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Rotary International President Elect Kalyan Banerjee & Binota join an Interplast team in Fiji.

When the recent celebration of 75 years of Rotary in Fiji coincided with a visit to the Lautoka General Hospital by an Interplast volunteer reconstructive surgical team, it provided the perfect opportunity for RIPE Kalyan Banerjee to see firsthand exactly what Interplast does. “I have heard of your work but to actually witness it is beautiful. I am amazed at the commitment, dedication and sincerity of this team; it is outstanding,” he told the Interplast team.

Full story here:

Rotarian Review May 2011

A Tasmanian adventurer is trying to help eradicate polio by embarking on a three month sea voyage in a five and a half metre dinghy. The voyage hopes to raise money for the Rotary Foundation committed to seeing the disease become a thing of the past.

 

Also here on the ABC 7.30 Report from the 30th May 2011:

Historia de un letrero or The Story of a Sign

An original video in Spanish however the message is powerful. In case you miss the translation of writing on the sign it says “Have compassion I am blind”. Watch it to the end simply beautiful. Made in 2008.

Thanks to Mandy Smith one of our Kili 2007 Climbers.

Polio is almost completely eradicated. But as Bruce Aylward says: Almost isn’t good enough with a disease this terrifying. Aylward lays out the plan to continue the scientific miracle that ended polio in most of the world — and to snuff it out everywhere, forever.

Bruce Aylward is a Canadian physician and epidemiologist who heads the polio eradication programme at WHO, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI).

Thank you PDG Joan Firkins from Canada for the video.

Futa, Klinginsmith Address Final Plenary from Rotary International on Vimeo.

 

Banerjee and Hewko Address Plenary Four from Rotary International on Vimeo.

Bill Gates, cochair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, served as the keynote speaker for the third plenary session of the 2011 RI Convention. Gates stressed the need to finish the job of eradicating polio.

 

Gates Speech Highlights Plenary Three from Rotary International on Vimeo.

In this session you can get an idea of what Rotary did for Hurrican Katrina, also listen to PDG Patrick Chisanga a good mate of ours, talking on engaging Africa and finally some great advice from Michael McQueen who we also know and met in Orange.

Katrina Panel Highlights Plenary Two from Rotary International on Vimeo.

Michael McQueen, who spoke at the second plenary session of the RI Convention, is a social researcher and best-selling author of two books on bridging the generation gap. As a leading authority on youth trends, he is regularly featured on TV and radio programs. McQueen sat down with RI News in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, to talk about how Rotary can best connect with Generation Y.

Read the interview with RI here:

McQueen at New Orleans

We met Michael at the District 9700 conference in Orange in March and he inspired us to look to Gen Y for our future members.  Great to see that Michael was a plenary speaker at our International Convention in New Orleans.

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