Rotary Club Hazaribagh Valley celebrated Press Day at Rohini Devi Rotary Eye Hospital, Mashipirhi, on Sunday. On this occasion, the President of Rotary Hazaribagh Colonel Vinay Kumar felicitated the mediapersons of Hazaribagh for their valuable contribution to the society.
Colonel Kumar informed that in year 2014-15 of Rotary Club Hazaribagh was started with the visit of Old Age Home and taking the blessings of the residents there. In this year under global grant Rohini Devi, Rotary Eye Hospital and Rotary Saheli Vocational Training Institute for Women has been started.
Talking about the future program, he informed, “In June 2015, we are going to have cataract operation of 2,000 patients with the help of Rotary Club, Gilford, England. Their representatives were here in last December and they have given us medical equipments of about Rs. 27 lakhs.
The vocational training institute will start functioning in coming June-July. Here with the help of Rotary Club, Rosenholm, Denmark, vocational training of sewing, knitting, beauty parlor, computer etc. will be given.
In this year under project Umang, Rotary Hazaribagh gave six sewing machines to poor widows to earn their livelihood, on Teacher’s Day felicitated two teachers, arranged interact club at St. Xavier’s School for adult education, awareness campaign for pulse polio program, free medical camp with the help of Paras Hospital, Patna, blood donation camp, programs for Swacch Bharat Abhiyan and donation to the victims of Nepal Earthquake are other activities to be noted, added Colonel Kumar.