District Newsletter April 2016 (English)

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Rotaract District 7030 Newsletter

April 2016 Edition


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District Rotaract Representative Message

Rotary International Presidential Message

What’s happening in Rotaract District 7030…

I.

French West Indies

II.

Guyana

III.

Suriname

IV.

Trinidad and Tobago

District Reminders

Charter Anniversaries


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Welcome to the last quarter of our Rotary year 2015-2016! Indeed, time

flies when you are having fun! This month we celebrate with our Rotary

District their President Elect Training Seminar (PETS) and District

Conference hosted in the beautiful island of Barbados from the 20 th – 23rd

April. DG Milton has generously extended an invitation to members of the

incoming Rotaract District Committee to be a part of this great event and

benefit from the wealth of knowledge and training. We are very thankful

for this momentous gesture and look forward therefore to this experience.

We hope to share the learnings at our own District Conference in St. Lucia

in June.

On a wider scale Rotary International calls us to focus on the theme of “Maternal and Child Health”

during the month of April as we plan and execute our projects. With so many diseases prevalent in our

world today, we are called, as Rotaractors, to play a part in raising awareness on the very practical

ways in which persons can avoid sickness. Once again, I encourage you to partner with other NGOs

and identify the experts among your own networks to be able to increase our outreach in our

communities and to ensure that accurate information is being communicated to all.

I encourage you to not let the knowledge sharing end on the Club level. We need young, vibrant and

passionate and Rota-ready Rotaractors to lead our District. This can only be done through your

volunteering to serve on our Rotaract District Committee. Therefore, I thank you in advance for your

Y.E.S.! as we move our District forward together.

YIR,

DRR Giselle Holder

Rotaract District 7030

April 2016


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Many years ago, in Kolkata, India, I had the chance to meet Mother Teresa.

She was an incredible woman with an incredible force of personality.

When she walked down the street, the crowd parted in front of her like the

Red Sea. Yet when you talked to her, if you mentioned the tremendous

things she had done, she almost did not engage in this topic at all. By many

reports, if you asked her what her greatest achievement was, she would

answer, "I am an expert in cleaning toilets."

The answer was both humorous and absolutely serious. Her business was

caring for others. Toilets had to be cleaned, so she cleaned them. There

was no question of a job being beneath her. Helping people who needed

help was her work, and there was nothing higher, nothing in the world

more important than that.

So one day, when an elegantly dressed man came to Kolkata looking for Mother Teresa, the nuns who

answered the door informed him that she was at the back of the house, cleaning the toilets. They

pointed the way, and indeed he found Mother Teresa scrubbing the toilets. She said hello, assumed he

was there to volunteer, and began explaining to him how to hold the toilet brush correctly and how not

to waste water. Then she put the brush in his hand and left him standing there, in his expensive suit,

alone in the lavatory.

Later, the man came out, found Mother Teresa again, and said, "I have finished; may I speak with you

now?" "Yes, certainly," she said. He took an envelope out of his pocket and said, "Mother Teresa, I am

the director of the airline, and here are your tickets. I just wanted to bring them to you personally."

That airline director told that story again and again for the rest of his life. He said those 20 minutes spent

cleaning toilets had filled him with the greatest joy he had ever known – because by putting his hands

to Mother Teresa's work, he became part of that work. For those 20 minutes, he cared for the sick just

as she did: with his own hands, his own sweat.

That is exactly the opportunity that Rotary gives us. We might not do what Mother Teresa did – give up

our lives, our homes, our families. But for 20 minutes, 20 hours, 20 days of the year, we can be like her.

We can do the work that others will not with our hands, and our hearts, and our sweat, and our devotion

– knowing that what we do is the most important work in the world.


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What’s happening in

Rotaract District 7 3 …


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Action Chandeleur

On Saturday, February 6th, 2016, we started

Carnival, with children from the Holy Family

Centre, as Carnival Saturday.

This structure accommodates children placedby judicial decision, far from their families.

This recreational afternoon began with a

distribution of masks made by us.

The children were then able to play a musical

instrument and scroll alongside a group of

Carnival in Martinique, called "VaKband Péyi".

The Rotaract Club of Lamentin offered the Holy

Family some gifts to feed their playrooms.

Live Up – Be a Gift to the World

The Rotaract Club of Georgetown Central

hosted a suicide prevention symposium on 16th

March, 2016 at the Theatre Guild under the

theme – Live Up! Be a gift to the world. With atargeted audience of teens and young adults,

the symposium saw short presentations

delivered by experts on various topics related

to suicide prevention. The project was held in

partnership with the Pan American Health

Organization/World Health Organization, the

Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association,

and the Rotary Club of Georgetown Central. The

project was held in observance of International

Day of Happiness Day, which is observed

annually on 20th March.

Rotaractors and Rotarians of Georgetown

Central with the Junior Minister of Health Dr.

Karen Cummings and the Country

Representative of PAHO/WHO Dr. William Abu-

Krow


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Rotaract Club of F.R.E.S.H. presents:

The Playful and Educational Day Out

On March 12th, the Rotaract Club F.R.E.S.H.

held their annual Playful and Educational Day

Out with 20 dyslexic children at Peperpot

Nature Park. This year we partnered with oursponsor Rotary Club of Paramaribo Residence.

