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ERIC NEWS spring 2015/16
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FRIDAY JAN 8th
WEDNESDAY APRIL 20th
08.00 – 9.00 Breakfast Enjoy your meal at the hotel restaurant
08.00 – 20.00 Arrival Check-in and registration at the Hotel 21.00 – 04.00 Welcome “Hawaian party” (conbo package) Pelledoca, Viale Enrico Forlanini (coach from 19.00 for Combo package)
09.00 – 13.00 ERIC Plenary Session Keynote Speaker Holger Knaack, RI Director 2013-2015, Chairman of the RI New Generation Committee Visconti hall floor -1 , Crown Plaza
08.00 Breakfast Enjoy your meal at the hotel restaurant
14.00 – 16.00 Rotaract Business Workshop: Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship – how to deal with it Brera room, floor -1 , Crown Plaza
09.00 – 13.00 ERIC Meeting Visconti hall floor -1 , Crown Plaza
14.30 Free guided tour Duomo, City center, Castle
14.00 – 16.00 Workshop - Leading the Organic Organisations of Tomorrow - with Patric Palm Visconti room, floor -1 , Crown Plaza
19.45 – 00.55 EuCo Opening Ceremony! coach from 19.00 to go and from 23:55 to come back Old Fashion, Viale Emilio Alemagna,6
THURDAY APRIL 29th
14.00 – 16.00 Rotaract Creatives Network (RCN) EUCO 2016 Photography Workshop Parini room, floor -1 , Crown Plaza 14.00 – 16.00 Rotaract Public Speaking Workshop Brera room, floor -1 , Crown Plaza 19.45 – 00:55 Seven deadly sins party! (conbo package) coach from 19.00 to go and from 23:55 to come back Tocqueville, Via Alessio di Tocqueville, 13
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SATURDAY JAN 9th
SUNDAY JAN 10th
08.00 – 9:00 Breakfast Enjoy your meal at the hotel restaurant 09.00 D2042 tours! “Como”, “Bellagio and Varenna”, “Bergamo” departure at 9.00 from Hotel 09.30 EUCO CUP Football tournament 5vs5 “Sporting Corvetto”, Via Fabio Massimo 15/4 10.00 Free guided tour Duomo, City center, Castle 12.00 Service: San Vincenzo food collection Istituto Gonzaga, close to Milano Central station 19.30 - 3.00 Gala Dinner and party 3 course dinner, wine open bar, coffee
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07.00 – 10.00 Breakfast Enjoy your meal at the hotel restaurant 11.00 Check out We know you would love to stay longer but that is the time to say goodbye. Check-out is not permitted after 11.00 extra changes may apply
Welcome to... European Conference 2016 1) How did you decide to host euco in milan?
3) What is the stangest question you received from a participant ? I would like to know if Mister X is coming.. I would not like The idea of EuCo Mi- to be alone at the party (YES, luckly you will be able to skip lan was borned in June merting the other 550 participants) 2013 when a skilled Incoming RDR of MDIO 4) What are you the most proud of? 2041-2042, Francesco Hosting a one thousand people event with a group of peAscioti, decided that ople that has also to work and care about their families... Milan and Northern it was not easy at all! This will last in the memories of Lombardy had to be as many rotaractors, and in particular of many rotaractors ambitious as possible from my club and my district and try to do the best possible for our Districts. He chosed to be in charge of this as I was the only 5) What is your best souvenir and why? Rotaractor crazy enough to believe in this project. Gathering together people from 50 countries and almost We lost our first bid at the 2nd voting round with 350-400 clubs it’s something Create a good team the fellows of Bucharest and the year after we ap- that is more unique than rare with motivated and posiplied again with almost every available vote from CRs. 6) Give us 3 atjectives to de- tive fellows, do all of your best... and hope it will scribe this event be enough :) 2) What has been your biggest challenge while or- Global, exciting, unique ganizinig this event ? We faced many challenges.. the two biggest were: 7) What would you suggest (i) managing the budget with increasing and un- to the next organizer ? planned costs and fixed price tickets; (ii) coordina- Create a good team with motivated and positive fellows, te a team without being exactly sure of what peo- do all of your best... and hope it will be enough :) ple should do perform the activities (some of them It will be for sure one of the most exciting activities done quite complex or not clear)... and doing everything in your life so far with a positive attitude :) Grazie!
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The EuCo generation is building the future and the real Europe Dear European rotaractors: we have been published! Here you go , we decided to share the article that you can anyway find in this link . Special thanks to the the Editor, Salvatore Todaro, and to all of you for making it possible! I had the opportunity to take part in the organisation of EUCO and I do believe this is a great story, worth being told.
did it because they love Rotaract. They were absolutely not obligated by job reasons, or anything formal: but they
A few people know that last Saturday night, in Milan, one thousand people coming from every corner of Europe were having dinner altogether. Yes. You have got it right, one thousand. Mainly young people aged 18 to 30, representatives of fifty nationalities. EUCO is the Rotaract European Convention, and Rotaract is the young branch of Rotary, that – in turn – is the association, philanthropy foundation and the most important service of the world. Well: EUCO this year took place in Milan, and the strings vibrating among the round tables of Crowne Plaza in San Donato were vibrating as never before. It was a week full of emotions, started on Wednesday 20th and finished Sunday 24th. That was a visionaries’ work: visionaries such as a professional named Edoardo Guida, President of HOC the organising committee. A Leader like Francesco Ascioti, District Representative of the year when Milan gained the appointment of hosting EUCO. Great women as Veronica Bradaschia, Italian and President of ERIC, that is the European Rotaract. All of these people are less than 30: and these records show you a meaningful figure of their value in being able to achieve all that. And – since I know them personally – I can give witness. Because, you know, those one thousand young people are representing a clear and really concrete snapshot of a generation standing off across the reality we are experiencing. The young people having taken part into the organisation, such as those landed in Milan for the “five days”, 6
move around, spend, invest and live following values in which they believe and they identify as their own. Those one thousand people aged 18 to 30, for five days, have discussed how we can be a gift to the world. They discussed how to serve the others. To serve poorest people, to serve those who need help in the furthest countries, to serve weak children, to spread education, to spread treatments, to encourage leaderships, to use technologies in favour of the values. One thousand people aged 18 to 30 ask themselves these questions, which are – actuallythe Rotary and Rotaract questions. They do that during conventions and conversations, and then, of course they dance, have fun, and of course go round Milan, go for a trip to Lago Di Como, to Bergamo Alta, to Navigli area.
lingua franca mixing together. They are young peoI have seen the EUCO generation, and this sight instilled ple born this way, without having known the old politics great hope. You know how this daily is questioning away , without having known the old communication, without about the decaying aspects of our society. You having known bureaucracy: and who – running know how this daily day after day looks for sointo the ancient legacy – want to change it. not in a Europe lutions to the truths we have to cope with, made of rules, of problems, abuse of power, lack of awareAnd meanwhile take the best of it. powers, of slow economic ness: well, I can see in this EUCO geneAnd these young people make mistakes recovery and of debt or taxes ration the real and actual possibility to as well. They have one too many as laws. But in the Europe of Erachange things. well. And they are human beings as smus, the Europe of Schengen, the well. But I realised – during these Europe of the single currency, one days of EUCO – that my generaEnglish language to communiThey’re people who will get married, tion care for itself. That my generacate among us, and many tion can get it. That we spoke a common who will have childrens, who are starting lingua franca mixing to enter companies, who are professionals, language. together. who run start up companies, who overcome obstacles, who travel from Sweden, from Turkey, That we looked after existential and social problems. That we were listening to each other even speaking from Russia, from France or Belgium pursuing a dream. Fifty nationalities were represented made of different languages. I got moved, and I realised that we young people from 18 to 30 years old who do be- can make it. From Italy, from Milan, from everywhere in lieve in they own realisation, who help the others, Italy, from everywhere in Europe. who share both in the media and early meaning I realised the existence of a generation that is building the of the verb “to share”. future, of a generation without borders. These are people who believe in Europe. Certainly not in a Europe made of rules, of powers, of slow eco- Salvatore Todaro nomic recovery and of debt or taxes laws. But in the Europe of Erasmus, the Europe of Schengen, Italia Post’ s Editor – (translation by M. Cristina Constanthe Europe of the single currency, one English tin) language to communicate among us, and many 7
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E Milan, at last. While this Rotaract year is ending it’s about the right moment to start remembering what we’ve gone through. Our world, our society, is facing a hard time, we are getting used to hear on the news horrible moments where violence and absence of tolerance are the landscape of our daily lifes. And in this humanitarian tragedy, we still maintain the Rotarian spirit of love, help, support & sustain. Three numbers with your exceptional stories of solidarity, friendshipand intercultural understanding. Does this world we are living in, needs anything different than this?
Please keep sharing with us writing to magazine@rotaracteurope. eu! Yours in Rotaract Veronica Bradaschia ERIC president 2015/16
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“OPERATION HOPE” - Goztepe Rotaract Club (Turkey) Rotaract Club: GOZTEPE ROTARACT CLUB District: 2440 Country: TURKEY Number of club members: 23 Contact person: YAGİZ BURAK GOKCE brkgke@gmail.com Project Title: OPERATION HOPE Start date: April 1, 2015 End date: November 30, 2015 Project Goal: We have built healthcare center and class for disable students in our town. In Ramadan we have provided food provided good supply and made a dinner. We made courses of gain pro-
fession which were swimming pool operator and traditional carpenter. In village we have aimed that combined 6 main subject of rotary with sustainable projects. We did not give money to our villagers for help them. we teached and educated them for to gain profession that will bring money to them. We have a dream that a village can create and provide their needs. With this project we tried to bring this dream to life.
