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VOLUME 40 ISSUE 4 13th OCTOBER 2020 Volume 40 Issue 4 From the President's Desk Rtn. Dr. Srikanth AVS Rotary Indiranagar has been a proud partner of Needy Heart President: Foundation in doing yeoman service to the needy. Over the Rtn. Dr. Srikanth AVS years Rotary Indiranagar has collaborated with NHF in many Immediate Past President: initiatives. The subsidized heart surgery project with the Rtn. Manoj Agrawal Needy Heart Foundation has, over the last 10 years, President Elect: Rtn. Fazal Ur Rahaman conducted over 2000 surgeries on children and adults, thus Vice-President: saving precious lives. Rtn. AK Sugunan The project has harnessed the strength of over 10 Hospitals in Bengaluru. Secretary: This has been possible due to the magnanimity of all our donors and well- Rtn. Balakrishnan Narayanan wishers from the public and members of Rotary Bangalore Indiranagar. Joint Secretary: Rtn. Supriya Kandhari We acknowledge each of our donors and well-wishers for preserving the Director Club Service: human spirit of hope and extending themselves to offer a lifeline to those Rtn. Vipin Labroo whose lives depend upon it. Director Community We have always valued our association with NHF. We pledge to make Service: Rtn. Philip George this bond stronger by continuing to support needy patients. We Dy. Director Community acknowledge the opportunity given to us at RBI to have been able to Service: serve the patients and their families who have received a new lease of Rtn. Manju Verma life. Director Youth Service: I interacted with 2 families who had children with congenital heart Rtn. Gopinath N Director Vocational Service: anomalies who were operated successfully under our heart project. Rtn. Narssimhan Kannan “I did not know that heavy breathing, a fast heartbeat and frequently falling Director International ill were symptoms of congenital heart disease,” says Mrs. B resident of Service: Benniganahalli village, in Kolar district. Rtn. Ambica Motupalli Sergeant-At-Arms: Mrs. B lost her husband, the sole bread winner of the family 4 years back. Rtn. Saravanan Later, left alone, she learnt tailoring and has had to survive on the meagre Treasurer: earnings from that. Rtn. Baskar Moorthy Bulletin Editor: She kept taking her nine year old son Master S to the local healthcare Rtn. Kavita S Kekre centre but nothing helped. Things reached a head when her son Fund Raising Chair: complained of severe chest pain and one day fell while playing and had to Rtn. Ram Mohan Menon be rushed to a hospital in Kolar. Co-opted Directors: PP Rtn. Dr. S. N. Simha When the doctor said that he seemed to have a heart ailment, a probable PP Rtn. Karthikeya K Reddy congenital abnormality, which may require surgery to treat, Mrs. B felt lost PP Rtn. Shashank Kekre and hopeless. “We could not afford the cost of a surgery,” she says. Advisors: PP Rtn. N Krishnamurthy The doctor suggested she take her son to Jayadeva Institute of PDG Rtn. Badri Prasad Cardiology in Bangalore for further treatment. The cardiologist at PDG Rtn. Suresh Hari Jayadeva told her about the free heart surgery project of Rotary PP Rtn. Mahesh Parikh Indiranagar and Needy Heart Foundation and put them in touch with PP O Avenue Coordinators: P Khanna. PP Rtn. Harish Anand Rotary Indiranagar, NHF & Jayadeva Hospital came together and PP Rtn. Col Subramaniam facilitated the initial diagnosis and tests, accommodation, the cost of the PP Rtn. Shirish Mathur surgery and post-surgical care. The surgery was successful and Master S PP Rtn. Jagadeesh M is now normal and is a healthy child. PP Rtn. Prabhakar B 2 Volume 40 Issue 4 “My child has returned home healthy and happy,” says Mrs. B, adding that the Rotarians “were not my family or friends, not even people I know. But, they reached out to me and gave my child a new life. Thank you, Rotary.” Four-year-old Master N was a playful child but kept falling sick often. His parents, both of them daily wage laborers from Hasigala Village in Koppal District, could not fathom the reasons for their child’s frequent sickness. Any number of visits to the primary health care centers were of no help. Someone from the village suggested they take their child to Bangalore and seek help. They met the cardiologist at Jayadeva who put them in touch with PP O P Khanna. Again, Rotary Indiranagar and NHF came together and facilitated initial diagnosis and tests, accommodation, the cost of the surgery and post-surgical care of the child at Columbia Asia Hospital, Yeshwanthpur. Master N is now back at their village in Koppal district. His parents both illiterate, said that “Devaru Rotary sadasyara roopadalli bandhu namma maganannu ulisidaru” (It was GOD who came