Attendence in Talk Programme on Chinese Acupuncture

The program was organized by our sponsoring club Rotary Club of Patan South during its general meeting. On behalf of the club, Itr. Piyush Bhopalka, Itr. Jagadishwor Tamrakar and Itr. Aarjit Adhikary attended the program which was held at Hotel Clarion. The program was by one of the acupuncturist having a clinic at Prayag Pokhari. He detailed us about Acupuncture, herbal medicine and Moxibation. He also detailed about the history and the present conditions of the traditional Chinese medicine. He told that from 1979, Acupunture was recognized as an effective method of treatment by World Health Conference, Beijing.

Volunteered in Eye Cataract Programme

A joint project for treatment of eye cataract was organized by Lions Club of Kathmandu Young Minds and Interact club of Rato Bangala. The main aim was to check the eyes of aged person in Patan area. Members of Interact club helped by volunteering and doing different activities like calling up aged citizens nearby, raising the awareness, lining up the patient and so on whereas, members of the Lions club managed the doctors and other medical equipment. The event had started at around 10am. It ended in around 2pm. More than 100 people benefitted from this program. This program was a complete success. It was carried n Patan Multiple Campus. Some patients who were detected with the disease were taken to Lions Eye Hospital for free treatment.

Volunteering at KUSOM Annual Festival

KUSOM (Kathmandu University School of Management) Annual Festival, KAF 2010 is three days’ gala events with each different day dedicated to caring, celebrating and collaborating that will reflect KUSOM’s commitment to the society as the leading management school. As the trend, the KUSOM annual festival is going to be organized from December 24th to 26th December 2010.

KAF day 1 was based on the theme – KUSOM cares. Some of the events included in this program are Traffic Awareness; Earthquake awareness; Personality Development Workshop; Art Exhibition; Health Talk Program; distributing warm clothes, Blood Donation; Free Health Camp; Scholarship; Seminar for health awareness. The venue for this day was KUSOM Premises, Pinchhe Tole, Sasatancha, Balkumari.

In the second day, KUSOM Celebrates, the concert was organized along with the food stalls and the game stalls for the purpose of celebration with the people in Kathmandu. The events for this day include: Music Concert by the bands namely Robin and the New Revolution, Equals, The Axe, Albatross, Jindabaad and Aasish; Food Stalls; Fun Stalls; Game Stalls and Door Prizes. The venue for this day was Kathmandu Fun Park, Bhrikutimandap.

They required volunteers to carry out the programmes successfully and that’s where we came in. We helped the organizers and put out fliers and posters for the concert across the city. We even managed the crowd in the concert and participated in few of the programs that were held on day 1.

Blood Donation Programme

This project is organized by sponsor Rotary club, Rotary Club Of Patan South, along with Rotaract Club of Lele and Interact Club of Rato Bangala. Since the national blood bank is short on the supply of blood, hospitals are facing a big problem. Lots of patients are waiting on a long queue to be treated due to this shortage. So to help solve this problem we decided to organize a blood donation programme.

Our sponsor club took care of the initial stages of the programme with Nepal Red Cross Society which involved creating pamphlets and organizing the camp site and the expenditure too. The news about the program was spread on national television and even on a radio talk show. Our work started from the second phase of the programme, where we awared the people about the programme and the importance and benefits of donating blood. On the first day, after school, we visited every bank, mall, department store, pharmacy or any type of shop we came across on both lanes from Pulchowk to Jawalakhel Chowk and distributed pamphlets and humbly requested the locals to donate blood. On the next day we went from Jawalakhel chowk to the end of Kumaripati. We went to more than a hundred shops which covered about 2 km of road.

The donation programme was held on the 18^th of December. Luckily for us there was a concert and an education fair held near to the camp site so there was a big crowd. We had a total of 104 donors that day with many rejections. So we can term this programme a success.

Muffler Donation Project

This is a joint project done with the Interact Club of Pashupati in collaboration with Apanga Sewa Samaj(Society for the disabled) to mark the World Disabled Day. The society provided the differently-abled kids shelter and even provided education up to 12^th grade. We were inspired by the work the organization had achieved in a few years. Thus we decided to do this project to help the organization.

                Our main objective of this project was to distribute mufflers to all individuals, free of cost, that were protected by the society, since winter was closing in. We played with them, and even organized a small programme; where we sang, read out poems, etc. We even distributed fruits and chocolates. Moreover, we had a wonderful time with them as well as with the Interactors of IC Pashupati. This project really helped us to build fellowship between different interact members.

Attendence in Talk Programme on HIV/ AIDS

The programme was organized by Interact Club of Pashupati during their general meeting on 4th December 2010. On behalf of our club, 18 members attended the talk Programme by Mr. Sushil Khatri who briefed us all about the conditions of HIV/AIDS in our country and also gave the view of Nepalese people towards the people having AIDS. He also answered all the impatient questions put up by the people present in the meeting. The programme lasted for about 2 hours and a lot of knowledge had been gained.