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“The Bucharest Duck Race” - Rotaract Bucharest Triumph (Romania)
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Rotaract Club: Rotaract Bucharest Triumph District: 2241 Country: Romania Number of club members: 24 Contact person: Ilie Pana, ilie.pana@ rotaract.ro Project Title: The Bucharest Duck Race Start date: June 1, 2015 End date: September 19, 2015 Project Goal: We dreamed of changing the lives of children with severe hearing loss by providing them with top quality hearing aids, which could help them hear al10
most like a normal child. By hearing well enough, a child with hearing loss could learn how to speak, he or she could go to a normal school and have a normal life. We thought to gather the necessary money by organizing a fun event, with huge awareness for the cause and Rotaract in general. Therefore, we organised “The Bucharest Duck Race” …and it was a hit. Location: Bucharest, Romania Target group: Poor children with severe hearing loss Budget: 9924euro
“Dental Care to Refugees” - Rotaract Club of Athens (Greece) Rotaract Club: Rotaract Club of Athens District: 2470 District Country: Greece Number of club members: 28 Contact person: KATOPODIS CHRIS, rotaract.club.athens@gmail.com Project Title: Dental Care to Refugees Start date: End date: November 1, 2016 Project Goal: To offer first grade healthcare to Syrian refugees and their children to the Open Hospitality Center of Elaionas. We also provided access to fresh clean water and medicine Location: Athens Target group: Syrian refugees, Syrian Child refugees Budget: 41.560 After the communication our board had with the Greek Ministry of Health and the Greek CDC we were informed about the needs of The Open Hospitality Centers -OHC mainly the lack of any dental healthcare. They explained us the vital need for a dental clinic in the OHC of Eleonas because there were a lot of dental cases that needed care ( a lot of which were serious). Most of them were children that have traveled in very harsh conditions in bad hygienic before reaching Greece. Our project had 3 parts. The first part was to provide as many medicines and healthcare equipment as needed in the OHC of Eleonas in Athens( total cost of 2.500 euros ). Secondly, we responded to the need for clean water by providing 2,5 tons of water to both OHC’s of Athens and Mitilini. Thirdly our main goal was to build from the scratch a fully equipped dental clinic in the OHC of Eleonas. The dental clinic is settled in a brand new spacious container that our club installed in OHC of Eleonas next to the already
3rd existing surgery. The dental clinic that our club offered consists of a full dental unit that consists of a dental chair, cuspidor, air compressor delivery system, handpieces, a dental light. Also we bought a sterile machine, an operatory cabinetry and a dental stool. An important notice is that our did not just bought the dental clinic but also offers a continuous healthcare to refugees by providing the dental expendables and a maintenance to the dental clinic. Also, through our clubs resources we managed a deal with Athens Dental Association so every day a dentist will be at OHC of Eleonas.
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: Rotaract Club Ansbach (Germany) & Rotaract Club Kyiv-Centre (Ukraine) Twin Club 1 Name: Rotaract Club Ansbach Twin Club 1 District: 1950 Twin Club 1 Country: Germany Twin Club 1 Contact Person: Anna Abrell Twin Club 1 Email: anna.abrell@ web.de Twin Club 2 Name: Rotaract Club Kyiv-Centre Twin Club 2 District: 2230 Twin Club 2 Country: Ukraine Twin Club 2 Contact Person: Anastasiya Bun Twin Club 2 Email: nastya.bun@ gmail.com Twinning Date: May 24, 2015 How did you find each other?: A member of Rotaract Club Ansbach (Germany) participated in the Ukrainian Trip in 2013, where he met the Rotaractors from Kyiv-Centre (Ukraine), who hosted the group during their stay in Kiev. He was fascinated by the heartiness and the hospitality of the Ukrainians and we made friends. Tell the story of your twinning...: After the Ukrainian Trip, members of both our clubs met at several European Rotaract Events and we intensified our friendship. At the same time, the Rotaract Club Ansbach was looking for an international project, which
could be supported. As the Germans were impressed by the overwhelming cordiality of Ukrainian inhabitants, who despite of having lower living standards compared to western European countries, still see the hospitality as a very high good, the Rotaractors from Ansbach decided to give something back to the Ukrainian society and support the commitment of Rotaract Kyiv-Centre. Since then, two international exchanges were realized, where German Rotaractors visited the friends in Kiev. Together we could provide two ambulatories in economically weak regions with new and modern medical equipment and renovated and equipped a kindergarten with toys and learning material. During the second trip in 2015 the twinning agreement was signed, in order to strengthen our partnership. What were your goals of twinning with each other?: Our main goal was to build international bridges of friendship among young Europeans through joint community service, in times where intercultural exchange of habits, experiences and opinions are essential for the future. We aimed to create a strong partnership, combining the financial strengths of western c ountries and the knowledge of the needs of economically weak local villages in Eastern Europe.
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Maslak Rotaract (Turkey) & Krasnodar Rotaract (Russian Federation) Twin Club 1 Name: Maslak Rotaract Twin Club 1 District: 2420 Twin Club 1 Country: Turkey Twin Club 1 Contact Person: Kagan Boyacıoglu Twin Club 1 Email: kaganboyacioglu@ gmail.com Twin Club 2 Name: Krasnodar Rotaract Twin Club 2 District: 2220 Twin Club 2 Country: Russia Twin Club 2 Contact Person: Alinka Nikiforova Twin Club 2 Email: alinarotaract@gmail.com Twinning Date: October 10, 2015 How did you find each other?: In 2012 REM our president Kagan Boyacıoglu got a chance to meet with DRR of D2220 Alinka Nikiforova. During REM and after, we have realized that our clubs have a potential to be twin clubs. Alinka visited Istanbul for REM Istanbul. Our friendship between clubs got better 12
by time. After a while the procedures completed, we became twin clubs. Tell the story of your twinning...: After two clubs got to know each other in REM Kiev and REM Istanbul, two clubs signed the twin club agreement in REM Poznan. We have started the project rapidly. Some of the projects we did include the Foodbook and Ro-
taract Means for Me. What were your goals of twinning with each other?: Showing the political relations between countries should not affect nations cultural exchange. Rotary’s aim is to have peace and fellowship through service, and we aimed to emphasize that. Project Title: Just Like You With An (+1) Extra THEIR PROJECT HAS BEEN AWARDED BY ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
Istanbul – Dolmabahçe Rotaract Club (Turkey) & Budapest-Duna Rotaract Club(Hungary) Twin Club 1 Name: Istanbul – Dolmabahçe Rotaract Club Twin Club 1 District: 2420 Twin Club 1 Country: Turkey Twin Club 1 Contact Person: Aydan Akyıldız Twin Club 1 Email: akyildizaydan@gmail.com Twin Club 2 Name: Budapest-Duna Rotaract Club Twin Club 2 District: 1911 Twin Club 2 Country: Hungary Twin Club 2 Contact Person: Annamaria Blazics Twin Club 2 Email: blazics.a@gmail.com Twinning Date: December 8, 2013 How did you find each other?: Past presidents of the Rotaract Club of Budapest-Duna Marianna Toth, and The Rotaract Club of Istanbul – Dolmabahce, Zülal Akarsu, met each other in the Rotary Youth Exchange camp in Istanbul in 2008. After that period they kept in touch and in the summer August 2013 Marianna visited Istanbul once more with her brother. The two clubs decided to twin when Zülal and Marianna met up again during Marianna's trip. Tell the story of your twinning...: We initially twinned in November 2013 when Duna RAC visited us in Istanbul. We engaged in various cultural exchanges and completed a joint service project for which we received 2nd place at 2013-14 TCA.This time, we wanted to visit Duna in Budapest and share a similar experience with them in their home country. 5 of our members went to Budapest. In the first day of our visit, we had a barbeque together so we could rest after our flight and also get to know all the members of Duna. At the dinner, we taught each other Turkish and Hungarian words and phrases so that we could communicate a little bit in each other's languages. To have some fun, we also researched words that are the same in Hungarian and Turkish. Since modern day Hungary used to be ruled by the Ottomans before the Austrians, we found out that we have a lot of common words and that we share a lot of similar cultural traits. On our second day, first we had breakfast all together. Next we completed preparations for our service project which we would complete the following day. For our project, we decided that we wanted to help the patients of a hospital. We wanted to touch the lives of patients who had a very serious illness so that we could make them at least just slightly happier. Before our trip, we got into contact with Gottsegen György Orszagos Car13
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diac Hospital of Budapest. They are a public hospital and they told us that they get a lot of homeless patients without families or patients whose families are going through financial partnership. So we received sponsorship from Tesco Supermarkets who provided us with medical supplies, foodstuffs and small gifts. On the second day, we got together in the house of one of Duna's members. There, we packed all the supplies together in a fun activity. At night, we first had dinner together. Then, Duna members gave us a tour of some of the trendy and lively parts of Budapest where we had some drinks and desserts. On our final day, we first had a traditional Hungarian breakfast together in a park. We then took the subway to the Cardiac Hospital with our supplies. We delivered them to the patient ward. We had also planned to meet the patients and to play them some Turkish songs on instruments. However, a few days before our trip the hospital denied our request because of health concerns. Due to health concerns we were not allowed to meet the patients but we did meet Dr. Németh József who thanked us for our kindness. He told us about the hard times his hospital was going through due to lack of government funding. We took his contact information to see if we can help them again in the future. After completing our project, we went on a tour of the city and visited some of the historical sights in Budapest such as Buda Castle, the Duna River, Central Market Hall, Heroes' Square and the Parliament. Then we had dinner at a very traditional Hungarian restaurant where we enjoyed great Hungarian food. During dinner, our president presented gifts that we had gotten for Duna members from Turkey. Finally, at night we went to a famous nightclub in Budapest and had fun dancing.
