district newsletter may 2016 (english)

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Rotaract District 7030 Newsletter

May 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.

GuyanaIII. St Kitts and Nevis

IV. Trinidad and Tobago

District Reminders

Charter Anniversaries


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Some years ago, in the Kano plains of Kenya, a well-meaning development

agency took on the task of improving water availability to a rural

community. Committees were formed, meetings were held, and the local

people were consulted. The main need the community identified was

improved delivery of water for irrigation and livestock. A plan to meet this

need was created, and the work was soon begun, exactly as the

community representatives had requested.

Yet once construction began, it was met by immediate protest from

groups of community women, who came to the site and physically blocked

workers from building diversion channels. Upon further investigation, the

agency realized that the water it was diverting for farming came from the

only source, for dozens of families, of water for cooking, drinking, and

washing. The entire project had to be scrapped.

Why? Because it had never occurred to a single member of the all-male team in charge to consult the

local women. At every stage, it was assumed that the men knew the needs, spoke for the community,

and were able to represent it. Clearly, this was far from the case. The women knew the needs of the

community, and its resources, far better – but their opinion was never sought.

We have had women in Rotary for only the last quarter of our history, and it is no coincidence that those

years have been by far our most productive. In 1995, only 1 in 20 Rotarians were women; today, that

number has risen to 1 in 5. It is progress, but it is not enough. It is only common sense that if we want to

represent our communities, we must reflect our communities, and if we want to serve our communities

fully, we must be sure that our communities are fully represented in Rotary.

Rotary’s policy on gender equality is absolutely clear. Yet nearly one-fifth of our clubs still refuse toadmit women, usually by claiming that they simply cannot find women who are qualified for

membership. I would say that any Rotarian who makes this argument, or believes it, himself lacks the

two most basic qualifications for Rotary membership: honesty and good sense.

A club that shuts out women shuts out much more than half the talent, half the ability, and half the

connections it should have. It closes out the perspectives that are essential to serving families and

communities effectively. It damages not only its own service but our entire organization, by reinforcing

the stereotypes that limit us the most. It leads our partners to take us less seriously, and it makes all of

Rotary less attractive to potential members, especially the young people who are so crucial to our

future.

To tolerate discrimination against women is to doom our organization to irrelevance. We cannotpretend that we still live in Paul Harris’ time, nor would he ever want us to. For, as he said, “The story

of Rotary will have to be written again and again.” Let us see to it that the story we write in Rotary is one

of which he would be proud.


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What’s happening in

Rotaract District 7 3 …


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Rotaract Club of Pointe-à-Pitre -

Community Service

At the end of this Easter vacation, which was

promising in Guadeloupe, the Rotaract Club of

Pointe-à-Pitre was pleased to welcome 13 of our

comrades from the Rotaract Club of St. Lucia for

four exceptional days. Discovery, sharing,

exchange and relaxation, the two clubs have

fully recovered during this visit.

Our Saint Lucian friends also discovered during

this visit, mutual aid, solidarity, team spirit and

good humor that we can find on the island of

beautiful waters. Saturday morning, March

26th, each Rotaractor was on point to make our

contribution in form of a community service, a

fine citizen initiative alongside of Pli bel La Ri

association aiming to restore colors to the oldbuilding of Pointe-à-Pitre.

The Rotaract Club of Pointe-à-Pitre

makes two young Guadeloupeans

discover their island!

Do you know that many young people from a

difficult social environment, do not have the

opportunity to browse and enjoy Guadeloupe

islands?

The Rotaract Club of Pointe-à-Pitre created the

Success story project to allow two young

people to discover their island and deepen

their general knowledge! Each month, for a

year, members were pleased to accompany

them during a visit or meeting on a theme of the

history of Guadeloupe! Our youth deserve thebest to succeed! Rotaract of Pointe-à-Pitre is

committed to providing them with material and

educational support through this project.


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Act ‘X’perience Event

During the evening of April 9 to 10, 2016, we

organized a dancing party, in order to fund our

future actions.

It was a major action where team discipline and

fellowship was essential for the success of the

action.

