Dear
Orscelik,
A
rapid rate of membership
growth for ROTARY has
been projected for Africa. Rotary International
President
Ray Klinginsmith has said that Africa
can soon have enough members to have
its own RI
Board member. At the present time, Africa
alternates with
Europe to select a Director who
serves on the Board. President Ray also
believes that a significant increase in Rotary
membership on the African
continent will
increase the possibility to hold a Rotary
International
Convention in a major African
city.
Reach
Out To Africa (ROTA)
Executive Committee
members in each of the four regions of Africa
will
assist RI Director Sam Owori, the District
Governors, and the Rotary Coordinators
as they
relate the target of 35,000 members by the year
2018. Each Region
has established percentage
growth goals, which will be communicated to
clubs by elected officers.
Bring
a friend to your club
meeting. You will
be doing the friend a big favor.
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PRID
Örsçelik
Balkan, Vice-Chair |
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Like
many of you, my passion
is to energize our
Rotary to march at the forefront as the leading
service
organization of the World. I have full
belief that … we have all the
assets to do it
and to avoid outdating of our
Organization.
Rotary
in Africa will grow
5-6 % every year and
embrace more than 35,000 members by 2017.
I
also believe that Rotary will grow in
coherence with numbers and quality.
It will
overcome its drawbacks on diversity, which source
out from the
mindset still locked on the
outdated values of some of its members. I look
forward to an ambiance where issues like wrong
perceptions on race, religion
and gender are
not debated anymore. In this context, I expect to
see a
woman President of Rotary International
before 2020.
I
believe that Rotary will
keep on being admired
by its successful services on “Building the
Communities and Bridging the
Continents.”
(Excerpts
from speech
at Cape Town Reunions 5 February
2011. See entire speech at www.reachouttoafrica.org)
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USAIDS
Thrust
on the HIV/AIDS Pandemic |
![USAIDS]()
The
2011-2015 UNAIDS Strategy
focuses on ways
to
- Revolutionise
HIV prevention
and accelerate the treatment,
care and support.
- Advance
human rights and
gender equality.
The
2010 Global AIDS epidemic report
states:
- 33.3
million living with
HIV vs. 28.6 million in
2001. Sub Saharan Africa has the largest
number
but it is 68% of the total vs. 71%
before.
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The number of new HIV
infections is 2.6
million vs. 3.1 million. More than 7,000 people
are infected
daily. The rate is increasing in
North America, East Asia and the Middle
East.
- The
adult prevalence at 0.8%
is unchanged
While increasing in North America, Eastern
Europe, East
Asia, the Middle East and
Oceania, the prevalence in these regions is
much
lower.
- The
number of annual AIDS-related
deaths is
significantly increasing in Eastern Europe.
Reg
Ling PDG District 1110, UK Chairman of Rotarians
for Fighting AIDS (RFFA)
Email: reg_ling@talktalk.net
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Initiative
of Eliminating Sources of Illiteracy in Beni-Sweif
Governorate |
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![Literacy]() The
project is being implemented by Rotary Club
of El-Tahrir, according
to the Memorandum of
Understanding, signed with his Excellency
Governor
of Beni-Sweif and mainly
supported by El-Tahrir Rotary Club
through
effective partnership with Beni-Sweif
Muddiriya of Education (MOE), the
Beni-Sweif
Branch of Professional Academy for Teachers (PAT)
together with
the Orman Foundation.
The
project duration is three
years and 10 primary
schools from Nasser Educational Directorate have
been
selected for project pilot in year one.
74 teachers from five primary
schools
have been trained in the Concentrated
Language Encounter
(CLE) methodology.
5020 primary students have been pre- tested,
and
3559 out of them have been taught in
very interactive 79 CLE
classes during the
first term of year 2010/2011.
During
the second term of
the academic year 2010/2011,
5 more schools are being targeted where 41
teachers have received the CLE Training
and they have already
started teaching
2166 students in CLE classes.
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The
Last Word |
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My
dear wife, Linda, says
that I am always wanting
to say the last word whenever we have a
difference
of opinion. This section of the ROTA
newsletter is probably another example
of that
tendency of mine.
I just wanted to ask for your feedback by email
about what you would like
to see in a version
of this newsletter. Your suggestions are
important
to us. Your contribution of short
stories to put into future editions is
also
requested.
I hope you enjoy this first attempt to make the
newsletter accessible to
more readers.
Yours in Rotary Service,
Past RI Director Thomas Branum,
Sr.
ROTA Chairman
Please
address any questions
or comments to Tom at
Email.
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New
Orleans
Convention |
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Register
now for the 2011
Rotary International
Convention in New Orleans. Join thousands of
Rotarians
in New Orleans, Louisiana USA on May
21-25, 2011. Early registration saves
you
money. For most attendees the convention
registration cost is $300.
That price increased
on December 15 and will increase again March
31,2011.
Visit
the Reach Out To Africa booth in House of
Friendship.
Check
out more details on
the Convention
pages on the RI website.
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East
Africa
Region |
![East Africa Region]() Comoros,
Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar,
Mauritus, Mayotte, Reunion,
Seychelles,
Tanzania and Uganda |
![Nkawalya]() |
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photo
for video |
Nelson
Nkawalya, Chair
Email
![Manek]() |
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photo
for video |
Kaushik
Manek, Vice Chair
Email
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North
Africa
Region |
![North Africa Region]() Algeria,
Egypt, Mauritania, Morocco (incl Western Sahara),
Sudan and Tunisia
![Delawar]() |
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photo
for video |
Mohamed
Delawar, Chair
Email |
![Souissi]() |
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photo
for video |
Ridha
Souissi, Vice Chair
Email
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South
Africa
Region |
![South Africa Region]() Angola,
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia,
South Africa, Swaziland,
Zambia and
Zimbabwe |
![Weber]() |
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photo
for video |
June
Weber, Chair
Email
![Chimhanda]() |
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photo
for video |
Josh
Chimhanda, Vice Chair
Email
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West
Africa
Region |
![West Africa Region]() Benin,
Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde,
Central African Republic,
Chad, Cote d’Ivoire,
Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea,
Gabon,
The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria,
Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), Rwanda, Sao Tome
and Principe, Senegal,
Sierra Leone, Togo and
Tunisia |
![Olawalacole]() |
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photo
for video |
Michael
Olawacole, Chair
Email
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photo
for video |
Yaovi
Tigoe, Vice Chair
Email
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LOOK
AT
THE ROTA WEBSITE OFTEN FOR IMPORTANT
INFORMATION |
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For
a wealth of Africa information,
go to www.reachouttoafrica.org.
You
are invited to send postings
to Vice Chair
Orscelik Balkan Email
or Email
such as:
- Names
and contact information
of Regional ROTA
Subcommittee members
- Calendar
of and links to
coming events of interest to
ROTA supporters.
- Humanitarian
projects to
be posted on the Virtual Projects
Fair.
- Expressions
of interest in
RIPE Klinginsmith’s Rotary
Projects Safari.
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Send
Us
Your Stories |
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In
your own words, write
in English, French,
Arabic, or Portuguese about a project or an
opportunity
in 150 words or less that you would
like to appear in a future ROTA
newsleter. Include a photo if possible.
Submit all stories to Editor PDG Karin Blue at
Emailor
Email
and a copy to Email.
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