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In her office at the American University of Nigeria,
in the dusty northeastern town of Yola,
Margee Ensign heard the news:
Some 170 miles to the north, nearly 300 girls at a boarding school
had been roused from sleep and kidnapped at gunpoint
by the terrorist group Boko Haram.
Ensign, the president of the fledgling university,
was already struggling with the fallout from
Boko Haram’s attacks in Nigeria’s north,
which had sent a flood of refugees into Yola.
Together with community leaders,
including her fellow Rotarians,
she had worked to run feeding programs to keep the refugees
– whose number eventually swelled to 400,000 – alive.
Rotarians working with the Adamawa Peace Initiative
help run the Feed and Read program,
which provides a hot meal along with lessons in English and math,
and the Peace through Sports program.
After the news of the kidnapping broke in April 2014,
a woman who worked for the university asked to see Ensign.
She sat down in the president’s office and told Ensign
that her sister had been one of 58 girls who had escaped
that night by jumping out of Boko Haram’s trucks
and running into the bush.
Ensign quickly began contacting those girls’ families
to offer them a place at the university,
which also houses a high school.
In the end, 27 girls decided to come, and on 30 August –
four months after the raid –
Ensign prepared to head into the heart of the conflict
to pick up the girls.
“We were going into dangerous territory,” says Lionel Rawlins,
the university’s security chief.
“We were going into Boko Haram’s backyard to snatch the girls.
The morning before we left,
we went to the police and said, ‘Are we ready?’
And they said, ‘We’re not going. It’s too dangerous up there.’
So I went back and told Margee we were on our own.
We looked at each other,
and I knew exactly what she was thinking.
She said, ‘If you’re up to it, I’m up to it.
Let’s go get the girls
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Cadre /Grant proposals
The following information is for Rotarians in D9455
but D9465 Rotarians are welcome to access by working
through DG Linda McLerie and District Chairs -
both Foundation and International.
Why ponder over the meaning of words such as Cadre
not defence related in Rotary Australia?
Cadre can help you and your club with grant proposals.
Contact Past District Governor Sylvia Byers if you wish to know
more about the work of Cadre members
Sylvia is shown [pictured below] carrying out Cadre interim site visit
duties in Taiwan in late 2015.
She can save you time by sending links relating to any specific queries
you may have regarding Grants.
Keep current with the latest news from The Rotary Foundation.
Are you and your friends registered on My Rotary?
A special centennial promotion is coming soon.
Register on My Rotary today and check announcements to stay updated.
Just Google My Rotary– it’s as simple as that!
PDG Sylvia's message
I can help anyone myself with any of the grant proposals or put them
in touch with another Cadre member who is skilled
in one of The Rotary Foundation's focus areas if a Global Grant.
I am registered with skills in Basic Education and Literacy –
specialising in technology, one area they need more cadre members.
I have just been to India for E-learning projects for the Cadre.
My next message through Rotary Out West
will be to update others on how to apply to become
a member of the Cadre if they wish to do so.
I have a link for a one pager.
District Governor Patricia Canning is a Cadre member.
I am attending a training session for Cadre
and also contributing, in Paramatta Saturday 18 Feb
before going to Tonga for a Cadre post evaluation visit
for a past vocational team training health and education workers.
Those registered at the Paramatta training session attend at their own cost
as do those who attend the full day workshop pre-convention.
The training is the best of any sort I have ever attended.
It’s a credit to The Rotary Foundation.
Past District Governor Sylvia Byers AM
Cadre of Technical Advisers
PO Box 247 Cottesloe WA 6911
Phone: 08 9385 1263
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Rotary Club of Mindarie
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Rotary Club of Kwinana
The Rotary Club of Kwinana will be participating in the
2017 Rotary Global Swimarathon to raise funds for Rotary International’s
major polio eradication program (End Polio Now).
Our event will be held on Sunday 26 February 2017
at the Kwinana Recquatic Centre.
The event is open to Rotarians and their families,
and all other members of the community.
