ERIC NEWS Spring 2015/16

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ERIC NEWS spring 2015/16

1 FRIDAY JAN 8th WEDNESDAY APRIL 20th 08.00 – 9.00 Breakfast 08.00 – 20.00 Arrival Enjoy your meal at the hotel restaurant Check-in and registration at the Hotel 09.00 – 13.00 ERIC Plenary Session 21.00 – 04.00 Welcome “Hawaian party” (con- Keynote Speaker Holger Knaack, RI Director bo package) 2013-2015, Chairman of the RI New Generation Pelledoca, Viale Enrico Forlanini Committee (coach from 19.00 for Combo package) Visconti hall foor -1 , Crown Plaza

THURDAY APRIL 29th 14.00 – 16.00 Rotaract Business Workshop: Intel- lectual Property and Entrepreneurship – how to 08.00 Breakfast deal with it Enjoy your meal at the hotel restaurant Brera room, foor -1 , Crown Plaza

09.00 – 13.00 ERIC Meeting 14.30 Free guided tour Visconti hall foor -1 , Crown Plaza Duomo, City center, Castle

14.00 – 16.00 Workshop - Leading the Organic 19.45 – 00.55 EuCo Opening Ceremony! Organisations of Tomorrow - with Patric Palm coach from 19.00 to go and from 23:55 to come Visconti room, foor -1 , Crown Plaza back Old Fashion, Viale Emilio Alemagna,6 14.00 – 16.00 Rotaract Creatives Network (RCN) EUCO 2016 Photography Workshop Parini room, foor -1 , Crown Plaza

14.00 – 16.00 Rotaract Public Speaking Work- shop Brera room, foor -1 , Crown Plaza

19.45 – 00:55 Seven deadly sins party! (conbo package) coach from 19.00 to go and from 23:55 to come back Tocqueville, Via Alessio di Tocqueville, 13

EuCo MILAN 2016 agenda 2 SATURDAY JAN 9th SUNDAY JAN 10th

08.00 – 9:00 Breakfast Enjoy your meal at the hotel restaurant 07.00 – 10.00 Breakfast Enjoy your meal at the hotel restaurant 09.00 D2042 tours! “Como”, “Bellagio and Varenna”, “Bergamo” de- 11.00 Check out parture at 9.00 from Hotel We know you would love to stay longer but that is the time to say goodbye. 09.30 EUCO CUP Football tournament 5vs5 Check-out is not permitted after 11.00 “Sporting Corvetto”, Via Fabio Massimo 15/4 extra changes may apply

10.00 Free guided tour Duomo, City center, Castle

12.00 Service: San Vincenzo food collection Istituto Gonzaga, close to Milano Central station

19.30 - 3.00 Gala Dinner and party 3 course dinner, wine open bar, coffee

EuCo MILAN 2016 agenda 3 Welcome to... European Conference 2016

1) How did you decide 3) What is the stangest question you received from to host euco in milan? a participant ? I would like to know if Mister X is coming.. I would not like The idea of EuCo Mi- to be alone at the party (YES, luckly you will be able to skip lan was borned in June merting the other 550 participants) 2013 when a skilled In- coming RDR of MDIO 4) What are you the most proud of? 2041-2042, Francesco Hosting a one thousand people event with a group of pe- Ascioti, decided that ople that has also to work and care about their families... Milan and Northern it was not easy at all! This will last in the memories of Lombardy had to be as many rotaractors, and in particular of many rotaractors ambitious as possible from my club and my district and try to do the best possible for our Districts. He chosed to be in charge of this as I was the only 5) What is your best souvenir and why? Rotaractor crazy enough to believe in this project. Gathering together people from 50 countries and almost We lost our frst bid at the 2nd voting round with 350-400 clubs it’s something the fellows of Bucharest and the year after we ap- that is more unique than rare Create a good team plied again with almost every available vote from with motivated and posi- CRs. 6) Give us 3 atjectives to de- tive fellows, do all of your scribe this event best... and hope it will 2) What has been your biggest challenge while or- Global, exciting, unique be enough :) ganizinig this event ? We faced many challenges.. the two biggest were: 7) What would you suggest (i) managing the budget with increasing and un- to the next organizer ? planned costs and fxed price tickets; (ii) coordina- Create a good team with motivated and positive fellows, te a team without being exactly sure of what peo- do all of your best... and hope it will be enough :) ple should do perform the activities (some of them It will be for sure one of the most exciting activities done quite complex or not clear)... and doing everything in your life so far with a positive attitude :) Grazie!

4 5 The EuCo generation is building the future and the real Europe

Dear European rotaractors: we have been published! Here you go , we decided to share the article that you can anyway fnd in this link . Special thanks to the the Edi- tor, Salvatore Todaro, and to all of you for making it possible!

I had the opportunity to take part in the organisation of did it because they love Rotaract. They were absolutely EUCO and I do believe this is a great story, worth being not obligated by job reasons, or anything formal: but they told.

A few people know that last Saturday night, in Milan, one thousand people coming from every corner of Europe were having dinner altogether. Yes. You have got it right, one thousand. Mainly young people aged 18 to 30, representatives of ffty nationalities.

EUCO is the Rotaract European Conven- tion, and Rotaract is the young branch of Rotary, that – in turn – is the association, philanthropy foundation and the most important service of the world.

Well: EUCO this year took place in Mi- lan, and the strings vibrating among the round tables of Crowne Plaza in San Donato were vibrating as never before. It was a week full of emotions, started on Wednesday 20th and fnished Sunday 24th. That was a visionaries’ work: visionaries such as a professional named Edoardo Guida, President of HOC the organising move around, spend, invest and live following values in committee. A Leader like Francesco Ascioti, District Repre- which they believe and they identify as their own. sentative of the year when Milan gained the appointment of hosting EUCO. Great women as Veronica Bradaschia, Those one thousand people aged 18 to 30, for fve days, Italian and President of ERIC, that is the European Ro- have discussed how we can be a gift to the world. They di- taract. All of these people are less than 30: and these scussed how to serve the others. To serve poorest people, records show you a meaningful fgure of their value in to serve those who need help in the furthest countries, being able to achieve all that. And – since I know them to serve weak children, to spread education, to spread personally – I can give witness. treatments, to encourage leaderships, to use technologies in favour of the values. One thousand people aged 18 to Because, you know, those one thousand young people 30 ask themselves these questions, which are – actually- are representing a clear and really concrete snapshot of a the Rotary and Rotaract questions. They do that during generation standing off across the reality we are experien- conventions and conversations, and then, of course they cing. The young people having taken part into the organi- dance, have fun, and of course go round Milan, go for a sation, such as those landed in Milan for the “fve days”, trip to Lago Di Como, to Bergamo Alta, to Navigli area. 6 lingua franca mixing together. They are young peo- I have seen the EUCO generation, and this sight instilled ple born this way, without having known the old politics great hope. You know how this daily is questioning away , without having known the old communication, without about the decaying aspects of our society. You having known bureaucracy: and who – running know how this daily day after day looks for so- into the ancient legacy – want to change it. lutions to the truths we have to cope with, not in a Europe problems, abuse of power, lack of aware- made of rules, of And meanwhile take the best of it. ness: well, I can see in this EUCO gene- powers, of slow economic And these young people make mistakes ration the real and actual possibility to recovery and of debt or taxes as well. They have one too many as change things. laws. But in the Europe of Era- well. And they are human beings as smus, the Europe of Schengen, the well. But I realised – during these Europe of the single currency, one days of EUCO – that my genera- They’re people who will get married, English language to communi- tion care for itself. That my genera- who will have childrens, who are starting cate among us, and many tion can get it. That we spoke a common to enter companies, who are professionals, lingua franca mixing language. who run start up companies, who overcome together. obstacles, who travel from Sweden, from Turkey, That we looked after existential and social pro- from Russia, from France or Belgium pursuing a dream. blems. That we were listening to each other even speaking Fifty nationalities were represented made of different languages. I got moved, and I realised that we young people from 18 to 30 years old who do be- can make it. From Italy, from Milan, from everywhere in lieve in they own realisation, who help the others, Italy, from everywhere in Europe. who share both in the media and early meaning of the verb “to share”. I realised the existence of a generation that is building the future, of a generation without borders. These are people who believe in Europe. Certainly not in a Europe made of rules, of powers, of slow eco- Salvatore Todaro nomic recovery and of debt or taxes laws. But in the Europe of Erasmus, the Europe of Schengen, Italia Post’ s Editor – (translation by M. Cristina Constan- the Europe of the single currency, one English tin) language to communicate among us, and many 7 In this number...

* 8 E Milan, at last. While this Rotaract year is ending it’s about the right moment to start remembe- ring what we’ve gone through. Our world, our society, is facing a hard time, we are getting used to hear on the news horrible moments where violence and absence of tolerance are the landscape of our daily lifes. And in this humanitarian tragedy, we still maintain the Rotarian spirit of love, help, support & sustain. Three numbers with your exceptional stories of solidarity, friendshipand intercultural understanding. Does this world we are living in, needs anything different than this?

Please keep sharing with us writing to magazine@rotaracteurope. eu!