After a project management training made by

the President of our sponsor club, the Rotary

Club of Lamentin, we were able to immediately

apply what we’ve learned from this session, by

managing this project methodically.

Our leadership is found on our experiences,

because we saw our strengths and weaknesses

and we could move forward together.

Rotaract Club of University of Guyana’s

Rota-Ready Race

In observance of WRW 2016, the RCUG held its

Rota-Ready Race project with goals ofincreasing the awareness of Rotaract and by

extension Rotary; create an opportunity for all

Rotaract Clubs to fellowship and demonstrate

being a G.I.F.T to the world through the

activities of the race that embodied Rotary’s

areas of service.

2 member teams raced from UG campus and

were given clues to their next check point; thereteams had an activity to complete; from reading

to a child at the National Library to purchasing

water for a homeless person. It was a fun-filled

and wonderful day and DRR Giselle participated

and learned about Guyana.


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About the Rotaract Club of Nevis

The Rotaract Club of Nevis was established on

19th December, 2015 and became officially

chartered by Rotary International on 3rd

February, 2016. Our Club is sponsored by the

Rotary Club of Liamuiga. The club currently

comprises of 25 members and 11 prospective

members.

Board members include Latoya Jones

(President), Mickia Mills (Vice President),

Tanisha Mills (Treasurer), Kerese Elliott

(Secretary), Somiche Guishard (Assistant

Secretary) and 5 Directors Harsha Permanand,

Ddlen Griffin, Iyanna Charles, Rheanna Cozier

and Rogie Hadley.

Created Facebook and Instagram accounts.Please like and follow the Rotaract Club of

Nevis.

On The Mark – Radio interview was done at

VON Radio headquarters and Information Booth

at Memorial Square, Charlestown, Nevis.

Rotaract Club of Central Port-of-Spain

11th Charter Anniversary: Being a gift to

the Children

On January 21 2016, the Club celebrated eleven

years of hard work, fellowship and committed

service to members of the community. The

Club having being approached by a consulting

firm who brought awareness to the passing of a

single-parent in Morvant, Trinidad and her now

made orphan seven (7) children, quickly took

up the mantle to assist the children. The

children aged 5-21 required food and clothing.

The Club gathered several articles of clothing

which were given to the children and young

adults. The Club utterly enjoyed giving to those

in need for its 11th Charter Anniversary.

Secretary Isis from the Rotaract Club of

Central Port-of-Spain Donating clothes for

orphans on the Club’s 11th Charter

Anniversary


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Rotaract Club of Mount Hope’s World

Rotaract Week

We, the Rotaract Club of Mount Hope,

celebrated WRW back in March. We

distributed two hampers to two of the pediatric

wards at the Mount Hope Hospital and we had a'Be a gift to the world' drive in which we

basically asked members of the school

population what is their gift to the world.

Another day, we gave out free cakes, cookiesand other goodies to the school population as a

Thank you towards the support the club has

received from the school population and to end

WRW we hosted a medical clinic at the

Emperor Valley Zoo with our sponsor club,

Rotary Club of San Juan. All projects were a

huge success and we recently got awarded a

Presidential Citation.

Rotaract Club of Piarco UWI’s World

Rotaract Week International Service

Project - WE ARE THE WORLD

The Rotaract Club of Piarco UWI, invited clubs

around the world to be a part of our World

Rotaract Week International Service Project -

WE ARE THE WORLD!

Clubs from Brazil, Belize, India, the United

States, Suriname, Guadeloupe, Dominica, and

Trinidad and Tobago, participated by sending

us videos introducing their club, and shouting

“Happy World Rotaract Week!!” The media

collected were then combined to create ONE

video presentation, of Rotaract around the

world. This project was aimed at unifying clubs

globally and building relationships andnetworks with Rotaractors internationally. We

truly appreciate the support of those who

participated and look forward to collaborating

with the various clubs in the near future.

