For four decades, the Lions of Poona Ganeshkhind have shown up wherever Pune has needed a hand — quietly, consistently, together.
The Lions Club of Poona Ganeshkhind was chartered on 20th June 1984. A handful of neighbours set out with a simple conviction — that ordinary people, organised and committed, could do extraordinary good.
In our early years we ran health camps and school-support drives. As we grew, so did our ambition: in 2013 we opened our first Ganeshkhind Dialysis Centre, making life-saving treatment affordable at just Rs. 500 a session.
Today we are more than 200 members strong — doctors, architects, entrepreneurs, teachers and traders — running dialysis centres, schools, plantation drives and community kitchens across the city.
Through it all, the mission has never changed. We serve under the banner of Lions Clubs International, united by three small words: To Serve.
Founded in 1917, Lions is the world's largest service-club organisation — 1.4 million members in over 200 countries. As DISTRICT 3234 D 2's Ganeshkhind chapter, we carry that global legacy into the lanes of Pune.
Chartered on 20th June under Lions Clubs International, DISTRICT 3234 D 2.
Ganeshkhind Dialysis Centre I opens — affordable treatment at Rs. 500/- a session.
Healthcare infrastructure investment crosses Rs. 1.5 crore in equipment and facilities.
Second centre opens to meet growing demand across Pune's suburbs.
L.Y. 2022–23 launches our permanent school project — a Rs. 5+ crore commitment.
Four decades on — 200+ members, 50,000+ beneficiaries served.
A Pune where no one is denied health, education or dignity for want of means — and a community that looks after its own, together.
To empower our members to serve their community, meet humanitarian needs and advance goodwill — measured not by money raised, but by lives genuinely changed.
Putting the needs of others before our own.
Every rupee accounted for; every promise kept.
Leading by doing — service with a clipboard.
Serving shoulder to shoulder, growing as friends.
Doing ordinary things uncommonly well.
