Oct. 21 - Oct. 27 2020

Club of FIFTEENTH EDITION, A Publication of The Rotary Club of Muyenga RY 2020/2021 Presidential Speech Welcome to RCM Governor Rosette MUYENGA REPORTER Join me to welcome our dear District Governor Rosetti Nabumba Nayenga, district 9211. We are more than happy to host you today first lady Governor in , as you continue with your duty of nurturing and monitoring rotary and Rotaract programs and activities across the district.

Am happy to report that Rotary Club of Muyenga has experienced significant progress during this Rotary year of opening opportunities. We have seen great improvement in more as the year unfolds. the area of member engagement. Our members are energized, Our major areas of growth include committed, stronger, together and effective sourcing of international very participatory in all fellowship partners for projects, provision of activities, service projects, giving solid mentorship for all our new towards Rotary and in all RCM family members for better appreciation moments be it a celebration or times of rotary and sustaining our of grief. We are more United than engagement in service projects. ever before and we thank God for we open opportunities for the Back home, we had an exciting the blessing! I appreciate my RCM community and our selves. weekend serving humanity. Thank family for the great team spirit and In terms of Membership growth and you RCM members, our partners RC urge them to continue on the same extension, we have attracted 6 new Muyenga Tankhill and RC Muyenga path. members due for induction today, Sunday sunset for Enhancing the To borrow the words of great bringing our total membership to safety of health workers in Kiruddu speakers “ what concerns one of us, 123. We have a new club in formation National Referral Hospital and St. concerns all of us.” “ Royals” with an average of Francis Hospital with a 15 members and we have applied for donation of 700 face shields. We have improved our focus on provisional status, awaiting approval. projects for both club funded and It’s because of your generous global grant projects. Member Despite the economic challenges contributions to Sergeant at Arms involvement in the entire project we have managed to contribute that we were able to deliver this life cycle from needs assessment, to the foundation Usd: $14,750 to project. Thank you very much for implementation, stewardship right date. Our per capital contribution making it possible and please keep to project monitoring and evaluation has significantly improved due giving. is commendable. We have had over to member involvement. We will The management of the hospitals 65 members participating in project continue to give towards the expressed their appreciation to you activities for the past 4months. The foundation through out the year. all for the support. partnership with our baby clubs for Public relations and media publicity A special thank you to Rtn. Steven fellowship and projects has been is progressing well on social media Sekindi and Rtn. Angella Katama instrumental in cementing our platforms, print and television. our project team leads for a job well relationships, building synergies Generally we are happy with the done. We are proud of you! in service, increasing impact as progress and look forward to doing Rotarians make amazing things happen Breaking the cycle of poverty for women: $9.2 million Most of the women living in rural Guatemala do not have the collateral to get loans from regulated financial institutions. The amount The Rotary Foundation has spent to grow local economies and reduce The Rotary Club of Guatemala de la Ermita helped 400 local poverty last year women complete financial literacy courses so they could pool their money and fund their own microlending program. 795 million Skills development, business training: people — or 1 in 9 people in the world — do In Esmeraldas, Ecuador, Rotary members helped grant more not have enough to eat than 250 microloans and train more than 270 community members in sewing, baking, plumbing, microcredit, business 60% management, and leadership. of the world’s hungry people are women Sustainable farming: and girls In west Cameroon, soil erosion and loss of soil fertility have 70% significantly reduced farmers’ harvests. Rotary members gave farmers the skills they needed to improve soil fertility, of the world’s poorest people live in rural control soil erosion, and market their produce. The results: areas and depend on agriculture and increased crop yields and profits. related activities for their livelihood

More than 775 million people over the age of 15 are illiterate. That’s 17 percent of the world’s adult population.

Our goal is to strengthen the capacity of communities to support basic education and literacy, reduce gender disparity in education, and increase adult literacy. We support education for all children and literacy for children and adults.

A coaching Story against the tide. The monkey was pleased with himself. But soon after, the fish To the monkey, the fish was settled into a peaceful rest. struggling. It needed help. And this prompted him to jump in into the The monkey thought it went to raging waters, “save” the fish and sleep. And that is how its clever swim back safety. scheme ended: in death like this fish, the country struggling. In his protected corner, he placed the “dying” fish on dry ground We are swimming against a raging for quick recovery. For a few tide. And the last thing we need is moments, the fish showed a lot of the “cleverness” of a monkey. excitement. It danced and wiggled By P.P Dr. Peter Kimbowa One that will take us from the with joy; twisting itself around in all Seated in a protected place, the raging waters to dry land. directions. monkey spotted a fish swimming

