أخبار الأندية 52 «ورتبوّرتاع ًرا لى إعدسدكنمدنرايلةجمسبعيوارتتناجل»خ ُييرقي ّدةم دعم ًا وعدد الأبناء الذين يصومون بنحو ٣٠فرداً، كما و ّزع النادى 50كرتونة رمضان لجمعية زار نادى روتارى إسكندرية سبورتنج مركز ويقوم على رعايتهم ١٠أفراد ،وقام أبناء زهور الحياة للأطفال الأيتام ذوى الاحتياجات المنتزه لذوى الاحتياجات الخاصة يوم 8 الجمعية بتقديم عرض فنى بالغناء والتنورة، الخاصة RCCالنادى ،وأجولة أرز ودقيق مارس ،2023الذى يرعى 18طفل ًا يتيماً ذا حيث يتم تدريبهم على الغناء والعزف وكوبونات «فتح الله» بمبلغ مالى 10آلاف إعاقة عقلية وحركية ،من سن سنتين وحتى الموسيقى والرقص ،إضافة إلى أشغال البامبو جنيه ،لسد احتياجات 75طفل ًا مقيماً إقامة 18سنة ،ويقوم بتنمية مهاراتهم ،وتبرع والسجاد ،حيث يتم تزويدهم بالمواد الخام كاملة بالجمعية ،وللمساهمة فى إفطار النادى لكفالة 4أطفال لمدة عام بمبلغ 14400 اللازمة للعمل .وزار النادى فصل محو الأمية الشباب الصائمين والموظفين القائمين عليهم، جنيه ،وتم توزيع الحلويات على الأطفال.
أخبار الأندية 55 الهدايا والألعاب على الأطفال المرضى والمتر ّددين لتلقى العلاج بالمستشفى، بمناسبة عيد الفطر المبارك لإضفاء البهجة والبسمة على وجوههم البريئة. وأيضاً زار النادى جمعية مستشفى سرطان أطفال إسكندرية 3939ببرج العرب يوم 26أبريل ،2023وتبرع بـ 20ألف جنيه للمساهمة فى شراء أجهزة طبية واستكمال مبنى لعلاج الأطفال وشراء الأدوية. و ُيعد المستشفى أحد مستشفيات جامعة الإسكندرية ،وأنشئ ضمن مشروع المنحة الهولندية ،وتم تسليمه لجامعة الإسكندرية لإدارته وتشغيله ،ويقوم المستشفى على التبرعات من أهل الخير ،وعلاج الأطفال من سن يوم إلى 18سنة ،ويخدم المستشفى نحو 1500طفل سنوياً. وأجرى النادى 3زيارات إلى مستشفى ومستعمرة الجذام بالعامرية ،حيث تم التبرّع بمستلزمات طبية وأدوية ومع ّقمات وتوفير احتياجات للمطبخ ،الذى يتم تجهيزه ،وتركيب 8كشافات إنارة حول المكان للمساعدة فى الإنارة الج ّيدة ليل ًا ،لكبر مساحة المستشفى.
