Good Samaritan Ladies of Inner Wheel Club Help People Live Better Lives
Women Making A Difference! And with a Motto-“Empower and Evolve”, the Good Samaritan Ladies of Inner Wheel Club of Mangalore North, I W District 0318, Charter No-1818 have helped People Live Better Lives, through their various Community Projects, and the Team during the 2017-18 has donated nearly Rs 420,000 towards projects like Tailoring/Beautician/Mehendi Classes for girls; School fees for Needy students; Renovated a dilapidated auditorium of a Girls College; Scholarships to meritorious students; Renovation of a School; Uniforms for children; Donated Sports items and Books ; Helped needy patients in their treatment; Food for Old- Age Home inmates; helped a girl in her marriage expenses; helped a disabled person; and much more. And already this year under the leadership of incoming President Neena Shetty, the Club has donated Rs 25,000 to Inchara Foundation towards College fees of three girls; Rs 10,000 to DK Zilla Panchayat Hr Secondary School, Bolar; Rs 15,000 towards deserving student of Std 10 of Ramakrishna High school; and Rs 1250 towards Mannagudda School teachers fee for the month of July, a ongoing project. Wow!
Mangaluru: International Inner Wheel is the administrative body that acts as the umbrella for the organization worldwide. They are one of the largest women’s service voluntary organizations in the world and are active in more than 104 countries, having more than 105,000 members in 3,895 Clubs. Inner Wheel clubs, districts and countries take part in a wide range of work for charities and causes across the world with the aim of helping people live better lives. Inner Wheel has three key objectives: To Promote True Friendship; To Encourage the Ideals of Personal Service, and To Foster International Understanding. Any woman who shares the three central aims of International Inner Wheel can join the organization. The Club is also dedicated to the pursuit of a society in which women are given equal opportunity and are equally represented in every sector. They fight to ensure that women’s voices are heard and that the right support is given to those who are vulnerable. Women from everywhere should always have the right to live free from violence, slavery and discrimination; to be educated, and have the right to vote and to earn equal pay. It is the Club’s mission to create a society where this is possible.
And for that matter, the Mangaluru Inner Wheel Club with dedicated, enthusiastic, determined, educated, energetic, hard-working, passionate members have raised their Club to greater heights, and helped the community in various means, thereby making a difference in peoples lives and earning the love from the people they cared and served. The annual report presented during the installation ceremony on Friday, 6 July clearly showed the contribution made by the generous and dedicated members of this prestigious Inner Wheel Club to the society. During the 2017-18 has donated nearly Rs 420,000 towards projects like Tailoring/Beautician/Mehendi Classes for girls; School fees for Needy students; Renovated a dilapidated auditorium of a Girls College; Scholarships to meritorious students; Renovation of a School; Uniforms for children; Donated Sports items and Books; Helped needy patients in their treatment; Food for Old- Age Home inmates; helped a girl in her marriage expenses; helped a disabled person; and much more.
And already this year under the leadership of incoming President Neena Shetty, the Club has donated Rs 25,000 to Inchara Foundation towards College fees of three girls; Rs 10,000 to DK Zilla Panchayat Hr Secondary School, Bolar; Rs 15,000 towards deserving student of Std 10 of Ramakrishna High school; and Rs 1250 towards Mannagudda School teachers fee for the month of July, a ongoing project. This shows that the new team of 2018-19 is already rocking with projects for the betterment and benefit of the society. Like Neena Shetty had mentioned in her acceptance speech quoting Winston Churchill, “We Make A Living By What We Get. But We Make A Life By What We Give”. No doubt these energetic and bubbling ladies who have already and will be making a difference in peoples lives by their generous sharing and giving. They are all geared up with the Club motto-“Empower and Evolve”!
While the new team took over during a glittering and glamorous 49th Installation function, the programme began with a prayer by Rajani Rao, followed by welcome address by out-going president Usha Sudhakar. An audio-video presentation of the activities of the Club during 2017-18 was presented by Secretary Kavitha Sanoor. In her farewell address, the out-going president Usha Sudhakar extended her gratitude to all her board members and the Club members for their unstinted support and encouragement, which made her reach the Club under her tenure to greater heights and earn lots of accolades. Following the introduction of the incoming president by Club Past President Shobhana Manohar, it was time to hand over the power of the Club to the New Club President, Neena Shetty.