Yours in Rotaract Veronica Bradaschia ERIC president 2015/16

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“OPERATION HOPE” - Goztepe Rotaract Club (Turkey)

Rotaract Club: GOZTEPE ROTARACT fession which were swimming pool CLUB operator and traditional carpenter. In District: 2440 village we have aimed that combined Country: TURKEY 6 main subject of rotary with sustai- Number of club members: 23 nable projects. We did not give money Contact person: YAGZ BURAK GOKCE to our villagers for help them. we te- [email protected] ached and educated them for to gain Project Title: OPERATION HOPE profession that will bring money to Start date: April 1, 2015 them. We have a dream that a village End date: November 30, 2015 can create and provide their needs. Project Goal: With this project we tried to bring this We have built healthcare center and dream to life. st class for disable students in our town. In Ramadan we have provided food 1 provided good supply and made a dinner. We made courses of gain pro-

“The Bucharest Duck Race” - Rotaract Bucharest Triumph (Romania)

Rotaract Club: Rotaract Bucharest most like a normal child. Triumph By hearing well enough, a child with District: 2241 hearing loss could learn how to spe- Country: Romania ak, he or she could go to a normal Number of club members: 24 school and have a normal life. Contact person: Ilie Pana, ilie.pana@ We thought to gather the necessary rotaract.ro money by organizing a fun event, Project Title: The Bucharest Duck with huge awareness for the cause Race and Rotaract in general. Start date: June 1, 2015 Therefore, we organised “The Bucha- nd End date: September 19, 2015 rest Duck Race” …and it was a hit. Project Goal: Location: Bucharest, Romania 2 We dreamed of changing the lives of Target group: Poor children with se- children vere hearing loss with severe hearing loss by provi- Budget: 9924euro ding them with top quality hearing aids, which could help them hear al- 10 “Dental Care to Refugees” - Rotaract Club of Athens (Greece)

Rotaract Club: Rotaract Club of Athens

District: 2470 District Country: Greece

Number of club members: 28 Contact person: KATOPODIS CHRIS, rota- [email protected] Project Title: Dental Care to Refugees Start date: End date: November 1, 2016 Project Goal: To offer frst grade healthca- rd re to Syrian refugees and their children to 3 the Open Hospitality Center of Elaionas. We also provided access to fresh clean water and medicine Location: Athens Target group: Syrian refugees, Syrian Child refugees Budget: 41.560

After the communication our board existing surgery. had with the Greek Ministry of Health The dental clinic that our club offe- and the Greek CDC we were informed red consists of a full dental unit that about the needs of The Open Hospitali- consists of a dental chair, cuspidor, air ty Centers -OHC mainly the lack of any compressor delivery system, handpie- dental healthcare. They explained us the ces, a dental light. Also we bought a vital need for a dental clinic in the OHC sterile machine, an operatory cabine- of Eleonas because there were a lot of try and a dental stool. “The Bucharest Duck Race” - Rotaract Bucharest Triumph (Romania) dental cases that needed care ( a lot of An important notice is that our did not which were serious). Most of them were just bought the dental clinic but also children that have traveled in very harsh offers a continuous healthcare to re- conditions in bad hygienic before rea- fugees by providing the dental expen- ching Greece. Our project had 3 parts. dables and a maintenance to the den- The f rst part was to provide as many tal clinic. medicines and healthcare equipment as Also, through our clubs resour- needed in the OHC of Eleonas in Athens( ces we managed a deal total cost of 2.500 euros ). with Athens Den- Secondly, we responded to the need for tal Association clean water by providing 2,5 tons of wa- so every day a ter to both OHC’s of Athens and Mitilini. dentist will be at Thirdly our main goal was to build from OHC of Eleonas. the scratch a fully equipped dental clinic in the OHC of Eleonas. The dental clinic is settled in a brand new spacious container that our club instal- led in OHC of Eleonas next to the already

11 : Rotaract Club Ansbach (Germany) & Rotaract Club Kyiv-Centre (Ukraine)

Twin Club 1 Name: Rotaract Club Ansbach could be supported. As the Germans were impressed by Twin Club 1 District: 1950 the overwhelming cordiality of Ukrainian inhabitants, Twin Club 1 Country: Germany who despite of having lower living standards compared Twin Club 1 Contact Person: Anna to western European countries, still see Abrell the hospitality as a very high good, the Twin Club 1 Email: anna.abrell@ Rotaractors from Ansbach decided to web.de give something back to the Ukrainian so- Twin Club 2 Name: Rotaract Club ciety and support the commitment of Ro- Kyiv-Centre taract Kyiv-Centre. Since then, two inter- Twin Club 2 District: 2230 national exchanges were realized, where Twin Club 2 Country: Ukraine German Rotaractors visited the friends Twin Club 2 Contact Person: Ana- in Kiev. Together we could provide two stasiya Bun ambulatories in economically weak re- Twin Club 2 Email: nastya.bun@ st gions with new and modern medical gmail.com equipment and renovated and equipped Twinning Date: May 24, 2015 1 a kindergarten with toys and learning How did you fnd each other?: material. During the second trip in 2015 A member of Rotaract Club Ansba- the twinning agreement was signed, in ch (Germany) participated in the order to strengthen our partnership. Ukrainian Trip in 2013, where he met the Rotaractors What were your goals of twinning with each other?: from Kyiv-Centre (Ukraine), who hosted the group du- Our main goal was to build international bridges of ring their stay in Kiev. He was fascinated by the hearti- friendship among young Europeans through joint com- ness and the hospitality of the Ukrainians and we made munity service, in times where intercultural exchange of friends. habits, experiences and opinions are essential for the Tell the story of your twinning...: future. We aimed to create a strong partnership, com- After the Ukrainian Trip, members of both our clubs met bining the fnancial strengths of western c ountries and at several European Rotaract Events and we intensifed the knowledge of the needs of economically weak local our friendship. At the same time, the Rotaract Club An- villages in Eastern Europe. sbach was looking for an international project, which

Maslak Rotaract (Turkey) & Krasnodar Rotaract (Russian Federation) Twin Club 1 Name: Maslak Rotaract by time. After a while the pro- Twin Club 1 District: 2420 cedures completed, we became Twin Club 1 Country: Turkey twin clubs. Twin Club 1 Contact Person: Kagan Tell the story of your twinning...: Boyacıoglu After two clubs got to know Twin Club 1 Email: kaganboyacioglu@ each other in REM Kiev and REM gmail.com Istanbul, two clubs signed the Twin Club 2 Name: Krasnodar Rotaract twin club agreement in REM Poz- Twin Club 2 District: 2220 nan. We have started the project Twin Club 2 Country: Russia nd rapidly. Some of the projects we Twin Club 2 Contact Person: Alinka did include the Foodbook and Ro- Nikiforova 2taract Means for Me. Twin Club 2 Email: [email protected] What were your goals of twinning with each other?: Twinning Date: October 10, 2015 Showing the political relations between countries should How did you fnd each other?: not affect nations cultural exchange. Rotary’s aim is to In 2012 REM our president Kagan Boyacıoglu got a chan- have peace and fellowship through service, and we ai- ce to meet with DRR of D2220 Alinka Nikiforova. Du- med to emphasize that. ring REM and after, we have realized that our clubs have Project Title: Just Like You With An (+1) Extra a potential to be twin clubs. Alinka visited Istanbul for REM Istanbul. Our friendship between clubs got better THEIR PROJECT HAS BEEN AWARDED BY ROTARY 12 INTERNATIONAL Istanbul – Dolmabahçe Rotaract Club (Turkey) & Budapest-Duna Rotaract Club(Hungary)