أخبار الأندية 54 «روتارى إسكندرية ويـڤ» يتو ّجه بالدعم لعددمن مستشفيات الإسكندرية شارك «روتارى إسكندرية ويـڤ» فى الاحتفال بقدوم رمضان مع جمعية أصدقاء اليتيم بنادى سبورتنج الرياضى ،باستضافة ٨٠طفلاً ،احتفال ًا بقدوم شهر رمضان المبارك معهم ،وتخ ّللت فعاليات الحفل فقرات ترفيهية من عالم ديزنى ،وتوزيع الهدايا والملابس والألعاب والفوانيس على الأطفال، ومن ثم تناول الجميع وجبة الغداء احتفال ًا بهذا اليوم. كما زار النادى مستشفى «أيادى المستقبل» لعلاج مرضى السرطان لتسليم المستشفى مبلغ التب ّرع الذى جمعه النادى من خلال تنظيم حفل خيرى فى 28فبراير 2023لصالح هذا المستشفى وقدره 80ألف جنيه ،لشراء جهاز إشعاعى جديد ،مساهمة من النادى لعلاج المرضى المحتاجين مجاناً .ثم تبرّع النادى مرة ثانية بمبلغ 20ألف جنيه لصالح المستشفى للمساهمة فى العلاج الكيماوى للمرضى ،وبذلك يصبح مبلغ إجمالى التبرع 100ألف جنيه ،وحصل النادى على خطاب شكر ،تقديراً لجهوده المبذولة بالمستشفى. وزار النادى مستشفى الشاطبى قسم الأطفال لأمراض الدم والأورام ،وتم توزيع
لجـان لجنة خدمة الريلا 57 تجمع ًا برئاسة :ر .س هشام أباظة المنطقة الروتارية تنفذ رايلا لجنة فى منتجع ساتيا بمرسى علم ندا مرسى -روتارآكت راقودة Rotaract Alexandria Ramleh نظمت لجنة الرايلا بالمنطقة برئاسة رنا الخشاب -روتارآكت نيو إيرا Rotaract Alexandria New Era ر .س .هشام أباظة ،رايلا المنطقة خلال محمود عابدين -روتارآكت رنيسانس وكانت اللجنة المنظمة التى بذلت كل هذا الفترة من 10إلى 12مارس ،2023وافتتح محمد حازم -روتارآكت نيو إيرا الجهد ،وجميعها من شباب الروتارآكت، عمر مجدى -روتارآكت كايرو نورث الرايلا سكرتير المنطقة مروان منتصر. تضم: وتم تنفيذ الرايلا بمنتجع ساتايا بمرسى علم تحت عنوان «»Mental Wellness لعدد 118شاباً ،وقد تم إلقاء عدد من المحاضرات وورش العمل التى تهدف إلى تدعيم العمل الجماعى لدى الشباب ورفع الوعى بسوق العمل ومتطلبات الشركات للعمل وريادة الأعمال. وتتق ّدم اللجنة بالشكر لقيادة المنطقة متمثلة فى محافظ المنطقة د .عماد عبدالوهاب ،ومنسق لجان الشباب ر.س. دينا قطب ،على دعمهم الدائم للرايلا لهذا العام. وكذلك تتو ّجه اللجنة بالشكر للأندية الروتارية التى قامت بدعم البرنامج، وهى: Alexnadria Nozha RC Alexandria Sunrise RC Alexandria Golden Riders RC Alexandria Wave RC Alexandria New Era RC Kasr El Nile RC RC Cairo North Alexandria North RC Alexandria Capital RC RC Damnhour RC Damnhour Capital RC Alexandria Rakouda كما شارك بالدعم عدد من أندية الروتارآكت ،وهى: Rotaract Alexandria Cosmopolitan
لجـان 56 لجنة الشراكة الدولية برئاسة :سهير وهيب لجنة الشراكة الدولية بالمنطقة الروتارية تحتفل بعيدالطفولة فى أوغندا تم تفعيل بروتوكول التعاون الذى ُعقد عام 2020بين المنطقة الروتارية 2451مصر، والمحافظ شريف والى ،ورئيسة اللجنة السابقة سهير وهيب ،والمنطقة الروتارية 9211أوغندا والمحافظ ،Francis Sentamu وذلك لأهمية الدور الروتارى فى التعاون مع المناطق الروتارية المختلفة ،عن طريق لجنة الشراكة الدولية Inter Country .)Committee (ICC وقد قامت الروتارية نانسى عبدالهادى الرئيس القادم لنادى هليوبوليس الجولف ورئيسة الجانب المصرى للجنة الشراكة الدولية ،بزيارة أوغندا والاحتفال معهم بعيد الطفولة ،بالاشتراك مع أنديه روتارية من أوغندا وكينيا ومجموعة من الجمعيات الخيرية الدولية الأخرى. واحتفل الجميع بيوم حافل بالموسيقى والرقص والرياضة ،مع تقديم الكثير من الهدايا والمعونات للأطفال.
