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Ade's Majiyagbe's Hope Fund

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Fund Raising goes past Eradicate Polio goal

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PRESIDENTS MESSAGE

Next weekend we have our Xmas in the mountains at Lake Eacham, and then on Sunday 24th August a champagne balloon flight and breakfast, see Sandy for your bookings.

We also have the BLA careers expo from Thursday 21st August to Saturday 23rd. If anyone can assist either the afternoon of Thursday anytime during the day on Friday and Saturday morning please let Gina know to organize number to give to Phil Dempster.Any new people will receive a free T shirt to wear and keep for next year.

This week on Wednesday we say goodbye to Nei, who will be leaving us for her trip home to Thailand. We also have our boy arriving from Holland on Thursday morning.This Friday we will have our three exchange students at the club for lunch together.

This Friday we will be presenting Inner Wheel with their cheque from the car park and also the Students that helped us in the car park from TAS rowing club.

Our guest speaker this Friday will be Mr Warren Entsch.

Applications for team leaders only have a week to go for the GSE teams for the USA next year.

President Robyn

We have an opportunity for the club to make a few thousand dollars.

We need people to work at the showground for a motor show.

We will need people to work 10am to 5pm taking tickets at the door, also to sell ice creams and soft drinks.

The date is the weekend of August 30 and 31st. Are any members available to help on that weekend?

Regards Robyn

Hi all,

I'm looking for some volunteers to assist with the careers expo on Thursday, Friday & Saturday next week.

If you are able to help during any of the following times, please let me know asap.

Thurs. 21.09 9am - 6pm Fri. 22.09 12 noon- 6pm Sat. 23.09 9am -1pm.

All you have to do is stand at the door and hand out showbags with a smile. Not too difficult and a couple of hours would be appreciated.

Thanks Gina

Ade's Majiyagbe's Hope Fund

Rotarians and friends of Rotary who wish to honor the memory of RI President Jonathan Majiyagbe's wife, Ade, are encouraged to contribute to Ade's Hope Fund for the Education of Women and Children.

The special fund within The Rotary Foundation of RI was established shortly after Mrs. Majiyagbe's untimely death on 6 June to commemorate her commitment to the goal of universal literacy and education.

Contributions to Ade's Hope Fund are earmarked within the World Fund to support grants that address the educational needs of women and children. Checks should be made payable to The Rotary Foundation with a notation that the money is for Ade's Hope Fund for the Education of Women and Children.

Contributors in the United States should send their gifts to The Rotary Foundation, P.O. Box 75133, Chicago, IL 60675-5133. Rotarians outside the United States should send their contributions to the international office serving their region.

Jonathan and Ade Majiyagbe inspire a group of Alabama students to help Ghanaian children attend school

In the fall of 2002, then RI President Jonathan Majiyagbe and his wife Ade were visiting the Rotary Club of Decatur Daybreak in Decatur, Alabama, USA, and decided to pay a visit to Woodmeade Elementary in Decatur to meet teacher Lile Blythe's second grade class.

The couple talked to the children about the realities that many African families face. Mr. Majiyagbe told the students that they were "lucky," since many families in his homeland of Nigeria, and elsewhere in the world, cannot afford to send their children to school.

Inspired by the Majiyagbes' visit and encouraged to find a unique way to Lend a Hand, the students wrote to the Decatur Daybreak Rotarians to ask what could be done. The club decided to donate US$160 to Heifer International, a nonprofit group that provides farm animals to families in need to help them become self-sufficient.

About $120 of the amount purchased an adult goat for a family in the West African nation of Ghana, while the remainder was spent on a baby goat. With these two goats, the family will now be self-sufficient and able to send their children to school.

As part of the project, the students read books about Africa and made colorful drawings (see Photo Gallery) to tell the Majiyagbes about the project. "We learned to help people, and that makes me feel happy," said student Kennedi Bridgeforth, in an article published by the Decatur Daily newspaper.