Twin Club 1 Name: Istanbul – Dolmabahçe Rotaract diac Hospital of Club Budapest. They Twin Club 1 District: 2420 are a public ho- Twin Club 1 Country: Turkey spital and they Twin Club 1 Contact Person: Aydan Akyıldız told us that Twin Club 1 Email: [email protected] they get a lot Twin Club 2 Name: Budapest-Duna Rotaract Club of homeless pa- Twin Club 2 District: 1911 tients without Twin Club 2 Country: Hungary families or pa- Twin Club 2 Contact Person: Annamaria Blazics tients whose Twin Club 2 Email: [email protected] families are rd Twinning Date: December 8, 2013 going through 3 How did you fnd each other?: fnancial part- Past presidents of the Rotaract Club of Budapest-Du- nership. So we na Marianna Toth, and The Rotaract Club of Istanbul received spon- – Dolmabahce, Zülal Akarsu, met each other in the Ro- sorship from tary Youth Exchange camp in Istanbul in 2008. After Tesco Supermarkets who provided us with medical that period they kept in touch and in the summer Au- supplies, foodstuffs and small gifts. On the second day, gust 2013 Marianna visited Istanbul once more with we got together in the house of one of Duna's mem- her brother. The two clubs decided to twin when Zülal bers. There, we packed all the supplies together in a and Marianna met up again during Marianna's trip. fun activity. At night, we frst had dinner together. Then, Tell the story of your twinning...: Duna members gave us a tour of some of the trendy We initially twinned in November 2013 when Duna and lively parts of Budapest where we had some drinks RAC visited us in Istanbul. We engaged in various cul- and desserts. tural exchanges and completed a joint service project On our fnal day, we frst had a traditional Hungarian for which we received 2nd place at 2013-14 TCA.This breakfast together in a park. We then took the subway time, we wanted to visit Duna in Budapest and share to the Cardiac Hospital with our supplies. We delive- a similar experience with them in their home country. red them to the patient ward. We had also planned 5 of our members went to Budapest. In the frst day of to meet the patients and to play them some Turkish our visit, we had a barbeque together so we could rest songs on instruments. However, a few days before our after our fight and also get to know all the members trip the hospital denied our request because of health of Duna. At the dinner, we taught each other Turkish concerns. Due to health concerns we were not allowed and Hungarian words and phrases so that we could to meet the patients but we did meet Dr. Németh Józs- communicate a little bit in each other's languages. ef who thanked us for our kindness. He told us about To have some fun, we also researched words that are the hard times his hospital was going through due to the same in Hungarian and Turkish. Since modern day lack of government funding. We took his contact in- Hungary used to be ruled by the Ottomans before the formation to see if we can help them again in the fu- Austrians, we found out that we have a lot of common ture. After completing our project, we went on a tour words and that we share a lot of similar cultural traits. of the city and visited some of the historical sights in On our second day, frst we had breakfast all together. Budapest such as Buda Castle, the Duna River, Central Next we completed preparations for our service project Market Hall, Heroes' Square and the Parliament. Then which we would complete the following day. For our we had dinner at a very traditional Hungarian restau- project, we decided that we wanted to help the patien- rant where we enjoyed great Hungarian food. During ts of a hospital. We wanted to touch the lives of patien- dinner, our president presented gifts that we had got- ts who had a very serious illness so that we could make ten for Duna members from Turkey. Finally, at night we them at least just slightly happier. Before our trip, we went to a famous nightclub in Budapest and had fun got into contact with Gottsegen György Orszagos Car- dancing. 13 CYPRUS “Rotaract is serving the community while having discussion entitled fun”. That’s one of my favourite quotes about “HIV+me” took place Rotaract and that’s what the clubs of Cyprus have at the Powerhouse been doing this year. Restaurant in Nicosia. All event attendees were able to get tested for HIV in “HIV + ME” HIV Awareness event – Rotaract a safe and anonymous environment. Club of Nicosia Rotaract Club of Nicosia and the AIDS Solidarity First park for children with disabilities in Cyprus – Movement organised an HIV awareness event Rotaract Club of Larnaca Kition with the support of Positive Voice, the Associa- Rotaract Club of Larnaca Kition is continuing their tion of People Living with HIV in Greece, and projects to raise funds for the frst park for chil- Checkpoint HIV preventions centres. The net pro- dren with disabilities in Cyprus. The club is sup- ceeds from a 70s/80s Nostalgia Fundraising Party ported by its mother club, Rotary Club of Larnaca that took place in February 2016 were specifcally Kition. The Interact Club of the American Academy dedicated to bring important speakers and me- in Larnaca is also taking part in this big project. dical facilities for free HIV testing. The HIV issue It is anticipated that the cost of the park will raises a lot of questions. What does HIV mean reach €40.000 and the architecture plans will be and how is it different to AIDS? What’s the latest ready by the end of April 2016. Rotaract Larnaca worldwide news on HIV? How does it feel to be Kition organized a Charity Theatre called “The HIV positive and what is Antiretroviral Therapy? musicians”, with performances by the Youth Stage To give answers to all these questions, the Club of the Youth Foundation Larnaca to raise funds. invited Andonis Papazoglou, who has been living More projects are coming up to raise more funds with the virus, to participate in a speech and open for the park. discussion, together with Sophocles Chanos, who is the Head of the Checkpoints HIV Prevention Cultural Exchange – Rotaract Club of Nicosia Le- Centres in Athens and Thessaloniki. The open dra with Rotaract Club of Beirut-Centre, Lebanon 14 Rotaract Club of Nicosia Ledra participated in a week written in Greek or Arabic in mixed cultural exchange project with Rotaract Club of o r d e r , with the pronunciation Beirut-Centre. The Cypriot club hosted a Lebanese written in English, and night, while the Lebanese club hosted the other club had a Greek Cypriot night on to f gure out which the 22nd of Fe- word matched each b r u a r y day of the week. 2016. The aim On the night they of the had a Skype call and p r o j e c t they talked about was to learn their experiences more about on tasting each each other’s other’s traditio- culture throu- nal dishes and gh interactive learning each activities. The other’s tradi- clubs exchanged tional dance recipes of tradi- moves. tional dishes and desserts. Lebane- Cultural se dishes included Exchan- loubye, kofta bi tahi- ge – ni and fattoush and Rota- Cypriot dishes included r a c t galaktomboureko, bul- C l u b gur with tomato and lamb of Nicosia with souvla. On the night of the Rotaract Club Ethiraj, India event the Ledrans had a traditional Lebanese dinner and The Club organized, in collaboration with RAC Ethi- homemade Lebanese desserts which tur- raj, India, a Digital Photography project whose aim ned out to be delicious! Everyone’s favourite was was the heightened cultural awareness and know- of course kneffe. ledge on both cultures. This photography project was executed and promoted online and was me- The clubs also exchanged traditional songs. RAC morized into a booklet which the clubs exchanged Nicosia Ledra sent Greek pop, laiko (folkloric) and with each other. The photography images show rock songs, while RAC Beirut-Centre sent videos that beneath the physical differences in cultures, at of dabke and Lebanese pop and rock. RAC Nicosia the end of the day we are far closer to each other Ledra sent them a video tutorial on how to dance than we think! Cypriot zeimbekiko! They also played two games. The frst game involved a list of photos of traditional things, accompanied by a list in mixed order of the words of the photos in each club’s own language with the pronunciation written in English, and the other club had to fgure out which word matched each photo. The second game was the days of the 15 16 Limassol Carnival Parade – Rotaract Club Vegan Cooking Workshop – Rotaract Club of Nicosia Ledra of Nicosia weet, Succulent, Juicy, Delicious, Yummy, Mouth otaract Club of Nicosia Ledra organized a team SWatering - all the words to describe Rotaract Rof more than 100 people to take part in the big- Club of Nicosia’s date with veganism. The Club or- gest annual carnival parade in Cyprus, which takes ganized in January 2016 an open vegan cooking place in Limassol. The Limassol carnival is an 11 workshop in collaboration with Utopia Collecti- day carnival that starts 50 days before Easter and va, a shop selling health and natural products as it peaks the Sunday before the start of lent. well as offering education opportunities on different ways of eating. The public and other Rotaract Rotaractors from RAC Larnaca Kition and RAC Ni- Clubs were invited to join a “hands-on” cooking cosia joined the Ledrans in this parade. VDRR Anti- workshop where in a 2-3hr session they formed goni Karakoulli also joined the Cypriot Rotaractors. different teams and executed through teamwor- RAC Nicosia Ledra raised 1.800 euros that were king a three-course vegetarian and raw food meal donated to Panos Evripidou Foundation that sup- buffet. ports prematurely born children by paying, amon- gst others, for their medication and physiotherapy If you are inspired by the projects of Rota- sessions. ract clubs of Cyprus, would like more information, or are interested in a cultural Nicosia Carnival Parade – Rotaract Club exchange or joint fundraising project, of Nicosia Aspelia don’t hesitate to contact me at Rotaract Club of Nicosia Aspelia with the support [email protected] and I will put of their mother club, Rotary Club of Nicosia Aspelia you into contact with our clubs! celebrated this year’s World Rotaract day by participating in the annual carnival parade organized Katerina Menelaou by Aglandjia Municipality in Nicosia. This way, they ERIC Country Representative for Cyprus raised awareness about Rotaract and Rotary Inter- 2015-2016 national while having fun. During the parade they were wearing the Rotaract t-shirts. DRR of 2452 Emil Moawad joined the Aspelians in this fun day.

17 CROATIA

ROTARACT CLUB AGRAM

the Charter, giving is useful advice otaract Club Agram was establi- and coming to celebrate it with us. Rshed this Rotaract year. As a new We truly hope that everyone who club we are full of hopes and am- came had fun and we are looking bition to become better, bigger and forward to possible future projects have as much projects as we can. with our fellow Rotaract friends. March 19th was the day we celebra- One of the goals of our Charter was ted our Charter in a beautiful venue to raise money for a medical project called “Muzej za umjetnost i obrt” from Umag “Hitna je bitna”. The in the centre of Zagreb. During that goal of the humanitarian project night we realized how many people was to raise money to fund medical are in Rotaract and share the same machines for citizens of Bujština.. interests as us. We would also like to extend a big thank you to our 17thRotary Wine Roads of Club Zagreb Agram in helping with Slavonia and Baranja by Rotaract Club Osijek 18 CROATIA

ROTARACT SPORTS WEEKEND otaract club of Split is proud to – most famous for its beautiful beach Rannounce now traditional sports Zlatni rat, shaped like a tongue. The weekend! This years Rotaract Water highlight of the week is scuba diving, Sports Weekend will take place at Split followed up with lessons about diving and Bol, May 25th – 29th, 2016. Come and underwater photography. Look up to Split to say hi and enjoy a ton of our Facebook page “Rotaract klub Split” activities that we have organized just to fnd all the details you might need for you. Starting off with a Diocletian and feel free to contact us. Make sure to Sentinel, walking tours through the cen- come to Split so we could all go to Bol ter of Split, Pub crawls, Game of Thrones and get our scuba diving certifcates! flming locations tour including the city of Trogir and Klis Fortress! After that, we go to the island of Brac and stay at Bol

19 With disasters of this amplitude, little details of spontaneous care are even more important than other kind of help. And we, Rotaract Club Leuven, were part of a few of those little things.

BRUSSELS 20 March 22 2016. The day I was deeply proud of being a Rotaractor.

No words needed to tell you what happened on March the 22nd at Brussels Airport and at the subway station Maalbeek in Brussels…

What you probably don’t know, is what happened in the shadows. Rotaract Club Leuven was part of these shadows on that dark day for Bel- gium. That morning, I read on Twitter that trains flled with stranded passengers from Brussels Airport would arrive in Leuven.

My frst thoughts were to go to the railway station and offer my help. When I arrived, I encountered dozens of people. The police was present and the authorities had provided bottles of water. People were grateful for the water, but they were hungry as well. It was passed noon, but the police made clear that they couldn’t provide any food. How was this possible? So, I contacted the board of the Rotaract Club and asked if we could do something. The response was truly heartwarming. We donated money and bought food for the stranded passengers, Rotaract members contacted me during the afternoon asking me if they could come and offer any help. Subsequently, we went to the shelter and helped the “Red Cross”. For example, we’ve set up more than a thousand of camping beds, distributed blankets and hygiene kits, helped unloading entire trucks flled with supplies… The repercussion of the attacks went far beyond of what you’ve seen on the news and on social media... With disasters of this amplitude, little details of spontaneous care are even more important than other kind of help. And we, Rotaract Club Leuven, were part of a few of those little things. Little, because we didn’t save any lives, but nevertheless very useful and merciful. What we’ve done, was greatly valued by the people of the different services in charge, and especially - and even more important - by the stranded passengers.