حـوار 59 فيروس الورم الحليمى البشرى وسرطان أجرى الحوار :رجاء ابراهيم بداية ،ما هو الورم الحليمى وما أضراره؟ عنق الرحم ،لضمان الرعاية المناسبة -يعتبر سرطان عنق الرحم أهم أنواع نجاح المشروع سوف السرطان التى يمكن الوقاية منها ،ومع ذلك والمشورة الصحيحة للنساء والفتيات. يساعدفى تغيير فإن %90من الوفيات التى ُيس ّببها تحدث فى البلدان منخفضة ومتوسطة الدخل ،بسبب هل كان فوزك بجائزة «الجلوبال جرانت» صورة «الروتارى» لدى عدم توافر اللقاحات الروتينية لفيروس عن مشروع «هارت تو هارت» سبباً وراء العامة الورم الحليمى البشرى وفحوصات سرطان حماسك للمشاركة مرة أخرى بمشروع المنحة سوف تحمى عنق الرحم الدورية. القضاء على الفيروس الحليمى؟ أربعة ملايين سيدة وتؤثر المفاهيم الخاطئة الاجتماعية -طبعاً الخبرة التى اكتسبتها فى مشروع من سرطان عنق الرحم والثقافية أيضاً على اختيارات النساء «هارت تو هارت» أفادتنى كثيراً ،وش ّجعتنى حول البحث عن التدابير الصحية المناسبة على التقديم للروتارى الدولى بمشروع ويهدف «روتارى مصر» من خلال خبرة والتطعيم ضد فيروس الورم الحليمى القضاء على الفيروس الحليمى المس ّبب ومعرفة شركاء البرنامج الرئيسيين إلى البشرى .وسيتم تطعيم أكثر من 30ألف لسرطان عنق الرحم لدى النساء ،وفكرة أن تلقيح أكثر من 30ألف فتاة تتراوح أعمارهن فتاة ضد فيروس الورم الحليمى البشرى، هناك منحة قدرها 2مليون دولار تستدعى بين 9و 15عاماً وتقديم فحوصات لعشرة وسيتم فحص 10آلاف امرأة لسرطان عنق المحاولة باسم مصر ،ولو كنا فشلنا لا قدر آلاف امرأة فى القاهرة الكبرى ،وإطلاق الرحم بالقاهرة الكبرى فى مصر ،حيث إن الله ،فيكفينا شرف المحاولة ،ولكننا ُفزنا حملة توعية عامة للوصول إلى 4ملايين أقل من 10فى المائة من النساء فى مصر وحصلنا على المنحة بتأييد من الروتارى خضعن لفحوصات سرطان عنق الرحم فى شخص. السنوات الخمس الماضية ،وتوفى أكثر من الدولى. وسيتلقى العاملون فى مجال الرعاية نصف النساء المصابات بسرطان عنق الرحم الصحية وفى المدارس والموظفون تدريباً على ماذا عن تفاصيل المشروع وموضوعه ،وأى نتيجة لذلك المرض. قطاع من النساء سوف يستفيد منه؟ وتسعى المبادرة جاهدة للحد من عبء هذا المرض الذى يمكن الوقاية منه وتشجيع -المشروع نواة لحملة قومية كبيرة المجتمعات على إعطاء الأولوية لصحة عنق تتب ّناها وزارة الصحة المصرية ،مثل المبادرات الرحم عن طريق توفير اللقاحات للفتيات الرئاسية للقضاء على فيروس « »cالمس ّبب والفحوصات المنتظمة والعلاج فى الوقت للالتهاب الكبدى ،وأيضاً مبادرة 100مليون صحة وغيرها ،لأن الحلم والهدف البعيد المناسب للنساء. هو خدمة وتطعيم كل فتيات ونساء مصر بدأ البرنامج بمبادرة من نوادى الروتارى للحماية من الإصابة بسرطان عنق الرحم، المصرية ،وتم تصميمه على غرار مبادرة أما الهدف القريب فهو عمل توعية بالقاهرة صحة المرأة المصرية التى أطلقها الرئيس الكبرى عبر وسائل التواصل الاجتماعى عبدالفتاح السيسى حول سرطان الثدى، والإعلام بأنواعه والمؤتمرات الطبية
حـوار 58 دكتورة أمل السيسى فى حوار لمجلة «الروتارى»: حصولنا على «الجلوبال جرانت» نتاج مجهودوعمل جماعى من الإنجازات بمجال الخدمة الطبية المجتمعية ،ومنها فازت الدكتورة أمل السيسى ،طبيبة الأطفال بمستشفى أبوالريش ورئيس سابق «روتارى التحرير»، مشروع «من القلب للقلب ،»HEART TO HEARTالذى بجائزة «الجلوبال جرانت» عن مشروع القضاء على حصلت من خلاله على «الجلوبال جرانت» من الروتارى الفيروس الحليمى ،الذى يصيب عنق الرحم لدى الدولى أيضاً. النساء ،ويسبب الإصابة بسرطان الرحم ،تلك الجائزة هل كان نجاح مشروع «هارت تو هارت» سبباً لتقديمها والمنحة التى يمنحها الروتارى الدولى للمشروعات والأفكار الأكثر إفادة لعدد كبير من المتض ّررين ،ويبلغ قدر المنحة 2 للمشروع الجديد؟ وأ ّى التحديات واجهتها فى رحلة مليون دولار. الوصول إلى الـ 2مليون دولار؟ ومن الشخصيات التى كانت انضمت الدكتورة أمل السيسى إلى عالم «الروتارى» فى داعمة لها من المنطقة الروتارية ،وأيضاً من نادى روتارى عام ،2004واستطاعت خلال تلك السنوات أن تح ّقق الكثير التحرير الذى تنتمى إليه؟ تلك الأسئلة وغيرها طرحناها على الدكتورة أمل السيسى فى حوار مع مجلة «الروتارى»..
