My Dear Fellow Rotarians,
At the outset, let me thank you for allowing me to pen down my thoughts for your club’s bulletin.
Friends, as we step into the Rotary Year 2023-24, it is vital for us to reflect upon the power of hope and its ability to transform lives. Hope fuels dreams, inspires action, and ignites change. We are people of action, and behind that action is care, compassion, empathy, and inclusion. We are most comfortable and satisfied when we are fully engaged in helping the humanity. Through interesting meetings, impactful projects, engaging activities and the dedication of us all, we will continue to be a beacon of hope, fostering positive change and transforming communities across the globe.
I am sure your club must have planned projects and engagements that are in tune with our organization’s core values, Vision and Mission as well as with our district’s thrust areas. Strike an ideal balance between continuity and innovation.
By focusing on pediatric cardiac surgeries, providing lifesaving surgeries to children suffering from congenital heart diseases, we shall create hope not only for the children but also for their families and communities.
Our passion for providing a nurturing environment for children during their formative years, thru happy anganwadis, shall enhance their infrastructure, facilitate access to nutrition, promote hygiene and sanitation, and empower teachers with training.
By implementing innovative techniques of bore well recharge, we aim to replenish underground water sources, ensuring a continuous water supply. This initiative fosters hope for a sustainable and water-secure future.
By promoting sustainable practices such as waste management, renewable energy adoption, green cover, upcycling etc. at surrounding residential societies, we will inspire people to take action and protect our precious natural resources.
As part of its commitment to environmental sustainability, RID 3131 introduces Rotary Green Friday, a global call to action. This initiative encourages each one to dedicate every Friday to activities such as avoiding use of AC, Reduce use of Tissue papers, using motion sensors for lights in common areas etc. By uniting individuals across the world under a common cause, Rotary Green Friday ignites hope for a greener and more sustainable future, one action at a time.
If we wish to achieve all these, we must put in our sincere efforts to attract the right kind of resources to Rotary. Resources can be in the form of members, funds, contributions and skills. Attracting members and engaging them meaningfully must form the core of our activities at club level. Clubs need to majorly focus on organic and sustainable growth, add young hands and nurture both, old and new members to make their Rotary Journey even more enjoyable. Once we create a rich members base, achieving all our dreams shall become a child’s play.
Talking about the bigger dreams and bolder projects, let’s not forget our biggest financer, The Rotary Foundation. Let’s remember that most of our bigger projects have been made possible due to funding from TRF through Global Grants. Let’s not forget the potential of TRF and let’s also not shy away or doubt the value of contributions rosarians make to TRF. Those who have been shying away, my only advice is, take an effort to learn more about this magical tool and I am sure you will start loving it as much as I do or even more. I urge all of you to contribute generously to The Rotary Foundation which will go a long way in rehabilitating people and creating hope for them.
Through collaborative efforts and unwavering commitment, Rotarians like you will continue to inspire individuals to join hands and create positive change that resonates across generations. Together, we can make a difference and create a world filled with hope, compassion and sustainable progress.
Vishwas joins me in wishing each one of you a very happening and successful year 2023-24 that is full of actions to “Create Hope in the World” and memories for a lifetime.
Rtn. Manjoo Phadke
District Governor
RID 3131 – 2023-24
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