District 5280
DG Pat Cashin at Polio Corrective & Catarac Surgery in India
December 9 - 20, 2004

Bombay Ghatkopar Rotarians and Rotaractors with the District 5280 Team – Seated – Left to right

i.      Marc Leeka

ii.      Joe Carde

iii.      Betty Cashin

iv.      Pearl Leeka

v.      Pat Cashin

vi.      Kate Clarkson (daughter of Peter Lattey)

vii.      Leandro Carde
At an outside produce market in Pune, India
Leeka’s and Cashin’s dressed to observe cataract surgeries at Pradhan Hospital
 
Betty handing out medications to cataract patient
Gov. Pat and Betty at the home of R.I. District 3130 Governor Ismail Patel, his wife (on the right) and their family
Hats and flowers of welcome by the Satara Rotary Club members at a polio surgery screening camp
Satara Rotarians with Gov. Pat, Betty and Past District Governor Dr. Madhav Borate (next to Gov. Pat)
  
Marc and Pearl Leeka welcomed in Satara
Visit to community park built and donated by Satara Rotary Club
Joe Carde receives a blessing as part of the traditional welcoming ceremony
Exchange of Rotary flags between Leandro Carde and Satara Rotarian
District 5280 Team at Pune Parvati Rotary meeting.  Peter Lattey and Lisa Percival had joined the team.  The men were honored with the presentation of very special hand made hats
Rotarian Jay Keskar, GSE Team Leader from District 3130 to District 5280
Our visit to Aurangabad in front of Rotarian Asa Singh’s home (with turban).  Pune Parvati Rotarian Dr. Mohan Paranjpe (extreme right) accompanied the Team on this three day trip.
 
Normal elementary school classroom at a private school in Aurangabad.  The school has 1,000 students and was the recipient of one of the potable water projects sponsored by the Aurangabad and Culver City Rotary Clubs.
Normal elementary school classroom at a private school in Aurangabad.  The school has 1,000 students and was the recipient of one of the potable water projects sponsored by the Aurangabad and Culver City Rotary Clubs.
 
District 5280 Team with teachers and Administrators at the private elementary school
 
The typical plaque commemorating the potable water projects.  This one at the Aurangabad Central Primary School
 
Gov. Pat, LA 5 Rotarians Peter Lattey and Marc Leeka, Past R.I. President Raja Saboo, and Lawndale Rotarian Leandro Carde
Staff of Sparsh Hospital in Sastur.  The owner of this hospital is a colleague of PDG, Dr. Borate and cooperates in providing free polio corrective surgeries and follow up care
 
Welcome at Sparsh Hospital
Free cataract surgery camp at Pradhan Hospital in Solapur

Recipient of polio corrective surgery and calipers learning to walk at the Center for Independent Living at the Kanhe Phata Village about 50 km outside Pune
 
Physical therapy class at the Center for Independent Living
Former polio corrective surgery recipients – now earning a living making customized calipers at the Center for Independent Living
Center for Independent Living
Administrator and students  at the Center for Independent Living with Kate and Betty
 
Latur Handicapped Children’s School

Latur Handicapped Children’s School
Latur Handicapped Children’s School
Centennial Project of the Pune Downtown Rotary Club – Distribution of 100 free tricycles to the handicapped
Rotarian Dr. Deepok with Gov. Pat and recipient of new tricycle
Dinner with Dr. Deepok, Leandro and his brother Joe, and Gov. Pat
Distribution of new calipers to the handicapped students of the Mann Vocational Rehabilitation Center
 
Distribution of new calipers to the handicapped students of the Mann Vocational Rehabilitation Center
 
Distribution of new calipers to the handicapped students of the Mann Vocational Rehabilitation Center
 
Distribution of new calipers to the handicapped students of the Mann Vocational Rehabilitation Center
 
Dedication of the Interact Symposium Bore-well at the School for the Disabled outside the town of Sastur
At the Bore-well dedication – from left to right:
  1. PDG, Dr. Madhav Borate
  2. Peter Lattey
  3. Gov. Pat
  4. Joe Carde
  5. School Administrator
 
Polio Corrective surgery patient receiving new calipers
This breed of cattle is unique to the State of Maharashtra, India.  They are used in the fields and to pull carts.  Their owners like to paint their horns a bright color.
 

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