The video can be found here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vME5x9c

nyVE&feature=share

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Batman vs Superman Raise Funds for

Rotaract Youth Work

The Rotaract Club of POS West premiered

block buster movie - Batman vs. Superman as a

fundraising initiative at the Digicel IMAX last

week. Over 350 patrons attended the

glamourous wine and cheese soiree whose

proceeds will go toward the club’s community

service initiatives.

Anxious patrons crowded the lobby sampling

wine and cheese, chicken rings, natural soaps

and body products while being serenaded by

Stefan Roachon the guitar. The event was a huge

success with corporate partners from HADCO,

Nestle, AMCO, Massy Distribution Ltd.,

Associated Brands Industries Ltd., and AiNaturals.

The Rotaract Club of Port-Of-Spain West is a

rotary sponsored community based group for

young men and women, ages 18 to 30 with a

focus on Community Service and Leadership

Development, Rotaract (Rotary-in Action) is a

group of young leaders dedicated to

community outreach and promoting

international understanding and peace, always

remembering ‘service before self’. Our

projects are designed to improve the quality of

life of citizens of Trinidad and Tobago.

Rotaract Clubs of San Fernando’s New

Born Aid – “It takes a Village”

Another opportunity was granted to make a

difference in our community. On March 26th

2016, the Rotaract Clubs of San Fernando &

Arima executed the second part of our

community service project: New Born Aid, "It

Takes A Village”. We were able to supply

donations of baby supplies for at least six

months for the newly born baby girl. The

candid expressions that mounted the faces of

our recipients were quite rewarding, although

their situation was birthed in the face of

tragedy. Yet again we were all able to fly the

Rotaract flag high embodying Rotary’s ideal of

service above self, while simultaneously being

a gift to the world.


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The Rotaract Club of St Augustine’s 13th

Charter Anniversary Celebrations

“Past, Present, Future, Thirteen years and

thriving” was the theme of the Anniversary

dinner to commemorate this celebration of the

Rotaract Club of St Augustine. The theme

allowed us to appreciate and acknowledge our

past, shape our present and encouraged us to

set the foundation necessary for a solid future.

Charter member and Past President Buddy

Ragoobarsingh was the feature speaker for the

evening whose speech cemented our theme,

reminding us of our club’s motto “Attendance,

Involvement and fellowship we promise.”

Our mentorship programme in collaboration

with our Rotary partners, the Rotary Club of St

Augustine was also launched on the evening.There was a great turnout of members,

Rotarians and guests where persons actively

fellowshipped with each other.

The Rotaract Club of Tobago Presents

“Trifit 3.0 Tobago”

The Rotaract Club of Tobago held TRIFIT 3.0, its

third phase of a three (3) years project aimed at

raising awareness about non communicable

diseases as well as reducing the risk factorsassociated with these non-communicable

diseases.

An initiative geared towards promoting healthy

lifestyles, not only through diet but

incorporating exercise and fitness as well. This

Year TRIFIT 3.0 was held on April 3rd, 2016 at

the Gulf City Lowlands Mall, Tobago, this year we had three events: Aerobics, Obstacle

Course and 5k. We had over approximately 100

participants collectively taking part in the

various events with a huge crowd and

supporter turnout. TRIFIT 3.0 was definitely a

successful event.


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The Rotaract Club of Arima provides funding for the construction of security guard

booth at the Cumaca R.C. Primary School!!

On Saturday, 19th March 2016, the Rotaract Club of Arima presented the Principal of Cumaca R.C.

Primary School, Mrs. Paula Gomez, with a cheque to the value of Sixteen Thousand One Hundred

Dollars (TT$16,100.00) for the construction of the guard booth at the school compound.

The school’s history would reveal that most of its student population comes from poverty-stricken

families, making it difficult for it to raise funds for this work.

In the absence of proper facilities for hired security personnel, the school has experienced incidences

involving unauthorised personnel entering the compound, disturbing the students and teachers, and

using the already limited facilities available to the school’s students and teachers.


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Reminders

June 16-20

Rotaract District 7030 Conference

Charter Anniversaries

April

24th – Rotaract Club of Georgetown Central

May

16th- Rotaract Club of Sangre Grande

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