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JCI Creed

We believe

That faith in God gives meaning

and purpose to human life;

That the brotherhood of man

transcends the sovereignty of

nations;

That economic justice can best be

won by free men through free en-

terprise;

That government should be of laws

rather than of men;

That earth’s greatest treasure lies

in Human personality;

And that service to humanity is the

best work of life.

JCI Mission

To provide development opportunities

that empower young people to create

positive change.

JCI Vision

To be the leading global network of

young active citizens.

In this Issue Page

Message from 2015 Local President 1

Editor’s Message 1

Message from National President 2

Entrien avec le Senate Chairperson 2015 3

National Convention 2015 6

JCI PAP—The Easter Bunny 6

Training of NGOs project 6

Knowledge is Exciting 7

JCI Port Louis Connect 2015

Issue 01

The traces we write about work will go

unnoticed, engulfed as part of the

necessity of life. The traces of we write

about our family will be our most cher-

ished ones, undoubtedly. The traces we

write about JCI, you ask me? well, I do not

possess the universal answer to this

question, yet I choose to think of it as the

fact that one single action can change the

life of one person somewhere and for that

particular person, JCI has changed her life.

I, as a member, was believed in and I

choose to believe in us, members of JCI

Port Louis to create the change we want

to see in the world. Tough times are a

universal thing, but if we choose to dream

and persist, we will have written a page on

our book, that someday we will tell with

passion and pride. Just remember, the

choice is always ours…

Nabiil Aumeeruddy

2015 JCI Port Louis

Local President

Dear

Members,

Senators and

Aspiring Members,

The JCI Movement

is 100 years old

this year. Though

we live it everyday,

it is a great remembrance that the vision of

one young active citizen a hundred years

ago forged the lives and actions of

thousands of members in 80 countries

around the globe... You might ask yourself

what I am getting to, but take a moment, if

the actions of a single person had such an

impact, then why do we hesitate to take

action?

The usual reminiscent excuses flash to our

minds; we don't have that much time nor

energy, or we are too busy or maybe we

are too stressed. True. on all aspects, True.

Yet again, what kind of history do we want

to write on the manuscript of our lives?

Message from 2015 Local President

This year JCI Port Louis wishes in

addition to keeping its members

updated on the different projects and

activities occurring in our local organi-

sation, National Organisation and

Internationally, we would also wish to

share a page on knowledge. Just as “La

semeuse de pis-en-lit – Je sème à tout

vent” from Larousse Dictionaries, we

would like to contribute to sharing

small anecdotes, stories and pictures to

inspire you and help you focus and

reflect on yourself and how you can

always “Be Better”.

We expect your

f eedback and

contribution to help

us improve this

c o m m u n i c a t i o n

tool.

We hope you will enjoy reading our

e-Newsletter as much as we enjoyed

publishing it.

Thank you to all our collaborators.

Fabrice Malie

Head Editor

Editor’s Message:

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parency, the promotion of

Internationalism and the

100th celebrations. For the

next quarter, we are

focusing on connections.

JCI Alumni program is now

out and we will do our best

to promote it.

2015 is a unique year for

our organisation, as we are

celebrating the 100th

anniversary of the JCI

movement. 365 days of

excitement and also a year

of opportunity to connect or

reconnect our members,

senators, aspiring members

and past members, with the

JCI history, philosophy and

values.

With thirty-one years of

achievements and a

glorious past, JCI Port

Louis has a rich history to

share and fantastic oppor-

tunities for connection. We

have projects to showcase,

members and senators who

are role models and who

can inspire young active

citizens of the world. This

anniversary provides us

with awesome possibilities

to make and voice out our

difference.

Last but not least, I wish to

seize this opportunity to

recognise the wonderful

initiative of our organisation

to host the National

Dear Members, Senators

and Aspiring members,

First, I am grateful to the

Local President, the Local

Board members and the

newsletter team for inviting

me to share these few

words with you for the first

issue of JCI Port Louis

newsletter. It is indeed a

great honour.

“March winds and April

showers bring forth May

flowers…”

This popular English

proverb is often used to

point out that small issues

or unpleasant events can in

the end, help things get

better. A small positive

thinking adage with great

power.

When faced with setbacks

and challenges, we have all

received the well-meaning

advice to "stay positive." It

is sometimes difficult to find

the motivation to focus on

the positive when positivity

seems like nothing more

than wishful thinking. But it

is not impossible.

In my experience, tumbling

backwards always provides

great opportunities to work

on our personal develop-

ment and build a more

optimistic outlook in life.

You can become a disciple

of the glass-half-full wisdom

by learning to keep calm

and change your perspec-

tive. Keep it easy as these

three words: Say Stop!

