Rotary Club of Butwal, RI Dist. 3292 :: Rotary, Our History, Our Pride

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Rotary: Our History, Our Pride

Rotary Club of Butwal (RCB) spirited by the RI motto ‘Service Above Self’ with the zeal and zelf of about two dozen active professionals, social activists and entrepreneurs, was established in 1993. An adhoc committee was formed under the coordination of Rtn. Dinesh kumar Joshi. After having a thorough mental gymnastic among its members, an executive committee of RCB was chartered under the chairmanship of Rtn. Benu Ram Pradhan at Hotel Sindur in Butwal. RCB was specially assisted by Dr. Prakash Regmi, the GSR of Rotary Club of Chitwan, which is the host club of RCB. There were sixty-five charter members at its inception.

Under the umbrella of RI ideals, norms and values, RCB has been conducting different projects and programmes in different parts of Lumbini zone for fourteen years. Because of its projects, Programmes and humanitarian services and activities, RCB is regarded as a primer social organization in this region. It has been proved as healing ointment of ailing humanity. Whatever successes, achievements and glory RCB has obtained so far is due to the self-less services, team spirits of the Rotarians and warm love, affection and assistance provided by the residents and government official of this region. RCB has started Ambulance service in Butwal for the first time. The Children Park within Manimukund Sen Garden, Supplying clean drinking water, assistance for disabled students, installation RCC, distribution of scholarships and educational materials for the poor students, plan for constructing briddhashram, running revolving fund for poor schooling children etc are a few exemplary projects and programmes run by RCB. Besides these projects, RCB has become a common forum in which Rotarians have got several opportunities to develop their personality, professional skills and vocational ethics as well. The Rotarians have developed leadership skills in their respective fields and also felt sense of ownness working in Rotary. We have been feeling a kind of glory and sense of self confidence of being called oneself as a Rotarian.

There were many challenges and obstacles to go ahead smoothly when it began. Due to the far-sighted vision of its Charter President Rtn. Benuram Pradhan, it succeeded to take momentum. Taking the lesson from the past, RCB has to shoulder the present and pave the path of future. Its high time for RCB and we Rotarians to analyze the need of the society, envision further projects and programmes, implement them much dynamically, enhance Rotary image more brightly and make the society feel its enthusiastic existence and presence.

The further we go, the more challenges we have to face, the more challenges we face, the more creative we become. Its urgency of time that we have to be more adventurous, critical, imaginative and creative to make real the dream that our predecessors envisioned while establishing Rotary Club of Butwal, in our beloved town, Butwal. Therefore, its high time that we should work together, struggle together against poverty, illiteracy, hunger, starvation, and environmental degradation in order to hand over a bit better, richer, healthier, more beautiful world to our successors, only then, it would be meaningful of being a Rotarian.