The cost of participation will be $10 for adults,
and $5 for children aged 16 years and under.
spectators are encouraged to make a gold coin donation.
Further details are outlined in the attached flyer.
The Rotary Global Swimarathon has been running annually since 2012,
and has been coordinated by the Rotary Club of Grantham
in the United Kingdom.
Over the years over $1 million dollars has been raised for End Polio Now,
and over 200 Rotary clubs from around the world have been
participating in the event by holding their own swimarathon.
To date the Rotary Club of Kwinana has participated
in the global event on four occasions,
and our events have raised over $25,000 for End Polio Now.
Grantham has recently announced that 2017 will be the last year
that this event is coordinated on a global scale.
Hence, for this year our focus will be on having fun in the pool
with our friends whilst raising some funds for a special Rotary cause.
We encourage all Rotarians and friends to share this information
and support our event by way of participating,
being a spectator, or making a contribution
(however small) to End Polio now.
Kind regards,
Genevieve Carr Ian Critchley James Sharkey
Rotary Club of Kwinana Inc.
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Rotary Club of Wanneroo
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New Members
Rotary Club of Kwinana
This week we welcomed new member Barry Winmar and his wife Samantha
following their formal induction into the club.
Past President James Sharkey read the Induction Charge,
whilst Membership Director Edd Samut took great delight
in presenting badges and other items.
During this Rotary year Membership Director Edd has been recruiting new members
like we've never seen before, and is constantly raising the bar!
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Rotary Club of Como
CONGRATULATIONS
to new Rotarian Moses who joins us under the classification of Geology.
He is pictured with membership Director and President Elect Graeme Carter
and President Colin Burns
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Paul Harris Fellow
Rotary Club of Dalkeith
This week it was with great pleasure that we saw John Seleba,
one of our longest standing members,
receive a Paul Harris Fellowship Award
. A most deserved recognition for an outstanding Rotarian.
Well done John!
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Rotary Club of Armadale
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Rotary Club of Perth
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Rotary Club of Byford and Districts
OUR 2017 Australia Day Rotary "Service Above Self"
award was presented to Phil Brown for his decades
of service for the Serpentine Jarrahdale community.
Specifically for his work on the bridle trails network
and the Oakford Volunteer Fire Brigade.
Our honour board can be seen at the SJ Library in Mundijong.
18 years of community champions
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New Club Promotions
Rotary Club of South Bunbury
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Rotary Club of Busselton Geographe Bay
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Rotaract WA
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Rotary D9455
Hidden Figures is the story of women behind the NASA launch
of astronaut John Glenn, the first American to orbit the earth in 1962.
Join Rotarians around Perth for this pre-release premiere
on the evening of Sunday 12 February
at Greater Union Theatre, Morley Galleria.
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Rotary clubs of Mandurah
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Rotary Club of South Perth /Burswood
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Handicamp 2017
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Around the Clubs
Rotary Club of Boulder
Bob Coventry (RC Fremantle) and Graham McEwan
both from the Army museum in Fremantle
were our guest speakers last night.
They gave a very enthusiastic and informative talk on the "Spirit of Anzac" display
currently showing in Kalgoorlie.
Graham also explained to us about the army museum in Fremantle
and issued an invitation for our club to visit during
the annual conference later in the year
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Rotary Club of Victoria Park
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Rotary Club of Mandurah
A huge thank you to Mandurah Cruises for helping the Mandurah Rotary club
raise $21,084.55 from the Wishing Well Project.
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Rotary Club of Mill Point
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Rotary Club of Welshpool
Mark Williamson from Mundaring Rotary Club
presenting President Terry Rush with a certificate of appreciation
for supporting camp opportunity, a great cause.
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Rotary Club of Geraldton
We had a very busy Australia Day at the Rotary Club of Geraldton.
The day started off on the beach helping out for
the Surf Lifesaving Club by manning the barbecues
and handing out some Sausage sizzles.