Breathe & Refocus. After

all, positive thinking is not

about ignoring your con-

cerns; it is having the confi-

dence in your ability of

dealing with them.

This is the thought with

which JCI Mauritius built its

action plan last year and it

is the exact thought with

which we started 2015. We

try to maintain a positive

outlook and a positive

attitude as much as you

can. Even if things are not

going well, we keep our

head up as much as we

can, because positive and

negative attitudes can be

very contagious. If we keep

up a positive attitude, the

members of our team, our

friends, and our fellow JCI

members are sure to follow.

And as April comes to its

mid, we all need our

positive thoughts to expect

May flowers to blossom.

We have started a few

challenging building sites

since the start of this year,

with the implementation of

the Good Governance

notion, the principles of

Good treasury and trans-

Message from 2015 National President Nousrina Peerbux

Convention this year. This

is a big challenge which I

am convinced the dynamic

team working on it will

dazzle at.

There are still many

months ahead of us to

achieve what we have

planned in 2015. JCI

Mauritius firmly believes in

the potential of all the

members, senators and

aspiring members of JCI

Port Louis. We count on

you to unite to impact as

the achievements of an

organisation are the result

of the combined effort of

each individual.

Positively yours,

Nousrina Peerbux

2015 JCI Mauritius

National President

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R. Je vois beaucoup de membres et des NOM/LOM board members très motivés et déterminés . Je suis agréablement surpris par le nombre des soumissions pour des Awards au niveau de la Confé-rence de Zone .

Je suis conscient de quelques défis que nous devons tous relevés ensemble .

Q. Quelles sont les perspectives d’avenir de la JCI Maurice? Que pensez vous de cette tendance vers la

“bonne gouvernance”?

R. L’avenir de la JCI de Maurice repose sur ses dirigeants actuels. Je peux vous dire que je vois beaucoup de membres de qualité , avec des vrais potentiels à l’international !

Le Sénat s’est fixé un objectif d’instaurer la pratique de bonne gouvernance et de best practice dans notre organisation. Nous souhaitons que JCI soit une organisation de référence comme ONG. Les erreurs du passé doivent nous servir de leçons pour construire l’avenir! N’oublions surtout pas que la Jeune Chambre est une école de formation. Le Sénat vient de contribuer à la formation des officiers de l’ONM et des OLMs dans le domaine de Process, Compliance et Reporting. Nous sommes sur la bonne voie .

Q. Quels sont les pensées et les inspi-rations que vous voudriez transmettre

à la nouvelle generation de membres?

R. Think Big! Osez des projets d’envergu-re! La JCI de Maurice évoquait la Zone Franche en 1960, les économies d’éner-gies en 82! Qui pensait en 1990 que nous pouvions élire Arnaud Godère à la Présidence Mondiale? Qui pensait que nous pouvions avoir des Mauriciens parmi les 10 Outstanding Persons of the World?

Senateur Marday Venkatasamy

2015 Senate Chairperson

Entretien avec le Senate Chairperson, Senateur Marday Venkatasamy

Q. Senator Marday, vous etes une figure de proue de la JCI Maurice depuis votre mandat de Président National en 1986.

Nos plus jeunes membres voudraient savoir comment vous avez integré la "Jeune Chambre économique" ?

R. Nous sommes début des années 80 , une période charnière de l’histoire politique de Maurice post Independence . J’étais jeune cadre professionnelle et « just married ! »

J’ai été contacté par la Jeune Chambre et l’aspect formation de dirigeants et l’opportunité de networking m’a convain-cu . Mon épouse avait bien adhéré à l’idée car à cette époque les group work étaient chez les membres et notre modeste mai-son était sans meubles ! C’était la seule organisation pour le groupe de mon âge et il n’y avait ni Happy hour ni clubbing ! Je ne regrette pas ce choix et je ne suis pas membre d’autres organisations .

Q. Quels sont les facteurs qui ont fa-vorisé votre engagement et votre impli-

cation dans notre organisation?

R. Nous étions une équipe soudée et une suite d’activités au fils des années a conservé la flamme pour l’organisation : Affiliation au congrès mondial de 84 comme l’ONM , la conférence de zone de 87, ma Vice Présidence JCI en 88, beaucoup de congrès mondiaux et conférences de Zone , le cheminement d’Arnaud Godère menant à sa Présidence Mondiale , et après une pause , la relance des activités du Sénat . Les années se sont passées mais la fraternité est restée .

Q. Quel est votre avis sur la situation qui prévaut actuellement à la JCI Mau-

rice?

