Lyn's Induction Dinner, the DG's Visit, Region 2 Dinner & New Zealand Rotarians help Leprosy Sufferers in Tanzania.

Liz Short (R) hands over to Shirley Eustace as Ann Presiden

Lyn Collocott's Induction Dinner







It's best said in pictures...the food was great as was the company.  We all had a great time.

Certificates of Appreciation to James Croswell, Mark Franklin & Neville Howes for their work on the Bophelo Baragwanath Palliative Care Project.  Marianne Soal was not present to receive her certificate.

Certificates of Appreciation to Lyn Collocott & Joan Sainsbury for their work for the Rotary Arts Festival

After all those jokes about 30 years of 100% Attendance at Discon, Ken Stonestreet received a certificate for 40 years!

Moira Katz

Dr Mark Potterton

Dr Pierre Vercueil

 Paul Harris Fellowships were granted to Dr Pierre Vercueil for his pro bono work as an ophthalmic surgeon with a special mention of surgery he has done on behalf of Rosebank Rotary Club.

To Dr Mark Potterton, principal of Holy Family College, Parktown for his services to education and specifically for his hosting, helping and assisting with our Rotary Careers Day for the past 3 years.

To Moira Katz, CEO of the SA National Children's Theatre  for the work she has done bringing live theatre to thousands of children, both rural and urban, throughout South Africa.

Peter James-Smith inducts Lyn Collocott as President of the Rotary Club of Rosebank Johannesburg 2017-18

DG Jankees Sligcher presents PJS with a certificate for the best weekly newsletter in District 9400 2016-17

President Bongani Sakhile Lunga of Highlands North Interact Club with supporters including Cesare & Donny Vidulich

The Club Board for 2017-18

This Week
It's the DG's visit and he will be having lunch with us before meeting the eClub.  We seem to be having DG Jankees Sligcher once a week at the moment and then he will probably vanish for the rest of the year.

Region 2 Dinner Friday 21st July

Our region stretches from Northcliffe through town to Sandton and Randburg so it is quite a few clubs.

The Dinner will be at the Lifestyle Centre in the Douglasdale Retirement Home, 28 Galloway Ave, Bryanston.

6:30 for 7:00pm

Cost R210 pp (bring your own wine or spirits.)

Dress Code Smart Casual

Some of us may like to attend this as GTC were strong supporters of the Rotary Arts Festival.  

I gather that there was a previous concert which I didn't know about.

Don't forget to take along your penny whistle or whatever your instrument is so that you can join in.  

I used  to be a very bad 4th 'cellist and learnt very quickly that as long as you move your bow with everyone else and don't press too hard nobody will notice. 

Cared for with love 

With the support of a group of New Zealand Rotarians, leprosy victims and their families in Tanzania are receiving the care they deserve.

Head of Ritaliza Secondary School, Sister Mary Masway, and Sister in Charge Upendo Rehabilitation Home, Sister Maryagatha Massae. 

When PDG Stuart Batty and the late John Somerville travelled to Tanzania in 2001, their journey took them to the Upendo Rehabilitation Home for Leprosy Sufferers in Maji ya Chai. The centre was home to 150 men, women and children, including widows of leprosy victims and families where both parents suffered the debilitating, though curable, condition. 
The Rotary Club of Arusha, Tanzania, established the home in 1995, providing accommodation for leprosy sufferers and their families. Prior to this, victims had been forced to scrape together a living on the streets and take up residence on a nearby riverbank. Upendo, which means “cared for with love”, improved their welfare considerably, though improvements were necessary to make facilities and resources accessible. 
John and Stuart asked how New Zealand Rotarians could assist the effort. The suggestion of helping the children of Upendo led to the launch of Project CHEF, an acronym for Clothe, House, Educate and Feed. Since then, many children have been assisted by the effort, such as Monica Maiko, who has been supported by the Rotary Club of East Coast Bays, NZ, since she was a baby, with the nickname “Happy”. 
Rotary oversaw the transference of Upendo’s management to the Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood in 2003, who specialise in the care of the sick. Previously, the sisters would bicycle up the long and dusty road to Upendo each week to tend to the foot and leg sores of those with leprosy. Rotary’s offer to the sisters to take up residence at Upendo was happily accepted. In the years since, they have greatly improved living conditions and provision of health care services and hygiene education. The sisters, with Rotary’s support, further prepare the children for formal schooling and encourage residents to realise their potential, despite their circumstances. 
Thankfully, leprosy rates in the area have declined in the decades since Upendo’s establishment, with the facility instrumental in reducing incidence and spread. Today, Upendo has branched out to care for the poorest of the poor, as well as leprosy sufferers.
Monica is currently attending St Ritaliza Secondary School, a boarding school close to the Kenyan border. Stuart recently returned to Tanzania and was delighted to meet Monica, accompanied by Head Sister Agatha of Upendo. “New Zealand Rotarians can be proud of their contribution to helping children like Monica on their way to a now bright future,” Stuart said. C