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Doll Museum – the first
thought
As a natural extension to RCRM’s
many youth/children services, the
dream started with a first thought
of appealing and collecting dolls
from various Rotary clubs worldwide.
An appeal to contribute a doll was
communicated via email to approx.
28,000 Rotary clubs worldwide. This
appeal was also published on a special
website (www.rotarydolls.org) that
was also selected as top 10 Rotary
websites.
Overwhelming response to above efforts,
amplified the whole project idea and
following phases are now under active
consideration.
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Rotary
clubs (worldwide) participation
Idea of virtual doll museum has also
produced opportunity for another participation
of various Rotary clubs (and other
NGOs) in this dream project. Rotary
clubs that have contributed a doll
to RCRM’s unique collection
may be offered to manage their sections
at virtual museum. Unique opportunity
to work in collaborative environment
like this may help to achieve many
goals of community service faster.
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Cultural & Youth Center
Further to all ideas mentioned above,
this museum can serve as great cultural
& youth center. Cultural exchange
activities like celebrating country
weeks where young ones learn about
history, culture & customs,
people & living styles from
different regions/countries with
an interesting medium of dolls.
Similarly various awareness &
educational activities can also
be planned to develop better society
for future.
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| Expected
results with projected figures |
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Benefits
to children /youth
- 200 children expected
to visit every day
- Exposure
to international culture, language,
history & geography
- Opportunity for worldwide
young community to exchange, to - share
and build international friends (new
version of pen / doll friendship)
- Bring the feeling
of global brotherhood
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Benefit to society
- Bring the feeling
of global brotherhood
- Unique museum & culture
center, the 1st in the entire state
of Gujarat with
population of more than 5 millions.
- An excellent example of
being a part of global village
- Bring the feeling of
global brotherhood by understanding
other culture
- Youth energies are channellised
for meaningful & creative work
- Exposure to business opportunities
- Exposure to over 40
most commonly used languages world
wide.
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| Doll
Museum – project continuing
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| Below
given figures are as on February 23, 2009. |
Visitors
32,000 visitors comprising of slum children, school children & adults have visited the Rotary Dolls Museum. |
Dolls
received
RCRM has received about 1600+ dolls from various part of world. |
Cost
of Doll Sent as per the Passport document
and freight / courier / postage
RCRM has till date received dolls an estimated worth of over USD 110,000/-.
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Clubs
participated
About 635 Rotary Clubs, from 340 R.I. Districts across 102 Countries have taken part in this project by sending dolls. |
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Activities & Promotions planned |
Following
is the brief list of proposed activities
and promotions planned for doll museum. |
| Proposed
list of activities for Physical Museum
(YouthCenter) |
| Cultural
activities |
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Housing
of dolls collected from various parts
of world, replicating an almost near
environment from its origin country. |
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Maintain
a library of references, books, maps
etc. of different cultures. |
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Celebrating
country weeks: A unique concept where
young ones learn about history, culture
& customs, people & living
styles from different regions/countries
with an interesting medium of dolls |
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Dramatics, Arts &
Music activities in the Creativity Center. |
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Courses for learning
foreign language. |
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Serve as a nucleus
where youth from entire region can meet
for constructive youth related activities |
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Tie up with youth related
organization |
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International Youth
exchange |
Educational/Youth
awareness activities
(free for needy/poor children) |
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Education
guidance (domestic & international),
both to schools and parents. |
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Employment exchange
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Technology workshops
/ Computer education |
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Personality development
/ Vocational workshops |
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Awareness programs
on drug abuse & youth related problems
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A unique training sessions
to build future Rotarians |
| Proposed
list of services/features available
at Virtual Museum |
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To build a virtual
home for the dolls collected |
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Conveying
and promoting activities of dolls
museum to take this project on world
scale |
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Building
a strong platform of fund raising
to support the project |
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Providing
a one-stop culture exchange center
to young community worldwide |
| Proposed
list of Online/Offline promotional activities |
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Regular mailing to
all Rotary clubs |
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Feature in all Rotary
publications |
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Ongoing web marketing
activities |
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Effective press / public
relations |
