Rotary organises service around seven areas. Our club chooses projects within them, sized to what our members can genuinely see through — not what sounds impressive in a report.
How we choose projects
A project reaches the club through a member who is prepared to lead it. It is discussed at a club assembly, costed, and put to the board. Projects that pass three tests get taken on:
- A real need, identified by the people affected rather than assumed on their behalf.
- A member who will own it from first survey to final handover.
- A maintenance answer. Who looks after it in year three? A water plant nobody services is worse than no water plant, because it also spends the money that would have bought one.
Where we work
Water and sanitation
Drinking water in government schools, toilet blocks, and the hygiene teaching that makes them get used.
Education and literacy
School infrastructure, digital classrooms, scholarships, and adult literacy.
Disease prevention
Health camps, screening, immunisation drives, and equipment for public hospitals.
Maternal and child health
Antenatal care, nutrition, and neonatal equipment for government facilities.
Community economic development
Vocational training, tools for tradespeople, and support for small enterprise.
Environment
Tree plantation, lake restoration, clay Ganesh drives, and waste reduction.
Peacebuilding
Training in mediation and dialogue, and support for communities affected by conflict.
Polio
Rotary began the fight against polio in 1979 and has been at it ever since, alongside the WHO, UNICEF, the CDC, the Gates Foundation and national governments. India was certified polio-free in 2014 after a campaign in which Indian Rotarians played a central part. The work has not stopped — surveillance and immunisation continue, because the disease returns wherever attention lapses.
Our projects
Individual projects are listed under Projects, each with what was done, who it reached, and who we worked with.