In the afternoon we held our Annual Senior Citizens Australia Day
In the afternoon we held our Annual Senior Citizens Australia Day
afternoon tea at the QEII Senior Centre.
It was a great day with performances by the Geraldton City Band
and our very own Warren Nathan and his wife Karen.
Afternoon tea was provided free for the Seniors
Afternoon tea was provided free for the Seniors
and was made by members of the Rotary Club,
Dalgliesh Catering and Aussie Pastries.
Seniors were able to escape the heat
and enjoy an afternoon of fun and entertainment.
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Rotary Clubs of
Victoria Park
South Perth/Burswood
Past District Governor Phil Cordery
with President Chareon Teoh [Victoria Park]
and June Wade [South Perth / Burswood
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Rotary Club of Elizabeth Quay
There was a lot of great conversation at our weekly Projects Meeting!
We were inspired by the ongoing humanitarian work in Syria
driven by our guest speaker Shameema Kolia,
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Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay
Paul Winter, a member of the RCFB was speaker last week.
He told members a little about himself and how he became involved
with his current career path.
Pictured with Paul is fiancee and member Jacinta Sirr
and Pres. Liz Hollingdale.
Izzy Hollingdale is just back from the National Youth Science Forum in Canberra.
She gave a brief presentation to the last meeting
telling about her experiences and the benefits of this Science Forum.
Izzy is the fourth member of the Hollingdale family to attend the NYSF
as mum Pres. Liz attend the second ever session,
her brother Edward a few years back
followed by older sister Penny.
Izzy is also one of our Interactors
and was President of the Interact Club last year.
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Rotary Club of Carnarvon
Meet some of the Rotarians in your local club.
...Amosa, Harry, Gordon, Rosie & Leo ~
cooking up a storm on Australia Day Big Breakfast 2017
@ the Carnarvon Yacht Club!
We are more than a just a sausage sizzle...
We are more than a just a sausage sizzle...
and always welcome new members
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Rotary Club of Wanneroo
Guest Speaker Phil Cousins spoke about his cycling trip in Italy last year.
Peter Miskelly presented a cheque to Phil for Youth Focus.
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Rotary Club of Karrinyup
CEO Greg Hebble, visited our club this week bringing
us up to date with recent developments.
Foodbank WA redistributes oversupplied
and donated food to those in need.
Greg commented that coming to RC Karrinyup
is almost like coming home as our club has supported
the program for over forty years.
Greg reiterated that the need in WA is greater than ever
as so many families are doing it tough.
January and February are particularly difficult months.
With the extra expense of Christmas
and equipping children to return to school,
families find they have little funds left over for food.
The quantity of food needed and distributed has
increased dramatically with the January volume
across the State being up 20% on last year.
The School Breakfast Program is one of the most important
and unique programs run by Foodbank WA.
It supplies food products to registered schools free of charge,
to ensure that all students have an equal opportunity
to receive a wholesome, nutritious breakfast on a regular basis.
18,000 children across 449 schools benefit from
the school breakfast program almost every school day.
RC Karrinyup Community Service Committee,
member David handed over this year's donation.
Greg thanked the Club most sincerely
for its generous support over the years.
President Trish and Hannah exchanging banners
Russell Stokes introduced our guest speaker for the evening, Drew France.
Drew is a geographic systems analyst, who also has hobby interests in music
(he plays the piano and the guitar)
and military history.
He gave a most interesting and amusing presentation
on a very unusual time in WA's history
Emu Wars
After World War I, returning soldiers from Australia and some British veterans
took up farming in WA and were encouraged to plant large areas of wheat.
The Government offered a subsidy which was never paid!
In October 1932 there was a drought which led to as many as 20,000 emus
moving in to the area around Walgoolan, half way between Perth and Kalgoorlie
, where they consumed the crops and made holes in the fences.
The farmers met with the Minister of Defence, Sir George Pearce,
to discuss the possibility of using machine guns to kill off the emu pest.