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“Rotaract is serving the community while having fun”. That’s one of my favourite quotes about Rotaract and that’s what the clubs of Cyprus have been doing this year. “HIV + ME” HIV Awareness event – Rotaract Club of Nicosia Rotaract Club of Nicosia and the AIDS Solidarity Movement organised an HIV awareness event with the support of Positive Voice, the Association of People Living with HIV in Greece, and Checkpoint HIV preventions centres. The net proceeds from a 70s/80s Nostalgia Fundraising Party that took place in February 2016 were specifically dedicated to bring important speakers and medical facilities for free HIV testing. The HIV issue raises a lot of questions. What does HIV mean and how is it different to AIDS? What’s the latest worldwide news on HIV? How does it feel to be HIV positive and what is Antiretroviral Therapy? To give answers to all these questions, the Club invited Andonis Papazoglou, who has been living with the virus, to participate in a speech and open discussion, together with Sophocles Chanos, who is the Head of the Checkpoints HIV Prevention Centres in Athens and Thessaloniki. The open 14
discussion entitled “HIV+me” took place at the Powerhouse Restaurant in Nicosia. All event attendees were able to get tested for HIV in a safe and anonymous environment. First park for children with disabilities in Cyprus – Rotaract Club of Larnaca Kition Rotaract Club of Larnaca Kition is continuing their projects to raise funds for the first park for children with disabilities in Cyprus. The club is supported by its mother club, Rotary Club of Larnaca Kition. The Interact Club of the American Academy in Larnaca is also taking part in this big project. It is anticipated that the cost of the park will reach €40.000 and the architecture plans will be ready by the end of April 2016. Rotaract Larnaca Kition organized a Charity Theatre called “The musicians”, with performances by the Youth Stage of the Youth Foundation Larnaca to raise funds. More projects are coming up to raise more funds for the park. Cultural Exchange – Rotaract Club of Nicosia Ledra with Rotaract Club of Beirut-Centre, Lebanon
Rotaract Club of Nicosia Ledra participated in a cultural exchange project with Rotaract Club of Beirut-Centre. The Cypriot club hosted a Lebanese night, while the Lebanese club hosted a Greek Cypriot night on the 22nd of February 2016. The aim of the project was to learn more about each other’s culture through interactive activities. The clubs exchanged recipes of traditional dishes and desserts. Lebanese dishes included loubye, kofta bi tahini and fattoush and Cypriot dishes included galaktomboureko, bulgur with tomato and lamb souvla. On the night of the event the Ledrans had a traditional Lebanese dinner and homemade Lebanese desserts which turned out to be delicious! Everyone’s favourite was of course kneffe. The clubs also exchanged traditional songs. RAC Nicosia Ledra sent Greek pop, laiko (folkloric) and rock songs, while RAC Beirut-Centre sent videos of dabke and Lebanese pop and rock. RAC Nicosia Ledra sent them a video tutorial on how to dance Cypriot zeimbekiko! They also played two games. The first game involved a list of photos of traditional things, accompanied by a list in mixed order of the words of the photos in each club’s own language with the pronunciation written in English, and the other club had to figure out which word matched each photo. The second game was the days of the 15
week written in Greek or Arabic in mixed o r d e r, with the pronunciation written in English, and the other club had to figure out which word matched each day of the week. On the night they had a Skype call and they talked about their experiences on tasting each other’s traditional dishes and learning each other’s traditional dance moves. C u l t u ra l Exchange – Rotaract Club of Nicosia with Rotaract Club Ethiraj, India The Club organized, in collaboration with RAC Ethiraj, India, a Digital Photography project whose aim was the heightened cultural awareness and knowledge on both cultures. This photography project was executed and promoted online and was memorized into a booklet which the clubs exchanged with each other. The photography images show that beneath the physical differences in cultures, at the end of the day we are far closer to each other than we think!
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Limassol Carnival Parade – Rotaract Club Vegan Cooking Workshop – Rotaract Club of Nicosia of Nicosia Ledra weet, Succulent, Juicy, Delicious, Yummy, Mouth Watering - all the words to describe Rotaract otaract Club of Nicosia Ledra organized a team of more than 100 people to take part in the big- Club of Nicosia’s date with veganism. The Club orgest annual carnival parade in Cyprus, which takes ganized in January 2016 an open vegan cooking place in Limassol. The Limassol carnival is an 11 workshop in collaboration with Utopia Collectiday carnival that starts 50 days before Easter and va, a shop selling health and natural products as well as offering education opportunities on diffeit peaks the Sunday before the start of lent. rent ways of eating. The public and other Rotaract Rotaractors from RAC Larnaca Kition and RAC Ni- Clubs were invited to join a “hands-on” cooking cosia joined the Ledrans in this parade. VDRR Anti- workshop where in a 2-3hr session they formed goni Karakoulli also joined the Cypriot Rotaractors. different teams and executed through teamworRAC Nicosia Ledra raised 1.800 euros that were king a three-course vegetarian and raw food meal donated to Panos Evripidou Foundation that sup- buffet. ports prematurely born children by paying, amongst others, for their medication and physiotherapy If you are inspired by the projects of Rotaract clubs of Cyprus, would like more insessions. formation, or are interested in a cultural Nicosia Carnival Parade – Rotaract Club exchange or joint fundraising project, don’t hesitate to contact me at of Nicosia Aspelia Rotaract Club of Nicosia Aspelia with the support katerinamenelaou@yahoo.gr and I will put of their mother club, Rotary Club of Nicosia Aspelia you into contact with our clubs! celebrated this year’s World Rotaract day by participating in the annual carnival parade organized Katerina Menelaou by Aglandjia Municipality in Nicosia. This way, they ERIC Country Representative for Cyprus raised awareness about Rotaract and Rotary Inter- 2015-2016 national while having fun. During the parade they were wearing the Rotaract t-shirts. DRR of 2452 Emil Moawad joined the Aspelians in this fun day.
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otaract Club Agram was established this Rotaract year. As a new club we are full of hopes and ambition to become better, bigger and have as much projects as we can. March 19th was the day we celebrated our Charter in a beautiful venue called “Muzej za umjetnost i obrt” in the centre of Zagreb. During that night we realized how many people are in Rotaract and share the same interests as us. We would also like to extend a big thank you to our Rotary Club Zagreb Agram in helping with
the Charter, giving is useful advice and coming to celebrate it with us. We truly hope that everyone who came had fun and we are looking forward to possible future projects with our fellow Rotaract friends. One of the goals of our Charter was to raise money for a medical project from Umag “Hitna je bitna”. The goal of the humanitarian project was to raise money to fund medical machines for citizens of Bujština..
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ATIA ROTARACT SPORTS WEEKEND
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otaract club of Split is proud to announce now traditional sports weekend! This years Rotaract Water Sports Weekend will take place at Split and Bol, May 25th – 29th, 2016. Come to Split to say hi and enjoy a ton of activities that we have organized just for you. Starting off with a Diocletian Sentinel, walking tours through the center of Split, Pub crawls, Game of Thrones filming locations tour including the city of Trogir and Klis Fortress! After that, we go to the island of Brac and stay at Bol
– most famous for its beautiful beach Zlatni rat, shaped like a tongue. The highlight of the week is scuba diving, followed up with lessons about diving and underwater photography. Look up our Facebook page “Rotaract klub Split” to find all the details you might need and feel free to contact us. Make sure to come to Split so we could all go to Bol and get our scuba diving certificates!
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With disasters of this amplitude, little details of spontaneous care are even more important than other kind of help. And we, Rotaract Club Leuven, were part of a few of those little things.