Installation of the new team for 2018-19 was done by Past District Chairman Chitra Rao, and Club pins were presented to the Team Members namely- Neena Shetty {President}; Usha Sudhakar {Immediate Past President}; Asha Nayak {Vice President}; Savitha Shetty {Secretary}; Vasanthi {Joint Secretary}; Rajini Bhat {Treasurer}; Sharmila Sagar {I S O}; and Kavitha Kamath { C L C C}. In her acceptance speech, Neena Shetty said, “This is a great honour to accept the president’s post. And I am confident that I will have a smooth sail, and if at all the wind gets rough I still have the support of my present energetic board members, who match the best football team in their enthusiasm and rest of the Club members who will be the ‘Wind Beneath My Wings’ and take me forward”.
“I will try to do my best, and with my Club Members, well-wishers, family, relatives and friends beside me, behind me and in front of me, I feel strengthened to carry out my duty as President of this prestigious Club. I seek your cooperation and conclude by saying, ‘When We Are Together, We Are Empowered, and When We Are Together, We Evolve’. Together let us ‘Empower’ the underprivileged and ‘Evolve’ as better human beings. Finally quoting Winston Churchill, “We Make A Living By What We Get. But We Make A Life By What We Give”. Let’s all join to make a difference in the society” added Neena Shetty.
Through a grand presentation enacted through a skit by Malini Hebbar and her team on Cooking techniques, a Cookery Book was released by Guest of honor DG Rtn PHF Rohinath P, following which in his address to the audience he said, “You should be all glad that in six years from now your Inner Wheel organization will reach 100 years. I am happy to see all energetic and enthusiastic women members of this Club who have done yeomen service to the society through various projects. Like Rotary where we care for the community, similarly, Inner Wheel also catered to the needs of the society. Keep up the good work, and encourage the ideals of service, and make a difference in peoples lives”.
Following the introduction of the Chief Guest done in a witty presentation by Secretary Savitha Shetty, Kavitha Kamatha and Malini Hebbar, the Chief guest Preetam Kamath, a professional Soft Skills Trainer and Counsellor, speaking on Women Empowerment said, “Women empowerment is empowering the women to take their own decisions for their personal dependent. Empowering women is to make them independent in all aspects of mind, thoughts, rights, decisions, etc by leaving all the social and family limitations. It is to bring equality in the society for both male and female in all areas. Women empowerment is very necessary to make the bright future of the family, society and country. Women need a fresh and more capable environment so that they can take their own right decisions in every area whether for themselves, family, society or country. In order to make the country fully developed, women empowerment is an essential tool to get the goal of development”.
“Women constitute half the power of the country, so in order to make this country a fully powerful one, women empowerment is very necessary. It is empowering women to understand their rights to be independent in every area for their proper growth and development. Women give birth to the baby means the future of the nation so only they can better involve in making the bright future of the nation through the proper growth and development of the children. Women need to be empowered instead of treating as a helpless victim of male chauvinism. The most famous saying said by the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is, “To awaken the people, it is the women who must be awakened. Once she is on the move, the family moves, the village moves, the nation moves”. As an all-women club, you need to Empower and Evolve. Best of luck to Neena Shetty and her team for a successful year ahead, full of vigour and action” added Ms Kamath.
Donations were handed over to three organizations/institutions by president Neena Shetty, followed by the vote of thanks by VP Asha Nayak. The programme was professionally compered by Chandrika Bhat and Meera Krishna. After a bunch of photos session and selfies, the glamorous function ended with a sumptuous dinner.
In conclusion, compliments to this all Women Inner Wheel Club, who are born to make a difference in the society, through their caring and serving projects. Women play an essential role in creating a more peaceful and just world. You can see it in all of World Learning’s education, sustainable development, and exchange programs: women around the world are making a difference in peacebuilding, civil rights, science, and countering extremism. “If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.” had said Margaret Thatcher, and looking at all these energetic, enthusiastic, hardworking and what not, it clearly shows, the all-women Inner Wheel Club can work wonders with all the things and projects they do, serving the community. A job well done, and keep up the good that you are all entrusted with. You women, Simply Rock!
