Monthly Bulletin - RAC Gbagada - August 2021 Edition

bAFANA bAYANA ROTARACT CLUB OF GBAGADA MONTHLY ACTIVITIES PUBLICATION CLUB ACTIVITIES || ROTARY INFO || ARTICLES CLUB ACTIVITIES SCHEDULE || OTHER INFORMATION AUGUST 2021 EDITION

bAFANA bAYANA The Rotary Grace ROTARACT CLUB OF GBAGADA MONTHLY ACTIVITIES PUBLICATION O God and giver of all good TABLE OF CONTENTS We praise Thee for our daily food May Rotary friends and Rotary ways 3Club Activities Report Help us serve Thee all our days 10Business Showcase 11Rotary Info Purpose of Rotaract Club 12Birthday Messages 17Articles The purpose of Rotaract is to provide an 19Sept. Activities Schedule opportunity for young men and women 20Upcoming Birthdays to enhance the knowledge and skills that will assist them in personal development, to address the physical and social needs of their communities, and to promote better relations between all people worldwide through a framework of friendship and service. Goals of Rotaract 1. To develop professional and leadership skills; 2.To emphasize respect for the rights of others, and to promote ethical standards and the dignity of all useful occupations; 3. To provide opportunities for young people to address the needs and concerns of the community and our world; 4. To provide opportunities for working in cooperation with sponsoring Rotary clubs; 5. To motivate young people for eventual membership in Rotary. ADVERTISE WITH US +234 810 770 2668 - Public Image Chair +234 708 288 2393 - President [email protected]

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bAFANA bAYANA ROTARACT CLUB OF GBAGADA MONTHLY ACTIVITIES PUBLICATION World Breastfeeding Week Ÿ World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) is held annually from August 1st to 7th. Ÿ It is jointly organized by World Alliance for Breast-feeding Action, WHO and UNICEF. Ÿ It was rst celebrated in 1992. 2

bAFANA bAYANA ROTARACT CLUB OF GBAGADA MONTHLY ACTIVITIES PUBLICATION 37TH DRR INVESTITURE RAC Gbagada President and Members with Rtn. Erica (RC Gbagada Youth Service Chairperson) at the investiture ceremony of the 37th District Rotaract Representative - Rtr. Ayodeji E. Sobowale of RAC Omle Golden CLUB WE-CARE SERVICE Rotaractors & Rotarians present at Burial ceremony a Past President of the club at Ikorodu 3

bAFANA bAYANA ROTARACT CLUB OF GBAGADA MONTHLY ACTIVITIES PUBLICATION CLUB ASSEMBLY & MEMBERSHIP SEMINAR The first fellowship of the month of 4 August being their club assembly and membership development seminar was a success with at least 2 and a half hours of learning... TAKE HOME POINT FROM EACH OF THE SPEAKERS Rtn. (PDR) Oluwadamilare Odu-Onikosi Topic: THE DRIVING FORCE OF A THRIVING CLUB Take Home Point: every thriving club must diversify to achieve obvious results. PP Lebi Olusegun David Topic: LEADING AND GROWING IN YOUR SPACE Take Home Point: define and lead your domain to effectively lead others. CP Fathia Aderonke Adekeye Topic: THE LIFE OF A SENSITIVE ROTARACTOR Take Home Point: respecting other people's boundaries and limits is one of the basic qualities of a sensitive Rotaractor; be that person. PP Mujib Olamilekan Topic: THE FORMATION OF EFFECTIVE MEMBERSHIP Take Home Point: as the club provides Avenues for training, members should also make themselves available to learn. Learning continues with life.

bAFANA bAYANA ROTARACT CLUB OF GBAGADA MONTHLY ACTIVITIES PUBLICATION TRAFFIC CONTROL EXERCISE AT NEW GARRAGE, GBAGADA ACTION SNAPSHOTS DURING THE EXERCISE 5

bAFANA bAYANA ROTARACT CLUB OF GBAGADA MONTHLY ACTIVITIES PUBLICATION CHANGE A LIFE AND BUILD A PRODUCTIVE CITIZEN The Rotaract Club of Gbagada made a cheque presentation to the CEO of Bling by MariaMillz Studios, Oworonshoki to sponsor 22 students in a one month Summer Makeup & Gele Tying Class. The objective of this was to impact the students and also enable them have a productive and fun 6