We are Belgium, we are Rotaract! For Rotaract Club Leuven,

Wendy Compagnon 21 Roataract Backpack Project towel, 1 set of clothes (shorts or skirt Every year we have an annual federa- + t-shirt or dress), 1 pair of fip-fops tion social project in Germany which or sandals, 1 soap, 1 toothbrush, 1 to- are supported by many different Ro- othpaste, a small ball and a spoon. taract Clubs. This year we decided to Please don’t include any liquids (inclu- take part in The Backpack Project from ding liquid soap) and don’t be temp- Mary’s Meals and made it our annual ted to add any other gifts such as toys Rotaract Social Project 2015/2016. or sweets, as these can cause pro- What does that means? blems with Customs during delivery. Many children in Africa don’t have ba- The delivery will organize Mary’s Me- sic learning tools such as pencils and als. After you have flled the backpack notepads. So we can support them to please label it to indicate whether it is get the most out of their lessons by suitable for a boy or girl, and suggest donating a backpack full of things what age depending on clothing size they need. These backpacks are for and shoe size. The backpacks will be children aged between 4-15 years and collected until end of July 2016 and they should have second-hand items have to be delivered to one of the col- which are fne and in good conditions. lection points in Germany. The backpacks have to be flled with Our goal is to collect more then 3800 exactly the same things from a speci- backpacks with the help of all Europe- fc list. These things are 2-3 notepads, an rotaractors. 2 pens, 2-3 pencils, crayons, 1 eraser, For more information go to www.so- 1 ruler, 1 sharpener, 1 pencil case, 1 ziales.rotaract.d

painting - Quaglio, Domenico: Braunschweig, 22 Ruhfäutchenplatz von Süden GER- the backpacks will be collected until end of July 2016 and have to be delivered to one of the collection points in Germany.

23 OSTSEE - EXPEDITION Sailing, Racing and Raising Money for ShelterBox

OX2016 marks the third edition of the now traditional Ostsee-Expediton on the Baltic sea. As a thank you for their charity the team represents Participants of varying skill and experience levels – the sponsors name in their team name, fags and on even total newbies – compete in a week of spectacular their boat. The participants of the OX2015 raised 6750 sailing. We start Friday evening in Flensburg, Germany € for ShelterBox this way. So if you like sailing or think and head out among the Danish isles. you might like sailing, and you‘re free 26.08. to 02.09. check us out on Facebook athttps://facebook.com/ We have one race each day but teams can also score ostseeexpedition and see more photos of the event at points on team challenges held in the stopover ports. http://ostsee-expedition.And if you are nostalgic for We spend our evenings barbecuing andenjoying the the good old days of GM in Eckernförde, there‘s so- beautiful bays and little harbours around this cruisers mething special for you: One of the team challenges is paradise. A central aspect of OX is our fundraising for a MiniGM consisting of one course. ShelterBox.

Long before the fun begins the teams of 6 -8 sailors head out to fnd a sponsor who will donate at least 750 € to ShelterBox.

24 Rotaract & WINE

Rotaract&Wine some people might have heard of those “underground “ wine events at REM and EUCO. It started at Za- gREM with a coincidence. 5 Rotaractors talking about wine and one proposed to do a winetasting (but a good one) It was so good, we decided to continue the day after. (and brought 20 more people) A tradition and Rotaract&Wine was born. Since then there was a winery visit at Le Bellet and La- Certa at EUCO in Nice and Bucha- rest. There were winetastings with a famous Sommelier Markus Del Monego in Bremen, tastings in Corks.ro and Istanbul. What are our goals: learn about wine, support charity and have fun. It is not important if you ‘re a winesnob or not, every Rotaractor or Rotarian who has genuine interest in the winemaker and his wine is welcome.

very event about wine in Europe involved in the Rotary network Ecan be promoted. The next occasion to join is at EUCO Milano. There are 5! wineries in Franciacorta and Oltrepe Pavese that we will visit. Have a look onRotaract&Wine in Facebook to learn more and join. I have more or less 3 passions in live. Nr. 1 is wine, Nr. 2 is Rotaract (nowadays Rotary) Nr. 3 is travelling on a small budget. Our tastings with Rotaract&Wine give me the possibility to share my passions and support charity. Most input has come from me sofar, but I hope I ll get more support from others in future. Rotary has fellowships to share passions, maybe we can establish those in Rotaract as well. Rota- ract Germany once had a BuSoWein: a wine made by Rotaractors and sold in beneft for the national charity called BundesSozialprojekt. It would be great if we could initiate more projects like this in Europe.

Jasper Vethaak Rotary eclub Click4Action

25 LITHUANIA

9 years and it has spread to 5 main Lithuanian cities. About Rotaract Vilnius Club More than 100 of people has successful- Our club is the second oldest club in Lithuania. A little bit ly graduated this more than 18 years ago Rotaract Vilnius was established, program, some of and since then many good cause actions has been fulflled. them even became Rotaract Our main projects are “Rotary academy”, “100 smiles members. more” and “Future in my hands”.

Future in my Rotary academy hands The desire to improve personal skills by learning from successful, positive and professional people is what leads We are proud to have a young, passionate, curious person to participate in “Rotary project, which already Academy”. Project goal is to grow up leaders by mento- lasts a decade. The purpose of this ring them. The main objective of the project is to encourage project is to work and support young talented children, young people to become successful in various felds and re- who are persuading their dreams, but can not afford it f- sponsible citizen in society. “Rotary Academy” is organized nancially.

26 Journey to important games match, music instruments, fur- talented children. ther learning and fnancial support - are the main things, which encourages pupils to go further in reaching their dre- We are so happy to have such a wonderful team. Every ams. So far, the majority of the project’s funds are being member try to make a difference and help for those who collected in a colorful family-friendly fund raising event cal- need it the most. More than 18 years, huge social projects, led Duck Race. The event is well-known in Lithuania and lots of happy young talented children’s and beloved seniors has been spread into huge event, which attracts more than are the motive to keep going. 1000 participants each year. During the project which lasts for 12 years and more than 70 000 euros were donated for

100 smiles more We could say that “100 smiles more” is one of the most beautiful and sensitive project. It supports one of the most sensitive social groups - seniors from Vilnius who are lonely and live in poverty. Throu- ghout the eight years of the project, we have fulflled more than 1,500 dreams. Various items and basic commodities were given as a charity which reaches more than 45 000 €. Into each seniors dream package goes basic commodities: honey, vita- mins, a little bit of sweets and Christmas gift, which is usually very modest, though very important and not affordable for our seniors. These fulflled dreams shed a light in seniors hearts. We are proud to announce that each year, more and more kind people contribute to this project. The purpose is to give enormous amount of SMILES, which elder people are not able to receive from their loved ones. 27 POLAND

“Zainspiruj mnie!” or “Inspire me!” The WHY? new great initiative by the Club Rotaract The project does not Club Rotaract Warszawa ródmiecie Warszawa Śródmieście. require extremely big co-operates with the Educational Care amount of effort. Most of Facility in Gołotczyzna for more than “Inspire me!” is the newest project of the Rotaractors study or develop them- 15 years. Having a chance to visit the the Club Rotaract Warszawa ródmi- selves on the business paths, so we de- children once in ca. one month and ecie, dedicated to children from the cided to share with the knowledge and a half, we had opportunity to get to orphanages and educational care faci- experience we already have with the know them pretty well. Our research lities in Poland. children, which because of fnancial or has shown that some of them distingui- family based diffculties did not have an sh with extensively ambitious working The main objective of the project is to opportunity of taking part in after scho- plans and hidden art, dancing or sport inspire the children and to help them skills, which apparently were not to create their business pa- discovered till now because of ths. We believe that through lack of interest in the topic, in didactic, team and creative the children. Because of that, work we can help them to children do not treat their ide- develop their inborn talen- as as something what could be ts or interests and visualise implemented on daily basis and the possibilities of develop- they tend to do not believe in ment on specifc cases to their capabilities. Our mission is help them developing their to change that. own plans for the future. The frst institution we co-ope- HOW? rate with is the Educational We want to motivate them to Care Facility in Gołotczyzna study and work, giving them the (Placówka Opiekuczo – appropriate tools or people to Wychowawcza w Gołodczynie), which ol classes. Unfortunately it is hard to achieve that. Telling them about various is located around 120km from Warsaw. fnd a person in their surrounding who number of professions and inviting IT could perform a duty of a mentor or at people, people from art industry, hair least inspire them. dressers, cookers, people from in ex. 28 Concert in the darkness in Poznan

Second edition of “Concert in the Darkness” in Poznan We perceive the world mostly through our sight, so being deprived of it is one of the most sorrowful disabilities. This is why members of Rotaract Club Poznan organised “Concert in the Darkness” for the second time! Our frst goal was to attract Rotarians’, Rotaractors’ and whole society’s attention to the situation of sightless people and ones that struggle with vision disorders. Secondly, we wanted to make a remarkable change in their life by providing tools needed for future career development as well as fnancial possibilities for medical treatments. Additional goal was to introduce the most important idea of Rotaract and Rotary to the public - service above self. Last year’s edition happened to be a not only just a pleasant evening, but enabled us to purchase specialist software and hardware for benefciary of the concert - Angelika, blind girl who wants to become a typhlo-IT specialist (a person who adjusts IT to the needs of sightless people). As the outcome was great and we got many heartwarming comments, this year on 4th of March second Concert in the Darkness took place. This time together with a group of young musicians (who will pay tribute to a famous Polish artist who sang a lot about how important it is to see not only with your eyes, but also heart - Marek Greuchuta) we were raising money for an eye surgery of little Marcelina. As it is supposed to save her ability to see, instead of diming the stage and audience as it was previously, this time we were coming from darkness to light. Our project was Rotary’s&Rotaract’s social ideas presented in new, creative way. Not only did it increase awareness of sightless people’s struggles, but also engaged many in improving their situation. We made a remarkable change in life’s of people, who while being disabled can still be a huge gift to the world! Hanna Przezwicka President Elect 2015/2016 Rotaract Club Poznan, District 2230, Poland we inspire them and help them to with children we already scheduled their life plans. We believe that thanks choose and make dreams come true, workshops with the representatives of to that effort we will be able to change so in the future they can be fnancially different jobs and industries, who over- their life perspectives and make a independent. come different life obstacles to reach world a better place. their dreams and to show the children The frst effects of our work are already that lots of things are possible. available. So far we conducted two Author: Edyta Niezgoda, Past meetings with the guest speakers on WHAT NEXT? Prezydent RAC Warszawa Środm- “How to make a computer game” and Sharing with our own life stories and ieście “How the sugar is produces and how with stories of our guest speakers we Translation: Damian Aaron Ols- to apply for a job in sugar industry” want to help the children in self-de- zewski, RAC Warszawa Środm- topics. Talking about next meetings velopment process and realization of ieście 29 ROMANIA

