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Career Guidance
Career guidance is essential for school children as it plays a significant role in shaping their future by helping them make informed decisions about their education and career paths. Here are the key ways in which career guidance benefits school children.
Shakthi – Global Grant
Project SHAKTHI Global Grant Project by RCME Cancer is rapidly emerging as a matter of public health concern in India, and in the city of Chennai. Out of the new cancer cases registered in India (610,084 cases), 319,098 (52.4%) were reported in males, and 290,986 (47.6%) in females. However, in…
Smart Vision – Visual Aid for the Visually Impaired
Smart vision Aid aims to improve the everyday lives of the visually impaired. This aid helps them with navigation, reading, facial recognition using a combination of AI-powered glasses and mobile connection.
Paarvai – Cataract Surgeries
Paarvai aim to do cataract surgeries for the underprivileged people or for a community in association with Arvind Eye Hospital. We thank our sponsor L&T MindTree
Healing Tiny Hearts
Sponsorship of up to 500 Pediatrics heart surgeries for children from underprivileged backgrounds supplementing the Chief Minister’s Insurance Scheme, in collaboration with Apollo Hospital and its well-recognized surgeons. The patient need not bear any additional cost.
Urban Miyawaki Forest
The Miyawaki method is a technique of afforestation that aims to create dense, native forests on small plots of land in a short period. Developed by Japanese botanist Dr. Akira Miyawaki, this method has been widely adopted in urban areas to increase green cover, improve biodiversity, and combat urban heat…
Paarvai
In collaboration with Aravind Eye Hospital, Paarvai offered 7500 free cataract surgeries to the economically disadvantaged this year. The initiative was made possible through a Rs. 1.5 crores CSR contribution from LTIMindtree. This impactful partnership underscores the commitment to improving healthcare accessibility for vulnerable communities. The Paarvai campaign's success can…
Panoply of Projects
Annapathiram
Annapathiram, meaning "feeding the needy," is a cherished tradition rooted in South Indian culture, particularly in Tamil Nadu. This practice embodies the essence of compassion and community service, emphasizing the importance of providing sustenance to those in need. RCME members demonstrate compassion by contributing to Annapaathiram, providing meals to the…
Interact Clubs
An Interact Club is a service organization for young people ages 12 to 18 that is part of Rotary International. Interact stands for "International Action" and focuses on community service, leadership development, and international understanding. Each Interact Club is sponsored by a local Rotary Club, which provides guidance and support
Job Fair
A job fair, also known as a career fair, employment fair, or recruitment fair, is an event where employers and job seekers meet to discuss employment opportunities. These events can be organized by various entities such as companies, universities, career service organizations, professional associations, and clubs
Rotaract Club – Stella Maris
A Rotaract Club is a service club for young men and women ages 18 to 30 that is part of Rotary International, a global humanitarian organization. The name "Rotaract" stands for "Rotary in Action," and the clubs focus on community service, professional development, and international understanding. Clubs are grouped into…
E-Waste Management
E-waste management is the process of handling discarded electronic devices and components in a way that minimizes environmental impact and promotes the recovery and reuse of valuable materials. An e-waste drive is a community or organizational event aimed at collecting electronic waste for proper disposal and recycling. These drives help…
Annettes Club
"Annette's Club" does not refer to a specific, widely recognized group within Rotary International. It is possible that it might be a local or unofficial group named after a person named Annette, or it could be a specific initiative or project within a particular Rotary Club. Rotary International has various…
Career Guidance
Career guidance is essential for school children as it plays a significant role in shaping their future by helping them make informed decisions about their education and career paths. Here are the key ways in which career guidance benefits school children.
Singara Chennai
Beautification of city with themes of sensitising people on the importance of health and wellness. Painting government schools/observation homes, government hospitals with emphasise on girl child empowerment.
Leadership and Skill Development Programmes
Install new Youth Clubs in schools and colleges and to bring about effective youth engagement in Chennai. Approximate Budgeted Cost Rs.10,00,000/- Number of beneficiaries- 3000 students
WASH – Water and Sanitation
Clean drinking water and sanitation is imperative for the well being of the community. A large number of communicable and bacteria based diseases can be avoided with proper sanitation. As part of this, RCME proposes to build two toilet blocks in corporation identified public areas at a cost of RS.…
E-Shala – Enhancement in Literacy and Education
Education is the fundamental right of every Individual. RCME through its school infrastructure project will impact more than 10,000 underprivileged students in schools such as Vivekananda education Society and Ramakrishna Mission 1. Smart Board and content at a value of around RS. 1,50,00,000 2. Science Lab- Updating biology, Physics, Chemistry…
NShakthi
The program aims to impart training to unskilled underprivileged women and equip them to become skilled painters. To enable women to earn a livelihood by empowering them with the skill and step into a domain almost 100% male dominated. We are targeting 1000 underprivileged women every year.
Terry Fox Run
Terry Fox Run, an annual non-competitive charity event conducted across 600 cities in 53 countries to raise money exclusively for cancer research. RCME has been successfully conducting Terry Fox run in Chennai since Year 2000
Idhayaganam
Idhayaganam, a project of RCME, started its journey way back in 2010-2011, with Rtn. Ramana as Chairman and has been continuing month after month without a break.
Community College
The Chennai Corporation Community College was started in the year 1999 as a joint initiative of Rotary Club of Madras East with Greater Chennai Corporation and Foundation for Vocational Training to further vocational & employment opportunities for underprivileged students.