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March 22 2016. The day I was deeply proud of being a Rotaractor. No words needed to tell you what happened on March the 22nd at Brussels Airport and at the subway station Maalbeek in Brussels… What you probably don’t know, is what happened in the shadows. Rotaract Club Leuven was part of these shadows on that dark day for Belgium. That morning, I read on Twitter that trains filled with stranded passengers from Brussels Airport would arrive in Leuven. My first thoughts were to go to the railway station and offer my help. When I arrived, I encountered dozens of people. The police was present and the authorities had provided bottles of water. People were grateful for the water, but they were hungry as well. It was passed noon, but the police made clear that they couldn’t provide any food. How was this possible? So, I contacted the board of the Rotaract Club and asked if we could do something. The response was truly heartwarming. We donated money and bought food for the stranded passengers, Rotaract members contacted me during the afternoon asking me if they could come and offer any help. Subsequently, we went to the shelter and helped the “Red Cross”. For example, we’ve set up more than a thousand of camping beds, distributed blankets and hygiene kits, helped unloading entire trucks filled with supplies… The repercussion of the attacks went far beyond of what you’ve seen on the news and on social media... With disasters of this amplitude, little details of spontaneous care are even more important than other kind of help. And we, Rotaract Club Leuven, were part of a few of those little things. Little, because we didn’t save any lives, but nevertheless very useful and merciful. What we’ve done, was greatly valued by the people of the different services in charge, and especially - and even more important - by the stranded passengers. We are Belgium, we are Rotaract! For Rotaract Club Leuven, Wendy Compagnon
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Roataract Backpack Project Every year we have an annual federation social project in Germany which are supported by many different Rotaract Clubs. This year we decided to take part in The Backpack Project from Mary’s Meals and made it our annual Rotaract Social Project 2015/2016. What does that means? Many children in Africa don’t have basic learning tools such as pencils and notepads. So we can support them to get the most out of their lessons by donating a backpack full of things they need. These backpacks are for children aged between 4-15 years and they should have second-hand items which are fine and in good conditions. The backpacks have to be filled with exactly the same things from a specific list. These things are 2-3 notepads, 2 pens, 2-3 pencils, crayons, 1 eraser, 1 ruler, 1 sharpener, 1 pencil case, 1
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towel, 1 set of clothes (shorts or skirt + t-shirt or dress), 1 pair of flip-flops or sandals, 1 soap, 1 toothbrush, 1 toothpaste, a small ball and a spoon. Please don’t include any liquids (including liquid soap) and don’t be tempted to add any other gifts such as toys or sweets, as these can cause problems with Customs during delivery. The delivery will organize Mary’s Meals. After you have filled the backpack please label it to indicate whether it is suitable for a boy or girl, and suggest what age depending on clothing size and shoe size. The backpacks will be collected until end of July 2016 and have to be delivered to one of the collection points in Germany. Our goal is to collect more then 3800 backpacks with the help of all European rotaractors. For more information go to www.soziales.rotaract.d
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OSTSEE - EXPEDITION Sailing, Racing and Raising Money for ShelterBox OX2016 marks the third edition of the now traditional Ostsee-Expediton on the Baltic sea. Participants of varying skill and experience levels – even total newbies – compete in a week of spectacular sailing. We start Friday evening in Flensburg, Germany and head out among the Danish isles. We have one race each day but teams can also score points on team challenges held in the stopover ports. We spend our evenings barbecuing andenjoying the beautiful bays and little harbours around this cruisers paradise. A central aspect of OX is our fundraising for ShelterBox. Long before the fun begins the teams of 6 -8 sailors head out to find a sponsor who will donate at least 750 € to ShelterBox.
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As a thank you for their charity the team represents the sponsors name in their team name, flags and on their boat. The participants of the OX2015 raised 6750 € for ShelterBox this way. So if you like sailing or think you might like sailing, and you‘re free 26.08. to 02.09. check us out on Facebook athttps://facebook.com/ ostseeexpedition and see more photos of the event at http://ostsee-expedition.And if you are nostalgic for the good old days of GM in Eckernförde, there‘s something special for you: One of the team challenges is a MiniGM consisting of one course.
Rotaract & WINE Rotaract&Wine some people might have heard of those “underground “ wine events at REM and EUCO. It started at ZagREM with a coincidence. 5 Rotaractors talking about wine and one proposed to do a winetasting (but a good one) It was so good, we decided to continue the day after. (and brought 20 more people) A tradition and Rotaract&Wine was born. Since then there was a winery visit at Le Bellet and LaCerta at EUCO in Nice and Bucharest. There were winetastings with a famous Sommelier Markus Del Monego in Bremen, tastings in Corks.ro and Istanbul. What are our goals: learn about wine, support charity and have fun. It is not important if you ‘re a winesnob or not, every Rotaractor or Rotarian who has genuine interest in the winemaker and his wine is welcome.
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very event about wine in Europe involved in the Rotary network can be promoted. The next occasion to join is at EUCO Milano. There are 5! wineries in Franciacorta and Oltrepe Pavese that we will visit. Have a look onRotaract&Wine in Facebook to learn more and join. I have more or less 3 passions in live. Nr. 1 is wine, Nr. 2 is Rotaract (nowadays Rotary) Nr. 3 is travelling on a small budget. Our tastings with Rotaract&Wine give me the possibility to share my passions and support charity. Most input has come from me sofar, but I hope I ll get more support from others in future. Rotary has fellowships to share passions, maybe we can establish those in Rotaract as well. Rotaract Germany once had a BuSoWein: a wine made by Rotaractors and sold in benefit for the national charity called BundesSozialprojekt. It would be great if we could initiate more projects like this in Europe. Jasper Vethaak Rotary eclub Click4Action 25
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About Rotaract Vilnius Club Our club is the second oldest club in Lithuania. A little bit more than 18 years ago Rotaract Vilnius was established, and since then many good cause actions has been fulfilled. Our main projects are “Rotary academy”, “100 smiles more” and “Future in my hands”.
years and it has spread to 5 main Lithuanian cities. More than 100 of people has successfully graduated this program, some of them even became Rotaract members.
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Rotary academy The desire to improve personal skills by learning from successful, positive and professional people is what leads young, passionate, curious person to participate in “Rotary Academy”. Project goal is to grow up leaders by mentoring them. The main objective of the project is to encourage young people to become successful in various fields and responsible citizen in society. “Rotary Academy” is organized
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We are proud to have a project, which already lasts a decade. The purpose of this project is to work and support young talented children, who are persuading their dreams, but can not afford it financially.
Journey to important games match, music instruments, further learning and financial support - are the main things, which encourages pupils to go further in reaching their dreams. So far, the majority of the project’s funds are being collected in a colorful family-friendly fund raising event called Duck Race. The event is well-known in Lithuania and has been spread into huge event, which attracts more than 1000 participants each year. During the project which lasts for 12 years and more than 70 000 euros were donated for
100 smiles more We could say that “100 smiles more” is one of the most beautiful and sensitive project. It supports one of the most sensitive social groups - seniors from Vilnius who are lonely and live in poverty. Throughout the eight years of the project, we have fulfilled more than 1,500 dreams. Various items and basic commodities were given as a charity which reaches more than 45 000 €. Into each seniors dream package goes basic commodities: honey, vitamins, a little bit of sweets and Christmas gift, which is usually very modest, though very important and not affordable for our seniors. These fulfilled dreams shed a light in seniors hearts. We are proud to announce that each year, more and more kind people contribute to this project. The purpose is to give enormous amount of SMILES, which elder people are not able to receive from their loved ones.
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talented children. We are so happy to have such a wonderful team. Every member try to make a difference and help for those who need it the most. More than 18 years, huge social projects, lots of happy young talented children’s and beloved seniors are the motive to keep going.
POLAND “Zainspiruj mnie!” or “Inspire me!” The new great initiative by the Club Rotaract Warszawa Śródmieście. “Inspire me!” is the newest project of the Club Rotaract Warszawa Śródmieście, dedicated to children from the orphanages and educational care facilities in Poland. The main objective of the project is to inspire the children and to help them to create their business paths. We believe that through didactic, team and creative work we can help them to develop their inborn talents or interests and visualise the possibilities of development on specific cases to help them developing their own plans for the future. The first institution we co-operate with is the Educational Care Facility in Gołotczyzna (Placówka Opiekuńczo – Wychowawcza w Gołodczyźnie), which is located around 120km from Warsaw.
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Club Rotaract Warszawa Śródmieście co-operates with the Educational Care Facility in Gołotczyzna for more than 15 years. Having a chance to visit the children once in ca. one month and a half, we had opportunity to get to know them pretty well. Our research has shown that some of them distinguish with extensively ambitious working plans and hidden art, dancing or sport skills, which apparently were not discovered till now because of lack of interest in the topic, in the children. Because of that, children do not treat their ideas as something what could be implemented on daily basis and they tend to do not believe in their capabilities. Our mission is to change that. HOW? We want to motivate them to study and work, giving them the appropriate tools or people to achieve that. Telling them about various number of professions and inviting IT people, people from art industry, hair dressers, cookers, people from in ex.