Apolodor from Labrador” Toy Library: a space for playing but also reading

n Saturday, March 12, 2016, at the des a rich collection of picture books ORomanian National Library in Bu- and toys and can be used also for the charest the “Apolodor from Labrador” purpose of organizing workshops, per- Toy Library has been offcially opened. formances, reading sessions, etc. dedi- The project to redevelop the library cated to children aged 3 to 10 years. was launched on the 31st of Octo- Access is free. The space may be re- ber, 2015 by Rotaract Romania and served, subject to availability, for car- Republic of Moldova in partnership rying out private activities and projects. with the Romanian National Library. Between the 29th of April and the 3rd of May 2015, the Rotaract Clubs from Bucharest (Atheneum, Bucharest, Ci- At the event were present those who smigiu, Continental, OCTO and Trium- supported the development of this con- ph) worked together and organized for cept and the refurbishment of the spa- the f rst time in Bucharest, Romania ce itself - Marian Popa- CEO Deutsche the European Convention of Rotaract Bank Global Technologies and the archi- Clubs - EUCO 2015. On that occasion, tecture association “De-a Arhitectura”. over 900 Rotaract members and Ro- In addition, alongside Claudia Serbanu- tary notable personalities from over 50 ta - manager of the Romanian National countries were invited to donate pi- Library was present also a representati- cture books under the umbrella of the ve of the Romanian Ministry of Culture. project “Colors of the Future” as a frst step in redefning the “Apolodor from During the event, the report on the frst Labrador” Toy Library, opened at mezza- six months of the project was presented, nine of the Romanian National Library. together with the assessment of the im- he Toy Library was thus redesi- pact the Toy Library had on the target Tgned as an interactive, educational, audience (children between the ages of cultural and enjoyable reading area, 0 to 8 years and their parents), during for all children aged 3 to 10 years. this time frame. Moreover, the members of the architecture association “De-a Arhitectura” made a donation consisting in architecture books for children, books that will enrich the collection. Located on the mezzanine of the Ro- manian National Library, the “Apolo- dor from Labrador” Toy Library provi-

30 31 SAN MARINO

#STOPPALO

22th November 2015 – 30th March 2016 However #stoppalo was more than just fundrai- Contacts: Alessandro Peri, Reggio Emilia sing. It was also the occasion for an awareness campaign on cancer. The players themselves wore the t-shirts during warmups and the end of the The service called #STOPPALO (aka block-it or games which were held in national television stop-it), is a fundraising service organized and broadcast. Moreover a massive campaign and promoted by the Rotaract Club of Reggio Emilia publicity followed on the social media to attract in collaboration with basketball association Palla- the attention on this important cause. canestro Reggiana. Links: During the basketball matches displayed on the https://youtu.be/dh5LKTd-ivA 22nd of November and on the 6th of December 2015, more than 800 t-shirts, designed from https://map.rotary.org/it/project/pages/project_de- scratch for the occasion by the club members, tail.aspx?guid=3FC16B61-B6E4-408E-A617-6A- were sold to the team fans, allowing for a dona- 9463EAFB95 tion of more than 6000€ to the Oncology ward of the local hospital. http://www.pallacanestroreggiana.it/pallacane- The t-shirts were created in a double version stro-reggiana-al-fanco-del-rotaract-per-la-lot- using the team’s colors white and red , with the ta-contro-il-cancro brand #Stoppalo on the front and the motto “We want this victory” on the back, to go along with a striped ribbon which has been from a long time the symbol of the fght against cancer.

32 33 Dear friends,

First of all, the French Rotaract Organi- zation would like to says a huge “thanks you” to all rotaractors or Rotaract clubs that send us some messages or emails to support us after the different attacks we faced. Thank you for just showing us that goo- dness is so much stronger than fear and terror.

We are standing up !!

34 FRANCE

Presidential conference in Cannes Presidential conference in Cannes.

During three days, 19 to 21 February, more than 1200 members of the Rotarian family came for all over Europe and Africa. The main subject of all the different conferences was Rotary mobilization to fght for health.

Two different actions that French Rotarians and Rotaractors make each year were presented to the participants and to our president Sir Ravindran. One of those is “Espoir en Tête” which could be translate by “Hope in mind”, this action has for goal to help brain research. How ? Well proposing the same day, in 450 movies theater in preview showing a Disney movie. This week end will happen the 11 year we all are mobilizing and the movie is “The jungle book”. In 10 years this action brings 9 millions euros to the Federation of brain research, hoping that it would help them to make a change. The second French action that has for purpose to improve the health is called “My blood for others”. 1 million of people are neat each year thanks to blood donation, our goal is to increase the number of donors. So in more than 100 cities of France Rotarians and Rotaractors make some animations and shows to encourage people to gave a bit of their blood, if they can. In 2016 they were 288.000 people that gave blood to help other persons during our manifestations.

If you want more informations about this actions do not hesitate to contact us at : in- [email protected].

35 YOU can be BOTH!

Some of the other changes that were adopted are mplications of some of the de- strongly increasing the f exibility of Rotary clubs. Icisions of the Council on Legi- The two enactments looking at membership as slation for Rotaractors well as club meetings and attendance were accep- For Rotarians, Rotaractors and ted and give every Rotary club the right to choose Interactors, there are some the members on a completely f exible basis (for basic guidelines which example not looking at classifcation schemes any we are required to follow. This consitution, more) as long as it is not discriminating against the bylaws and the “Standard Club Constitution” any group. Any club can now experiment with can be amended and changed every three years membership models and develop ways that may during the Council on Legislation (CoL). work in its region.

otary International is structured in a very de- hat concerns the organization of the club Rmocratic way so that every district has one vote Wmeetings and attendance, an enactment has during the council and can therefore infuence and been adopted which gives clubs more fexibility to shape the future of our organization. The CoL has defne when and how they meet - as long as they just been held from April 11th to 14th, 2016 in meet twice per month. Chicago. Here are some of the changes which have implications on us Rotaractors: Following this idea, the differentiation between traditional clubs and e-clubs has been eliminated Dual Membership is possible and therefore, now there are simply Rotary clubs - no matter how they mainly meet. There used to be a strong separation between Ro- Rotaract related side aspects taractors and Rotarians and it was formally exclu- ded that we could belong to both organizations at There were some other Rotaract-topics, which have the same time. This restriction has been dropped largely been put aside. The ones about the wording and it is now possible for everyone to be both an in the Object of Rotary have been rejected or wi- active member of a Rotaract and of a Rotary Club. thdrawn, so there is no change. The two opposing This is supposed to make transition between Rota- requests to consider the age limit of Rotaract have ract and Rotary much easier! Now, you will be able been rejected: this means, the board of directors is to join a Rotary club for example when they got to not asked to consider lowering the age limit to 25 know you from your active involvment in a project or raising it to 35. Finally, the request to establish a and still be a Rotaractor for some time. Rotaract e-club has been withdrawn - Rotaractors have always been fexible to meet however they There is no special procedure for this. If both wanted. clubs - the RAC and the RC - are fne with Let’s cherish this great development within Rotary you being a member of another club, then inviting us to help shape the future of the family it’s ok. and make it easier for us, to keep doing Service Above Self. This does not have any implication on your rights or the dues you will have to pay. This means Florian Wackermann that if you’re a member of both clubs, you will have to pay the contribution in both Co-Chair of Rotaract and Interact Commit- clubs. On the other hand, you’re a full member tee of Rotary International 2015-16 of both clubs, therefore you can also vote and take an active role in moving your RC and RAC forward. Rotary clubs become more fexible 36 37 INTERNATIONAL – SINGLE CLUB to safe clean drinking water is the primary reason children miss Rotaract Club of Bugolobi (District 9211, Uganda ) for “’1000 smiles’ Kanabulemu Edition” school, the club also dug a borehole to bring clean water to the village. Aiming to “cover as many of The residents of Rakai district, an area greatly af- Rotary’s areas fected by HIV/AIDS, were all smiles when the Rota- ractors of focus as possible” these enterprising Rotaractors were supported by other Rotaract clubs in the region arrived. Working alongside local doctors, schools, and as well as the Uganda Health Marketing Group (UHMG) they their sponsor, The Rotary Club of Bugolobi. provided everything from school supplies to com- prehensive medical screenings, dental exams, and Photos HIV

screenings and prevention education. Since access

INTERNATIONAL – MULTIDISTRICT apply effective communication and cooperation stra- tegies to improve their daily lives and hone job-related Rotaract Clubs of Districts 2420, 2420, 2430, 2440 (Tur- skills. key); Alanya, Antalya Kaleici, Atakum, Çekirge, Eskisehir, Istanbul - After successfully completing the one year training program, participants received job placement assistance Galatasary, Istanbul-Maslak, Karadeniz Eregli, Sa- franbolu, and District 2220 (Russia); Rotaract Club of through partner organizations to put their new skills to Krasnodar for “Just Like work. Club members are also working to educate local

You With An (+1) Extra!” citizens about common misconceptions related to living with Down syndrome by hosting outreach events at In collaboration with the Down Syndrome Association, local 12 different clubs from four districts across two countries farmers markets and other community events. joined together to organize trainings for children and Photos adults with Down syndrome. Participants learned how to

38 39 REGIONAL WINNERS

USA, CANADA, AND EUROPE, MIDDLE students continue to build rela- CARIBBEAN tionships with their Rotaract men- EAST, AND tors, reinforcing the importance of CENTRAL ASIA Rotaract Club of Birmingham education and (District 6860, United States) for Rotaract Club of Istanbul-Dol- “Ready 2 Succeed” inspiring them to become future mabahçe (District 2420, Turkey) leaders. Through a partnership for “Still Child!” Currently in its second year of a with national scholarship databa- two-year pilot program, “Ready se company, Taking a stand against the 2 Succeed” matches high school destructive consequences of juniors and Cappex, Rotaractors have already underage marriage on young expanded the project to more women and girls, Rotaractors seniors with Rotaract mentors to communities by launching Achie- better prepare students for col- veAlabama.org, organized conferences in rural lege. Over 75% of the program’s areas where the practice is participants, giving students state-wide access still common. Local experts, to scholarships and fnancial aid. psychologists, and doctors many frst-generation college stu- Click to see the Photos dents, have successfully enrolled educated local residents how in college programs. Beyond the girls in underage marriages are program statistically undereducated and