Winners Learning Centre
The Chennai Corporation Community College was started in the year 1999 as a joint initiative of Rotary Club of Madras East with Greater Chennai Corporation and Foundation for Vocational Training to further vocational & employment opportunities for underprivileged students.
The Skilling Programmes
The skilling programmes will impact around 1000 underprivileged youth and women. Some of the programmes are Tailoring, Painting, Adobe, Web designing, BPO, Tally, Baking, Plumbing, AC mechanics and Electrical. These programs will be conducted in the two existing centers of Bheemenapet Community College in Alwarpet and Vocational Excellence Center(VEC) at…
Nutri Garden
The Nutri-Garden initiative by the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) is a significant program aimed at addressing food and nutritional security in India, particularly in rural and underserved communities. The primary objective of the Nutri-Garden initiative is to ensure that families, especially those in rural areas, have access to a…
Solar Power
Let us help trap the most abundantly available renewable natural energy source and not only bring light to homes and reduce the recurring cost of environmental protection by reducing carbon emission by enabling a shift to solar power. Â Approximate Budgeted Cost Rs.50,00,000/-
Lake Restoration
The Agaramthen Lake restoration efforts were inaugurated in a ceremony on the 28th of October jointly by the Collector of Chengalpet, MLA of Tambaram and Members of Rotary Club of Madras East. This lake is a significant water body part of the larger Madambakkam, Sithalapakkam, Vengadamangalam, Kovilanchery block spreading around 150+…
Shakthi – Global Grant
Project SHAKTHI Global Grant Project by RCME Cancer is rapidly emerging as a matter of public health concern in India, and in the city of Chennai. Out of the new cancer cases registered in India (610,084 cases), 319,098 (52.4%) were reported in males, and 290,986 (47.6%) in females. However, in…
Wings to Fly
Wings-To-Fly (W2F), is a flagship project of RCME, to bring awareness to the Corporation school children, that there is a much larger, bigger world out there, full of opportunities for them.
Paarvai – Cataract Surgeries
Paarvai aim to do cataract surgeries for the underprivileged people or for a community in association with Arvind Eye Hospital. We thank our sponsor L&T MindTree
Smart Vision – Visual Aid for the Visually Impaired
Smart vision Aid aims to improve the everyday lives of the visually impaired. This aid helps them with navigation, reading, facial recognition using a combination of AI-powered glasses and mobile connection.
Dialysis and diagnostic Centers
In partnership with Greater Chennai Corporation, RCME aims to set up a fully functional Dialysis unit in Chennai’s Urban Community Health Center that serves a population of over 2.5 lakh people.
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Social Impact by RCME since 2011
Lives Impacted Directly
Service & CSR Partners
Volunteers & Contributors
Contributed to Projects
LIVES IMPACTED DIRECTLY
10,00,000
VOLUNTEERS & CONTRIBUTORS
5,050
SERVICE & CSR PARTNERS
156
CONTRIBUTED TO PROJECTS
Rs.60,30,00,000
RCME at its Best
Community Service - Development
Lending a hand to help the underserved, addressing concerns not adequately resolved by appropriate authorities and investing in solutions that leave a lasting impact. The 50 school rebuilding project worth 35 million rupees and the Smart Classroom project valued at 15 million Rupees are just two recent endeavours.
Youth Services
Our Interact and Rotaract bring us hosannas with their active engagement with the community be it participation in our varied initiatives or spearheading programmes by themselves. Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) brings to the forefront their enthusiasm that seems contagious. With Wings To Fly moving to this avenue, there will be greater buzz.
Club Service
The focus is in engaging the members and their spouses as one large and happy Rotary family. We have stretched that example to the entire district using cricket as the muse with our month-long Paul Harris Cricket Carnival that binds cricket loving Rotarians from city clubs and Fireside meets and Tours are making our club one big family.
Vocational Service
Club stays passionately committed to skilling and providing employment opportunities to those left behind by an unforgiving system. Our Vocational Excellence Centre and the Bheemannapet Community College are two such projects that have seen great traction.
The Rotary Foundation
All the great work that happens in the Rotary world is mostly financed by The Rotary Foundation. Member contributions, individual and corporate donations have built the foundation the formidable front that always gives. Campaigns as compelling as Drive Polio are the result of a singular effort from TRF. Our club contribution over the years has surpassed a million dollars.
International Service
We are seen participating in third country initiatives as in Uganda but we partner international clubs as much in getting them to invest their resources in India on Global Grant Projects. Sister club arrangements and regular meetings in both countries bolster this relationship.
Community Service - Health
Amongst our biggest forays, this has seen us invest heavily in beefing hospital infrastructure providing affordable healthcare, run a 16 bed dialysis centre at the PHC in Nungambakkam, help give life to 500 poor children suffering from congenital heart disease and eyesight to 300 using smart AI assisted vision gadgets.
Environmental Service
This might will be a new avenue in Rotary but in the last 30 years we have been creating global awareness through seminars on Green Earth, Sustainable Development, Water Management and Biomass. We have taken up Miyawaki forest growth. We have restored many a lake to its pristine beauty with stunning results. A nutri-garden in the heart of the city is the talk of the town.
Membership Development
Growth is the hallmark of every organisation. Rotary hasn’t grown enough. The world will be a better place if it would. Gender equity is another measure of the growth metrics were much more needs to be done. For a first we have a woman as Rotary International President. It augers well, and we are excited.
Service Partners
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