Concert in the darkness in Poznan Second edition of “Concert in the Darkness” in Poznan We perceive the world mostly through our sight, so being deprived of it is one of the most sorrowful disabilities. This is why members of Rotaract Club Poznan organised “Concert in the Darkness” for the second time! Our first goal was to attract Rotarians’, Rotaractors’ and whole society’s attention to the situation of sightless people and ones that struggle with vision disorders. Secondly, we wanted to make a remarkable change in their life by providing tools needed for future career development as well as financial possibilities for medical treatments. Additional goal was to introduce the most important idea of Rotaract and Rotary to the public - service above self. Last year’s edition happened to be a not only just a pleasant evening, but enabled us to purchase specialist software and hardware for beneficiary of the concert - Angelika, blind girl who wants to become a typhlo-IT specialist (a person who adjusts IT to the needs of sightless people). As the outcome was great and we got many heartwarming comments, this year on 4th of March second Concert in the Darkness took place. This time together with a group of young musicians (who will pay tribute to a famous Polish artist who sang a lot about how important it is to see not only with your eyes, but also heart - Marek Greuchuta) we were raising money for an eye surgery of little Marcelina. As it is supposed to save her ability to see, instead of diming the stage and audience as it was previously, this time we were coming from darkness to light. Our project was Rotary’s&Rotaract’s social ideas presented in new, creative way. Not only did it increase awareness of sightless people’s struggles, but also engaged many in improving their situation. We made a remarkable change in life’s of people, who while being disabled can still be a huge gift to the world! Hanna Przezwicka President Elect 2015/2016 Rotaract Club Poznan, District 2230, Poland we inspire them and help them to choose and make dreams come true, so in the future they can be financially independent. The first effects of our work are already available. So far we conducted two meetings with the guest speakers on “How to make a computer game” and “How the sugar is produces and how to apply for a job in sugar industry” topics. Talking about next meetings
with children we already scheduled workshops with the representatives of different jobs and industries, who overcome different life obstacles to reach their dreams and to show the children that lots of things are possible. WHAT NEXT? Sharing with our own life stories and with stories of our guest speakers we want to help the children in self-development process and realization of 29
their life plans. We believe that thanks to that effort we will be able to change their life perspectives and make a world a better place. Author: Edyta Niezgoda, Past Prezydent RAC Warszawa Środmieście Translation: Damian Aaron Olszewski, RAC Warszawa Środmieście
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n Saturday, March 12, 2016, at the Romanian National Library in Bucharest the “Apolodor from Labrador” Toy Library has been officially opened. The project to redevelop the library was launched on the 31st of October, 2015 by Rotaract Romania and Republic of Moldova in partnership with the Romanian National Library. At the event were present those who supported the development of this concept and the refurbishment of the space itself - Marian Popa- CEO Deutsche Bank Global Technologies and the architecture association “De-a Arhitectura”. In addition, alongside Claudia Serbanuta - manager of the Romanian National Library was present also a representative of the Romanian Ministry of Culture. During the event, the report on the first six months of the project was presented, together with the assessment of the impact the Toy Library had on the target audience (children between the ages of 0 to 8 years and their parents), during this time frame. Moreover, the members of the architecture association “De-a Arhitectura” made a donation consisting in architecture books for children, books that will enrich the collection. Located on the mezzanine of the Romanian National Library, the “Apolodor from Labrador” Toy Library provi-
des a rich collection of picture books and toys and can be used also for the purpose of organizing workshops, performances, reading sessions, etc. dedicated to children aged 3 to 10 years. Access is free. The space may be reserved, subject to availability, for carrying out private activities and projects. Between the 29th of April and the 3rd of May 2015, the Rotaract Clubs from Bucharest (Atheneum, Bucharest, Cismigiu, Continental, OCTO and Triumph) worked together and organized for the first time in Bucharest, Romania the European Convention of Rotaract Clubs - EUCO 2015. On that occasion, over 900 Rotaract members and Rotary notable personalities from over 50 countries were invited to donate picture books under the umbrella of the project “Colors of the Future” as a first step in redefining the “Apolodor from Labrador” Toy Library, opened at mezzanine of the Romanian National Library. he Toy Library was thus redesigned as an interactive, educational, cultural and enjoyable reading area, for all children aged 3 to 10 years.
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SAN MARINO #STOPPALO 22th November 2015 – 30th March 2016 Contacts: Alessandro Peri, Reggio Emilia The service called #STOPPALO (aka block-it or stop-it), is a fundraising service organized and promoted by the Rotaract Club of Reggio Emilia in collaboration with basketball association Pallacanestro Reggiana. During the basketball matches displayed on the 22nd of November and on the 6th of December 2015, more than 800 t-shirts, designed from scratch for the occasion by the club members, were sold to the team fans, allowing for a donation of more than 6000€ to the Oncology ward of the local hospital. The t-shirts were created in a double version using the team’s colors white and red , with the brand #Stoppalo on the front and the motto “We want this victory” on the back, to go along with a striped ribbon which has been from a long time the symbol of the fight against cancer.
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However #stoppalo was more than just fundraising. It was also the occasion for an awareness campaign on cancer. The players themselves wore the t-shirts during warmups and the end of the games which were held in national television broadcast. Moreover a massive campaign and publicity followed on the social media to attract the attention on this important cause. Links: https://youtu.be/dh5LKTd-ivA https://map.rotary.org/it/project/pages/project_detail.aspx?guid=3FC16B61-B6E4-408E-A617-6A9463EAFB95 http://www.pallacanestroreggiana.it/pallacanestro-reggiana-al-fianco-del-rotaract-per-la-lotta-contro-il-cancro
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Dear friends, First of all, the French Rotaract Organization would like to says a huge “thanks you� to all rotaractors or Rotaract clubs that send us some messages or emails to support us after the different attacks we faced. Thank you for just showing us that goodness is so much stronger than fear and terror. We are standing up !!
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FRANCE Presidential conference in Cannes Presidential conference in Cannes. During three days, 19 to 21 February, more than 1200 members of the Rotarian family came for all over Europe and Africa. The main subject of all the different conferences was Rotary mobilization to fight for health. Two different actions that French Rotarians and Rotaractors make each year were presented to the participants and to our president Sir Ravindran. One of those is “Espoir en Tête” which could be translate by “Hope in mind”, this action has for goal to help brain research. How ? Well proposing the same day, in 450 movies theater in preview showing a Disney movie. This week end will happen the 11 year we all are mobilizing and the movie is “The jungle book”. In 10 years this action brings 9 millions euros to the Federation of brain research, hoping that it would help them to make a change. The second French action that has for purpose to improve the health is called “My blood for others”. 1 million of people are neat each year thanks to blood donation, our goal is to increase the number of donors. So in more than 100 cities of France Rotarians and Rotaractors make some animations and shows to encourage people to gave a bit of their blood, if they can. In 2016 they were 288.000 people that gave blood to help other persons during our manifestations. If you want more informations about this actions do not hesitate to contact us at : international@rotaract-france.org.
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YOU can be BOTH! mplications of some of the decisions of the Council on Legislation for Rotaractors For Rotarians, Rotaractors and Interactors, there are some basic guidelines which we are required to follow. This consitution, the bylaws and the “Standard Club Constitution” can be amended and changed every three years during the Council on Legislation (CoL).
Some of the other changes that were adopted are strongly increasing the flexibility of Rotary clubs. The two enactments looking at membership as well as club meetings and attendance were accepted and give every Rotary club the right to choose the members on a completely flexible basis (for example not looking at classification schemes any more) as long as it is not discriminating against any group. Any club can now experiment with membership models and develop ways that may work in its region.
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There used to be a strong separation between Rotaractors and Rotarians and it was formally excluded that we could belong to both organizations at the same time. This restriction has been dropped and it is now possible for everyone to be both an active member of a Rotaract and of a Rotary Club. This is supposed to make transition between Rotaract and Rotary much easier! Now, you will be able to join a Rotary club for example when they got to know you from your active involvment in a project and still be a Rotaractor for some time. There is no special procedure for this. If both clubs - the RAC and the RC - are fine with you being a member of another club, then it’s ok. This does not have any implication on your rights or the dues you will have to pay. This means that if you’re a member of both clubs, you will have to pay the contribution in both clubs. On the other hand, you’re a full member of both clubs, therefore you can also vote and take an active role in moving your RC and RAC forward. Rotary clubs become more flexible 36
hat concerns the organization of the club meetings and attendance, an enactment has been adopted which gives clubs more flexibility to define when and how they meet - as long as they meet twice per month.