LATIN AMERICA lectures, developed curriculum SUB-SAHARAN and trainings based on volunteer’s AFRICA Rotaract Club of Nova Geração professional expertise, distributed Itabaiana (District 4390, Brazil) for educational Rotaract Club of Lagune de “Projeto Sergipe” materials and resources to stu- Cotonou (District 9102, Benin) for “Notre Bibliotheque” To break the cycle of poverty dents, and promoted the program among Itabaina’s young people, through local radio stations, scho- Rotaractors and Rotarians Rotaractors enrolled 100 students ols, and public worked side-by-side to convert in literacy and spaces. Receiving both local and an abandoned building into a library for local professional development courses national recognition for their suc- over a period of eight months in cess, the club uses donations and neighborhood kids and the partnership with public literacy grant money nearly 400 children attending programs. The to provide scholarships to partici- Zogbadjè Primary Public School. Not only did club developed a network of com- pants to help cover the cost of the munity partners and volunteers program. Rotaractors design, fundraise, that donated meeting space for Click to see more Photos and implement construction classes and plans, they stocked the new 40 library with tables, REGIONAL WINNERS

prone to medical and SOUTH ASIA paper system of data tracking allowing government offcials and psychological issues presented Rotaract Club of The Caduceus experts to access live data in a few by early childbirth and dome- (District 3140, India) for “The Jana simple clicks. stic violence. Traditionally a Swasthya Project” taboo subject, they are An incredible 35,000 individual pa- As doctors and medical students, tient visits were recorded, marking working alongside local gover- these Rotaractors were inspired a landmark shift in the process of nments, community organiza- after volunteering in 2013 at one of health tions, and the media to break the world’s the silence and end the surveillance. The government is inte- largest religious gatherings, the rested in implementing this groun- violence. And harnessing the Kumbh Mela, to establish a digital dbreaking model in local health power of social media to tell disease surveillance system to study clinics, their story, they’ve recruiting celebrities and epidemiological disease trends. bringing “Jana Swasthya,” meaning Harnessing the power of mobile public health and welfare in Hindi, Rotaractors around the region internet technology they replaced a to communities across the country. to show their support for “Still redundant Click to see more Photos Child!” through videos, photos, and stories. Check out the Video

ASIA PACIFIC disease, and benches, and more than 500 treated students with skin infections books to give the kids a fun and Rotaract Club of Metro Cebu-CIT or intestinal parasites to improve inviting space to grow and learn. Chapter (District 3860, Philippines) overall health. Using recyclable The frst of it’s kind for “Project WASHEd-UP (Water Adequacy, Sanitation and materials in the area, most of the chil- was an environmentally friendly dren do not have ready access Hygiene Education to Uplift the alternative to conventional steel to books and school supplies. People)” and concrete tanks, and reduced the Rotaractors, Rotarians, Project WASHEd-UP transformed overall cost and teachers hope the new the lives of kids at Tagatay Elemen- of the project by more than 75%. library will continue to grow as tary School in a remote area in the Teachers, students, and key sta- more books and school supplies keholders were involved in the are donated to help Philippines in need of clean water and sanitation. In a three-part development, kids of all ages reach their full process the Rotaractors constructed installation, and training to pro- potential. Click to see more a PET bottle mote a strong sense of community Photos water tank to safely store rain ownership. water, taught the importance of Check out the Video hygiene and41 sanitation to prevent THE NETHERLANDS

Dear Rotaract member,

First off, we would love to thank everyone for their help and support with our voting campaign! A while ago we subscribed for a local competition, initiated by the ING Bank (an internationally oriented Dutch banking corporation). The ING selected local ini- tiatives, like charities, clubs and funds, and made a shortlist of fve groups. In this contest we needed to collect votes and the most favoured initiative would receive fve thousand Euro’s. Every year we organise a hockey tournament especially for men- tally disabled children with our Rotaract Club Haarlemmermeer. We have done this for some time now and this year we will celebrate our anniversary edition. Children from all over the country come to our tournament and hockey together, we needed support in order to make this a true unforgettable day. The other competitors went for it, and the competition was tough. We needed help, a lot of help. We decided that we could not do this alone and called Rotaract clubs for help. It immediately went on like a wildfre, we even got support from a kid living in Mexico (see the picture). It’s great to experience help from all over the world, it feels like we are all connected and have the same goal. The Rotary and Rotaract help made a huge difference, especially with fghting polio. This is why we are going to donate € 500,- to this cause and help eradicate this horrible disease. We are so close to ending polio! :) We could not have done this without you, thank you!! :) You are all welcome on the 22nd of October in the Netherlands!

Love you guys, you are great! Rotaract Haarlemmermeer, the Netherlands

42 43 International Rotaract YESTERDAY, International Rotaract TODAY Two story about how we can feel Rotaract… yesterday and today =)

Summer of 1983 ... It seems the beginning of a novel, but it's the beginning of my little experience in the international exchange program for young people promoted by the Rotary International. I was a 18 year-old Rotaractor, a former Interact member. At that time in my home-town, Rovigo - District 2060 lived the well-known "Prof. Naldini ", Rotary District Representative for Rotary Youth Exchange. He invited me to "live " 15 days in Belgium, guest of different Rotary families. A pretty girl from Reggio Calabria and myself were invited that year to represent Italy. 1983 was also the year when I had my high-school fnal exams and, in order to be able to go, I asked my high-school principal to anticipate the date of my oral examination. He granted it and I fnally left - by plane for the frst time, but I could not be afraid as I didn’t want to look foolish in the Calabrian girl’s eyes. At that time there was no mobile nor internet, so I learnt only upon my return my fnal examination marks. Once in Belgium I experiences a "natural hospitality", where the rhythms of the families - I changed 5 because every family wanted to host an Italian - continued even though I was present in their homes. In Italy, things were different, as when there was a guest people seemed to stop everything else they were doing! It was a great experience and I remember many facts. I experienced for the frst time what it meant to share and respect someone’s else faith. I was hosted in a house where I shared the room with an Egyptian boy. In the evening, in our bedroom, he knelt on the carpet toward Mecca, and I recited my Hail Mary, in a very natural mood, and then we would talk about the day and tell each other our lives "at home". On another occasion, at an Italian restaurant, I was asked to explain how you could eat spaghetti without a spoon: it seems easy, but for many non-Italian persons this is not like that! Especially with one family I established a very good relationship, so good that they invited me to their son's wedding and the mother used to come and visit me and my family for many years when she came to Abano Terme (near my home-town) for the spa treatments. The following year, excited about the previous experience, I applied for France and I stayed 15 days in the Lyon and Beaujolais regions (The Côte Beaujolais is one of the largest wine regions of France), with new people, new friends and this time with another beautiful girl from Rovigo, who you know, life is strange - a few years later became an associate of my wife’s translation company. Among the many memories I have of the French experience, I remember the guided tours we were given in the early morning at the Beaujolais wine cellars starting in the morning, you may imagine the effects at the end of the day ... Friendships, faces, smells, emotions that I recall while writing these words; experiences that, I think, have changed my way of getting in touch with foreign people, the way to host, to organize moments of confrontation, then collaborating with the Rotary Club of Rovigo for the welcoming of American students who participated to the annual exchange programs. I remember, among other moments, a Canadian guy who wore shoes size 17. I had him got his frst custom-made shoes; he choose a pair of moccasins in a "mouse-gray" colored leather ... He was 6 feet 9 inches tall, I myself am 6 feet 3 inches tall … now you can imagine what the effect was when we got out of my old small car, called "Bianchina", where the sledges of seats were elongated in order to accommodate us! My conclusion: if you can, please “take advantage” of Rotary, ask your Rotary Delegate to take action and apply for exchanges abroad, even for short ones. Nowadays there are so many ways to go abroad, but I reckon that living this experience with the Rotary and within the Rotary family will be one of a kind one. Good Rotaract to everyone!

Jorick Bernardi, former Rotaractor, now member of Rotary Club Faenza 2072 – Italy

44 METROPOLITWIN

The frst time our RRD Alessandro mentioned us the in fve different farms scattered throughout the project of a twinning between the two Rotaract country. To start this international project, local ateliers Districts in Milano and Paris, we all silently thought; provided us a few hundreds of bracelets, which “Gosh, another big project to follow”. were later sold by Milano and Paris Rotaractors contri- July has just started and I was already closer to the buting to the cause. summer-holidays mood than to the organize&plan The remaining part of the twinning is easy to fnd on-li- one. ne (don’t forget to like our Facebook pages!): signing Many day-today things were to be sorted out to make the scrolls In our cities at two paramount events such as the 21 clubs and 400 Rotaractors of our district the Week-End de Coordination Nationale and seamlessly work together and that was classifed as EUCO was one great emotion; fnding ourselves sur- top-priority; Paris was like a distant dream. rounded by friends on both sides of the Alps has been Still, once we met François from D1660 during one of simply too much to describe. our District meetings in September, we immediately understood that great plans were underway. Milano and And now? What’s next? I have many friends both Rota- Paris are the only two metropolitan districts in ractors and not, who frequently travel between our Europe (London being so large that it comprises multi- two cities both for study or business purposes without ple districts), they share a common calling for fashion, mentioning leisure trips. Some of them are already world-recognised lifestyle and services focus. Beyond profting of the bridge we built to fnalise their arrange- general prerequisites, thanks to Carlotta dedication ments during their travels. The Karibuni project just to the project and François frequent travels between our completed is only a frst step in our trip together: as two cities, things were taking shape. many have said, the journey matters more than the Our joint international service was in place with the destination and we are all curious to see what the futu- support of the Karibuni Onlus. Active in Kenya since re District teams will be able to realise together! 2004 and working to provide education and healthcare for the youngsters. This organization fosters the A bientôt Paris, a presto Milano! human and economic development of the people living

