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The
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My
Dear Friends,
This
edition re-states some goals and offers several
new partnership opportunities to be of service in
water and sanitation projects. Also see the list
of Humanitarian Grant requests from the West
Africa Projects Fair held at Dakar, Senegal
recently. Look carefully to see whether any of
them would be of interest to your club or
district.
As
we approach the Christmas Season for my family,
the age-old phrase “peace on earth, goodwill to
men” is my prayer for the world.
Yours in Rotary
Service,
Past RI Director
Thomas Branum, Sr.
PS.
District Governors and other recipients are asked
to please share this edition with others on your
mailing list.
Please
address any questions or comments to Tom
at Email.
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Mauritius Resolution to esablish a “signature
project”
in all of
Africa.
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Resolution from
the ROTA meeting held in Mauritius on 7
November2011.
“The Reach Out To
Africa initiative has resolved to adopt Water and
Sanitation as the African
Signature Project for a period of three (3)
years commencing immediately and requests the
approval of the RI Board.”
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District
Membership Goals as set by DG, DGE, & DGN
classes. Moving towards 35,000 African
Rotarians. |
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Years
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2011-12 |
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2012-13 |
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2013-14 |
| Net member increases |
4271 |
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5246 |
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4918 |
| District |
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| 9010 |
550 |
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450 |
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400 |
| 9100 |
407 |
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644 |
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576 |
| 9110 |
480 |
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500 |
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600 |
| 9125 |
322 |
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400 |
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500 |
| 9140 |
450 |
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620 |
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620 |
| 9150 |
178 |
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291 |
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332 |
| 9200 |
780 |
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1000 |
|
400 |
| 9210 |
257 |
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227 |
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195 |
| 9220 |
242 |
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384 |
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445 |
| 9270 |
110 |
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150 |
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150 |
| 9320 |
150 |
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230 |
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230 |
| 9350 |
225 |
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150 |
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250 |
| 9400 |
120 |
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200 |
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220 |
Individual goals for each country were also
established and will be in a future newsletter
when all have been received.
Send
your membership success stories to
Tom. |
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Membership:
Good news from Nigeria |
 District 9140 Governor
Olayinka H. Babalola sends this message.
“Dear All,
I am happy to announce the admission
of the Rotary Club of Afikpo, Ebonyi State,
Nigeria into R.I. The club was chartered
with 30 new members of which many are Past
Rotaractors. Our appreciation to DGSR Chooks and
Charter President Tina.”
The Rotary world welcomes these new members
and wishes much success for the new club.
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| Public Image
Activity
This ad will
appear all year in Cape Town’s theater
literature….at no charge.
Thanks to RPIC
Janey Ball for sharing.
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Water: A
strategeic Partnership Opportunity |
Strategic
partnership formed with UNESCO-IHE Institute for
Water Education Rotary and the UNESCO-IHE
Institute for Water Education have teamed up to
tackle the world’s water and sanitation crisis by
increasing the ranks of trained professionals
critically needed to devise, plan, and implement
solutions in developing and emerging
countries that bear the brunt of the
problem. Through the partnership, the
Foundation will offer packaged global grants
that packaged global
grantsRotary clubs may use to select
and sponsor scholarships for professionals in the
water sector. Up to eight students a year may be
chosen for any of three master of science programs
at the institute in Delft, the Netherlands.
Details for the packaged global grant are being
finalized, and an announcement will
be made as soon as the application becomes
available online. Read more about the
partnership.
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More Strategic
Partnership Opportunities
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Education
Apply
for packaged global grant with Aga
Khan University
Applications
are available online for packaged global grants
with Aga Khan University.
Through
the packaged grants, Rotarian-led vocational
training teams will work with Aga Khan University
faculty to design and provide training programs
that will enhance the professional
development of university-level nursing
faculty in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. The teams
will also work with area Rotarians and Aga Khan
University to implement a service project that
connects the training to clinics or health care
programs. Up to three grants will be awarded
annually.
Packaged
grants also fund scholarships for students to
study nursing and midwifery through Aga Khan
University’s nursing programs in East
Africa.
Aga
Khan University is a
private, not-for-profit university that promotes
human welfare and development through research,
teaching, and community service initiatives. The
Trustees reached an agreement to form a strategic
partnership with Aga Khan University in
May.
Health
Strategic
partnership formed with Mercy Ships
The
Rotary Foundation Trustees have reached an
agreement with Mercy Ships, a global charity that
uses hospital ships to deliver free, world-class
health care and assistance in capacity building
and sustainable development to developing
countries. Through this strategic partnership –
the third formed under the Future Vision Plan –
the Foundation will offer packaged global grants
for Rotary clubs and districts to assemble
vocational training teams of medical professionals
who will perform or assist in life-changing
surgeries. Rotarian volunteers will also work to
enhance the skills of local health care
professionals. Details of these grants will be
announced as soon as the application becomes
available online. Read more.
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A
Future Multi-million Dollar Project in Uganda?
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Uganda
Rotary Water Plus (URWP)
Under
discussion by the WASRAG group is a program to
assist the Government
of Uganda (GoU) help local villages and rural
communities achieve the Millennium Development
Goal (MDG) of 77% access to safe water and
sanitation service by 2015.Sustainability
of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) service is
the over-riding goal of the program.
The communities will be the focus of the program.
It will be designed and executed around
their
commitment and ownership so that they are enabled
to maintain and sustain the service, and
use
it as a base for continuous self-improvement and
economic growth, beyond 2015.
Might this
concept be of interest in other African
countries?
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Humanitarian Grant Opportunities from the
West Africa Projects Fair in Dakar, Senegal page 1
of 4
(Also see
quick links above right for more grant
requests.) |
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| Humanitarian
Grant Opportunities from the West Africa Projects
Fair in Dakar, Senegal page 2 of 4 |
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| Humanitarian
Grant Opportunities from the West Africa Projects
Fair in Dakar, Senegal page 3 of 4 |
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| Humanitarian
Grant Opportunities from the West Africa Projects
Fair in Dakar, Senegal page 4 of 4 |
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ROTA Vice
Chairman Orscelik Balkan
obalkan@superonline.com
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| East
Africa Region |
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 Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea,
Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritus, Mayotte,
Reunion, Seychelles, Tanzania and Uganda
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Nelson Nkawalya,
Chair
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Kaushik Manek, Vice
Chair
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| North
Africa Region |
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 Algeria, Egypt,
Mauritania, Morocco (incl Western Sahara), Sudan
and Tunisia
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Mohamed Delawar,
Chair
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Ridha Souissi, Vice
Chair
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| South
Africa Region |
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 Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi,
Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland,
Zambia and Zimbabwe
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June Weber,
Chair
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Josh Chimhanda,
Vice Chair
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| West
Africa Region |
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 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
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Michael Olawacole,
Chair
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Yaovi Tigoe, Vice
Chair
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| Next issue |
| Look for
photos and contact information of other ROTA
Committee and related presidential appointees
soon. |
| LOOK AT
THE ROTA WEBSITE OFTEN FOR IMPORTANT
INFORMATION |
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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.
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