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Governor’s
News letter
February 2016
Issue #8
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District 2452
Governor’s Letter
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Dear Fellow Rotarians,
February is a very significant month for Rotary. It is the month that
Rotary was founded. We will be celebrating 111 years of Service
Above Self on February 23, 2016. February is also Peace and
Conflict Prevention/Resolution Month in our monthly Rotary calendar. Through
academic training, study and practice the Rotary Peace Centers program develops leaders
who become catalysts for peace and conflict resolution in their communities and around
the globe. Some of the best candidates for Rotary Peace Fellowships are in your
community. I encourage you to go to My Rotary and discover all the information
available about the Peace Centers and promote this very worthwhile program.
May 19-22, 2016 is fast approaching and our 3rd District Conference will be a reality.
Ghada and I invite you to register early to attend the Conference and celebrate this Rotary
year and all the things that beautiful Amman has to offer. We will gather with our fellow
Rotarians for fun and fellowship.
This month saw us together with Ghada visiting Rotary Clubs in United Arab Emirates,
Bahrain and Sudan. By now, we have officially visited 72 out of 77 clubs in our District.
We have ahead of us an important visit to the Rotary Clubs in Palestine and meeting
online with the District E-Club.
During our visit to Bahrain we celebrated with our fellow Rotarians, spouses, Rotaracters,
and guests an important event witnessing “50 years of Rotary Nobel Community Service
in Bahrain”. In Bahrain we had the chance to visit few projects fulfilled by Rotarians
bring improvement to the lives of needy people across Bahraini communities. During the
meeting with the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, the Minister expressed his sincere
gratitude to what Rotarians do for their own communities. Our visit to the Rotary Club of
Khartoum was very special. I shall reiterate more on this in my next newsletter
Finally, it is my pleasure to announce that our District and Amman in particular will be
honored to receive Rotary International President Ravi Ravindran and his wife Vanathy
on 26-27 March. This visit will be an opportunity for our Rotarians to meet with Ravi and
listen to his wise stories on how we can make better Rotary. At the same time it will be an
opportunity for us to show the President their achievements in supporting communities by
providing clean water to public schools, fundraising for medical and humanitarian relief
projects to save lives of young children, or serving the local community through funding
for charities.
Yours in Rotary
Mustafa Nasereddin
District Governor
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Rotary International
President’s Letter
In life, sometimes the experiences that matter the most are the briefest.
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They pass in the blink of an eye: a few days, a few hours, a few moments.
They are the experiences that illuminate the landscape of our memory,
shining brightly even years later. They are the moments in which we see,
suddenly, something we had not seen; we understand something we had not
understood; we forge a connection we had not expected.
For me, this has been a Rotary year like no other. I have been around the world, traversing
countries and continents. I have been to places I had never seen before, and I have returned to
familiar places and seen them, as for the first time, through the lens of Rotary.
When you travel for Rotary, you travel with a different sense of perspective and a different
sense of purpose. There is an awareness of being part of something larger than yourself.
When you board a plane or a train, or leave your home in the dark hours of early morning,
you may be leaving for lands unknown – but at your destination, there will be no strangers.
There will be Rotarians, waiting and welcoming. There will be work to do, something to
learn, and perhaps something to teach.
There will be connections to forge, friendships to build, and memories to carry for a lifetime.
This year, I have been the traveler, and I have been welcomed by Rotarians around the world.
A few months from now, from 28 May to 1 June, I invite you to step into my experience:
allow me to welcome you to Seoul for our 107th International Convention.
The Koreans have a saying: 사람이 나면 서울로 보내라. In English we would say, "When a
person is born, send them to Seoul." For Seoul is a city of opportunities: a wonderful
destination with rich traditions, modern conveniences, and a culture unlike any other. But I
ask you to join me in Seoul not only for all of this, but also for the experiences you will have
there with your fellow Rotarians.
For a brief moment in time, you will experience Rotary as I have experienced it: in all its
diversity, all its
warmth, and all its potential. You will be greeted as an old friend by people you have never
met; you will share your thoughts, even without a shared language. You will learn with
wonder of what Rotary has achieved, and leave inspired to achieve even more.
Before this Rotary year comes to its close, I ask you to do what I have done: to leave your
homes, to board your flights, to travel toward the unknown with an open heart and an open
mind, confident that Rotary will welcome you. Join me, and your fellow Rotarians, as
we Connect with Korea – Touch the World
K.R. Ravindran
RI President 2015-16
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Peace and conflict prevention
/Resolution month
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“The Rotary Foundation” is an entity within Rotary International. The mission
of The RotaryFoundation is to enable Rotarians to advance world understanding,
goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education
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and the alleviation of poverty. Many camps and projects
all over the world have
been successfully carried out reaching right into the remote areas of many countries,
the aim being to bring “Peace” to the less fortunate by providing clean drinking water, schools,
hospitals, medical equipment and education. These camps and projects also worked hard to
emphasize “Conflict Resolution Training”!!
