Eleanor Hough, Principal of McAuley House School spoke to us about the Kwanele Kwanele Campaign initiated by the school. She spoke passionately about the problems of woman & child abuse in South Africa and what the campaign is all about. She was looking for support from us and other schools. 
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| New Dawn Election Braai 2011 |
This is a reminder that the club has decided to hold a
social event for members and partners/spouses/significant others on the first
Sunday of April. This will double up as a membership drive and members are
asked to invite potential new members along.
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Date: Sunday, 7th April
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Time: 12:30 onwards
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Venue: 13 Surbiton Ave, Auckland Park
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Eevnt: Braai. Food will be provided, but
please bring a bottle or two of what you like to drink the most. Volunteers to
do salads, side dishes and desserts, please contact Linda Vink at linda@aucklandlodge.co.za
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RSVP: mike@aucklandlodge.co.za by
Wednesday, 3rd April, stating number of people attending and the
names of your guests.
This Week:
We have been let down by our speaker so it will be a Social Meeting. We always say we don't have enough of them!
British ophthalmologist, U.S. association to receive top Foundation alumni awards
Top: Dr. Harminder Singh Dua, recipient of the 2012-13 Rotary Foundation Global Alumni Service to Humanity Award Photo courtesy of Dr. Harminder Singh Dua Bottom: Members of The Rotary Foundation Alumni Association of District 6560, recipient of the 2012-13 Rotary Foundation Alumni Association of the Year Award. Photo courtesy of Susan Meskis
Dr. Harminder Singh Dua, an ophthalmologist in Nottingham, England, has been chosen by The Rotary Foundation Trustees as the recipient of the 2012-13 Rotary Foundation Global Alumni Service to Humanity Award.
Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Nagpur South in Maharashtra, India (District 3030), Dua traveled as a member of a Group Study Exchange (GSE) team to Pennsylvania, USA (District 7300), in 1981. He will receive the award on 25 June at the 2013 RI Convention in Lisbon, Portugal.
Dua, who is chair and professor of ophthalmology at the University of Nottingham, Queen’s Medical Centre, has treated patients in the United Kingdom, India, and the United States and has shared his skills with students and colleagues around the world. He is renowned as an authority on corneal disorders and performs advanced surgeries.
While living in India, Dua conducted numerous free diagnostic eye clinics through Rotary and other nongovernmental organizations, performing thousands of free operations on poor patients who had cataracts and glaucoma.
“The poverty and simple lives of the villagers and the huge difference [the] operations made to them and to the lives of children who had to spend time away from school to guide the people around was plain to see,” says Dua. “There was no escaping the enormity of their need and our [medical team’s] ability to fulfill some part of it.”
Dua says he is thankful for the opportunity The Rotary Foundation provided him through GSE and its impact on his career.
“If I were to point to the one life-changing event, the one turning point that brought me to where I am today, it was [my] selection as a GSE team member,” he says. “This was my first visit outside India, my window to the rest of the world.”
U.S. alumni group recognized
The Rotary Foundation Alumni Association of District 6560 (Indiana, USA) has been selected to receive the 2012-13 Rotary Foundation Alumni Association of the Year Award. Chartered in 2007, the association focuses on connecting alumni with Rotary clubs. The group holds annual alumni gatherings; attends Rotary district conferences, RI conventions, and other events; and helps provide orientations for current program participants and alumni.
Members of the association participate in a project called Water Is Life, including by raising funds. Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Fishers, Indiana, the effort has established more than 80 wells serving over 80,000 people in Sierra Leone.
The association has also supported PolioPlus, and new members are invited to contribute during their orientation.
Susan Meskis, president of the association and a member of the Fishers club, will be leading a vocational training team to Tanzania in April to share their expertise in nursing education with the faculty of Aga Khan University’s Advanced Nursing Program. The effort will be funded by a Rotary Foundation packaged grant.
“This rare and extraordinary opportunity is a collaboration between The Rotary Foundation, Aga Khan University, and District 6560 and anticipates building lasting relationships between all partners to [expand] capacity in education and nursing professionals in developing nations,” says Meskis.
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