The Vocational Service Awards, Visitors, the New Protection of Personal Information Act, TJ's & Polio Plus

Last Week
The Vocational Service Awards Lunch was an enjoyable occasion for all of us and the Wanderers Golf Club provided us with an excellent venue and a good meal.

Tyron Sharnock, Sharon da Silva, Paul Bruns & Dou Dou Kanada

Hugh Rix

It was a real pleasure to meet our awardees, Paul Bruns, Tyron Sharnock,  Dou Dou Kanada and Sharon da Silva and to hear what they do for the benefit of the community.  Paul and his upliftment and rehabilitation programme for prisoners with Hlumelelisa, Dou Dou sorting out the documentation and legal problems that refugees and foreigners have in this country, Sharon and the amazing range of services that she provides for the poorest of the poor in conjunction with Malvern St Vincent de Paul Society and Tyron who has helped our Youth Committee so much over the years with our Youth Leadership Weekend in the Magaliesberg.

Our thanks to Hugh Rix for organising the event and to Lyn Collocott for taking the photographs.  She took lots more of people at tables, the hand over of each award etc....she didn't photograph the food.  If you would like copies just email me.

A spin off is that Paul Bruns is interested in joining Rotary but our time and day doesn't suit him. He will be attending Morningside this week as breakfast is perfect for him and it is close to home.  I think the real problem is that as an old Rondebosch boy he felt intimidated by James Croswell who was at Sacs but was too polite to say so.  (that's Rondebosch for you.)


We had two visiting Rotarians, Dipesh Metha and his wife from the Rotary Club of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. We exchanged banners!





This Week
Marianne Soal will be talking about herself.  It will be interesting to hear her story!

TJ's Acoustic Music Club 23rd February Marks Park

The music starts at 8,00pm every Thursday until 10,30.  There is an entrance fee of R25 and I think the food is an extra R60...I may be wrong.  There is also a bar

at very reasonable prices.  If you want to see what is happening go to https://www.facebook.com/TJsMusicClub/?ref=br_rs and you will see the line-up for this coming Thursday, 2nd February.


IMPORTANT NOTICE!! Rotary District 9400 | Protection of Personal Information (Version1.0 – February 2017) 

Rotary International District 9400 is committed to safeguard the privacy of information entrusted to the Executive and Officers of the District and regard this commitment as essential. Protecting the confidentiality and security of all member’s information, is part of how we conduct our business. This Privacy Statement applies to all personal information that we obtain and handle in this District, irrespective of the member’s country of origin. This statement is made in compliance with the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI Act) as required by Law. 
1. We will comply with the Protection of Personal Information Act as well as other applicable laws, regulations and guidelines issued by the Government of South Africa. 
2. Where it is necessary to obtain personal information, we will do so by lawful and fair means. In the event that you provided us with personal information, we will regard the fact that you have provided that information as your consent that we may use your information. 
3. Should you accept any position as Officer of District 9400 or of your Rotary Club, you are deemed to have given your consent (as applicable by the POPI Act) to us publishing your contact information in the District Directory. 
4. We will only use your information within the scope of achieving the following purposes: 

i. Populating the District Directory with contact details of all District Officers as well as Club Officers as deemed necessary.
 ii. The hard copy to be printed annually and the electronic version to be updated on a monthly basis if needed. iii. Providing Rotary International with the information as per the Rotary Manual of Procedures (MOP) and the Rotary Code of Policies (RCP) as needed. 

5. The Directory is for organisational purposes and is available to Rotarians in good standing ONLY. The Directory may not be distributed to any third party for any purpose what so ever. Illegal distribution is punishable by law under the POPI Act 
6. We will not provide any personal contact information to a third party, except for purposes deemed necessary by law. 
7. We may disclose information relating to your professional skills to potential project partners. 
8. You may request disclosure of the personal information we hold on you, or request the amendment, removal or updating of such personal information by sending an e-mail to the Electronic Media Chair of the District. After we obtain satisfactory evidence of your identity, we will seek to address your request in accordance with the applicable laws and guidelines. 
9. If you have any questions or comments regarding your personal information or this statement, you can contact the District Electronic Media Chair in the following ways: E-mail: support@rotary9400.co.za 10.This statement may be amended from time to time. At the time of any amendment, we will publish a revised statement in substitution to the District website.


2017-18: Rotary: Making a Difference

In 2017-18, we’ll answer the question “What is Rotary?” with RI President-elect Ian H.S. Riseley’s theme, Rotary: Making a Difference. “Whether we’re building a new playground or a new school, improving medical care or sanitation, training conflict mediators or midwives, we know that the work we do will change people’s lives — in ways large and small — for the better.”

On the 17th January Rotary announced $35 million in grants to support the global effort to end polio, bringing the humanitarian service organization’s contribution to $140 million since January 2016.

Nearly half of the funds Rotary announced today ($16.15 million) will support the emergency response campaigns in Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin (Chad, northern Cameroon, southern Niger and Central African Republic). Four cases of polio were detected in Nigeria in 2016, which had previously not seen a case since July 2014.

With these cases, funding is needed to support rapid response plans in Nigeria and surrounding countries to stop the outbreak.

While significant strides have been made against the paralyzing disease, with just 35 cases reported in 2016, polio remains a threat in hard-to-reach and underserved areas, and conflict zones. To sustain this progress, and protect all children from polio, experts say $1.5 billion is needed.

In addition to supporting the response in the Lake Chad Basin region, funding has been allocated to support polio eradication efforts in Afghanistan ($7.15 million), Pakistan ($4.2 million), Somalia ($4.64 million), and South Sudan ($2.19 million). A final grant in the amount of $666,845 will support technical assistance in UNICEF’s West and Central Africa Regional Office.

Rotary has contributed more than $1.6 billion, including matching funds from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and countless volunteer hours since launching its polio immunization program, PolioPlus, in 1985. In 1988, Rotary became a spearheading partner in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative with the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and was later joined by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Since the initiative launched, the incidence of polio has plummeted by more than 99.9 percent, from about 350,000 cases a year to 35 confirmed in 2016, and no cases in 2017.