After several years of constant and unfailing endeavors Rotary has finally built Peace through its largest
Project: “POLIOPLUS”!! Rotary is now very near to achieving “100%” Polio Eradication from the surface
of Planet Earth.
In the year 1992, the City of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, was declared the “First Rotary
Peace City” in the world. Now there are over sixty Rotary Peace Cities. Yet, these sixty cities are just a
drop in the ocean. Rotary now aims to make this world “A Globe of Peace”!!
As in the words of the Rotary International Founder Paul Harris – it is true………
“The most virtuous war is the War against War”
Forty-two million people are displaced by armed conflict or persecution, and 90 percent of armed-conflict
casualties are civilians, half of them children. Through service projects, fellowships, and other Rotarysponsored campaigns, members train adults and young leaders to prevent and mediate conflict, and aid
refugees who have fled dangerous areas. Members also pursue projects to address the underlying structural
causes of conflict, including poverty, inequality, ethnic tension, lack of access to education, and unequal
distribution of resources.
The Rotary International Trustees approved the plan to partner with Universities to establish Rotary Centers
for International Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution.
Each year, Rotary selects up to 100 individuals from around the world to receive fully funded academic
fellowships at one of our peace centers. These fellowships cover tuition and fees, room and board, roundtrip transportation, and all internship and field-study expenses. In just over a decade, the Rotary Peace
Centers have trained more than 900 fellows for careers in peace building. Many of them go on to serve as
leaders in national governments, NGOs, the military, law enforcement, and international organizations like
the United Nations and World Bank.
PP Jafer Sura
RC of Dubai
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DG Official Clubs
visits in Dubai
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DG Official Clubs
visits in Bahrain
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Meeting with the Minister
of labor in Bahrain
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The minister of Labor and Social Development in Bahrain Mr. Jamil Bin Muhammad AllBe
Humaidan
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met with the District Governor Mustafa Nasereddin, Minister Humaidan commended the To
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in the district for the social role they play reiterating that their activities and since they were first
established have always focused on the sustainable development of communities. He added that Rotary
humanitarian and development activities strengthen the goals that melt different identities into one
unified humanitarian effort. He pointed out the great need for humanitarian initiatives and added that
the Ministries of Labor and Social Development were ready to work with Rotary Clubs on all
development projects. District Governor Mustafa Nasereddin talked about the Rotary Clubs' activities
in the Arab countries. He added that the Kingdom of Bahrain was one of the first members of The Gulf
Cooperation Council to establish a Rotary club reminding everyone of the many humanitarian projects
performed by The Rotary Club of Manama since it's establishment fifty years ago.
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50th Anniversary of Rotary
Service in Bahrain
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Rotary Clubs Projects
Visits
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RC of Beirut Cedars and RC of
Sodeco Gestion Sal project in
Qortada
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The Rotary Club of Beirut Cedars and the Rotary Club of Sodeco To
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SAL celebrated the inauguration of two projects in Qortada, in the
presence of deputies of the region, presidents of the municipalities and
dignitaries of Metn.
The first project aimed to create a multisport terrain totally equipped for
tennis, basketball and mini foot with stages for 250 people.
The target of the second project was to install a solar system for heating
water for each of the eighty houses of the town . Qortada is now the first
village in Lebanon totally equipped with solar system panels.
These two projects representing a total value of $ 200.000, were realized due
to the funds raised by Rotary Club Beirut Cedars with the contribution of
Sodeco Gestion SAL.
DG’s upcoming official clubs visits
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Palestine
Date
7-10 February ,2016
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Upcoming Events
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65th Anniversary of the first ICC ever created
Strasbourg 6-7 may 2016
RIP upcoming visit to Jordan
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District 2452
3rd Conference
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Office of the Governor &
Rotary International Contact
Details
Position
Vice Governor
PDG Usama Barghouthi
Governor Advisor
PP Ghassoub Kawar
Governor Advisor
PP Muhsen Al-Mufleh
Governor Advisor
PP Shawkat Tadros
Governor Advisor , Communication & IT
PP Aref Al-Aref
District Secretary
PP Bashar Asfour
District Conference Chair
PP Rami Sha’ban
District Treasurer
PP Nabil Haddad
Executive Editor for the district
governor’s newsletter & District
Correspondent
Suha Yanni Ghawi
Governor’s Assistant
Eng. Ayah Mansour
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