The Grace For what we are about to receive, may the good lord make us truly thankful and ever mindful of the needs of others. Amen Rotary members from Durango, Colorado, USA, team with the Navajo Nation to bring solar lights to remote, off-the-grid homes on the country’s largest Native American reservation. After decades of crafting squash- more than a year ago. “I can’t really blossom necklaces, pendants, and know what I’m doing when it’s dark bracelets, Jerry Domingo knew he in here. It would make a whole lot would have to quit making jewelry, of difference just to not be in the because he couldn’t see very well dark.” anymore. Through a pastor at a local church, Navajo like Jerry Domingo are Domingo found out about a caught in isolated pockets of land, program through a Rotary club which are called The Checkerboard. in Durango , Colorado, USA, that brings solar-powered lighting A sturdy Navajo grandfather, to remote homes on the Navajo silversmith, and revivalist preacher, a broad, calm face, first started reservation. Domingo lives in a one-room house making jewelry in the 1970s, when smaller than a single-car garage in he went to work in his uncle’s shop. A solar light is a simple thing: just the windswept sagebrush desert Over the years, he honed his craft, a small panel the size of a baking near Nageezi, New Mexico. and customers started to come to sheet, which mounts onto a roof him to commission works. with a pole. A wire runs from the His home is mere miles from the panel into the house, where up picturesque badlands Georgia Now he sells his wares when to three rechargeable lights hang O’Keefe painted and Dzilth Na-o he travels to preach all over the from hooks on the ceiling. To turn Dithle, the sacred portal where reservation. But with his failing on the lights, Domingo simply has the Navajo believe the first people eyesight, it has been getting harder to touch a button. came out of the earth. But it’s a to do the detailed work. After all, it long distance from all that the takes a good four days to make a To use the light as a flashlight for modern world seems to promise — full squash-blossom necklace. going outside at night, he simply grocery stores, jobs, medical care. At night, the glow of kerosene unhooks it. A fully charged lamp Domingo’s home is new. It has lamps is too dim. Even during offers dim light for 75 hours or unpainted walls, plywood floors, the day, the home’s interior is full bright light for 7½ before needing and a wood stove but no insulation of shadows, making it difficult to to be recharged. or electricity. tease, hammer, and solder metal But in this house, a light is more In a twist to his story, electric lines into art. than a simple thing. It brings a traverse the land just a few hundred “When I do silverworking, I have to world of possibility. yards from Domingo’s front door, wait until the sun comes through but with all of the permissions and the window,” said Domingo, wearing work required by the utility, it would a thick Dallas Cowboys sweatshirt cost more than $30,000 to connect to insulate himself against the chill to the power. and large turquoise rings on his Domingo, who has pewter hair and fingers, as he worked on a necklace

The Object of Rotary The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular; FIRST; The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service; SECOND; High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society; THIRD; The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business, and community life; FOURTH; The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service. Project Launch: Enhancing the safety of Health Workers in Division.

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For clarification contact: Institute Secretary, PAG Julie Kamuzze-Musoke, Tel. No.: +256772 586200 ; Em: [email protected] The Four way test Celebrations “Of the things we think, say or do: • Is it the TRUTH? OCTOBER • Is it FAIR to all concerned? Birthdays • Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? • 1st Oct - Rtn Paul Mugamba • Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?” • 3rd Oct - Rtn Walugembe G. John • 9th Oct - Rtn Faisal Bukenya • 9th Oct - Rtn Alex Mugume Bwomwezi • •11th Oct - Remmy Kasule Mark the Date • 14th Oct - Rtn Edward Katimbo Mugwanya Program for the Month of October 2020. • 15th Oct - Rtn Ivan Koreta • 5th October - Board Meeting. • 23rd Oct - Rtn Norbert Kazibwe • 7th October - Club Assembly. • 24th Oct - Rtn Peter Mugimba • 14th October - Guest Speaker: Tony Thompson, World • 25th Oct - Pdt Gabriel Obbo-Katandi Bank Country Director. th Topic: Digital Opportunities for Covid-19 Uganda. • 27 Oct - Rtn Pius Okong th • 17th October - Covid Response Project- Distribution of • 29 Oct - Rtn Brigitte Mukasa PPEs to Hospitals in . A Joint Project Wedding Anniversaries with RCM Baby Clubs • 6th 0ct - Rtn Matovu David • 21st October - District Governor’s Official Visit. DG Rosetti • 9th Oct - Rtn John C. Muli-Mubiru Nabumba. • 19th Oct - Rtn Stev Musoke Sekindi • 28th October - Guest Speaker: Prof. Pamela Mbabazi, th Chairperson National Planning Authority. • 24 Oct - Rtn Norbert Kazibwe th Topic: The Third National Development Plan. • 25 Oct - Rtn Andrew Kyambadde