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Cost : 5500    Direct Beneficiaries : 560   Man hours : 76

               Rotarians Involved : 19   Rotaractors Involved : 0

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               Rotractor Club President ...of Thane midtown has submitted the report. "On 24th October
               Rotarians and rotaractors of Thane Midtown celebrated WORLD POLIO DAY in Bandodkar
               college.  The  guest  of  honour  for  the  program  was  District  Governor  Dr.  Mohan
               Chandavarkar (district 3142) It was attended by NSS volunteers of the college. Rotary club
               has been a major fund provider for the polio eradication project since years and because
               of that we have no new reported cases of polio in India since last 5 year. Still polio virus is
               present in our neighbouring countries- Pakistan and Afghanistan that's why spreading the
               awareness  and  vaccination  is  needed.  The  program  began  with  a  informative  ppt
               presentation by rtr. Ajit Tamhane on history of Polio virus in the world and the use of new
               technology VVM ( vaccine viral monitors) used for total eradication of Polio virus. District
               Governor rtr. Dr. Mohan Chandavarkar addressed the crowd and took an oath along with
               all  to  eradicate  polio  from  the  world.  A  wonderful  video  was  projected  by  president  of
               RCTMT rtn. Rajendra Zende with the message as "we are very close to end the polio,
               everybody please co-operate with us to eradicate it completely from the world." Rotaract
               president rtr. Chinmayee Kelkar spoke about the contribution that rotaractors are making
               towards polio eradication and encouraged more and more students to join hands in the
               same. A banner saying JOIN ROTARACT with a QR code to fill up the membership request
               form was put up and many of the students approached her for the same afterwards. In all
               it was a great community awareness initiative celebrated by rotaractors along with rotary
               club. Attendance: 5 rotaractors and 14 Rotarians. Chimyee Kelkar...President Rotract club
               of Thane Midtown
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