Saturday, February 23, 2008

Participation in 36th Rotaract District Conference(Pratibimba)

The 36th Rotaract District Conference, hosted by RC Chitwan, was held in Chitwan at BP Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital Hall on 16 & 17 February 2008. RC Tripureswor participated in this conference and seven members of the club were in Chitwan for the program. The program was inaugurated by DGN Rtn. Ratna Man Shakya. The first day of the conference included inauguration ceremony, photo exhibition, district session, presentations by Rotaractors, cultural program and initial round of Mr. & Miss. Pratibimba. Rtr. From RC Tripureswor Rtr. Purnima Joshi and Rtr. Rupak Pradhan participated in Mr. & Miss Pratibimba. Both Rotaractors dazzled the audience with their great performance. Rtr. Rupak rocked the floor with his Dhooming dance number and Rtr. Purnima made the audience think twice with her insightful speech.
The second day of the program was focused on choosing District Rotaract Representative (DRR). From among the nominated candidates Rtr. Manjusha Shrestha was appointed as the DRR for the Rota Year 2009/2010. On this second day some of our Rotaractors friends also visited the Chitwan National Park. They had a great time exploring the natural beauty of the park riding on elephants and sight seeing the wild animals in their natural habitat. The second day of the conference also included the finals of Mr. and Ms. Pratibimba. Both our Rotaractor friends were chosen for the finals which included a question answer round. After the finals were over the conference continued with zonal presentations and award ceremony. And when finally the conference was about to end the winners of Mr. & Miss. Pratibimba were announced and the pageant for Miss. Pratibimba was won by our fellow Rotaractor Rtr. Purnima Joshi. The other pageant for Mr. Pratibimba was won by Rtr. Dhiraj Shrestha of RC Kasthamandap.
Rotaract Club of Tripureswor would like to congratulate Rtr. Purnima Joshi and Rtr. Dhiraj of RC Kasthamandap for this great achievement. All in all Rotaractors from RC Tripureswor had a great time with fellow Rotaractors from other clubs and also got a great opportunity to learn and participate in Rotaract Movement.

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

National Polio Immunization Day (2 &3 February 2008)

Rotary Club of Tripureswor and Rotaract club of Tripureswor volunteered for “Polio immunization Program” on 2nd & 3rd Feb initiated by Rotary International, WHO and Government of Nepal. Total number of polio booths were 18 including Tripureswor, Teku and RNAC area. In total we assisted in the immunization of around 593 children. The total number of members involved for this cause was 5 Rotarians, 27 Rotaractors and 8 interacts. Out of these members, 3 Rotarians and 2 Rotaractors were in mobile team at this area and rest of them were busy helping in their respective booths. We had 2 members on average stationed at each booth.