Service through Fellowship! -An Overview!

Round Table International

About Round TableAn organization of non-political and non-

sectarian young men between the age group of 18 and 40.

The aim of the young men is to promote service, fellowship and goodwill in National and International affairs.

Round Table has grown to 43,000 members across 52 countries representing every corner of the world.

Round Table IndiaRound Tabling came to India in 1957 2600 member strong association 190 Tables across 72 cities and towns,

comprising of businessmen, entrepreneurs, technocrats and professionals.

Motto - “Service Through Fellowship”

RTI Community Service Projects

Community Service ProjectsBlood Typing - 1992 -

Enlisted over 30000 Blood Donors across the country.

Operation Thirst - 1993 -To provide drinking water source to village

people by sinking over 500 bore wells at a cost of over Rs.10 Million.

AIDS Awareness - 1994.

Community Service Projects… Project SMILE,

Dental hygiene for rural children by conducting several dental camps benefiting about 300,000 children in the year 1995.

"Right to Learn" – 1996Provide school infrastructureOver 140 school buildings Rs.70 Million, Benefiting 200,000 rural children

"Project Touch" – 1997 Adopted 2000 orphan children in association with SOS

Children's village at a cost of Rs.1.5 Million. Braille dictionaries in Tamil and Marathi

RTI released Braille Dictionaries in Tamil and Marathi languages and distributed the same to several blind institutions.

To educate 1 Million Children by 2008To build 1500 more schools

Budget : Rs. 200 Crores (US$ 40 Million)

Freedom Through Education

FTE Current Status - 2006Children touched : 550,000Schools built Over 1000Funds raised and invested: Rs. 80 CroresProjects in Progress: Rs 5 Crores

approximately.

Partner States for FTE Karnataka Andhra PradeshTamil Nadu GujaratRajasthanUttaranchal

International PartnershipsAssociation of Round Table Netherlands

adopted FTE as their National ProjectRound Table of Great Britain and Ireland

(RTBI) – current Sponsor for FTE from 2006-09

Kargil FundRound Table India performed its National

duty when it collected and handed over a sum of Rs.5.1 Million to the Prime Minister towards the Kargil Fund.

Disaster Relief Operations

Latur Earthquake - 1993During the earthquake in Latur in 1993, RTI

moved relief material within 24 hours to the earthquake hit villages.

Constructed a Community Welfare Centre in Latur

Orissa Cyclone – 1999-2000RTI launched "Operation Sadhbhavana“Construction of 4 schools at a cost of Rs.

2 Million by the Tables in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack.

RTI tied up with NOVIB of Netherlands and Centre for Youth Social Development to construct 15 schools at a cost of Rs.13 Million all over Orissa.

Gujarat Earthquake -2001Moved Relief Material from all over India Constructed 14 school buildings at a cost of

over Rs. 28 Million in Kutch and Surendarnagar districts of Gujarat.

Azim Premji Foundation has contributed a sum of Rs. 8 Million towards this initiative.

Tsunami Relief RTI is recognised by Govt. of Tamil Nadu

as one of the 8 NGOs taking up rehabilitation work in Tsunami affected areas.

A total of 120 primary schools were taken up by RTI for complete reconstruction at a cost of 60 Million Rupees – completed in June 2006 RTI also provided boats, fishing nets and

other accessories to the affected fishermen.

RTI Funding FeaturesPer-capita expenditure on projects of

Round Table India is Rs. 50,000/-, possibly the highest amongst all service organizations in India.

Round Table India is a Zero Overhead organization – in effect, 100% of funds go towards the charities

Donations in India receive IT benefit under Section 80G

FTE Goodwill Ambassadors Kajol & Ajay Devgan Sabeer Bhatia Narain KarthikeyanMadhavanRK MisraKiran Bedi

Corporates Citibank Coca-cola ICICI Bank Bajaj Allianz ITC DTDC Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance Co. Standard Chartered Bank Metlife Mysore Minerals Auditors

Mckinsey, Deloitte, Haskins & Sells

GovernmentEducation Dept. – Govt. of KarnatakaEducation Dept. – Govt. of APPrimary Education Dept. – Govt. of GujaratGovt. of Tamil Nadu – Tsunami ReliefGovt. of UttaranchalGovt. of Rajasthan

NGOsAziz Premji FoundationPratham Infotech FoundationGive IndiaCredibility AllianceRound Table NetherlandsRound Table Great Britain & IrelandRound Table SwitzerlandRotary Club – District 3230Hutch Delhi Half Marathon ‘06Standard Chartered Half Marathon ’07

RTI National Secretariat Bob Chandran Center

Round Table HouseII Floor, 69, Nungambakkam High Road

Chennai 600034INDIA

For more details please visit our websites: www.roundtableindia.org www.freedomthrougheducation.org

Phone:91 44 2827 5760 Fax: 91 44 2826 3862 E-mail: rti@vsnl.com

Round Table India