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‘UDAAN:’ A Valentine’s Day with a difference…
A glimpse of UDAAN that was organised for specially-abled children in Nagpur
A glimpse of UDAAN that was organised for specially-abled children in Nagpur
A glimpse of UDAAN that was organised for specially-abled children in Nagpur
A glimpse of UDAAN that was organised for specially-abled children in Nagpur
A glimpse of UDAAN that was organised for specially-abled children in Nagpur
A glimpse of UDAAN that was organised for specially-abled children in Nagpur
On 14th February 2023, Rotary Club of Nagpur, along with the Department of Social Welfare- Zilla Parishad, had organized UDAAN: A day long event for specially-abled children. Every year Rotary Club of Nagpur celebrates Valentine’s Day with specially abled children to motivate and support these children in sports and to boost their confidence. This year again, around 700 special children, from 42 Specially Abled schools, took part in various sports activities. These included Deaf and Mute, Blind, Mentally Challenged and Physically Disabled category. The event was organized at Mankapur Indoor Stadium between 8:00 am to 4:30 pm.
The event was inaugurated by chief Guest, Aayushree Deshmukh, wife of Ashish Deshmukh, and Guest of Honor was Social welfare officer Mr Pravin Monde. Interactors of Modern School Band led the march past and Center Point school, Dhaba Interactors performed a heart touching dance drama “Hope”.
‘UDAAN’ is one of flagship project of Rotary Club of Nagpur and is sponsored by one of the Leading Hospitals of Nagpur- Lata Mangeshkar Hospital supported by Hotel Centre Point, Baidyanath, Dinshaw and Group Karamchand. Breakfast, lunch, snacks, along with gifts were given to them. Idea is to pamper them, in all possible way. All kind of medical facilities and all necessary precautions were taken.
UDAAN is a mammoth project with participation of close to 1000 people, which includes 700 specially abled children, accompanied by 150 Teachers and Technical Support Staff, with around 120 Rotarians and100 Rotaractors who served as volunteers in this noble activity. These rotaractors were from IGGMC, Sadabai Raisoni and Rotract Club of Nagpur.
In the beautiful venue of Manakapur Indoor stadium, many team sports activities were planned. Medals and awards were provided to the winning teams. All the participants, were also provided with T-shirt and tracks for the activity. President Nilufer Rana, Hon Secretary Sonia Khurana, Director Neerja Shukul and entire team worked hard for the project. The whole day event left beautiful memories for all.
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A total of 22 patients tested positive for COVID-19 in Nagpur in past 24 hours on Thursday. Almost 242 people were tested in the city, out of which 15 belonged to urban area while and 6 were from the rural areas, and one from outside Nagpur district.
At present, there are 72 active patients in the city. Three new cases of the new XBB.1.16 variant of COVID-19 were detected that took the total tally to five in the district.
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RCNV
Under the aegis of Diabetes patronage program at AIIMS, Rotary Club of Nagpur Vision – RCNV – members sponsored five children for this financial year by handing over a cheque of ₹1,25,000 to the Director of AIIMS Maj. Gen (Dr ) Vibha Dutta, SM.
This project takes care of all the needs like insulin, glucometer,special diet and other consumables required by the children suffering from the dreaded and debilitating disease type 1 diabetes.
President Shivani interacted with the authorities and incharge of the project Dr Meenakshi and her team. Joint secretary Dr Akshay Daga interacted with the beneficiary children and their parents exhorting the importance of discipline during the treatment.
President elect Ajay, secretary Ritika and Rtn. Arouni Verma were amongst those who were present at AIIMS, nagpur. Dr Sangeeta and Dr Akash conducted the proceedings. The gratitude felt by the parents and their blessings to our team exemplified the importance of this endeavour in shaping the lives of children suffering from type 1 diabetes.
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DPS MIHAN
Delhi Public School MIHAN was awarded with the Literary Leadership Excellence Award for the enthusiastic participation of its students in the National Young Authors Fair – the World’s largest Book Writing Competition held by BriBooks and powered by Education World.
More than 90 budding writers of the school availed the benefits of the excellent opportunity provided by the AI-assisted BriBooks platform which helped them to hone their storytelling skills .The plethora of creative designs helped the students to work on the illustrations needed for designing their novel. The pleasure of publishing one’s own novel and reaching out to the global readers was a thrilling experience for the budding authors.
The students also got an exposure to sell the books online and earn Author Royalty as a remuneration. The books published by several DPS MIHAN students have achieved milestones and won rewards in the categories of Best Author – Jury Awards for Content and Creativity, Best Selling Author Awards in the State and Global Feature Awards for International recognition.
The jury and guest list comprised of HE Noor Gilon,Ambassador of Israel, Saul Singer – Author of Best Seller ‘ Start -up Nation’ ,Dele Olojede- Pulitzer prize winner and Navyn Salem- Founder & CEO Edesia.
President and Pro-Vice Chairperson Ms.Tulika Kedia and Director Ms.Savita Jaiswal have congratulated the Principal Ms.Nidhi Yadav, staff and students for their sincere efforts to achieve this recognition.
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