The learning of history, culture, adventures tour

through the museum and park, interview with a

famous television show host, whom also is

dyslexic, and water purification techniques,

were five of many activities the children

enjoyed. They were showered with love and lots

of good food. Afterwards each was rewarded

with a medal and a dopper bottle for being

different, smart and creative in their own way.

And of course for their participation.

Kidz Hitz Show

We proudly present Kidz Hitz. A music album

with new Suriname kids songs. With this

initiative we want to give a boost to the

production of children’s music and stimulate the

use of these kids’ songs. In celebration of

Genesis's 25th Charter Anniversary we wanted

to put out a durable project and we found the

perfect partner in the Music & ME foundation.

After the launch of the project we started with

the preparation of the show and the song

recordings. On March 29th, we had the official

launch of the CD. This was conducted in a show

where the kids performed all 7 songs in a mini

musical.


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Valentine’s Day with Rotaract Club

Paramaribo

Roses are Red,

Violets are blue,ohw yes Rotaract

Club Paramaribo

loves you!

This passed

Valentine’s Day

went to New

Amsterdam to hang

out. A kind of

romantic get away

with your fellows or

with your partner (if

you had one or if he

or she wanted to

come).

Of course it wouldn’t be Rotaract Club

Paramaribo’s project if we didn’t put a twist on

this picnic. Crossing the river with a small boat

and eating the delicious food of the Javanese

cuisine was a plus. Our secretary Zuleima gave

us questions to answer on sight…. like a rally.

One of the questions was: “What is VP Thais’

favorite color?”

The Rotaract Club of Arima executes

Green Memisa Project at the Memisa

Centre

As part of the World Rotaract Week 2016

Celebrations, the Rotaract Club of Arima, along

with its Rotary Youth Generation Officer,

Stephen Sogren, visited the Lady Hochoy

Foundation’s Memisa Centre on Sunday 13 th

March 2016 to de-weed and clean up the

kitchen garden, plant some short crops such as

tomatoes, eggplant, patchoi, and construct a 3

ft. x 12 ft. grow box, from scratch! Pepperseedlings were also donated for planting at

desired points on the Centre’s premises.

The Rotaract Club of Arima is indeed happy to

work for the Memisa Centre’s benefit once

again, and will seek to maintain and expand on

the level of support provided to it.


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The Rotaract Club of Piarco UWI –

Hungry To help

On March 13th 2016, during World Rotaract

Week, the Rotaract Club of Piarco UWI

embarked on their 3rd annual Hungry to Help,

community service project. This project aimed

to provide 200 homeless persons within the

East West Corridors, with lunches. Through the

collaboration with our sponsor club, the Rotary

Club of Piarco, Rotaract Clubs of Trinidad and

Tobago, parents, students, volunteers and the

UWI St. Augustine Guild of Students, we were

able to surpass our goal of 200 and provide

warm meals and care packages made up of

toiletries, hygiene and feminine products to

over 200 persons residing on the streets.

Immense gratitude to all those who participated

and contributed.

Rotaract Club of Port Of Spain West

Health & Wellness Expo (Fit For Fun)

The Rotaract Club of Port of Spain West hosted

its first Health and Wellness expo titled Fit forFun, at the Nelson Mandela Park. In keeping

with the District’s theme of Reducing the Risk

by Three, Port of Spain West thought it would

be effective to encourage and educate persons

about living healthier lifestyles particularly

after the recent Carnival season.

Fit For Fun helped us to sensitise the community

on non-communicable diseases, through

information made available by the Trinidad and

Tobago Heart Foundation and Trinidad and

Tobago Cancer Society. The project aimed to

encourage community members to engage in

health activity, offering a Zumba session and

Boot camp workout!


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The Rotaract Club of Tobago Presents “Think 30”

The District issued a Think 30 Challenge to recognize someone 30 or turning 30 in the Rotaract year

who has contributed tremendously to their Club and District. The club unanimously voted the one and

only, Stephan Sandy our Immediate Past President. Stephan has been a charter member of the club for

the past 13 years. He held the role of Club Service Director, International Service Director, Vice

President and President. In the District he was a District Liasion Officer, Community Service Liaison

Officer and Rewards and Recognition Officer. The Rotaract Club of Tobago would like to recognize and

thank IPP Stephan for his priceless contribution to the Rotaract community.


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Reminders

April 15th

Deadline for the submission of

3rd Quarter Reports

(to DRR Giselle, DS Kezra & ADS Delon)

April 22nd

Deadline for submission of

President and Secretary Elect’s Contact

Information

(to DS Kezra and ADS Delon)

April 27th

Deadline for the submission of articles for the

District Newsletter (to DS Kezra & ADS Delon)

April 30th

Deadline for the submission of bids to host the

31st Rotaract District Conference

(to DRR Giselle, IPDRR Vanessa, DRRE

Everistus & DRRN Kezra)

Charter Anniversaries

April

07th- Rotaract Club of University of the West

Indies Cave Hill

22th- Rotaract Club of Saint Lucia

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