45 RUSSIA of the parcel telling another Rotaract about Rotaract Club St. Petersburg sending country. It might be CD with traditional “ music, some food, postcards etc. The last but not „White nights least is including Rotaract and Rotary symbols in Project “Cultural exchange” order to present them. Who? All the Rotaract members around the …To summarize: Cultural exchange is one of world, who is interested in bridging clubs from the ways to build bridges between countries. different countries together The best opportunity to know more about each Why? This project helps us to improve our inter- other is to build up relations inside and outsi- cultural communication, international dialogue de countries by developing cultural and social between different Rotaract clubs. That way we connections. Starting the contacts between can not only learn lots of cultural things from Rotaracts encourage the development of new each other, but also share ideas, thoughts about international friendships. future plans. Moreover this kind of project could provide some projects in collaboration, which would be also an interesting perspective for Rotaract members. When? The deadline is not so important. The main thing is having enough countries and clubs in general to organize our exchange. What? Cultural exchange is the ‘sending’ action, in which every county have to prepare one

RAC St.Petersburg Nursing home

RAC St.Petersburg - Nursing home grasp of reality, had diffculties keeping track of events or When in 2014 Rotaract Saint-Petersburg was f rst ap- anything going on around them. That did not stop us, howe- proached with the offer to take on one the local nur- ver, but all the more motivated us to the best we could to sing homes we did the usual, said yes f rst, and then lighten up the NY Eve for those grannies. It was a success! started wondering about how exactly we were going Unsure at f rst, we set everything rolling and the perfor- to make it work. That was a challenge to say the least. mance went smooth and nice. We were singing songs from While we had launched all kinds of projects involving fo- 60s and older, which they used to sing when they were our ster houses, hospitals, schools, working with people two age, they sang along, we danced, and so did they (those generations apart from us was an entirely different thing. who were able to), and we saw happy tears in their eyes We fgured that what the residents of such a facility would lack when the performance came to an end. That was the most was communication, someone simply to talk to other than best reward and a sign that should come back. And come personnel members. And, maybe, a little bit of performance. back we did. Today, year and a half later we have alrea- We assembled our all-purpose multifunctional band of sin- dy visited the place 8 times. We traditionally start the pro- gers, dancers, hosts, instrumentalist and drama players and gram with songs, reading poems, dancing and f nish off prepared little New Year concert for the residents, and off with a simple board game our older friends grew to like. we went to dazzle our 80-something-year-old audience. It is fascinating to see the eagerness and expectation in Before we arrived we had been warned by the facility46 ma- their eyes, like those of little kids waiting for something nagement that many of the residents had already lost the special, and we do our best to keep delivering nothing less. February Saturday 26

On Saturday, February 27th 2016, Rotaract club Krasnodar and children’s sport school KEMPO have organized a performance competition of young athletes! Preparation of brave fghters was at the highest level! Different kinds of disciplines were demonstrated by kids, i.e. attacks, defense units, somersaults, throws etc. - and each type of discipline was very well prepared by the participants!!! Each team demonstrated a great team spirit and colaboration! Here, one for all and all for one. And you realize this fact only, if you are participating in this event! It does not matter from which team are they and how old are they: they are united! Meanwhile, the support group, active participants of which were, of course, parents, coach Alena Danilovna, and Rotaract club Krasnodar worried and were happy at the same time; were proud and inspired! These atmosphere and inner feelings are diffcult to describe - two hours of children’s sports art. After all, regardless of the age (4-16 years), they are already leaders who are obsessed with victory! Purposeful and growing personalities with good sport preparation and healthy lifestyle! They are friends who are willing to help in crucial situations. We were very pleased to meet all children and KAMPO-participants! And moreover, we are ready for further friendship with brave boys and girls of this sport school!

Lots of speech, RAC Veliky Novgorod

“Lots of speech” is an interesting networking project started by RAC Ekaterinburg some time ago. It is an informative feld, where people can meet, talk, learn and in general network. This year our club decided to set up this project in Veliky Novgorod, because we felt it was a true training of presentation and networking skills for people in our region. The main feature of this project is that all speakers’ speeches are made on different topics that make each meeting interesting for all kinds of people. On the last meeting we have discussed how to fnd your inner self, how to set up project without money and so on. Another interesting feature - anyone who has something to say can be a speaker! There are students, businesspeople, admi- nistrators… Guests of our meetings are also very different, but they all have the same aim – to elevate their mind. Today we have successfully organized three meetings. And we plan to do it on a regular basis – next time we meet in mid-May! 47 SPAIN

Dear Rotaractors, is, to form ourselves to be prepared for the charge that Among the clubs Rotaracts share universal values, that we had to take in our Rotaract Club, we have created enrich our community: friendship, hope, solidarity, te- new projects and above all, we have strengthened and amwork, respect, humility, leadership ... This is part of created new bonds of friendship. our essence, being the cause and effect of all events and projects organized. We have celebrated our traditional Christmas Dinner. Perhaps our contribution can be seen in quantitative ter- One more year, a large representation of Rotaracts has ms as “modest”, but our desire to improve the dramatic travelled to Gambasse (Guinea Bissau) to make our main reality around us what keeps us going, not decay and project keep running and getting better the life of chil- be convinced, despite having few resources that we do dren and families that live in the hamlets there. can get small great achievements improve what does not This year we have done something great, that is the con- work through our little bit, always giving the best we struction of a new school and new wells. Last March, we have: our effort, will and enthusiasm. carry out the Kilo Project, that consists in the collection of food all day long in different locations of our district. It was a success, as we collected 5672kg of food, which For the 2202 Rotaract District it has been a year full of were destined and given to different entities and soup exciting activities and interesting projects that have hel- kitchens. ped us to become a mentor of positive changes in our local communities and in an international level also. We have organized from ludic activities where the main objectives where solidarities to an Assembly and a Distri- ct Conference, where all the rotaracts that are part of the district have had the opportunity to know what Rotaract

48 In the 2203 district, have been made variety of projects and activities. School supplies collection project, approved at the district conference Murcia and developed by all Rotaracts clubs of district 2203, becoming a real success for the support obtained by shops, hospitals, universities, and the creation of #AlColeVamosTodos, may deliver the collected material to different schools, institutions and children most in need.

Bracelets for helping people with “TEA” (autism The spectrum, neurodevelopmental disorder that appears past in childhood). Buying bracelet, profts were donated year, I also had the chance of being marketing as- directly to research the disease. Getting the coopera- sistance (thank you Èlia Estraguès), and this was a tion of Roma Est Rotaract club to also sell bracelets in very nice experience, and allowed me to know better Rome. what is ERIC and how board works and improve my Christmas project, carried gathered at different communication habilities. I recommend strongly to points and also through the generous donation of participate in board! anonymous people, for subsequent delivery of toys to children at risk of social exclusion. Organizing a later One of the moments I enjoyed most was to participate snack with them and spending the afternoon with the as jury in BESP and TCA (thank you Joana Pires) children in the company of their families and educa- Also I wanto to say that in this two years news tors. Rotaract clubs have been found, and many others are Wine tasting benefcial for fbromyalgia. To be levied in formation. As country representive I’ve meet better money through the sale of tickets for tasting different to all rotaractors of Spain and give a boost to #rota- types of wine with tapas. The money raised was do- ractspain in social media. And had the opportunity to nated entirely to the Fibromyalgia Association, which assist conference in the three districts. benefted from a therapeutic treatment carried out at the municipal pool. See you all in Rotary Tridistrital –Toledo!!

Fundraising for research into the disease, “Von Hip- pel Lindau” and together with the help of Rotarians, is getting wider dissemination of its existence and trying to get a protocol of action against it is made. In the district conference, to welcome attendees we celebrate a “white party” was held in favor of the Balearic Multiple Sclerosis Association. Few words from the Country Rep from Spain (2014- 16):

After two years in charge as country rep, I want to thank you for the great opportunnity of living this great experience. 49 s we edge closer to the end of a fantastic functioning MDIO. ARotaract year, we have several achievements to be really proud of. In 2015, I started a full engagement campaign We have also unearthed signifcant opportuni- with the DRRs and DGs in an effort to re-register ties to take advantage of and grow the presence their districts back into E.R.I.C. i and impact of Rotaract in Great Britain and Ire- land. n light of the changes to the governing bylaws. This is the right time to refect on key successes This exercise led me and the RGBI board to rea- during the 2015/16 year. lize the gaps we had in our MDIO. Last year, RGBI passed a re-structuring of the We now have a much better knowledge of Ro- Executive. Subsequently, this year the team are tary districts without any Rotaract clubs, active working to establish a strong Multi District and less active Rotaract districts and clubs. Information Organisation which caters for This information is a signifcant step in our effort Rotaractors needs across the countries. to grow relationships with the district represen- Our goals for this year and onwards are: tatives across our MDIO. At the time of writing, we have 7 con- * To provide support, resources and regional frmed districts signed up to E.R.I.C. training opportunities to all Rotaractors. with several more coming soon.

* To promote and strengthen the relationship between Rotaract Clubs.

* To strengthen existing Rotaract clubs and provide support to growing new clubs.

* To hold a national conference joint with RIBI.

* To build an accurate database of contact details for Rotaract in GB&I and to make this available to Rotaract Clubs.

* To create and implement a 3 year strategic plan to make Rotaract GB&I a secure and fully

50 51 SWITZERLAND

“One item more” for the organization “ Tischlein Deck Dich” (Table set yourself) “Tischlein Deck Dich” is an organization that hands out food products to people living in poverty in Switzerland. Rotaract Solothurn has decided to do a “one item more” social project for this cause. So inDecember they put up their stands and signs in front of Coop in Biberist and motivated shop- pers tobuy one item more that they would donate at the exit to “Tischlein Deck Dich”. Rotaract Solothurn wasalso supported by the youth exchange student from Oregon (USA) Mikayla, who is the inbound in theirsponsoring Rotary Club Grenchen.

After a morning’s hard work and thanks to a lot of generous donators, the club was able to send a van’s cargo full with groceries to the distribution center of “Tischlein Deck Dich” and help support the less fortunate.