There were some other Rotaract-topics, which have largely been put aside. The ones about the wording in the Object of Rotary have been rejected or withdrawn, so there is no change. The two opposing requests to consider the age limit of Rotaract have been rejected: this means, the board of directors is not asked to consider lowering the age limit to 25 or raising it to 35. Finally, the request to establish a Rotaract e-club has been withdrawn - Rotaractors have always been flexible to meet however they wanted. Let’s cherish this great development within Rotary inviting us to help shape the future of the family and make it easier for us, to keep doing Service Above Self. Florian Wackermann Co-Chair of Rotaract and Interact Committee of Rotary International 2015-16
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INTERNATIONAL – SINGLE CLUB Rotaract Club of Bugolobi (District 9211, Uganda ) for “’1000 smiles’ Kanabulemu Edition” The residents of Rakai district, an area greatly affected by HIV/AIDS, were all smiles when the Rotaractors arrived. Working alongside local doctors, schools, and the Uganda Health Marketing Group (UHMG) they provided everything from school supplies to comprehensive medical screenings, dental exams, and HIV
to safe clean drinking water is the primary reason children miss school, the club also dug a borehole to bring clean water to the village. Aiming to “cover as many of Rotary’s areas of focus as possible” these enterprising Rotaractors were supported by other Rotaract clubs in the region as well as their sponsor, The Rotary Club of Bugolobi. Photos
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Rotaract Clubs of Districts 2420, 2420, 2430, 2440 (Turkey); Alanya, Antalya Kaleici, Atakum, Çekirge, Eskisehir, After successfully completing the one year training proIstanbul gram, participants received job placement assistance Galatasary, Istanbul-Maslak, Karadeniz Eregli, Safranbolu, and District 2220 (Russia); Rotaract Club of Krasnodar for “Just Like You With An (+1) Extra!” In collaboration with the Down Syndrome Association, 12 different clubs from four districts across two countries joined together to organize trainings for children and adults with Down syndrome. Participants learned how to
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REGIONAL USA, CANADA, AND CARIBBEAN Rotaract Club of Birmingham (District 6860, United States) for “Ready 2 Succeed” Currently in its second year of a two-year pilot program, “Ready 2 Succeed” matches high school juniors and seniors with Rotaract mentors to better prepare students for college. Over 75% of the program’s participants, many first-generation college students, have successfully enrolled in college programs. Beyond the program
LATIN AMERICA Rotaract Club of Nova Geração Itabaiana (District 4390, Brazil) for “Projeto Sergipe” To break the cycle of poverty among Itabaina’s young people, Rotaractors enrolled 100 students in literacy and professional development courses over a period of eight months in partnership with public literacy programs. The club developed a network of community partners and volunteers that donated meeting space for classes and
students continue to build relationships with their Rotaract mentors, reinforcing the importance of education and inspiring them to become future leaders. Through a partnership with national scholarship database company, Cappex, Rotaractors have already expanded the project to more communities by launching AchieveAlabama.org, giving students state-wide access to scholarships and financial aid. Click to see the Photos
EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, AND CENTRAL ASIA Rotaract Club of Istanbul-Dolmabahçe (District 2420, Turkey) for “Still Child!” Taking a stand against the destructive consequences of underage marriage on young women and girls, Rotaractors organized conferences in rural areas where the practice is still common. Local experts, psychologists, and doctors educated local residents how girls in underage marriages are statistically undereducated and
lectures, developed curriculum and trainings based on volunteer’s professional expertise, distributed educational materials and resources to students, and promoted the program through local radio stations, schools, and public spaces. Receiving both local and national recognition for their success, the club uses donations and grant money to provide scholarships to participants to help cover the cost of the program. Click to see more Photos 40
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA Rotaract Club of Lagune de Cotonou (District 9102, Benin) for “Notre Bibliotheque” Rotaractors and Rotarians worked side-by-side to convert an abandoned building into a library for local neighborhood kids and the nearly 400 children attending Zogbadjè Primary Public School. Not only did Rotaractors design, fundraise, and implement construction plans, they stocked the new library with tables,
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Rotaract Club of The Caduceus (District 3140, India) for “The Jana Swasthya Project”
working alongside local governments, community organizations, and the media to break the silence and end the violence. And harnessing the power of social media to tell their story, they’ve recruiting celebrities and Rotaractors around the region to show their support for “Still Child!” through videos, photos, and stories. Check out the Video
benches, and more than 500 books to give the kids a fun and inviting space to grow and learn. The first of it’s kind in the area, most of the children do not have ready access to books and school supplies. Rotaractors, Rotarians, and teachers hope the new library will continue to grow as more books and school supplies are donated to help kids of all ages reach their full potential. Click to see more Photos
As doctors and medical students, these Rotaractors were inspired after volunteering in 2013 at one of the world’s
paper system of data tracking allowing government officials and experts to access live data in a few simple clicks. An incredible 35,000 individual patient visits were recorded, marking a landmark shift in the process of health
largest religious gatherings, the Kumbh Mela, to establish a digital disease surveillance system to study
surveillance. The government is interested in implementing this groundbreaking model in local health clinics,
epidemiological disease trends. Harnessing the power of mobile internet technology they replaced a redundant
bringing “Jana Swasthya,” meaning public health and welfare in Hindi, to communities across the country. Click to see more Photos
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Rotaract Club of Metro Cebu-CIT Chapter (District 3860, Philippines) for “Project WASHEd-UP (Water Adequacy, Sanitation and
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of the project by more than 75%. Teachers, students, and key stakeholders were involved in the development, installation, and training to promote a strong sense of community ownership. Check out the Video
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Dear Rotaract member, First off, we would love to thank everyone for their help and support with our voting campaign! A while ago we subscribed for a local competition, initiated by the ING Bank (an internationally oriented Dutch banking corporation). The ING selected local initiatives, like charities, clubs and funds, and made a shortlist of five groups. In this contest we needed to collect votes and the most favoured initiative would receive five thousand Euro’s. Every year we organise a hockey tournament especially for mentally disabled children with our Rotaract Club Haarlemmermeer. We have done this for some time now and this year we will celebrate our anniversary edition. Children from all over the country come to our tournament and hockey together, we needed support in order to make this a true unforgettable day. The other competitors went for it, and the competition was tough. We needed help, a lot of help. We decided that we could not do this alone and called Rotaract clubs for help. It immediately went on like a wildfire, we even got support from a kid living in Mexico (see the picture). It’s great to experience help from all over the world, it feels like we are all connected and have the same goal. The Rotary and Rotaract help made a huge difference, especially with fighting polio. This is why we are going to donate € 500,- to this cause and help eradicate this horrible disease. We are so close to ending polio! :) We could not have done this without you, thank you!! :) You are all welcome on the 22nd of October in the Netherlands! Love you guys, you are great! Rotaract Haarlemmermeer, the Netherlands
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International Rotaract YESTERDAY, International Rotaract TODAY Two story about how we can feel Rotaract… yesterday and today =) Summer of 1983 ... It seems the beginning of a novel, but it's the beginning of my little experience in the international exchange program for young people promoted by the Rotary International. I was a 18 year-old Rotaractor, a former Interact member. At that time in my home-town, Rovigo District 2060 lived the well-known "Prof. Naldini ", Rotary District Representative for Rotary Youth Exchange. He invited me to "live " 15 days in Belgium, guest of different Rotary families. A pretty girl from Reggio Calabria and myself were invited that year to represent Italy. 1983 was also the year when I had my high-school final exams and, in order to be able to go, I asked my high-school principal to anticipate the date of my oral examination. He granted it and I finally left - by plane for the first time, but I could not be afraid as I didn’t want to look foolish in the Calabrian girl’s eyes. At that time there was no mobile nor internet, so I learnt only upon my return my final examination marks. Once in Belgium I experiences a "natural hospitality", where the rhythms of the families - I changed 5 because every family wanted to host an Italian - continued even though I was present in their homes. In Italy, things were different, as when there was a guest people seemed to stop everything else they were doing! It was a great experience and I remember many facts. I experienced for the first time what it meant to share and respect someone’s else faith. I was hosted in a house where I shared the room with an Egyptian boy. In the evening, in our bedroom, he knelt on the carpet toward Mecca, and I recited my Hail Mary, in a very natural mood, and then we would talk about the day and tell each other our lives "at home". On another occasion, at an Italian restaurant, I was asked to explain how you could eat spaghetti without a spoon: it seems easy, but for many non-Italian persons this is not like that! Especially with one family I established a very good relationship, so good that they invited me to their son's wedding and the mother used to come and visit me and my family for many years when she came to Abano Terme (near my home-town) for the spa treatments. The following year, excited about the previous experience, I applied for France and I stayed 15 days in the Lyon and Beaujolais regions (The Côte Beaujolais is one of the largest wine regions of France), with new people, new friends and this time with another beautiful girl from Rovigo, who you know, life is strange - a few years later became an associate of my wife’s translation company. Among the many memories I have of the French experience, I remember the guided tours we were given in the early morning at the Beaujolais wine cellars starting in the morning, you may imagine the effects at the end of the day ... Friendships, faces, smells, emotions that I recall while writing these words; experiences that, I think, have changed my way of getting in touch with foreign people, the way to host, to organize moments of confrontation, then collaborating with the Rotary Club of Rovigo for the welcoming of American students who participated to the annual exchange programs. I remember, among other moments, a Canadian guy who wore shoes size 17. I had him got his first custom-made shoes; he choose a pair of moccasins in a "mouse-gray" colored leather ... He was 6 feet 9 inches tall, I myself am 6 feet 3 inches tall … now you can imagine what the effect was when we got out of my old small car, called "Bianchina", where the sledges of seats were elongated in order to accommodate us! My conclusion: if you can, please “take advantage” of Rotary, ask your Rotary Delegate to take action and apply for exchanges abroad, even for short ones. Nowadays there are so many ways to go abroad, but I reckon that living this experience with the Rotary and within the Rotary family will be one of a kind one. Good Rotaract to everyone! Jorick Bernardi, former Rotaractor, now member of Rotary Club Faenza 2072 – Italy 44
METROPOLITWIN The first time our RRD Alessandro mentioned us the project of a twinning between the two Rotaract Districts in Milano and Paris, we all silently thought; “Gosh, another big project to follow”. July has just started and I was already closer to the summer-holidays mood than to the organize&plan one. Many day-to- day things were to be sorted out to make the 21 clubs and 400 Rotaractors of our district seamlessly work together and that was classified as top-priority; Paris was like a distant dream. Still, once we met François from D1660 during one of our District meetings in September, we immediately understood that great plans were underway. Milano and Paris are the only two metropolitan districts in Europe (London being so large that it comprises multiple districts), they share a common calling for fashion, world-recognised lifestyle and services focus. Beyond general prerequisites, thanks to Carlotta dedication to the project and François frequent travels between our two cities, things were taking shape. Our joint international service was in place with the support of the Karibuni Onlus. Active in Kenya since 2004 and working to provide education and healthcare for the youngsters. This organization fosters the human and economic development of the people living
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in five different farms scattered throughout the country. To start this international project, local ateliers provided us a few hundreds of bracelets, which were later sold by Milano and Paris Rotaractors contributing to the cause. The remaining part of the twinning is easy to find on-line (don’t forget to like our Facebook pages!): signing the scrolls In our cities at two paramount events such as the Week-End de Coordination Nationale and EUCO was one great emotion; finding ourselves surrounded by friends on both sides of the Alps has been simply too much to describe. And now? What’s next? I have many friends both Rotaractors and not, who frequently travel between our two cities both for study or business purposes without mentioning leisure trips. Some of them are already profiting of the bridge we built to finalise their arrangements during their travels. The Karibuni project just completed is only a first step in our trip together: as many have said, the journey matters more than the destination and we are all curious to see what the future District teams will be able to realise together! A bientôt Paris, a presto Milano!