bAFANA bAYANA ROTARACT CLUB OF GBAGADA MONTHLY ACTIVITIES PUBLICATION JOINT MEETING WITH ROTARACT CLUBS - HOME COMING Official reception of the Immediate Past District Rotaract Representative of Rotaract District 9110, PP Adedeji Windapo of the Rotaract Club of Gbagada was a warm reception by his home club with a huge first of its kind fellow, where Rotaractors from 8 clubs in District 9110, came together in a joint meeting to fellowship with Rotaract Club of Gbagada and joined in the Celebration of their own Past President and a Shining Knight in Rotaract District 9110 and Africa at large. The fellowship also had a new member (Rtr. Isreal Oluwasegun) inducted into the Rotarct Club of Gbagada 7

bAFANA bAYANA ROTARACT CLUB OF GBAGADA MONTHLY ACTIVITIES PUBLICATION SCHOOL BEAUTIFICATION & SANITATION EXERCISE The Rotaract Clubs of tire planters painted with Gbagada and Ojodu manure added to all and 30 of Ambassador partnered them name tagged. on beautification and sanitation The Head Teacher, Mrs Grace e x e r c i s e i n I s h e r i Akinmeji who was also present N u r s e r y / P r i m a r y s c h o o l throughout the exercise move premises to ensure a beautiful round to appreciate the efforts of a n d h e a l t h y l e a r n i n g Rotaractors saying the children environment for both staff and will be happy to resume to such a pupils... beautiful enviroment. The exercise which had in The Presidents of both clubs attendance the 9110 DRRE (PP appreciated all Rotaractors and Afolabi A. Abdulahi) and Rtr. guests present and specially Abdullahi Hamzat of RAC appreciate the President and Ikorodu Golden was super members of the Rotary Club of successful. Gbagada for their support to make sure the exercise was Both clubs started their day with executed as planned. painting of tire planters then adding manure to the planted flowers and trees to aid adequate and smooth growth and also name tagged the plants in the order they were planted. The exercise which lasted for 8 about 4 hours had about 65

bAFANA bAYANA ROTARACT CLUB OF GBAGADA MONTHLY ACTIVITIES PUBLICATION PICTURE GALLERY OF THE EXERCISE BEFORE THE EXERCISE THE PAINTING OF TIRE PLANTERS ADDING MANURE TO THE TREES & FLOWERS NAME TAGGING THE TREES 9

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bAFANA bAYANA ROTARACT CLUB OF GBAGADA MONTHLY ACTIVITIES PUBLICATION THE ROOTS OF Bomar and Enrique M. Garcia, the ROTARY'S POLIO country's minister of health, had earlier ERADICATION EFFORTS signed an agreement committing Rotary International and the government of the Philippines to a joint multiyear effort to immunize about 6 million children against polio, at a cost of about $760,000. Bomar in an interview in 1993 reminisced about the trip. He recalled how the brother of one of the children he had immunized tugged on his pant leg to get his attention and said, “Thank you, thank you, Rotary.” James L. Bomar Jr. - RI President 1979 The project's success led Rotary to during the first drops of polio vaccine make polio eradication a top priority. by Rotary International Rotary launched PolioPlus in 1985 and was a founding member of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in 1988. Through decades of commitment and work by Rotary and our partners, more than 2.5 billion children have received the oral polio vaccine. Volunteers administered drops of oral The 1979 agreement between Rotary International and the polio vaccine to children at a health Philippine Ministry of Health for a joint multi-year effort to center in Guadalupe Viejo, Makati, Philippines on 29 September 1979. The immunize children against polio. event in metropolitan Manila was arranged and attended by Rotarians and delegates from the Philippine Ministry of Health. The RI president then, James L. Bomar Representatives from Rotary International and the ceremonially launched the Philippine government of the Philippines sign the agreement that starts poliomyelitis immunization effort when he put the first drops of vaccine into a 11Rotary International’s first polio project. child's mouth. Rotary's first Health, Hunger and Humanity (3-H) Grant project was underway.