Marco Sansoni, Rotaract Club Solothurn

52 SWITZERLAND Rotaract District 2000 Event in Bergün GR safely and enjoyed the rest of the eve- District Representative Cyrill Mathis About 35 Rotaract members of district ning in each other’s company at the wants to thank all the volunteers, 2000 met each other at the end of Fe- Youth house Plazi. especially the HOC for their organiza- bruary 2016 in the On the next day we had a fantastic tion. He is already looking forward to Swiss mountains in Bergün. brunch before we packed our bags, the next district 2000 event. cleaned the house and After a small Apéro, the Rotaractors headed home. Cyrill Mathis, RAC Glarus had the chance to demonstratetheir knowledge in Rotaract and also in ge- This was a weekend with wonderful neral at the game olypmics. conversations and possibilities to get to know new people or to deepen the Before they went on to gosledging at relationships that have already been night, the group had a traditional Fon- formed. Furthermore, new ideas for due at the restaurant “Weisses Kreuz”. upcoming projects were created and Eventhough the sledging conditions the foundation for a yearly event has were not amazing as the snow was a been laid. bit too wet, everybody made it down

it was a weekend with wonderful confer- sations and possibilities to know new people or deepen relationships that had already been formed.

53 TURKEY We have built healthcare center and class for disable students in our town. In Ramadan we have provided food provided good supply and made a dinner. We made courses of gain profession which were swimming pool operator and traditional carpenter. First of all our village’s health care center was wretched and unusable. For maternal and child health we have renewed the health care center from nothing. and now this health care center can usable for our village’s citizens. We have built our health care center for doctors. Doctors can stay in center at the same time they can examine the patients. On opening day we thought our villagers whose were mothers and children how to keep clean and healthful our mouth in our schooling. Also Our members whose are dentists checked the villagers teeth health up. For the second stage in the mouth of Ramadan we have helped

with food package to our villagers. and in the center of the village we established huge table for dinner which called in Ramadan –iftar- For the third stage our village didn’t have a school for disable students for our disable students we have changed a store to 3 classroom those have all materials for disabled students to educate them For the last stage we educated our villagers with the coope- rate of ministry of health, our schooling subject was swimming pool operator Finally with this operation we gave our villagers a hope; A hope that the villagers wont concern about their health in their life because we built a health care center A hope that they won’t concern about their special children because we have built 3 classroom for them A hope that they won’t be unemployed because they learn 54 how to be an operator for swimming pools. In Turkey and in Bursa, Ataev- “Hygiene & Nutrition in Preschool” training ven activity report cards will be ler Kindergarten Cloud, Earth, by Osmangazi Rotaract Club checked by the teacher in return Rainbow, Stars and Sun class to vacation, report cards with hand noon, and the morning group washing and tooth brushing ha- was given “Hygiene” training, the topic is one of the Ro- bits was made a small contribution to the gain. tary’s focus six areas, on 21.01.2015 by Pinar Aydin Ulu- At the same day, in another six areas of focus in maternal day Univercity Lecturer. The aim of this seminar is that cle- and child health days for parents of our club members Die- an water and sanitation as part of 4-6 years kindergarden tician GÖZDE ALP “Nutrition in preschool” was how the children. Children from tiny invaders and their protection emphasis on the education of children with proper nutri- methods with proper hand washing method was taught. tion needed. Dietitians questions of the parents replied by The importance of brushing teeth, food hygiene with chil- GÖZDE ALP. Our project took place in the local press. TURKEY dren hand washing activity booklet and brushing teeth gi-

55 “ Traditional Christmas Party “ Osmangazi Rotaract Club as a contribution to the education of Osmangazi Rotaract Club was orga- students in Bursa Branch. Osmangazi nizing the 7th of this year our Tradi- Rotaract Club got $2.000,00 from tional Christmas Party on December the party and used for Veterans and 25,2015. Rotaract clubs in Bursa Martys 6 child univercity education always had fun together overnight. fee. The surprise was the raffe with gifts Turkey Malulü Veterans at night, Mar- continued until the frst light of mor- tyrs Widows and Orphans speeches ning to night. President of the Association, for their cooperation and for 2 years to help The aim of the project is that the thanking Osmangazi Rotaract Club large amounts that have received in- members. Our traditional party took come from the party is about six ares place newspaper and internet press. of focusing social services provision Although we are performing a se- and prevention of confict, peace is venth traditional Christmas party this a matter we will realize the project. year there was a lot of innovation. Nowadays as everyone knows Turkey This year we made a donation to is near the striving becaouse of the the same association, but was used jeopolitical position and had lots of in the feld of education. 6 Martyrs’ martyrdom. “Türkiye Harp Malülü children of university fees were paid. ehitler – Gazi, Dul ve Yetimleri Der- Association members joined our frst nei” the translation of English: Tur- night and were satisfed. The frst key Malulü Veterans, Martyrs Widows time it had obtained a higher income. and Orphans Association will be used

56 g,treasurer training,vice presidents training, commitee ROTARACT ACADEMIA presidents training. Rotaract Academia as a project is found in 2010 by Ro- Our target group is Rotaractors who are member of Di- taract chair of district 2440. This organization works w/ strit 2440 clubs and Rotaract candidates. Secondly, out leadership of Rotaract Academia Coordinator and his/her of the Rotaract, there are lots of people that need more team and as being the team, We have contributed per- education,trainings,courses or seminars for their career. sonel development opportunities for Rotaractors and all (Age range: 18-30) These are including; College/Universi- of the youth. ty students, new graduates, young professionals or other people which need Rotaract Academia. Our trainings comprise three main topics and these are; Rotaract internal training,skill courses and personal deve- Rotaract Academia is proped up / promoted by the Rota- lopment training. rians of District 2440. Therefore we are using Rotarians’ district offce and there is no fee for this service. From 2010 to now, 213 events are organized by Rotaract Other locations are conference rooms of universities or Academia and over 4000 participants have attended to Associations which are cooperated w/ Rotaract Acade- this events as well. In only 2015-2016 Rotary Term, We mia. have made 41 different seminars and number of participation was only 1023 persons. Rotaract Academia’s most impotant feature is being education establishment as District 2440 Project. Its’ Reason First goal of our Project is ‘making workshops,trainings,- for being is to straddle all of the Rotaractors and Non-Ro- seminars and package courses and raising the quality of taractors w/ trainings,seminars,courses and workshops education for the people in order to provide their perso- and to prepare them for their future. We have a Rotaract nal development’ Generally, we have planned and provi- Academia Coordinator and his/her main mission is being ded trainings for ; Social Media Expertise training, diction like bridge between the Rotaractors and District Rotaract training, body language training, techniques of effective Chair. He/she focuses only Rotaract Academia. Every year, communication via phones, protocol and etiquette trai- We have received over the 50 applicants for working as ning, breathing techniques, wine and whiskey taste trai- volunteer for Rotaract Academia. District Rotaract Chair ning, frst aid training, speed reading training. have reviewed their CV and appications form blow by blow and 6 Rotaract Academia volunteers are selected Second goal of our project is “ making skill courses for and they report to Rotaract Academia Coordinator di- unemployed young persons in Turkey” This kind of trai- rectly. Our trainings,seminars,courses or workshops are nings are oriented as academically and to focuse increase related about six areas of Rotary ‘disease prevention and success for business life of participants. treatment’ ,’basic education and literacy’ and ‘water and Generally we have planned and provided trainings for; sanitation’. and ‘Peace and Confict Prevention and Re- entrepreneurship training, Project management training, solution’, ‘maternal and Child health’ and we make this leadership and effective administration training,time ma- events in the weighty matters w/ f nagement training, interview techniques training, brand eld of community and vocational services. management and branding training, memory reinforce- When the trainings are achieved, Rotaractors who attend ment training, anger management training, stress trai- to this events chalk up / take the points. If Rotaractors ning, trainers of trainer training. pass the lower limit, they can get a chance for being “Ro- taract Academia Trainer” (to take “trainer training” from Third goal of our project is “Rotaract trainings for distri- professionals must). ct chairs,presidents, secretaries,treasurer, member of the boards and member” Generally we have planned and provided trainings for; District Chair training, Rotaract Training seminar, presidents training,secretaries trainin- TURKEY 57 //Save the date: UPCOMING//Save the date: EVENTS October 6th - 8th 2016 UPCOMING EVENTS

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59 Russian language courses in Kaliningrad At Peter’s Trip 2016 For those who likes to travel with Rotaract! Name: Russian language courses in Kaliningrad We invite you to spend 7 days in the most beautiful city of Rus- Aim: Studying Russian in the most western region of Russia is sia – #14 Top Destination World by Trip Adviser – gorgeous a great opportunity to immerse into the language environment, Saint-Petersburg. enjoy Russian culture, discover its fascinating history and tradi- During the trip you will have the opportunity to enjoy the white tions and meet people who live on the isle surrounded by two nights, watch the bridges being draw and see the marvellous art European countries. collection of the Hermitage museum. You will get to enjoy the Certifcation: You will receive a course completion confrmation beauty of the numerous grand palaces and cathedrals, take a at the end of the course. boat trip across multiple canals and rivers that bonded the city Host Country/Club: Rotaract Club Kaliningrad supported by and visit the world famous fountains of the Petergoff. Rotary Club Kaliningrad When: 1.08.2016 – 14.08.2016 All details are in our Facebook group At Piter’s trip 2016 Accommodation: Kaliningrad (in a host-family or in a private apartment). • Dates: 21-27.06.2016 Participants: About 20 participants. • We have spots for 30 people with the accommodation in Group of up to 7 people. a brand new ho- Age: 18 – 30 years old stel right in the city Working language: Russian center. Visa: Visas are obligatory for participants from EU countries. • Applications dea- Full visa support is provided by the organizers. dline April, 30th Package price: • Participation fee from 400,00 € for 14 days. is 299 euro Participation fees paid until: • The fee includes: - May 1st, 2016 – 400 EUR accommodation, - May 31th, 2016 – 420 EUR meals and entry tickets to all museums/boats/etc in the program. Application Deadline: May 31th 2016 Apply here: http://goo.gl/forms/orUIUVqDdL After June 1st the reservation cannot be accepted! And see you in marvelous St.Petersburg! =) Please book your travel as soon as your participation is confr- med.

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