SAMPLE NID 2011  ITINERARY    THIS IS JUST A SAMPLE NOT THE 2013 ITINERARY!!!

Wednesday, Thursday     HOME – DELHI

Transfers                   Airport to hotel in groups based on arrival times –    LOOK

                                  FOR A PLACARD THAT SAYS “ROTARY NID”

Overnight                  The Oberoi New Delhi - +91 11 2436 3030, +91 11 2436

                                  0484 fax; Dr. Zakir Hussain Marg, New Delhi – 110003,

                                  India; www.oberoidelhi.com  OR SIMILAR HOTEL

 Friday     DELHI

  8:30 am                      Buffet breakfast at hotel – Restaurant 360 (included in your hotel stay)

9:15 am                      Group welcome & introductions – Nilgiri Hall

10:00 am                      Depart hotel

10:30 am                      Polio Vaccine Manufacturing Facility visit

12:00 pm                      Group lunch

2:00 pm                      World Health Organization orientation - polio eradication efforts in India & worldwide

  3:30 pm                      India National PolioPlus Office orientation - PolioPlus efforts

                                    In India, receipt of NID kits

4:30 pm                      Delhi sightseeing

7:00 pm                      Dinner on your own at the Oberoi or nearby recommended

                                  locations

Overnight                  The Oberoi New Delhi or similar hotel

Saturday     DELHI – PANIPAT – CHANDIGARH

7:00 am                      Check out of hotel, pay any extras, baggage down to lobby / bus

7:15 am                      Buffet breakfast at hotel – Restaurant 360 (included in your hotel stay)

  8:00 am                      Depart hotel for Panipat

10:00 am                      Arrive in Panipat; fellowship with Rotarians from the Rotary Club of Panipat; visit to club project; lunch hosted by the Rotary Club of Panipat 

12:30 pm                      Depart for Chandigarh

4:00 pm                      Arrive in Chandigarh 

6:25 pm                      NID orientation presented by local WHO Surveillance Medical Officer & District 3080 Pulse Polio Chair

6:55 pm                      Depart for the Rotary Vocational Training Centre (RVTC) of the Rotary Club of Chandigarh, 107-A, SECTOR 18-A to meet host families

  7:30 pm                     Departure for dinner with host families

  Overnight                  Home stay

Sunday     CHANDIGARH – BOOTH DAY

9:00 am                      Group Breakfast at Café Coffee Day near Solitaire Hotel, Manimajra

9:30 am                      Leave for respective areas for NID Booth Day – team members accompany local Rotarians to various booths

  1:00 pm                      Working lunch & media interaction at Kalagram

  2:30 pm                      NID Booths continued

4:00 pm                      Free time with host families

7:00 pm                      Dinner with host families

Overnight                    Home stay

Monday     CHANDIGARH – MOP UP DAY

8:00 am                      Breakfast with host families

  9:00 am                      NID House-to-House with local Rotarians & Health Care Workers

1:00 pm                      Assemble at RVTC for lunch & fellowship with local Rotarians

1:45 pm                      Visit the Rotary Vocational Training Trust

2.00 pm                      Club presentation & meeting with the Mayor of Chandigarh

2:30 pm                      Depart for Fortis Hospital

3:00 pm                      Assemble at Fortis for Heartline Project visit & interaction with patients & doctors

  3:30 pm                      Depart for RCC5 (Rotary Community Corps Project of Sector 5)

3:45 pm                      Interaction with RCC Members & adult education students

  4:00 pm                      Depart for RVTC

  4:15 pm                      Leave RVTC with hosts to freshen up

6:00 pm                      Arrive at RVTC for Rotary Club of Chandigarh club meeting

8.00 pm                      Dinner with host families

Overnight                  Home stay

Tuesday     CHANDIGARH – MOP UP DAY

8:00 am                      Breakfast with host families

9:00 am                      NID House-to-House with local Rotarians & Health Care Workers

1:00 pm                      Lunch & remainder of day free for shopping & sightseeing with host families

7:30 pm                      Gala dinner for visitors & local Rotarians (formal attire)

Overnight                  Home stay

Wednesday     CHANDIGARH – AMBALA – DELHI

7:30 am                      Breakfast with hosts

8:30 am                      Assemble at RVTC for departure to Ambala

9:00 am                      Depart for Ambala

10:00 am                      Arrive at Ambala for visit to the Rotary Cancer Hospital of RC

Ambala; lunch hosted by the Rotary Club of Ambala; Rukmani Devi

Memorial Hall

1:00 pm                      Departure for Delhi

5:00 pm                      Arrival in Delhi; souvenir shopping at a craft market

7:00 pm                      Dinner on your own at the Oberoi or nearby recommended locations

Overnight                  The Oberoi New Delhi or similar hotel

Thursday     DELHI

7:30 am                      Buffet breakfast at hotel – Restaurant 360 (included in your hotel stay)

8:30 am                      Depart hotel

9:30 am                      Visit to St. Stephen’s Hospital, Rotary Polio Ward

12:00 pm                      Visit to Akshay Pratishtan, Integrated Abilities School