He agreed, provided that the guns were only to be used by military personnel.
The "war" was under the command of Major G.P.W. Meredith,
assisted by Sergeant Murray and Gunner O"Halloran.
Their first attempt was delayed by very heavy rain.
On 2nd November, the men went to Campion,
where a small flock of emus was seen, but they were out of range.
The first fusillade failed to kill any birds, because they were too far away.
A second round killed only about 12 birds.
On 4 November, Meredith ambushed about 1000 emus,
but the gun jammed and only another dozen were killed.
The remainder scattered.
Meredith even tried mounting one of the guns on a truck,
but the terrain was so rough that not a shot was fired.
By 8 November, about 2500 shots had been fired, killing only 50 birds.
Major Meredith stated that,
"If we had a military division with the bullet-carrying capacity of these birds
, it could face any army in the world.
They are like Zulus whom even dum-dum bullets could not stop."
The emu attacks on the crops continued
and the Premier, James Mitchell, agreed to further military assistance.
By 2 December the guns had killed about 100 per week.
They had used more than 9800 rounds of ammunition.
Further assistance, requested in 1934, 1943 and 1948 was refused by the Government.
Instead, a bounty system was instigated.
Meanwhile, word had reached the UK, where there were protests
by conservationists against the cull of "the rare emu".
. In Japan, Matt has met his host Rotary Club, started at school
and enjoyed the first dusting of snow!
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Rotary Club of Kununurra
Rotary Club of Kununurra Inc.'s Outbound Sheridan
has been cooling her heels in Perth,
waiting for her Brazilian visa to come through.
She's kept herself busy catching up with friends
from her boarding days at Perth College,
visiting the Rotary Club of Karrinyup (District 9455)
and this morning she caught up with past Rotary Club of Subiaco
Outbound to Brazil, Emily,
to get some tips for her upcoming adventure.
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Alex Brown arrives in Brazil
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Rotary Club of Armadale
Tonight we had the joy of welcoming Anna, Jason and Steven,
this year's recipients of our Phil Phillips scholarships
of $500 each towards their year 11 studies.
They did very well in presenting their thank you speeches.
Each of them were accompanied by proud family members.
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Rotary Club of Scarborough
The Rotary Club of Scarborough's New Generations Committee
has opened 2017 by supporting True Blue Dreaming
, an organisation that has delivered mentoring programs for young people
in remote and rural Australia since 2004.
True Blue Dreaming engages with people aged between 12 and 18
to increase their empowerment, self-awareness and life skills,
improve health and well-being outcomes,
increase participation in education and training opportunities
and lead to healthier lifestyle choices.
New Generations Director Chris Schooling t
New Generations Director Chris Schooling t
oday provided $2,500
of financial support for True Blue Dreaming's
new Carnamah mentoring program.
New Generations is extremely proud to support this fantastic
Western Australian organisation.
Alex Hickman and Chris Schooling with Tom Revy,
Alex Hickman and Chris Schooling with Tom Revy,
Chairman and Bob Southwell, CEO of True Blue Dreaming.
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Rotary Club of Como
Rotary Club of Como were out in force again
for the Australia Day Breakfast.
..thankyou to our helpers from the Rotaract Club of South Perth
and Penrhos College
from last week's meeting
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Rotary Club of Esperance
Rotarians from Rotary Club of Esperance Bay
and other Clubs from around the world have arrived
in Cambodia for a 12 day tour.
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Rotary Club of Cambridge
Amongst the many guests was John Thraves and his wife Hilary,
visitors from the Swanage and Purbeck Club in Dorset, England.
Here John Thraves is seen
receiving a pennant from President Jeremy Wood.
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District and Club Promotions
February
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Hidden Figures is the story of women behind the NASA launch
of astronaut John Glenn, the first American to orbit the earth in 1962.
Join Rotarians around Perth for this pre-release premiere
on the evening of Sunday 12 February
at Greater Union Theatre, Morley Galleria.
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on the road to Bluff Knoll