in form of Rotary Members and gave our child a new life). They are thankful that their child is healthy and can now lead a normal life. PP O P Khanna says that the families of the children who need surgeries are extremely poor and come from remote or small villages. “They were never exposed to quality health care. It was difficult for us to convince them that they will be safe and that we had no hidden motive. They weren’t ready to believe that someone who wasn’t even a far-off relative would fund such an expensive surgery.” He says, “This project is beyond borders, caste, creed or religion. Every week, children from across our state and other states are operated upon under this joint project “. “The aim of this initiative is to reduce the economic and physiological burden faced by families of children with congenital heart problems and help children live a happy and healthy life,” “From the main diagnosis to finalizing the hospital and getting the appropriate treatment for the Rotary patient, this joint project does everything to ensure that the child becomes normal” he adds. ~ Rtn. Dr. Srikanth AVS President, Rotary Bangalore Indiranagar 2020-21 3 Volume 40 Issue 4 Rotary International President's Message Rtn. Holger Knaack’s Message for Month of October 2020 During a recent Zoom meeting with Rotarians and Rotaractors, I looked at the smiling faces on my screen and realized how much our organization has changed in a short period. It is clear that there is no going back to the "old normal" in Rotary — and I see that as an exciting opportunity! Innovation and change are happening at so many levels as we rethink and remake Rotary. Rotary's new flexibility is blending with digital culture to drive change in ways that many of us have never seen before. We can learn a lot from Rotarians like Rebecca Fry — who, at age 31, already has 15 years of Rotary experience. I see Rotary as a phenomenal platform to change the world. I believe I can have the greatest influence by empowering others to create the change they wish to see in the world. I've gained leadership insights through my experiences in RYLA and Rotaract, and now, as charter president of the Rotary Social Impact Network, a new e-club. Engaging Rotary program alumni is key in forming new clubs. Our club is proof that Rotaractors and other alumni want to join Rotary — but sometimes they can't find the Rotary club that's right for them. Our club has 31 members, all between the ages of 23 and 41, and almost all of them are alumni of Rotary programs. We need to be able to integrate and align Rotary with the other personal and professional goals we're pursuing. In chartering this club, we set out to design a personalized model of Rotary that is focused on added value for our members. We have also sought to leverage connections — through Rotary Fellowships, Rotary Action Groups, and other international partnerships — in order to elevate our members' experiences beyond the club. Our club meets and manages most of its projects online, using Microsoft Teams to engage 24/7 in topics that interest our members. This also means our club is not geographically bound to any one location: Although many of us are in Australia, we also have members in Germany, Italy, Mexico, Tanzania, and the United States. Also key for our club is measuring the impact of our projects. For Plastic Free July this year, we created an awareness campaign promoting ways that individuals could reduce their use of plastics, and we reached more than 6,000 people. It's a project with a tangible impact that anyone can take part in wherever they are. I'm proud that, through our club, we are bringing people together for a new type of Rotary experience. I am excited for our future. All Rotary clubs have the opportunity to be innovative clubs, just like Bec's club. Let's trust those clubs, learn from them, and lend them our support. Change in Rotary happens at the grassroots level, as clubs lead the charge, defining what this new Rotary can be. Change is constant, and we have more work to do in many areas. It is important that we celebrate the contributions of people of all backgrounds and promote people from underrepresented groups so that they have greater opportunities to participate as members and leaders in Rotary. The tools to make Rotary more inclusive, more relevant, and more fun for everyone are at our fingertips. Let's use them now, and we will see how Rotary Opens Opportunities for ourselves and for those yet to discover us. HOLGER KNAACK President, Rotary International 4 Volume 40 Issue 4 Club Service The articulate & suave Director - Rtn. Vipin Labroo UTSAV – A Celebration of Four Festivals Fellowship at RBI has never stopped surprising us.