1:30 pm                      Group lunch

3:00 pm                      Delhi sightseeing - Old Delhi including bicycle rickshaw ride through Chandni Chowk (central market); Jama Masjid (largest mosque in India)

7:30 pm                      Dinner on your own at the Oberoi or nearby recommended locations

Overnight                  The Oberoi New Delhi or similar hotel

Friday     DELHI – AGRA

8:00 am                      Check out of hotel, pay any extras, baggage down to lobby / bus

8:15 am                      Buffet breakfast at hotel – Restaurant 360 (included in your hotel stay)

9:00 am                      Depart hotel for Agra

12:00 pm                      Packed lunch on the bus en route

2:30 pm                      Visit to Agra Red Fort

4:30 pm                      Optional shopping OR check into hotels

5:30 pm                      Check into hotels for those who went shopping

7:00 pm                      Celebratory group dinner & entertainment at Amarvilas (formal

attire)

Overnight                  The Oberoi Amarvilâs - Taj East Gate Road, Agra - 282001, Tel: +91 562 2231515, 1 800-11-2030 (Toll Free), Insiya; www.amarvilas.com or Similar hotel

Saturday     AGRA – DELHI

5:45 am                      Depart hotel for Taj Mahal

6:15 am                      Sunrise visit of Taj Mahal

9:30 am                      Depart Taj Mahal for hotel

10:00 am                      Breakfast at hotel

12:30 pm                      Check out of hotel, pay any extras, baggage down to lobby / bus

1:00 pm                      Depart for Delhi OR post-NID activities

6:30 pm                      Arrive in Delhi at Oberoi New Delhi

Late pm                      Airport transfers & departures for home

Overnight                  The Oberoi New Delhi for those staying an extra night or similar hotel

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9940's NID trip Feb 2011.

Max,

That is great news and thank-you for promoting this trip!  We are getting a good response and expect that we will have a truly international team gathered for this NID.  We still have not received confirmation on the dates, but as soon as we do, I will advise all.  We are starting to get our travel bids in and it looks like we will be within our estimate of $2200 US or less.   We look forward to seeing you soon in India!

Cynde Covington

904.568.1497  Cell

904.296.1234  Office

904.287.6222  Home
cyndecovington@gmail.com   Email

DISTRICT 9930 NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION DAY TRIP TO INDIA - 2013 INFORMATION

This is the third National Immunisation Day experience that Cynde & Barry Covington of Rotary Zone 34 have organised. Our District 9930 New Zealand is joining the Jan/Feb 2013 NID trip to Chandigarh, India.

We have assembled the following PRELIMINARY itinerary:

Day 1 - 2 Fly to Delhi
Day 3 Visit World Health Organization & Rotary PolioPlus offices in Delhi
Day 4 Travel to Chandigarh, Rotary family homestays
Day 5 NID Booth Day, Rotary family homestays
Day 6 NID Mop-up Day, Chandigarh Rotary Club project visits, Rotary family homestays
Day 7 NID Mop-up Day, Chandigarh sightseeing, Rotary family homestays
Day 8 Travel to Delhi
Day 9 Visit St. Stephen's Hospital Polio Corrective Ward & Akshay Pratishtan - integrated abilities school
Day 10 Travel to Agra, visit Agra Red Fort
Day 11 Sunrise visit to Taj Mahal, Travel to Delhi
Day 12 Early AM departures home from Delhi

The price will be APPROXIMATELY U.S.$2,200, (excluding air fare which you will book on your own - some may elect to use miles or points), and includes ground transportation, 4-5 star hotel accommodations, most meals, and sightseeing excursions. You do not have to be a Rotarian to join the NID trip. Friends and family are welcome!

Feel free to share news of the Zone 34 and District 9930 2013 NID with anyone you think might be interested. We are expecting 40 participants from around the globe.

Going on an NID trip is truly a fabulous and life-enriching experience and I hope that you will decide to join us! If you have any additional questions please feel free to contact me directly at max@hawkesbay.co.nz  See our information blog here

Best regards,

Peace through service. Max Patmoy District Polio Challenge Chair 2010-14 The Rotary Foundation District Committee Rotary District 9930, New Zealand Phone 06 836 6081 Fax: 06 836-6664 Mobile: 027 279 3760 Skype: maxpatmoy Email: max@hawkesbay.co.nz  The Rotary Foundation's 9930 click 4 blog

Cynde & Barry Covington
Your NID Trip Co-Leaders

ZONE 34 NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION DAY TRIP TO INDIA - 2013 INFORMATION

Potential NID Participant,

POLIO NID YAHOO GROUP LIST INFORMATION

If you have received this email, you have subscribed to the PolioNID Yahoo Group List. This means you will be receiving emails from the group list email address [polionid@yahoogroups.com] regarding the upcoming Zone 34 Jan/Feb 2013 NID trip to Chandigarh, India. As a member of this list, you have the ability to post messages, questions, and answers to questions to this list. All other group members will receive any posts or emails sent to [polionid@yahoogroups.com] via email. This list is an incredibly valuable tool as many interested participants will have the same questions and all (including others who have attended previous NIDs) can contribute to the answers.

