Page 247 - Thane_Midtown_OCV_REPORT

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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