« L’avenir de la JCI de Maurice

repose sur ses dirigeants

actuels . Je peux vous dire que

je vois beaucoup de membres

de qualité , avec des vrais

potentiels à l’international ! »

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Q.How would you describe

your one year to lead at the

national level?

R. It was a very challenging

but an enriching year as

well. With the dedication and

hard work of the 2014 JCI

M a u r i t i u s b o a r d

members, and the dynamic

participation of the members, we have attained

our objectives set in the beginning of 2014,

which were mostly focused on growth, finance

and management, implementing projects

according to the active citizens framework,

training and grooming of members and

Internationalism.

Q. Could you give our readers a glimpse of

the African & Middle East Conference and

the World Congress?

R. Attending an international JCI conference is a

unique experience . A great number of JCI mem-

bers reach there after very long trips. The excite-

ment of those days helps them overcome what-

ever jet lag keeps them awake at nights. Believe

me, it is an incredible experience. You get to

know what it is like to get off a flight from the

other side of the world and go straight to busi-

ness. The clock on the wall says one thing, your

watch says another, you are trying to work out

what the clock is saying back at home and your

body clock says “I give up”. But somehow they

will all live through it and will love it, too. And as

one who has gone through quite a few events

Interview with Immediate Past National President Senator Prashant Lallah

Q. Primo what made you join JCI and climb

the ladder of responsibility up to 2014

National President?

R. To be honest, I came to know about JCI when I

was still in Secondary school and it was due to

the parties organised by JCI Curepipe. I had told

myself I would join the organisation one day.

When I came back from tertiary studies, I was

offered to join JCI Curepipe by one of my col-

league. I did not hesitate and this is how the ad-

venture started. When I joined JCI , I realised that

the organisation was not only about parties. I

quickly fitted in the group and was working on

several projects. Opportunities in JCI made me

move upwards in the hierarchy of the organisa-

tion. In 2008, the Local President of JCI Curepipe,

Senator Nazim, offered me a post of Acting Local

Vice President which I accepted. I was then en-

couraged by members of the organisation to ap-

ply for the posts of Local Secretary and Local

President. When my year as President of JCI

Curepipe ended, I told myself that I would only

act as Immediate Past President to the board and

then I will be back to being a member of JCI

Curepipe and creating positive change. Members

of JCI Curepipe once again requested and urged

me to apply for a position on the National Board

to represent them on the board. I could not let

them down since they had been so supportive

when I was on the Local Board. I then decided to

run for a post on the National Board. It was then

that the decision to aim for the post of National

President was taken. I worked towards being a

member that JCI Mauritius members would want

as their National President.

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like this one, I am going to tell you one thing that

you should remember. You are not going to get

much sleep when attending an international JCI

conference. But you are going to get motivated.

And perhaps a bit awestruck at what you will be

experiencing. How could you not? You will be

meeting Men and Women from every corner of

the world from more than 110 countries. And as

you all crowd into the hotel’s elevators, you are

seeing people in dress that you have never seen

before and hearing languages that you have never

heard. And the really amazing thing is that it

makes us all stop and wonder at the miracle of JCI,

for you will be all there for the same reasons. You

will be there because you love JCI. You will be

there because of what you can do because of JCI,

and because you want to do more of it. But more

than anything else, what will really strike you most

there — the one aspect that we don’t always think

about — is the incredible diversity of JCI and the

opportunity to make friends and be friendly

yourselves.

Q. What was the most difficult situation which

you had to tackle during your year of presi-

dency?

R. It has to be the problem of final accounts for

JCI Mauritius. I have done my best to be able to

solve them. We have made some progress and I

believe the most difficult part is behind us. I am

confident that all issues will be solved in 2015.

Q. What are your insights for the future of JCI

local chapters and JCI Mauritius as a whole?

R. The future of JCI Mauritius and its local Chap-

ters will depend highly on the active members we

have now. The foundations have been laid for the

organization to be present for the next 30 years

or more. Members have been empowered to

run the organization the way it should be run,

Guidelines from JCI have been followed. If mem-

bers step up to the challenge, I can foresee a

bright future for the organization. Members

must stick to good governance principles and

implement projects according to the JCI Active

Citizen Framework. The future of the organiza-

tion lies in the hands of its members, I sincerely

hope we can take this organization to greater

heights and make a difference in the community

Q. Could you share with us one sentence or

phrase which you find particularly inspiring?

R. It is never too late to start over. If you weren't

happy with yesterday, try something different

today. Don't stay stuck. Be better

Senator Prashant Lallah

2015 Immediate Past National President

Interview with Immediate Past National President Senator Prashant Lallah

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JCI Port Louis has, this year de-

cided to make the JCI members enjoy the National Conference in

the beautiful setting of Rodrigues Island, with our wonderful and

unique JCI family. This is also a

great opportunity to indulge and integrate ourselves into the

Rodriguan community, empower people and create sustainable

impact.