As the List Moderator and the NID Trip Co-Leaders, we will post comprehensive and relevant information regarding the 2013 NID Trip - which is why it is so important to have signed up. Thus as a group list member, you will receive news about the evolving itinerary, lists of what to bring, information about when to process your India visa, details on where to find a list of suggested vaccinations, etc.

ZONE 34 NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION DAY TRIP TO INDIA - 2013 INFORMATION

This is our third NID experience and we have been in ongoing communications with several important stakeholders including Carol Pandak and her team at Rotary International; Robert Hall, Zone 34 Gates Challenge Grant Chair; District leadership; the Rotary PolioPlus office in Delhi, India; and the Rotarians in Chandigarh, India to put together what will certainly be an amazing and memorable NID experience.

We have assembled the following PRELIMINARY itinerary:

Day 1 - 2 Fly to Delhi
Day 3 Visit World Health Organization & Rotary PolioPlus offices in Delhi
Day 4 Travel to Chandigarh, Rotary family homestays
Day 5 NID Booth Day, Rotary family homestays
Day 6 NID Mop-up Day, Chandigarh Rotary Club project visits, Rotary family homestays
Day 7 NID Mop-up Day, Chandigarh sightseeing, Rotary family homestays
Day 8 Travel to Delhi
Day 9 Visit St. Stephen's Hospital Polio Corrective Ward & Akshay Pratishtan - integrated abilities school
Day 10 Travel to Agra, visit Agra Red Fort
Day 11 Sunrise visit to Taj Mahal, Travel to Delhi
Day 12 Early AM departures home from Delhi

The price will be APPROXIMATELY $2,200, (excluding air fare which you will book on your own - some may elect to use miles or points), and includes ground transportation, 4-5 star hotel accommodations, most meals, and sightseeing excursions. You do not have to be a Rotarian to join the NID trip. Friends and family are welcome!

Feel free to share news of the Zone 34 2013 NID with anyone you think might be interested. We are expecting 40 participants from around the globe.

Going on an NID trip is truly a fabulous and life-enriching experience and I hope that you will decide to join us! If you have any additional questions that you do not think the entire group will benefit from, please feel free to contact me directly at cyndecovington@gmail.com. Otherwise, replying to this email will mean your question / comment will be distributed to the entire group and therefore open to response by anyone on the list.

Best regards,

Cynde & Barry Covington
Your NID Trip Co-Leaders

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Have you heard of RUCHI?

Dear Rotarians,                                                                            

It is my pleasure to announce a huge coup with our District Trip to India in November.

Have you heard of RUCHI? Read on...

Approximately 25 Rotarians will have the opportunity to join District Assistant Governor Rebecca Signal on a trip to the Subcontinent a SNID (sub national immunisation days) in November.

Colin Alford, a Rotarian from District 9940 has been for some 5 years supporting the work of a Non Government Organisation (NGO) working with the rural poor in Himachal Pradesh in the Himalayan foothills.

He has not been working alone, of course, but with other Rotarians and Rotary Clubs of District 9940 with financial support from individuals and Rotary clubs, a Rotary Foundation Matching Grant, a Future Vision District Grant, RNZWCS and MFAT New Zealand Government Aid.

Our Rotary team from 9930 is now scheduling the following:

1. To District 3080 to participate in a polio immunisation campaign in northern India.

2.Visiting the Rural Centre For Human Interests (RUCHI) www.ruchin.org  at the village of Bandh which is around one and half hours from Kalka on the wonderful narrow gauge railway line to Shimla.

RUCHI is doing great work for the rural poor and Collin considers what they are doing as a "model" of how an NGO should operate. They are an NGO that we could all learn a lot from.

As the battle to eradicate polio draws slowly to a successful finish so the opportunities to see how Rotary’s US$800M has been spent become less and less frequent. This is your chance!

Depending on numbers, and using the same tour organisers, Rebecca hopes to build on 9940’s trip of 38 Rotarians made last January and make our trip even better!

I assure anyone going of a life-altering experience, not only seeing how we have our foot on the throat of polio, but also justifying the cost to have a wonderful couple of weeks in India.

Our District putting on this trip on at cost and you could not organise such a trip yourself at the price.

I have reviewed the itinerary and heard wonderful things about the New Zealanders running the Indian Tour and can unequivocally recommend it to everyone.

At this stage I urge you to at least email Rebecca at rebecca60@xtra.co.nz and tell her of your interest.

Reach within to embrace humanity Max Patmoy District Polio Challenge Coordinator 2011-12 Rotary Foundation Committee District 9930, New Zealand Phone 06 836 6081 Fax: 06 836-6664 Mobile: 027 279 3760 Skype: maxpatmoy Email: max@hawkesbay.co.nz