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bAFANA bAYANA ROTARACT CLUB OF GBAGADA MONTHLY ACTIVITIES PUBLICATION world, reason not really known but WHAT IS CATARCT? researchers believe it's due to diabetes and hypertension, all of which triggers cataract 4. Congenital (from birth): Some babies are actually born with cataract, and some children develop cataract in their early stage of life, either through trauma faced by the eyes, or inherited by their parents, and yes, cataract is Cataract means opacity of the inherited. If one has a family history of lens, which means that light cataract, then most likely, the person can't pass through. It's a disease could be prone to it that can only be corrected with a The only cure for cataract is surgery. through SURGERY with a qualified CAUSES OF CATARACT Opthalmologist. 1. Trauma And no, during surgery, the bad eye 2. Age isn't removed. The affected lens is 3. Race taken off and replaced with another. 4. Congenital (from birth) 1. Trauma: Cataract can be caused Surgery for cataract isn't done until it when the eyes suffers trauma, like is matured enough for surgery. blows, sharp objects and the likes. SYMPTOMS OF CATARACT: Once the trauma affects the lens, there is every possibility of one developing Blurry Vision: You know that haze cataract you see during harmattan, everywhere looks like that until it is 2. Age: This is the most common cause matured enough for someone else to of cataract. Once one ages, the see it in the eyes. possibility of developing cataract is Things to avoid after a successful sure, although not everyone who ages gets it. cataract surgery 1. No bathing until after 6weeks. Just 3. Race: Black Africans are prone to clean your body with water and a cataract than any other race in the towel 17

bAFANA bAYANA ROTARACT CLUB OF GBAGADA MONTHLY ACTIVITIES PUBLICATION 2. Hard food/fruits must be avoided. is, once they operate on the eye, they Anything that will cause you to open end up damaging the Iris. The patient your mouth wide is to be avoided will get to see very well, but after a 3. No sexual intercourse. Rigorous while, the sight goes bad and if not activity must be avoided quickly attended to, leads to 4. No sweeping. Avoid dust at all cost permanent blindness 5. Avoid running Also, some people claim there are 6. Avoid rays of light like light bulbs, herbs that one can use to cause the sunlight and TV/laptop lights cataract to shrink. We really can't 7. Avoid fights. Stay far from crowds emphasize on this enough. So many 8. No carrying of kids, lest they hit the complications that could be salvaged eyes only if one is informed. 9. No chewing stick. Use a soft brush In the end, you end up spending and brush gently. more, and some not so lucky ones 10. Avoid slicing onions. Anything that loose their sights will make your eyes teary 11. For the men, shave your hair before On a final note, eat good food/fruits the surgery cos you won't be shaving it rich in vitamin A. again till after 6 weeks or thereabouts. For the ladies, make your hair as same Avoid patronizing those who sell thing applies to you \"eye drops\" to you in buses and 12. Always use your sunshades if you tells you it cures anything ranging need to go out from Apollo and the likes. You 13. Do not rub your eyes with your could be damaging your lens hands after surgery. So doing, you might shift the lens which might require For pregnant women, visit the health another surgery, and in the case center for the Vitamin A vaccine as it whereby you rub the eyes with a dirty helps the little one growing in you hand, the eye might become infected which will lead to total blindness. Most importantly, avoid violence and crowd. Lest they hit your eyes and Can you go blind without surgery? you get to suffer traumatic cataract Yes. Once it's matured and you don't operate, one could go blind or develop PP Nwajiaku Emmanuella complications. Rotaract Club of Iju-Ishaga Rotarct District 9110, Nigeria Most importantly, there are unqualified 08065522406 surgeons who do this surgery at [email protected] cheaper rates than a well known eye hospital. What this does to the patient 18

bAFANA bAYANA ROTARACT CLUB OF GBAGADA MONTHLY ACTIVITIES PUBLICATION SEPTEMBER ACTIVITIES SCHEDULE Saturday, September 4th Board Meeting Sunday, September 12th Club Fellowship and Rotary Club Installation Wednesday, September 15th Donation of Education Materials, Career talks for Senior Secondary School Students. Friday, Sept. 17th - Saturday, Sept. 18th District Great Trek Thursday, Sept. 23rd - Saturday, Sept. 25th Rotary Family Health Day Sunday, September 26th Club Fellowship Wed., Sept. 29th - Thurs., Sept. 30th District Education and Literacy Project Thursday, September 30th Chartering of Rotaract Club (F.C.E) Akoka 19

bAFANA bAYANA P ROTARACT CLUB OF GBAGADA MONTHLY ACTIVITIES PUBLICATION R E U V P I C O O U M S I N E G D I September 21st T Ayeobasan I O B Elizabeth Adeola N I S R T H D A Y 20