Preserve Planet Earth Campaign

This is a joint interact project organized by the District Interact Council of District 3292. We cleared the long walkway starting from Sinamangal up to the airport. It was infested by different kinds of weeds and bushes. Several NGOs was responsible for the protection of this land but was neglected resulting in the degradation of its aesthetic qualities and cleanliness. Many interact clubs were called upon for this task. Among them we were one of the most active and enthusiastic club that participated. The Interact District Council supported in this activity.

Every Saturday or Sunday, we came together to trim and clear out the bushes from the area for three to four hours. Initially, we weren’t too willing, but once we saw the transformation that our work could bring, it brought a sense of achievement and fueled our motivation. We believe this project is progressing very well. This will surely benefit the Nepal Tourism Year 2011 as the pathway will be one of the first things the tourists will see during their arrival to Nepal. This will also benefit the people who come here for morning exercises (morning walks, jogging, etc).

Fund Raising Programme

The fund raising programme was organized during the World Interact week on 6^th November 2010. Our club thought it essential to have a fund raising programme because of which certain amount can be spent for community service. So, 19 members of our club went from house to house and later to Rotarians houses to collect fund. Actually, on this particular day, we had a national festival called Tihar which ranges for 5 days and on the 4^th day children go from house to house playing traditional songs called Deusi and we did the same. The total amount collected was Rs. 7500 from where Rs. 2000 was spent for a disabled centre where Mufflers were distributed during the cold. The remaining was kept as club fund. Along with the traditional songs, we also performed music and dance which entertained a lot of people. We were benefitted from this project since we received recognition from our society. Also, the Disabled centre was later benefitted from this project. This project was a huge success since we collected significant amount of money and served the community.

Interact Dashain Fellowship Program

The following program was organized by Interact Club of Pashupati on 18th September 2010 at Bishwa Bhasa Campus, Bhrikuti Mandap where Interact Club of Rato Bangala was formally invited. Most of the board members including President and Secretary attended this program and it was quite interesting. The program schedule included Certificate Distribution to all winners of Kite Making Competition, Greeting Card making Competition and sms writing competition which was held formerly in DAV School. All the kites made by those students were also on display. The Chief Guest of the program were DICC Rtn. Jenny Vaidya and Assistant Governor (AG) Rtn. Nugal Vaidya.

Attendence in Joint Installation Programme

The Club attended the Installation Programme organized jointly by Interact Club of Kathmandu Midtown and Interact Club of Kathmandu Midtown Kirtipur. Here, Interact President Piyush Bhopalka and Interact Secretary Jagadishwor Tamrakar were formally invited by District Interact Committee Chairperson Rtn. Jenny Vaidya. The program was conducted in the following way as shown in the schedule below:

The Club was also provided with its bulletin. The picture of the Bulletin is shown below:

Presidential Message

Dear Friends,

I welcome all the fellow Charter Interactors and Rotarians for Rota Year 2010-11. I am very happy to be the Charter President of Interact Club of Rato Bangala chartered on 25^th August 2010. I welcome all of you with the sense of optimism and serving above self. Our theme according to Rotary International this year is "Building Community, Bridging Continents", and thus derived from that I have my motto of "Service to People." Since our theme states to build communities, so we will be serving the people and through that we will be trying to connect ourselves to various continents in the world.

This is the charter year of this club and we all need to work hard for maturing our club. I hope that this coming year is very fruitful for me and for all the fellow Interactors of this club. I hope to serve people here as much as possible during my tenure. I would like to inform everyone that as the President, I would leave no stone unturned for the accomplishment of successful journey this year.

I am honored and privileged to work for the community. I hope for the best.

Sincerely,

Itr Piyush Bhopalka,

Charter President (2010-2011),

Interact Club of Rato Bangala

The Charter Governing Board members

• President                                           - Itr Piyush Bhopalka
• Vice President                                   - Itr Aarjit Adhikary
• Secretary                                          -  Itr Jagadishwor Tamrakar
• Treasurer                                          -  Itr Biplav Gauli
• Club Service Director                       - Itr Dibyamshu Shrestha
• Community Service Director             - Itr Sakar Lamichhane
• International Understanding Director - Itr Ojaswi Pandey
• Editor                                              -  Itr Benish Shrestha
• Editor                                              - Itr Nischhal Raj Dahal
• Sergeant-at-arms                             -  Itr Samikshya Siwakoti

1st Charter Day Celebration - 3rd September 2010

On this day, the 1^st Charter day of Interact Club of Rato Bangala and 13^th Charter day of sponsoring Rotary Club of Patan South were celebrated coherently. On this specific day, most of the charter members were present. The program began with a speech by District Governor Rtn. Tirtha Man Shakya. Then there were speeches by different other Rotarians who congratulated the Rotary Club and the Interact Club for their successful effort shown towards the community. Dr. Nawaraj Khatiwada was then inducted to Rotary Club of Patan South as a new member. After that, DG Tirtha Man Shakya handed over the Charter Certificate to Interact Club Charter President Itr. Piyush Bhopalka. Also, he collared the new President and moreover, handed over the President pin to him. Next, he himself pinned all the 44 charter members with the pin of Interact Club. Later, Itr. Jagadishwor Tamrakar and Itr. Lopsang Gurung performed a song dedicated to the Rotary. Finally, there was a photo session and a whorl of excitement for it and then it was followed by fellowship.