The Rotary Club of Madras South is Chennai’s second Rotary club, chartered nearly 60 years ago on 30th June 1960. The club celebrated its golden jubilee with eclat in 2009-10. The year 2019-20 is the diamond jubilee year; apart from events throughout the year, a grand celebration was organized on 29 February 2020. The club has 73 members, has given Rotary four Governors over the years, and is a cosmopolitan mix of youth and experience, of businessmen and professionals from a variety of disciplines.
Twleve students passed out of the Home Nursing course in April 2024, sponsored by our Club at ANEW, the NGO in Anna Nagar. These students get immediately obsorbed as home nurses and make gainful livelihood. Our President Bina Boaz was the guest of honour at the valedictory function of Home Nursing Course held on 12 April 2024, and distributed the certificates to the students.
On the ocassion of International Women's Day, our Club sponsored 10 pushcarts that help street vendors better livelihoold. This was done as part of the project organised by Rotary District 3232. Here is a picture of a vendor, before and after the project. Truly a project empowering women. Our Presidnet Bina Boaz participated in the event to handover the carts to the beneficiaries.
Our Club's Community Learning Centre in Kattur off OMR, Chennai got a shot in the arm as the training programme for women on tailoring and sewing was completed in March. It also marked a milestone commemorating International Women's Day and the women proved their prowess by displaying the dresses stitched by them. They also learned making shopping bags. It's the 12th year since the Centre was started during the Presidentship of Rtn. Seshadri under 'Happy Village' project.&...
Rtn. Bina Boaz
President
Rtn. Narayanan Krishnan
Secretary