Rotary Bhawan, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Bagmati, Nepal

2018-19 Ram Gartaula (President)

2018-19 Ram Gartaula (President)

2018-19 Ram Gartaula was installed as the President:

– Sanitation project at Chaulakharka, Solukhumbu ($54,000) Rotary Club of Kathmandu with the support of Denish Rotary clubs is supporting Himganga Secondary School, Chaulakharka, Solukhumbu with sanitation project. Under this project, furniture (desk and bench) in all classes, gender and child friendly toilet with bathroom and drinking water supply scheme is being constructed.
– Green Laptop Distribution project at Gorkha and Bhaktapur : Green laptops distributed to 2 schools of Gorkha and 1 school at Nagarkot, Bhaktapur. ($39,000)
– Tree Plantation Program “Rotary Batika”: As an initiative towards environmental conservation, Rotary club of Kathmandu organized a tree plantation program at Shree Chunadevi Sec. School, Nagarkot on 11th August, 2018. Around 100 saplings of different species were planted by members in the loving memory of family members and past presidents.
– Scholarship and Lunch Support Project: Under this project Rotary club of Kathmandu provided scholarship support to 170 students of Sindhuli district along with regular tiffin support to 170 students. Scholarship along with school uniform, stationary, school bag and school shoes were provided to 100 students of Shree Kamala H.S. School and 70 students of Shree Kalika H.S. School. Similarly, regular tiffin support was provided to 40 student of Shree Kamala H.S. School, 70 students of Shree Kalika H.S. School and 60 students of Shree Himalayan Secondary School.
– Interact Club formation : On 5th April 2019, Rotary club of Kathmandu organized charter presentation ceremony of its new partner in service club; Interact club of Shree Chunadevi Secondary School, Nuwakot. 25 membered interact club lead by Charter president Itr.Aashman Tamang were inducted into Rotary family by District Interact Committee Chair (DICC) Rtn.Binita Pradhan as Chief Guest.
– 61st Charter Day Ceremony: Chartered on 13th April 1959, Rotary Club of Kathmandu had celebrated its 61st Charter Ceremony on 13th April 2019 at Hotel Himalaya, Lalitpur. DG Rtn. Chintamani Bhattarai addressed the ceremony as chief guest.
– Scholarship project : Rotary Club of Kathmandu distributed scholarship to 60 students of Shree Himalayan Secondary School, New Road, Kathmandu on 18th February 2019. Regular food support along with stationary support was provided to 60 students for two months. The program was organized in the presence of club President Rtn.
Ram Gartaula, PP Rtn.Suresh Satyal, Rtn. Suresh Man Singh and Rotaractors of Rotaract Club of Kathmandu.
– Menstrual Hygiene Management Project: Rotary Club of Kathmandu in coordination with Rotary Club of Corrimal and cooperating partner organization Connection Nepal supported 400 school girls of Shree Jalpa Devi Secondary School, Kamalbazar Municipality, Achham, Shree Satya Secondary School, Budhinanda Municipality, Bajura and Shree Samundra Secondary School, Shivapuri Rural Municipality, Nuwakot with reusable & eco-friendly Menstrual Hygiene Management
Kits. Similarly, reusable and eco-friendly sanitary pad making training was provided to 50 womens of Kamalbazar
Municipality, Achham and Budhinanda Municipality, Bajura.
– Support to School Student : On 13th June 2019, Rotary club of Kathmandu distributed shoes and socks to 30 underprivileged students of Shree Sankhu Basic School, Sankharapur, Sankhu, Kathmandu. The school was established in 1958. The program was organized in the presence of President Rtn.Ram Gartaula, PP Rtn. Suresh Satyal, Secretary Rtn.Sunita Karmacharya and Rtn.Rajendra Gautam.
– Container Kitchen Project: Volunteers from Rotary clubs at Australia volunteered to convert container into Kitchen at Kamala Higher Secondary School, SIndhuli. Those kitchen will assist to provide day meal to students, so that they will be able to receive quality education with nutritious food. Rotary club of Kathmandu is supporting students of this school with scholarships.
– Training on Child Birth Education & Emergency Birthing Skills : Rotary club of Kathmandu in collaborations with Rotary Club of Gisnorne RID 9800 Australia and Rotary club of Timaru RID 9980 New Zealand organized “3 days
training on child birth education and emergency birthing skills” from 9-11 May 2019 at Hotel Moonlight, Paknajol. 82 health professionals were benefitted from the training. Training was focused on Pregnancy, birthing and care of infants up to one year age. The project was coordinated by Rtn. Rajendra Gautam.
– Health Camp at Khokana: Rotary Club of Kathmandu organized Health Camp at Shree Yubha Pratibha Bidhya Mandir, Khokana on 25th May 2019. During the health camp, screening of gynae, eye, dental and general OPD was done and medicines were distributed. The health camp was organized from 9 AM to 3 PM. Dr.IndiraSatyal. Dr.Yuna Shrestha, Dr.Gaurab KC, Dr.Linda Shrestha, Dr.Rupesh Parel and Dr.ChandaniJaishwal were present in the camp. Around 500 benefited from the health camp.
– Projector and medical equipments handover to Janakpur Nursing Campus: With an objective of supporting students for their education, Rotary club of Kathmandu with the support of Rotary Club of Gisnorne RID 9800 Australia and Rotary club of Timaru RID 9980 handover multimedia projector and medical equipments to Janakpur Nursing Campus. The program was coordinated by Rtn. Rajendra Gautam.
– Uniform and stationary distribution: 110 students of Dhaulagiri Primary School and Udaya Secondary School of Baglung and Gulmi district were supported with uniform and stationary. The project was supported by Solidarity International and coordinated by Rtn. Rajendra Gautam.
– Computer Lab construction at Shree Chunadevi School: With the support of Rotary club at Japan, Rotary club of Kathmandu supported Shree Chunadevi Secondary with Rs. 21 lacs for the construction of computer lab. The lab was inagurated by DGN Rtn. Rajeev Pokharel.
– Blanket distribution to Spinal Injury Network Nepal: Rotary Club of Kathmandu supported 7 blankets to 15 childrens with spinal injury at spinal injury network Nepal, Jorpati.