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Rotary Vocational
Training Centre
Rotary Club of Chandigarh runs a
Rotary Vocational Training Centre (RVTC) which is housed in its own
building in the centre of the city.
Over 4,000 children have been
benefitted so far.
RVTC, besides hosting the regular club meetings in its spacious centrally
air-conditioned auditorium, runs regular classes for the boys and girls hailing
from economically poor families. They are provided basic skills in
various disciplines to enable them earn their livelihood with pride. The following programmes are run at the RVTC at the moment :
 Tailoring
& Embroidery Course for Girls
Typewriting & Shorthand for Boys and Girls
Computer
Basics for Boys and Girls
Beauty
Culture for Girls
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 Rotary House, which also
houses the auditorium, where Rotary Club Chandigarh meets every Monday.
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Intercontinental Medicare
Mission
Initiated by Past Rotary International President, R.K. Saboo, the
Intercontinental Medicare Project has demonstrated the spirit of selfless
service, where Rotarian doctors along with volunteers go to different countries
to conduct surgeries, implant IOCs, etc.
In the past 10 years the mission led by him has travelled to different
countries, including Cambodia, Uganda, Nigeria, Ethiopia.
During 2005-06, the Mission went to one of the poorest districts in India,
Kalahandi in Orissa. Later, another mission went to Lesotho in Africa.
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Other Major Rotary Projects
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Rotary PGI Serai
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The first one to be built and handed over to PGI
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Funeral Van
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To the PGI
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Blood Van
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To Blood Bank Society
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RVTC
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Imparting training to children from economically
backward backgrounds
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International Dolls Museum
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Set in in Bal Bhavan, Sector 23, Chandigarh. Set
up in 1983-84, the
museum houses dolls from almost every part of the world, as also
a toy railway station gifted by Rotary Club of Ebingen, Germany
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Dental Van for Slums
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Under TRF Matching Grant, provided to the UT
Health Department
for dental care in slums
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Rotary Balwaris
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In Maloya and Dhanas village for children from
slums
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Govt School, Bapu Dham
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School adopted for granting scholarships to the
needy
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Bal Bahar, Bapu Dham
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Creche cum nursery school being run in Bapu Dham
colony
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