Rotaract District 7030 Newsletter

April 2016 Edition

District Rotaract Representative Message

Rotary International Presidential Message

Whats happening in Rotaract District 7030

I. French West Indies
II. Guyana
III. Suriname
IV.Trinidad and Tobago

District Reminders

Charter Anniversaries

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

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.

Whats happening in
Rotaract District 7030

Action Chandeleur

On Saturday, February 6th, 2016, we started

Carnival, with children from the Holy Family
Centre, as Carnival Saturday.
This structure accommodates children placed
by 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 Pyi".
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 a
targeted 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 AbuKrow

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 our
sponsor 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 childrens 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.

Valentines Day with Rotaract Club

Paramaribo
Roses
are
Red,
Violets are blue,
ohw yes Rotaract
Club
Paramaribo
loves you!

The Rotaract Club of Arima executes

Green Memisa Project at the Memisa
Centre

This
passed
Valentines
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 wouldnt be Rotaract Club
Paramaribos project if we didnt 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?

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
Foundations Memisa Centre on Sunday 13th
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! Pepper
seedlings were also donated for planting at
desired points on the Centres premises.
The Rotaract Club of Arima is indeed happy to
work for the Memisa Centres benefit once
again, and will seek to maintain and expand on
the level of support provided to it.

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 for
Fun, at the Nelson Mandela Park. In keeping
with the Districts 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!

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.

Reminders

Charter Anniversaries

April 15th
Deadline for the submission of
3rd Quarter Reports
(to DRR Giselle, DS Kezra & ADS Delon)

April

nd

April 22
Deadline for submission of
President and Secretary Elects Contact
Information
(to DS Kezra and ADS Delon)

07th- Rotaract Club of University of the West

Indies Cave Hill
22th- Rotaract Club of Saint Lucia

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)

Happy
Charter!

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