The Rotary world was deeply saddened when Mrs. Majiyagbe died in June 2003. Honoring her memory and recognizing her work toward the goal of universal literacy and education, The Rotary Foundation of RI set up Ade's Hope Fund for the Education of Women and Children to continue the legacy of her service.

A wealthy Australian man decided to go on a safari in Africa. He took his faithful pet Dingo along for company.

One day, the Dingo starts chasing butterflies and before long he discovers that he is lost. Wandering about, he notices a leopard heading rapidly in his direction with the obvious intention of having lunch. The dingo thinks, "Geez, I'm in deep poop now!"

Then he noticed some bones on the ground close by, and immediately settles down to chew on the bones with his back to the approaching cat. Just as the leopard is about to leap, the dingo exclaims loudly, "Bugger me dead, that was one delicious leopard. I wonder if there are any more around here?"

Hearing this, the leopard halts his attack in mid stride, as a look of terror comes over him, and slinks away into the trees. "Whew," says the leopard. "That was close. That dingo nearly had me."

Meanwhile, a monkey who had been watching the whole scene from a nearby tree figures he can put this knowledge to good use and trade it for protection from the leopard. So, off he goes.

But the dingo sees him heading after the leopard with great speed, and figures that something must be up. The monkey soon catches up with the leopard, spills the beans and strikes a deal for himself with the leopard.

The leopard is furious at being made a fool of and says, "Here monkey, hop on my back and see what's going to happen to that conniving Aussie canine." Now the dingo sees the leopard coming with the monkey on his back, and thinks, " Struth, what am I going to do now?"

But instead of running, the dog sits down with his back to his attackers, pretending he hasn't seen them yet. And just when they get close enough to hear, the dingo says, "Where the bloody hell's that monkey? I sent him off half an hour ago to bring me another leopard."

Fund Raising goes past Eradicate Polio goal

Rotarians have raised more than $US88 million in the major fund raising drive named Fulfilling Our Promise: Eradicate Polio.

The fund raising passed the goal or US$80 million. Rotary in Australia rasied $2.6 million and in New Zealand fund raisen climbed to $839.000. North America rased more than $54 million, Japan $6.6 million, Korea $3.3 million, the United Kingdom and Ireland $2.59 million and Italy $2.51 million.

The funds will help to purchase oral polio vaccine and cover operational expenses and polio virus surveillance. For as little as 60 US cents worth if vaccine, a child can be protected against polio for life.

The fund raising was the second major drive in Rotary International's 20 year commitment to end polio by its 100th anniversary in 2005. The fund raising success was announced to more than 16,000 people in Brisbane, Qld., for Rotary's 94th annual international convention.

Then R.I. president Bhichai Rattakul: "Thanks to the remarkable commitment and generosity of Rotary members worldwide, we are closer than ever to wiping out this disease,."

He said that Rotary Clubs should continue fund raising for Polio Eradication until the World Health Organisation is able to declare the world polio free, scheduled for 2005, Rotary International's centenary year.

The funds raised this Rotary year are in addition to the $US500 million Rotary has committed to polio eradication since 1985, when Rotary launched its first fund raising drive with the goal of $US120 million.

By the end of that campaign, Rotary more than doubled its goal and created PoliPlus, the largest private sector support of a global health initiative ever. In addition, more than one million Rotary volunteers have helped immunize more than two billion children in 122 countries.

Great strides have been made in polio eradication. In the 1980's, approximately 1,000 children were infected by this crippling disease every day. In 2002, 1,919 children contracted polio in India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Niger, Somalia and Egypt, down from the 350,000 cases estimated in 125 countries in 1988.

The Americas were declared free from polio in 1994, as well as the Western Pacific region in 2000, and Europe in 2002. Once eradicated, polio will be the second disease after smallpox to have been eliminated worldwide.

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative is spearheaded by the World Health Organisation, Rotary International, The U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the United Nations International Children's Emergencey Fund (UNICEF).