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NORMAL MORNING MEETING THIS WEEK
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Please note NEXT week will be a normal morning meeting at Cilantro Wednesday, 7am for 7.10am
Edition 116
Monday, 3rd April 2023
Message from our President
Rotary International's monthly theme for April is :-
Maternal and Child Health!
Every day mothers risk their lives giving birth and millions of children die each year from treatable, preventable causes. At least 7 million children under the age of five die each year due to malnutrition, poor health care, and inadequate sanitation. To help reduce this rate, Rotary provides immunizations and antibiotics to babies, improves access to essential medical services, and supports trained health care providers for mothers and their children.
Rotary’s projects ensure sustainability by empowering the local community to take ownership of health care training programs.
HOW ROTARY MAKES HELP HAPPEN
Rotary provides education, immunizations, birth kits, and mobile health clinics. Women are taught how to prevent mother-to-infant HIV transmission, how to breast-feed, and how to protect themselves and their children from disease.
Two examples of projects are :- Mobile prenatal clinics Haiti has the highest maternal and infant mortality rate of any country in the western hemisphere. Rotary provided a fully equipped medical Jeep to volunteers and midwives to reach mothers and children in remote areas.
Preventing injuries and deaths Rotary members launched a $3million, five-year pilot to save lives of mothers and children during home deliveries in Nigeria. Since 2005, they’ve also repaired 1,500 obstetric fistulas — 500 more than their initial goal — restoring dignity and hope to vulnerable mothers.
In the last two weeks I have published the contributions and service by our members to Community and to Youth and Vocational, this week it is the work of the International Committee.
This year to date the Rotary Club of Bentleigh Moorabbin Central’s International Committee has researched and donated to a variety of projects around the world.
RAM: (Rotarians Against Malaria)
52 million died from Malaria & infectious parasites last year! RAM aims to eradicate Malaria in Vanuatu!
ROMAC: (Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children)
This is project enables severely injured and deformed children overseas to receive treatment by bringing them to Australia & New Zealand.
BRIDGING SRI LANKA:
This project, in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Columbia West are supporting the Dry Ration Distribution Program by providing food packs for families.
SHELTERBOX:
This program helps getting aid into countries where there is a need:
Eg: Ukraine, Syria, Nigeria, Yemen & others when required.
INTERPLAST:
Including training for Emergency Management of Severe Burns in Fiji.
Funding will provide training for surgeons and nurses as required.
UKRAINE:
Supporting Rotary International Response fund which will assist communities affected by the war.
PAKISTAN:
Pakistan Flood Response Fund to help communities recover from the flood disaster that displaced people & destroyed vital food crops.
TURKEY/SYRIA:
Supporting earthquake victims.
On behalf of the members, thank you Faye and your Committee for all the time and research in selecting and assisting those in need through these projects.
We in RCBMC should be rightfully proud of all we have achieved this year across all Avenues of Service, plus our contribution to raising the funds through attendance at our Sunday Market.
Our fundraising efforts allows all our members, the opportunity to make a difference.
Yours in Rotary,
Yours in Rotary,
Glenda
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We have an exciting, high profile speaker who is also a close friend of member Jo Impey. Please invite your friends and family and prospective new members to hear from Wadzanai Nenzou, particularly those interested in the area of Women and Financial Literacy. The night also promises a business development story like no other. More details and bio here
Special Guest Speaker April 29
Past DG Daryl Moran and his book “Empires Noble Son”
Grant Perry was our Chairperson for this morning’s meeting at Cilantro. Jo Impey performed the invocation and Roy Kaplan performed the loyal toast. Charles Rener, Larry Green and Claire O’Brien (RYLA participant) joined via Zoom, with Larry zooming in from a hospital bed at Sandringham Hospital. This morning’s meeting celebrated youth and young adults who have benefited from participating in various programs supported by Rotary and our club. Guests included Matthew Gibney (Rotaract Club of Whitehorse) and Lucy Shao (Rotaract Club of Monash), Monique Andejelic and Tilde Verhoeven (NYSF participants) and parents, Lloyd Thomas-Morgan and Kai Farrugia (students from Holmesglen Vocational College) and Eva Filinis (Counsellor for Holmesglen Vocational College).
Greg O’Shea was our chairperson for this special evening club meeting - cocktail party at Cilantro.
Guests enjoyed a wide selection of especially prepared finger food served with drinks from the bar, with desserts to follow.
President Glenda welcomed club members, partners and invited guests, and our guest speaker, Domenic Saporito of Mentor Match who was also a guest speaker at our recent District conference in Canberra.
Karin Soster was chairperson for today’s meeting at Cilantro. Sue Loeliger provided invocation and Neville Kruss provided the loyal toast. Charles Rener joined the meeting via Zoom.
Guest was Kellie Carruthers from Marriott Support Services.
Today’s club meeting was Club Fellowship with club committees grouped to conduct committee meetings with a presentation to follow.
Team members: A big team this morning with Terry, Karin and Tim as the rostered members and Helen supporting the successful day 2 trial of EFTPOS and Ron doing his regular visit. Other helpers and visitors: Ron and Helen. Peter O’Brien and Sven fromMoorabbin Pedestrian count 1786
Market Report: What a great day for a market.No wind, nice sunny day and anextra hour sleep in. A greatselection of stall holders, manysaying that they had a reallygood week. A strong uptake inusing EFTPOS for the marketwith nearly half of all stall holdersusing it to pay for their tablesand racks. Signs were madepromoting that we are open nextweek for Easter Sunday. Leader, Tim Moran
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Every day mothers risk their lives giving birth and millions of children die each year from treatable, preventable causes. At least 7 million children under the age of five die each year due to malnutrition, poor health care, and inadequate sanitation. To help reduce this rate, Rotary provides immunizations and antibiotics to babies, improves access to essential medical services, and supports trained health care providers for mothers and their children.
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