FEW OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY ROTARY CLUB OF PLAINSBORO (RCOP)

1. Nepal Rural Education Project    

Rotary Club of Plainsboro along with Rotary International sponsored a rural education project in Nepal helping build local schools as a rehabilitation project post an earthquake. Club spent about $41,000 to renovate the schools in the rural area. 

2. Jaipur Limb 

RCOP had raised funds to support the Mahaveer Hospital in Jaipur, India for the development and distribution of low-cost artificial limbs
The camps were conducted to provide Artificial Limbs to people who are in need of a Limb.

What is the Jaipur Limb? 
It is an artificial leg, developed at the Mahaveer hospital in Jaipur, India. The unique component is the Jaipur foot, a clever combination of wood and various densities of rubber vulcanized into a realistic looking brown foot. The Jaipur limb is hard-wearing and will last for three or four years, longer if worn with a shoe. One of the major differences between the Jaipur technology and western technology is the cost - whereas a western limb will cost between $2,000.00 and $4,000.00, a Jaipur limb can be made and fitted for as little as $35.00.
Since its inception in 2003 Rotary Club of Plainsboro (RCOP) along with other clubs in the then Rotary District 7510 (currently 7475) had already supported more than 3000 amputees to walk.

3. The Helen Keller Institute for the Deaf and Blind

The Club provided Computers and other accessories and adopted some kids for life

4. Tsunami Relief & Rehabilitation

The Club had raised close to $38,000.00 to rehabilitate the fishing community by providing boats and fishing nets for the fisherman who were effected by Tsunami

5. Computer Lab - TEACH Project Collaboration

In 2018, RCOP facilitated six girl's schools in India to be able to continue education and donated a computer lab. This was in collaboration with the Peenya Club of Bangalore.  

6. Cape Town Library Project
To establish fully functional and sustainable libraries in two schools in the Greater Cape Town area. This project - jointly with Rotary Club of New Brunswick, NJ - will help establish two libraries benefiting over 1000 children on an ongoing basis. Provide library books, supplies, and training to ten schools in the Greater Cape Town area (South Africa). Recently the Rotary Foundation awarded $57,429 to this project. 

7. COVID India Relief Fund

RCOP ran fundraisers at  the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and supported several local and international relief projects. In India several projects were executed at a time when the community was going through the onslaught of the second wave of the pandemic. Rotary Club of Plainsboro, North and South Brunswick partnered with several organizations in India to provide essential COVID-19 related supplies, medical equipment and to participate in other service projects to help the community affected by COVID-19.