World of Difference. Guest speaker Rithy Ann gave an insightful
talk about Rural Cambodia, stimulating our interest in knowing more
about his country. Several members recalled meeting him at the Albury
Conference. Rithy was originally a tour guide, but has been awarded a Royce
Abbey Scholarship to study biological fuel production.
Bronwyn Stephens accompanied Rithy, and was able to tell us about World of Difference
Humanitarian Travel.
See her website at http://wod.org.au
Rotarians at Work at Romana House
Glenferrie are showing us up at Romana, outnumbering us by four to one.
Nevertheless, the tiling work is virtually complete, which means we now need
to focus on getting Romana ready for its new residents. That will require a
good deal of spring cleaning and a general clean-up all round. Plenty of work
for everyone as the first residents are due in by the end of April.
See item below for the next lot of dates. If you available to help, please come on which ever days you can.
Thanks to all who have helped to date.
Presidential Citation: I had hoped that the Club would be eligible this
year for a Presidential Citation. However DG Ross Butterworth informs us that
we have not been able to gain the net one member required by 1st March
2014 in order to receive the award. This is the one mandatory requirement for
the Presidential Citation and is not open to variation.
DG Ross continues: The good work the Club does in other areas of
service is excellent and I congratulate the Club on the work you do.
So there we are: more work required on recruitment, boys and girls. I’m sure
we all know someone suitable for membership. You all know a dentist, or
another professional or businessman in the area. Just ASK SOMEBODY!
Enjoy the school hols, but remember to tell Noel Halford if you will
be away. We will have a fellowship lunch on “Easter Tuesday”.
Finally, great news below about Victoria Hammond, our Global
Grant Nominee.
Gordon Cheyne