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Rotaract Club St. Petersburg „White nights“
Project “Cultural exchange” Who? All the Rotaract members around the world, who is interested in bridging clubs from different countries together Why? This project helps us to improve our intercultural communication, international dialogue between different Rotaract clubs. That way we can not only learn lots of cultural things from each other, but also share ideas, thoughts about future plans. Moreover this kind of project could provide some projects in collaboration, which would be also an interesting perspective for Rotaract members. When? The deadline is not so important. The main thing is having enough countries and clubs in general to organize our exchange. What? Cultural exchange is the ‘sending’ action, in which every county have to prepare one
of the parcel telling another Rotaract about sending country. It might be CD with traditional music, some food, postcards etc. The last but not least is including Rotaract and Rotary symbols in order to present them. …To summarize: Cultural exchange is one of the ways to build bridges between countries. The best opportunity to know more about each other is to build up relations inside and outside countries by developing cultural and social connections. Starting the contacts between Rotaracts encourage the development of new international friendships.
RAC St.Petersburg Nursing home RAC St.Petersburg Nursing home When in 2014 Rotaract Saint-Petersburg was first approached with the offer to take on one the local nursing homes we did the usual, said yes first, and then started wondering about how exactly we were going to make it work. That was a challenge to say the least. While we had launched all kinds of projects involving foster houses, hospitals, schools, working with people two generations apart from us was an entirely different thing. We figured that what the residents of such a facility would lack most was communication,someone simply to talk to other than personnel members. And, maybe, a little bit of performance. We assembled our all-purpose multifunctional band of singers, dancers, hosts, instrumentalist and drama players and prepared little New Year concert for the residents, and off we went to dazzle our 80-something-year-old audience. 46 maBefore we arrived we had been warned by the facility nagement that many of the residents had already lost the
grasp of reality, had difficulties keeping track of events or anything going on around them. That did not stop us, however, but all the more motivated us to the best we could to lighten up the NY Eve for those grannies. It was a success! Unsure at first, we set everything rolling and the performance went smooth and nice. We were singing songs from 60s and older, which they used to sing when they were our age, they sang along, we danced, and so did they (those who were able to), and we saw happy tears in their eyes when the performance came to an end. That was the best reward and a sign that should come back. And come back we did. Today, year and a half later we have already visited the place 8 times. We traditionally start the program with songs, reading poems, dancing and finish off with a simple board game our older friends grew to like. It is fascinating to see the eagerness and expectation in their eyes, like those of little kids waiting for something special, and we do our best to keep delivering nothing less.
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On Saturday, February 27th 2016, Rotaract club Krasnodar and children’s sport school KEMPO have organized a performance competition of young athletes! Preparation of brave fighters was at the highest level! Different kinds of disciplines were demonstrated by kids, i.e. attacks, defense units, somersaults, throws etc. - and each type of discipline was very well prepared by the participants!!! Each team demonstrated a great team spirit and colaboration! Here, one for all and all for one. And you realize this fact only, if you are participating in this event! It does not matter from which team are they and how old are they: they are united! Meanwhile, the support group, active participants of which were, of course, parents, coach Alena Danilovna, and Rotaract club Krasnodar worried and were happy at the same time; were proud and inspired! These atmosphere and inner feelings are difficult to describe - two hours of children’s sports art. After all, regardless of the age (4-16 years), they are already leaders who are obsessed with victory! Purposeful and growing personalities with good sport preparation and healthy lifestyle! They are friends who are willing to help in crucial situations. We were very pleased to meet all children and KAMPO-participants! And moreover, we are ready for further friendship with brave boys and girls of this sport school!
Lots of speech, RAC Veliky Novgorod “Lots of speech” is an interesting networking project started by RAC Ekaterinburg some time ago. It is an informative field, where people can meet, talk, learn and in general network. This year our club decided to set up this project in Veliky Novgorod, because we felt it was a true training of presentation and networking skills for people in our region. The main feature of this project is that all speakers’ speeches are made on different topics that make each meeting interesting for all kinds of people. On the last meeting we have discussed how to find your inner self, how to set up project without money and so on. Another interesting feature - anyone who has something to say can be a speaker! There are students, businesspeople, administrators… Guests of our meetings are also very different, but they all have the same aim – to elevate their mind. Today we have successfully organized three meetings. And we plan to do it on a regular basis – next time we meet in mid-May! 47
SPAIN Dear Rotaractors, Among the clubs Rotaracts share universal values, that enrich our community: friendship, hope, solidarity, teamwork, respect, humility, leadership ... This is part of our essence, being the cause and effect of all events and projects organized. Perhaps our contribution can be seen in quantitative terms as “modest�, but our desire to improve the dramatic reality around us what keeps us going, not decay and be convinced, despite having few resources that we do can get small great achievements improve what does not work through our little bit, always giving the best we have: our effort, will and enthusiasm.
is, to form ourselves to be prepared for the charge that we had to take in our Rotaract Club, we have created new projects and above all, we have strengthened and created new bonds of friendship.
We have celebrated our traditional Christmas Dinner. One more year, a large representation of Rotaracts has travelled to Gambasse (Guinea Bissau) to make our main project keep running and getting better the life of children and families that live in the hamlets there. This year we have done something great, that is the construction of a new school and new wells. Last March, we carry out the Kilo Project, that consists in the collection of food all day long in different locations of our district. It was a success, as we collected 5672kg of food, which For the 2202 Rotaract District it has been a year full of were destined and given to different entities and soup exciting activities and interesting projects that have hel- kitchens. ped us to become a mentor of positive changes in our local communities and in an international level also. We have organized from ludic activities where the main objectives where solidarities to an Assembly and a District Conference, where all the rotaracts that are part of the district have had the opportunity to know what Rotaract
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In the 2203 district, have been made variety of projects and activities. School supplies collection project, approved at the district conference Murcia and developed by all Rotaracts clubs of district 2203, becoming a real success for the support obtained by shops, hospitals, universities, and the creation of #AlColeVamosTodos, may deliver the collected material to different schools, institutions and children most in need. Bracelets for helping people with “TEA” (autism spectrum, neurodevelopmental disorder that appears in childhood). Buying bracelet, profits were donated directly to research the disease. Getting the cooperation of Roma Est Rotaract club to also sell bracelets in Rome. Christmas project, carried gathered at different points and also through the generous donation of anonymous people, for subsequent delivery of toys to children at risk of social exclusion. Organizing a later snack with them and spending the afternoon with the children in the company of their families and educators. Wine tasting beneficial for fibromyalgia. To be levied money through the sale of tickets for tasting different types of wine with tapas. The money raised was donated entirely to the Fibromyalgia Association, which benefited from a therapeutic treatment carried out at the municipal pool. Fundraising for research into the disease, “Von Hippel Lindau” and together with the help of Rotarians, is getting wider dissemination of its existence and trying to get a protocol of action against it is made. In the district conference, to welcome attendees we celebrate a “white party” was held in favor of the Balearic Multiple Sclerosis Association. Few words from the Country Rep from Spain (201416):
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The past year, I also had the chance of being marketing assistance (thank you Èlia Estraguès), and this was a very nice experience, and allowed me to know better what is ERIC and how board works and improve my communication habilities. I recommend strongly to participate in board! One of the moments I enjoyed most was to participate as jury in BESP and TCA (thank you Joana Pires) Also I wanto to say that in this two years news Rotaract clubs have been found, and many others are in formation. As country representive I’ve meet better to all rotaractors of Spain and give a boost to #rotaractspain in social media. And had the opportunity to assist conference in the three districts. See you all in Rotary Tridistrital –Toledo!!
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functioning MDIO. In 2015, I started a full engagement campaign with the DRRs and DGs in an effort to re-register their districts back into E.R.I.C. i n light of the changes to the governing bylaws. This exercise led me and the RGBI board to realize the gaps we had in our MDIO. We now have a much better knowledge of Rotary districts without any Rotaract clubs, active and less active Rotaract districts and clubs. This information is a significant step in our effort to grow relationships with the district representatives across our MDIO. At the time of writing, we have 7 confirmed districts signed up to E.R.I.C. with several more coming soon.
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“One item more” for the organization “ Tischlein Deck Dich” (Table set yourself) “Tischlein Deck Dich” is an organization that hands out food products to people living in poverty in Switzerland. Rotaract Solothurn has decided to do a “one item more” social project for this cause. So inDecember they put up their stands and signs in front of Coop in Biberist and motivated shoppers tobuy one item more that they would donate at the exit to “Tischlein Deck Dich”. Rotaract Solothurn wasalso supported by the youth exchange student from Oregon (USA) Mikayla, who is the inbound in theirsponsoring Rotary Club Grenchen. After a morning’s hard work and thanks to a lot of generous donators, the club was able to send a van’s cargo full with groceries to the distribution center of “Tischlein Deck Dich” and help support the less fortunate. Marco Sansoni, Rotaract Club Solothurn
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Rotaract District 2000 Event in Bergün GR
About 35 Rotaract members of district 2000 met each other at the end of February 2016 in the Swiss mountains in Bergün. After a small Apéro, the Rotaractors had the chance to demonstratetheir knowledge in Rotaract and also in general at the game olypmics.
safely and enjoyed the rest of the evening in each other’s company at the Youth house Plazi. On the next day we had a fantastic brunch before we packed our bags, cleaned the house and headed home.
