Rotaract Club of Mumbai Malabar Hills
Rtr. Anurag Patwardhan
President 2021-2022
Rtr. Zia Goswami
Secretary 2021-2022
PROJECTS
Quarter 1
Distributing Raincoats to Mumbai Police
The Rotaract Club of Mumbai Malabar Hills organized the event ‘Distributing Raincoats to Mumbai Police’. Considering all the efforts and sacrifices made by our guardians and heroes in these difficult times, we, at RCMMH decided to do our bit and help them out. On the 12th of July, Team RCMMH visited police stations and chowkis in areas around Malabar Hill, Marine Drive, Haji Ali, and Worli. We managed to distribute a total of 250 raincoats. It was highly inspiring and we were super glad to help and assist our heroes.
Meme Mania
What is the source of the biggest entertainment in today’s world? Obviously, memes. To see who’s the biggest entertainer of all, Rotaract Club of Mumbai Malabar Hill came up with an event called 'Meme Mania’. The winners of the same were decided through a polling system, wherein the audience voted on the club’s social media page. The event had a total of 8 participants from the following clubs: Rotaract Club of Mumbai Malabar Hill, Rotaract Club of Sophia College for Women, Rotaract Club of Mumbai Downtown, Rotaract Club of Hinduja College, Rotaract Club of Ramniranjan Jhunjhunwala.
It was a close call between Rtr. Akash Ojha from Rotaract Club of Ramniranjan Jhunjhunwala and Rtr. Bhumi Pathak of Rotaract Club of Sophia College for Women where Rtr. Akash won by a margin of 2% of votes.
Jeevandaan Blood Donation Drive
Rotaract Club of Mumbai Malabar Hills took the opportunity to participate in ‘Jeevandaan Blood Donation Drive’ organized by Rotaract Club of Bombay Mid-Town on 9th August, 2021 at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Station Mumbai, platform no.7 from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm. It was supported by Project Rise as well as Rotaract Club of Churchgate and Rotaract Club of Lala Lajpatrai College. The blood donation was assisted by Sir J.J Hospital Blood Bank. We were able to collect blood from 15 donors which would help up to 45 people in the future. Club President Rtr. Anurag Patwardhan later had the honor of interviewing the lead doctor, Dr Kulkarni regarding the FAQs of the blood donation.
Let’s Play UNO
Add friendship, betrayal and cards and you get UNO. Rotaract Club of Mumbai Malabar Hills organized the event ‘Let’s Play UNO’. We had participants joining from as many as 12 different clubs. The participants maintained playful banter. It was a fun event to see the participants trying to get the better of each other. All participants were required to play at least 3 matches to qualify for the further rounds. It was a very memorable event for all of us.
Rtr. Maryam Kagalwala from Rotaract Club of Bombay Midtown won the tournament.
Teach for Change
‘Teach for Change’ was an opportunity for the club to teach and share knowledge to the young and upcoming generation of the world. RCMMH in collaboration with Angel Foundation taught the kids from std 4th to 6th about the Indian Freedom Movement. The session started with an explanation about the history of India. From when Vasco Da Gama first sailed to Calicut till the Indian Flag was hoisted on 15TH August 1947. The session included various video clips to facilitate learning, from movies such as Mangal Pandey, Gandhi and the Legend of Bhagat Singh. The professor for the session was none other than our club President, Rtr. Anurag Patwardhan
Quarter 2
Celebrating a successful installation, in the right way.
How did we celebrate the grand success of our Installation Ceremony?
By sharing our happiness with those for whom we must especially work for - the underprivileged.
Inside tidbit: President Rtr. Anurag Patwardhan’s mother cooked dinner for the entire team to celebrate after the Installation Ceremony. The idea behind this was ‘Home Cooked Love.’ She very kindly and happily agreed to cook for 35 people.
Next evening we went on a food distribution drive, a donation of love and nutrition. We were overwhelmed with the love that these underprivileged people showered upon us. All the little kids were delighted by the tasty food, and wished us a Happy Diwali. With tears in our eyes and love and joy in our hearts, we wished them the same. The passer-by also wanted to join in! They encouraged their little daughters to also donate food packets.
Needless to say, our Diwali had started 2 days in advance.
RCMMH makes the city's beaches cleaner.
ROTARACT CLUB OF MUMBAI MALABAR HILL STRIVES TOWARDS MAKING MUMBAI CLEANER!
On 5th November, the club organised an event to clean up Girgaon Chowpatty beach after Diwali and remove waste as littering and garbage is a huge issue in India. The club worked together and separated the wet waste from the dry waste. Moreover, our club enjoyed the company of Viveck Vaswani, our guest for the event.
On 21st November, the club organised another community service event on Juhu Beach. This event encouraged people to clean up the beach and take on more social responsibility as we had many strangers on the beach join and help the members clean the waste. It was a very successful event as the club filled 4 bags of waste and the difference between the ‘before’ and ‘after’ clean up was quite evident as the beach looked much cleaner than before.
Quiz Up
Our sports directors hosted this event to increase awareness of the sports industry and the previous Olympic events. It was a very engaging event as members were keen on winning the tournament by answering the questions correctly.
At the end of the quiz, a few of the members had a debate on a sports related topic which kept both teams actively participating and answering counter questions thoughtfully.
WORLD DIABETES DAY
On the 21st of November, an event was held discussing the major risks of diabetes and what exactly it is. A lovely video was presented explaining the causes and effects of this disease, making this event very informative yet simplified.
It included all the basic knowledge one must know regarding real world issues and why it is becoming an issue even more prevalent than before.
ITS TIME TO QnA
This was an entrepreneurship event which was conducted on the 14th of December and included detailed explanations which gave insight about a business through an experienced entrepreneur’s point of view.
It was an interactive event which motivated participants to ask questions about the inner workings of a business, making it a very successful event.