1. School uniforms to needy children:  On Independence Day, 15^th Aug 2000, a total of 110 school uniforms valued at Rs. 28,000/- were distributed to the underprivileged students of various schools.  Medicines worth Rs.15,000/- and Rs2,000/- towards education promotion were donated to Vidya Jyothi Hr Primary School.  This was followed by a tree-planting ceremony at our Club’s RCC at Bondanthila and a visit to Vridhashram old age home where twenty pairs of footwear and old clothes were given to the inmates.  
2. Midday meals to needy children:  One of our ongoing projects is the providing of mid-day meals to the poor students of Vidya Jyothi Hr Primary School at a cost of Rs.24,000/-per year.
3. Tailoring Classes:  A tailoring class is conducted at our RCC at Bondanthila on a regular basis.
4. Child Care Insurance Program:  Under the child care insurance program initiated this year, our club has contributed Rs.5000/- towards the insurance premium of 5000 children under a scheme that provides insurance cover of up to Rs.25,000/- per child.
5. Low Cost Shelters:   45 Low Cost Shelters are being built under the supervision of our Rotary Club in the South Kanara and Udupi Districts.  Beneficiaries have been identified by eight clubs in those districts.  As this is a matching grant programme, clubs contributed US $12,400/-.  12 Donors have been identified by these clubs and recognized with PHF citation.  2 of these members are from our club.
6. Interact District Conference: Our Club will be hosting the Interact District Conference on 16^th & 17^th of Dec 2000 in association with Inner Wheel Club of Mangalore North, Interact Club of Ladyhill Victoria Girl’s High School, St Aloysius High School and Amritlalji High School, Kelrai.
7. Career Guidance Program: On 6^th September 2000, our club conducted a Career Guidance Program at the premises of Roshni Nilaya for the 9^th and 10^th standard students of five schools.  In all, 131 students and 4 teachers attended.  The choices open to the students at the end of their schooling, how to choose a career according to aptitude as well as other factors, how to face interviews and various aspects of banking were the topics which were lucidly explained to the students.   Two career guidance books were given to each of these schools.
8. Vocational Awards:  Each year, five powra-karmikas from the Mangalore City Corporation recognized for excellence in their work during that year are honoured on Rajyothsava Day.
9. Truckers Community Health Centre:  One of the frontline projects taken up by our club since the Rotary Year 1995 -96 has been the cause of AIDS. As it is well known this dreadful scourge AIDS has transcended all boundaries and has made tremendous inroads into all third world countries including India. In order to combat this growing problem and in an attempt to safeguard the youth of Mangalore, Rotary Mangalore Mid Town has been actively involved in serving this most demanding social cause by means of various programmes that we have undertaken in the recent years. In an attempt to prevent the spread through high-risk groups such as truck drivers, a Truckers Community Health Centre has been set up on National Highway 17 at its entry point into the city of Mangalore. We have also established a cell known as the AID TO AIDS CELL with is located at the Zonal Testing Centre for AIDS at the University Medical Centre, Mangalore. The cell equipped with a full time counselor has been  counseling Aids patients and their families and has also been involved in the rehabilitation process of AIDS victims, particularly those rejected and ostracized by their own family members.  Consequently, it was felt that a palliative care centre for these unfortunate AIDS victims was the need of the hour. 
10. Snehadaan – A centre for rehabilitation of victims of AIDS: The realization of the dream to set up a palliative care centre for AIDS victims began when our Rotarian Eugene Rent and Ann Benita Rent donated 2.6 acres of land to the Order of St. Camillus, an Italian congregation, who joint forces with Rotary Mangalore Mid Town to set up this project. The Centre measuring about 36,000 sq. ft. when completed by December 2000 would cater to about 40 full-blown AIDS victims and their families.  Visit the Snehadaan website at http://snehadaan-mng.org for the complete report

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