The idea of going to Rodrigues has multifaceted agenda as of, recre-

ating an "out of the country" ex-

perience that many Jaycees wish to experience, at an affordable

price yet full of activities,

discovering the cultural diversity and natural beauty of the 10th dis-

trict, Rodrigues.

WE, Jaycees attach a great

importance to Natcon as it is al-lows us to meet and interact with

our priceless members, aspiring members and senators whom we

invite to grace us with their pres-ence and share their life/ Profes-

sional and JCI experiences. The valuable advices

and recommendations of our

Senators to the Jaycees and young islanders of Rodrigues to create

impact and motivate them to

greater success in their endeav-

ours.

See you in Rodrigues from Friday 23rd October 2015 to Monday 26th

October 2015

More details to come; Stay tuned!!!

Please check out our video:

https://youtu.be/i699SrsrigA

Franchette Emilien

2015 NatCon Director

important, we will also train our stu-

dents in these fields of applied

knowledge.

In order for this project to succeed, we

shall need the implication and

commitment of a maximum number of

jaycees in JCI Port Louis and in other

organisations.

Following the results of the 2014

Social Summit, JCI Port Louis has decided

to launch a training programme that will

empower Non Governmental Organisa-

tions in many ways. Firstly, we intend to

organize a refresher course on the roles

and duties of officers leading these non

profit associations As finance and goof

governance are now more and more

Training of NGO Project

difficulties to stay focused on the

topic of the day.

The most difficult part was to

make them understand that the

Easter egg was a symbol of eternal

life. The socratic discussion is

quite challenging when children

are not accustomed to think criti-

cally about what they have learned

by heart at school or catechism.

On a happier note, the children

were happy to receive the long

expected chocolate eggs. We have

observed that some of our wards

are really talented when it comes

to create wish cards!

JCI PAP: The Easter Bunny visited the Children of Bois Marchand!

On Holy Saturday, that is Easter

eve, a group of Jaycees organized

a working session with children

aged between 7 and 12 years old in

Bois-Marchand. The aim of this

special class was to make the

youngsters understand the

purpose of this Christian festival.

The children were keen to partici-

pate , some were even overenthu-

siastic and we had some

NatCon 2015 : A nu al Rodrigues !

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The stormy weather was getting worse & the 3 people in the sheltered bus stop were drenched from the heavy rain. Lightning continued to strike & thunder roared The question is: What would you do in a situation like this? Re-member..... You have only a 2-seater car & will not be able to ferry all the 3 peo-ple in your car to a more sheltered place.

So, what would you do?

Ponder this situation & think of

an answer before you go down for the supposedly ‘best’ answer!

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This was an interview ques-

tion which we thought

could be put to good use.

There are no wrong answers

to this question.

It was 2am and a dark & stormy night. The rain was pouring heavily, wind blowing wildly, lightning striking fiercely & thunder rumbling loudly. You were driving a 2-seater car by yourself on a very lonely stretch of the countryside in this terrible

storm when you came to a sheltered bus stop. There were 3 people at the bus stop.

The first was a doctor who previously saved your life when you had a heart attack. The second was an extremely sick old man who seemed on the verge of death while the 3rd was the dream of your life, someone whom you had wanted to get to know for a long time!

There is no right or wrong to the above question, only how the individual perceives the situation.

------------------------ Most said they’ll drive the old man then followed by the doctor. Several say since the old man’s dying & they might not be able to save him by the time he reaches the hospital, they might as well drive the dream of their life and secure their future?!! So, what was the answer that impressed the interviewer so much?

------------------------ This particular person said “i’ll get out of my car, pass the car key to the doctor to drive the old man to the hospital so

KNOWLEDGE IS EXCITING

The Manager: “Go Do It!”

The Leader: “Let’s Do It!”

The Manager: I have a Job. My duty is to do things right.

The Leader: I have a Vocation. I do the right things.

The Manager: I show you what is wrong. I have power over you.

The Leader: I show you what is right. I empower you.

Manager versus Leader

WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more,

you are a leader!

he might be able to save

him just like he saved me. Then i’ll be able to be with the dream of my life to-gether in the sheltered bus stop.”

With this answer, that per-s o n g o t t h e j o b immediately. As human beings, we are naturally selfish. From all the other answers given, none of them actually thought of giving up their car.......

It is not something wrong

but at times, our thoughts are too narrow Minded & we think mainly of ourselves. Hope you all learn from this & if Your interviewers ask you similar questions, you’ l l be equipped & be able to an-swer the questions with ease.

Pritty