District Representative Cyrill Mathis wants to thank all the volunteers, especially the HOC for their organization. He is already looking forward to the next district 2000 event. Cyrill Mathis, RAC Glarus
This was a weekend with wonderful conversations and possibilities to get to know new people or to deepen the Before they went on to gosledging at relationships that have already been night, the group had a traditional Fon- formed. Furthermore, new ideas for due at the restaurant “Weisses Kreuz”. upcoming projects were created and Eventhough the sledging conditions the foundation for a yearly event has were not amazing as the snow was a been laid. bit too wet, everybody made it down
it was a weekend with wonderful confersations and possibilities to know new people or deepen relationships that had already been formed.
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We have built healthcare center and class for disable students in our town. In Ramadan we have provided food provided good supply and made a dinner. We made courses of gain profession which were swimming pool operator and traditional carpenter. First of all our village’s health care center was wretched and unusable. For maternal and child health we have renewed the health care center from nothing. and now this health care center can usable for our village’s citizens. We have built our health care center for doctors. Doctors can stay in center at the same time they can examine the patients. On opening day we thought our villagers whose were mothers and children how to keep clean and healthful our mouth in our schooling. Also Our members whose are dentists checked the villagers teeth health up. For the second stage in the mouth of Ramadan we have helped
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with food package to our villagers. and in the center of the village we established huge table for dinner which called in Ramadan –iftarFor the third stage our village didn’t have a school for disable students for our disable students we have changed a store to 3 classroom those have all materials for disabled students to educate them For the last stage we educated our villagers with the cooperate of ministry of health, our schooling subject was swimming pool operator Finally with this operation we gave our villagers a hope; A hope that the villagers wont concern about their health in their life because we built a health care center A hope that they won’t concern about their special children because we have built 3 classroom for them A hope that they won’t be unemployed because they learn how to be an operator for swimming pools.
“Hygiene & Nutrition in Preschool” training Rotaract Club
In Turkey and in Bursa, Ataevby Osmangazi ler Kindergarten Cloud, Earth, Rainbow, Stars and Sun class to noon, and the morning group was given “Hygiene” training, the topic is one of the Rotary’s focus six areas, on 21.01.2015 by Pinar Aydin Uluday Univercity Lecturer. The aim of this seminar is that clean water and sanitation as part of 4-6 years kindergarden children. Children from tiny invaders and their protection methods with proper hand washing method was taught. The importance of brushing teeth, food hygiene with children hand washing activity booklet and brushing teeth gi-
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ven activity report cards will be checked by the teacher in return vacation, report cards with hand washing and tooth brushing habits was made a small contribution to the gain. At the same day, in another six areas of focus in maternal and child health days for parents of our club members Dietician GÖZDE ALP “Nutrition in preschool” was how the emphasis on the education of children with proper nutrition needed. Dietitians questions of the parents replied by GÖZDE ALP. Our project took place in the local press.
“ Traditional Christmas Party “ Osmangazi Rotaract Club Osmangazi Rotaract Club was organizing the 7th of this year our Traditional Christmas Party on December 25,2015. Rotaract clubs in Bursa always had fun together overnight. The surprise was the raffle with gifts continued until the first light of morning to night. The aim of the project is that the large amounts that have received income from the party is about six ares of focusing social services provision and prevention of conflict, peace is a matter we will realize the project. Nowadays as everyone knows Turkey is near the striving becaouse of the jeopolitical position and had lots of martyrdom. “Türkiye Harp Malülü Şehitler – Gazi, Dul ve Yetimleri Derneği” the translation of English: Turkey Malulü Veterans, Martyrs Widows and Orphans Association will be used
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as a contribution to the education of students in Bursa Branch. Osmangazi Rotaract Club got $2.000,00 from the party and used for Veterans and Martys 6 child univercity education fee. Turkey Malulü Veterans at night, Martyrs Widows and Orphans speeches President of the Association, for their cooperation and for 2 years to help thanking Osmangazi Rotaract Club members. Our traditional party took place newspaper and internet press. Although we are performing a seventh traditional Christmas party this year there was a lot of innovation. This year we made a donation to the same association, but was used in the field of education. 6 Martyrs’ children of university fees were paid. Association members joined our first night and were satisfied. The first time it had obtained a higher income.
g,treasurer training,vice presidents training, commitee presidents training.
ROTARACT ACADEMIA Rotaract Academia as a project is found in 2010 by Rotaract chair of district 2440. This organization works w/ leadership of Rotaract Academia Coordinator and his/her team and as being the team, We have contributed personel development opportunities for Rotaractors and all of the youth.
Our target group is Rotaractors who are member of Distrit 2440 clubs and Rotaract candidates. Secondly, out of the Rotaract, there are lots of people that need more education,trainings,courses or seminars for their career. (Age range: 18-30) These are including; College/University students, new graduates, young professionals or other people which need Rotaract Academia.
Our trainings comprise three main topics and these are; Rotaract internal training,skill courses and personal deveRotaract Academia is proped up / promoted by the Rotalopment training. rians of District 2440. Therefore we are using Rotarians’ district office and there is no fee for this service. From 2010 to now, 213 events are organized by Rotaract Other locations are conference rooms of universities or Academia and over 4000 participants have attended to Associations which are cooperated w/ Rotaract Acadethis events as well. In only 2015-2016 Rotary Term, We mia. have made 41 different seminars and number of participation was only 1023 persons. Rotaract Academia’s most impotant feature is being education establishment as District 2440 Project. Its’ Reason First goal of our Project is ‘making workshops,trainings,for being is to straddle all of the Rotaractors and Non-Roseminars and package courses and raising the quality of taractors w/ trainings,seminars,courses and workshops education for the people in order to provide their persoand to prepare them for their future. We have a Rotaract nal development’ Generally, we have planned and proviAcademia Coordinator and his/her main mission is being ded trainings for ; Social Media Expertise training, diction like bridge between the Rotaractors and District Rotaract training, body language training, techniques of effective Chair. He/she focuses only Rotaract Academia. Every year, communication via phones, protocol and etiquette traiWe have received over the 50 applicants for working as ning, breathing techniques, wine and whiskey taste traivolunteer for Rotaract Academia. District Rotaract Chair ning, first aid training, speed reading training. have reviewed their CV and appications form blow by blow and 6 Rotaract Academia volunteers are selected Second goal of our project is “ making skill courses for and they report to Rotaract Academia Coordinator diunemployed young persons in Turkey” This kind of trairectly. Our trainings,seminars,courses or workshops are nings are oriented as academically and to focuse increase related about six areas of Rotary ‘disease prevention and success for business life of participants. treatment’ ,’basic education and literacy’ and ‘water and Generally we have planned and provided trainings for; sanitation’. and ‘Peace and Conflict Prevention and Reentrepreneurship training, Project management training, solution’, ‘maternal and Child health’ and we make this leadership and effective administration training,time maevents in the weighty matters w/ field of community and nagement training, interview techniques training, brand vocational services. management and branding training, memory reinforceWhen the trainings are achieved, Rotaractors who attend ment training, anger management training, stress traito this events chalk up / take the points. If Rotaractors ning, trainers of trainer training. pass the lower limit, they can get a chance for being “Rotaract Academia Trainer” (to take “trainer training” from Third goal of our project is “Rotaract trainings for distriprofessionals must). ct chairs,presidents, secretaries,treasurer, member of the boards and member” Generally we have planned and provided trainings for; District Chair training, Rotaract Training seminar, presidents training,secretaries trainin-
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Russian language courses in Kaliningrad Name: Russian language courses in Kaliningrad Aim: Studying Russian in the most western region of Russia is a great opportunity to immerse into the language environment, enjoy Russian culture, discover its fascinating history and traditions and meet people who live on the isle surrounded by two European countries. Certification: You will receive a course completion confirmation at the end of the course. Host Country/Club: Rotaract Club Kaliningrad supported by Rotary Club Kaliningrad When: 1.08.2016 – 14.08.2016 Accommodation: Kaliningrad (in a host-family or in a private apartment). Participants: About 20 participants. Group of up to 7 people. Age: 18 – 30 years old Working language: Russian Visa: Visas are obligatory for participants from EU countries. Full visa support is provided by the organizers. Package price: from 400,00 € for 14 days. Participation fees paid until: - May 1st, 2016 – 400 EUR - May 31th, 2016 – 420 EUR Application Deadline: May 31th 2016 After June 1st the reservation cannot be accepted! Please book your travel as soon as your participation is confirmed.
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At Peter’s Trip 2016
For those who likes to travel with Rotaract! We invite you to spend 7 days in the most beautiful city of Russia – #14 Top Destination World by Trip Adviser – gorgeous Saint-Petersburg. During the trip you will have the opportunity to enjoy the white nights, watch the bridges being draw and see the marvellous art collection of the Hermitage museum. You will get to enjoy the beauty of the numerous grand palaces and cathedrals, take a boat trip across multiple canals and rivers that bonded the city and visit the world famous fountains of the Petergoff. All details are in our Facebook group At Piter’s trip 2016 • Dates: 21-27.06.2016 • We have spots for 30 people with the accommodation in a brand new hostel right in the city center. • Applications deadline April, 30th • Participation fee is 299 euro • The fee includes: accommodation, meals and entry tickets to all museums/boats/etc in the program. Apply here: http://goo.gl/forms/orUIUVqDdL And see you in marvelous St.Petersburg! =)
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Mexico Language trip June 13th - 24th
Serbia trip June 25th - July 3rd
Cycling 4 Charity June 18th
Montenegro trip July 13th - August 7th
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WIL - Weekend Intenational Luxembourg July 1st - 3rd
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