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TAARE ZAMEEN PAR

The much awaited programme “Taare Zameen Par” was held at Jaganmohana Palace on 26th

February 2012. Nearly 810 Special Children and their parents had all gathered for the annual

cultural programme of Rotary Mysore. Honorable Minister Sri. S.A. Ramdas was the Chief

Guest and our Police Commissioner Sri. K.L. Sudheer was the Guest of Honour. The

programme started at 9.00AM and went on till 6.00PM. The Special Children of various

institutions participated with lot of Zeal and Enthusiasm. It was a touching experience to

watch the Special Children and their parents, many of us were very much emotionally moved.

Around 13 Schools participated in the programme the teachers of these schools did a

wonderful job and had trained the children to perform. There were many events to perform

some are:

1. Fancy Dress

2. Dance

3. Drama

4. Fashion Show and so on

The children of each school were given 3 prizes and 2 consolation prizes apart from a memento

to all participating and non participating children and the teachers.

Earlier in the day Honorable Minister Sri. S.A. Ramdas declared that he wish to give the

parents of these children who stays in rented houses an own house under Ashraya Scheme.

Our Rotarians contributed financially and also physically in the programme. We convey our

respects to Rtn. PP. Ravikumar, Rtn. Sunil Kumar, Rtn. Kaleem Mohammed and all the

Rotarians for putting all the effort in making this event a memorable one.

ROTARY NEWSROTARY NEWSROTARY NEWSROTARY NEWS WHO takes India's name off polio endemic countries list India, which has been polio-free for over a year now, was today taken off the list of polio endemic countries by the World Health Organisation. This announcement was made by Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad at the polio summit 2012 in New Delhi in the presence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Azad said he has received a letter this morning stating that the "WHO has taken India's name off the list of polio endemic countries in view of the remarkable progress that we have made during the past one year." There were only four countries in the WHO endemic list, including Pakistan, Nigeria and Afghanistan. After being removed from the list, India will have to remain polio free for the next two years to achieve the polio-free status with concerted efforts and an emergency preparedness and response plan, WHO representative in India Natela Menabde said. The Prime Minister, while lauding the achievement, said the real credit goes to 23 lakh volunteers who repeatedly vaccinated children even in the most remote areas. He said the success of the effort shows that "team work pays". Singh said, "This gives us hope that we can finally eradicate polio not only from India but from the face of the earth." Menabde said it was a major public health achievement globally. She said it is not just an achievement for India but a major progress for global polio eradication. Though many countries have achieved this goal, every country is still under the threat of polio as long as the virus existed, she warned. Countries have to keep administering vaccination and keep the immunity level of children high, besides stepping up surveillance to ensure polio virus does not enter the country again. For the first time since November 2010, most of the environmental samples tested to know if the polio virus is circulating in the air, have been found to be negative.

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