Major Carin Holmes took leave from the Rotary Club of Johannesburg New Dawn to talk to us about Human Trafficking. It was an excellent talk with a really good presentation on the topic. The biggest problem seems to be that people are extremely gullible when it comes the whole thing and if either in a desperate financial situation or extremely greedy become an easy prey to the well organised criminal structures. I don't know what we as Rotarians can do about it other than possibly look at teh educational aspect, particularly where young people are concerned.
We welcomed two visitors, our Rotary Ann President June Virtue and Marilyn Bassin of the Boikanyo Project https://boikanyo.org.za/
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| Marilyn Bassin |
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| Ann President June Virtue |
Rotary Friendship Exchange
District D3141 from
Mumbai will be in Johannesburg 18/19 October, and our District are looking for
hosts for 5 couples for the two nights.They are professional/business people.
Please contact David Bradshaw if
you would be prepared to host one couple.
Lester Connock Awards
I have just received the following email from Shakiera Sallie who was one of the recipients last year.
She also attached the confirmation from her supervisor which I have not included.
Dear Sir/Madam,
I
have passed my Research with a distinction. All minor corrections have been
completed and the final documents have been signed and handed to the Health
Faculty.
I
would like to say a huge thank you to the Rotary Club for the financial
assistance and assisting me to complete my studies and fulfill my goal and have
included the Rotary club in my letter of acknowledgement in my Research
Report
Should
you need me to assist you in any way please feel free to contact me.
Thanking
you.
Kind Regards,
Shakiera
This Week
Les Short, who is the Foundation Director on our Board, is going to talk about the Rotary Foundation.
This is an important talk because we are very dependent on the Foundation for District and Global Grants. We have made use of both recently and we are looking towards another Global Grant. We are also hoping to have a candidate for a Rotary Peace Fellowship next year.
District is extremely worried by the lack of commitment to Foundation by clubs...only a minority make even the minimum amount per member as suggested by RI. Our club has been generous and in the Foundation's centenary year we donated R100 000 on behalf of members. As that was 3 years ago District will receive that money back from Foundation this year.
ShelterBox
ShelterBox was founded in 2000 in the town of Helston, Cornwall, UK. That same year the Rotary club of Helston-Lizard adopted it as its millennium project.[4]
The first consignment of 143 boxes was sent to victims of the 2001 Gujarat earthquake. Over the next three years the project matured and by the end of 2004 nearly 2,600 boxes had been dispatched, following 16 major disasters. The company significantly expanded its work in response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.
In 2002, ShelterBox's American affiliate was adopted as a project of the Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch in Sarasota, Fla. In 2004, ShelterBox USA was officially established as a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.
One of ShelterBox's largest responses was the 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti in 2010. ShelterBox provided shelter for 28,000 families or approximately 25% of all tents delivered in areas surrounding Port-au-Prince.
In 2010, the Australian and Canadian branches of ShelterBox split from the main organization and formed new organizations called Disaster Aid Australia and Disaster Aid Canada, respectively. However, new teams in Australia and Canada were immediately put in place and the charity's work was unaffected by the breakaway groups.
After the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan, ShelterBox provided assistance to about 1,600 families in the disaster region.
In February 2013, Alison Wallace was appointed CEO of ShelterBox after her position as director of international fundraising at Amnesty International.
Rotary International
Rotary International renewed their three-year Project Partner agreement with ShelterBox in 2016 which increases their joint capacity to help families around the world displaced by disaster.
The agreement formalizes the sixteen-year bond between the two organizations and cements the place of Rotarians around the world at the heart of ShelterBox activities. ShelterBox was the first officially recognized ‘Project Partner’ of Rotary International and remains the only Project Partner focused on disaster relief.
Rotary clubs across Great Britain and Ireland raise around £1.5 million each year for the charity and some Rotarians are ShelterBox Response Team members who go out to disaster areas and provide hands-on help during times of need. These disasters can be anything from dealing with the aftermath of tsunamis to helping refugees from war-torn countries who have fled conflict.
In 2000, the Rotary club of Helston-Lizard adopted ShelterBox as its millennium project. It has since become one of the world’s leading humanitarian aid charities providing emergency shelter and supplies to over 107,000 families worldwide following disaster.
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