music enthusiasts wanted to learn about
music as a profession. Hence a music workshop
with a student of KM Music Conservatory was
held.
OUTCOME: In a day long workshop the
members learnt about the history of music
development, the music industry today and
also basics of playing a musical instrument.
INTERNATIONAL SERVICE
IDYE
DATE: November 20, 2015
VENUE: Malleswaram, Bangalore
NO. OF MEMBERS: 06
PROJECT TYPE: Stand Alone
AVENUE: INTERNATIONAL SERVICE
Playing good hosts has always been a
pleasure for E-City. This year we hosted the
Kerala IDYE Team from District 3201. We
showed them around Malleswaram and
treated them to a delicious breakfast at CTR!
BEYOND
DATE: FEBRUARY 01, 2016
PROJECT CHAIR: Rtr. Vikhyath Benegal &
Rtr. Surabhi Chatrapathy
PROJECT TYPE: Joint Project Other
AVENUE: INTERNATIONAL SERVICE
OBJECTIVE: To connect with clubs across the
world, to understand the projects they are
carrying out in relation to International Peace
and Development.
OUTCOME: E-City connected with 11 clubs over
11 different countries and exchanged project
reports. The same was published in “Beyond” a
special edition of the club bulletin “E-Go”
DATE: FEBRUARY 5-8, 2016
VENUE: SRILANKA
NO. OF MEMBERS: 06
PROJECT CHAIR: Rtr. Rudravajhala Mukund
AVENUE: INTERNATIONAL SERVICE
Members of E-City participated in Rotasia
2016 at Sri Lanka. It being the first time out
of country for most of the team members, it
was a once in a life time experience. They
not only learnt about Rotaract but interacted
and connected with Rotaractors across the
world.
AID NEPAL
DATE: MARCH 1, 2016
VENUE: Malleswaram, Bangalore
NO. OF MEMBERS: 10
PROJECT CHAIR: Rtr. Rithika, Rtr. Boomika & Rtr.
Sanjana
AVENUE: INTERNATIONAL SERVICE
OBJECTIVE: To extend support to
Marpha Foundation, which is a
centre for extracurricular learning
for children of migrants in a remote
village in Nepal.
OUTCOME: The club mobilised 21 sets of
new clothes, blankets and children's
books, which were sent to Nepal along
with a local volunteer Ms. Samaiah
Sulthana.
And that is how change happens.
One gesture.
One person.
One moment at a time.