حـوار 6عب 3عداالم ًاحمنم ايلخددالمةعالوراوتارية 61 والنجاح والتأثير الجديد ،وكان شرفاً لى أن أكون من مؤسسى أجرى الحوار :هدى غالى بدأ عبدالحميد العوا نادى روتارى الإسكندرية مريوط. متى بدأت علاقتك بـ«الروتارى»؟ وكيف؟ مشواره فى الروتارى قبل وبعد انتقال أعمالى من الإسكندرية إلى -بدأت علاقتى بـ«الروتارى» منذ انضمامى 36عاماً من محافظة القاهرة فى 1998انضممت إلى نادى روتارى إلى نادى روتارآكت الإسكندرية فى العام قصر النيل ،الذى أنشأه مجموعة متميزة من الروتارى ،1988 - 1987وذلك بتشجيع من الإسكندرية ،حتى أصبح أصدقائى الروتارآكتورز القدامى ،ومنذ ذلك أصدقائى الروتارآكتورز فى هذا النادى ،ومنذ محافظاً للمنطقة الروتارية الحين وأنا داخل المنظومة الروتارية فى المنطقة ذلك الحين وأنا داخل منظومة الروتارى ،2451قضيت 36سنة عضواً فى هذه المنظمة 2451فى العام الروتارى - 2018 الدولى حتى وقتنا هذا. العريقة. وبعد انتهاء مرحلة الروتارآكت انضممت ،2019وهو أحد رواد الأعمال عندما توليت رئاسة «الروتارى» ..ما فوراً إلى نا ٍد جديد ،وهو نادى روتارى الخطة التى وضعتها لتحقيق أهدافك للعام الإسكندرية مريوط ،وذلك بدعوة من سيادة فى مصر ،ويتمتع بعلاقات المحافظ السابق حسن عباس حلمى ،الذى الروتارى؟ أراد أن يضم عناصر شابة جديدة إلى النادى طيبة مع الروتاريين فى أفريقيا -أنا من أشد المؤمنين بأن منظومة الروتارى قائمة أساساً على الخدمة المهنية ،أى أننا والعالم ،ويعتبر أن الروتارى كلنا كأعضاء فى منظمة الروتارى الدولى هو أسلوب حياة ،وطريقة منظمة للخدمة.
حـوار 60 والجمعيات الأهلية المعنية بخدمة وتوعية النساء ،وأيضاً نشر الوعى فى المدارس، خاصة المدارس الحكومية ،والوصول إلى 4 ملايين شخص بالتوعية ،إضافة إلى عمل مسحة عنق الرحم لعدد عشرة آلاف سيدة فقيرة لا تستطيع عمل مسحة عنق الرحم بمفردها .وأيضاً تطعيم 38ألف طفل فى أعمار بين 9و 15عاماً بعد الحصول على موافقة الأهل ،ثم متابعة من يتلقون التطعيم لمدة 48ساعة لتج ُّنب أى مضاعفات أو آثار جانبية للتطعيم. خلال رحلة الوصول إلى المنحة ،من الشخصيات التى ساعدتك وقدمت ل ِك الدعم المعنوى من عالم الروتارى؟ -الدعم الكبير جاء من السيدة ميان رسلان ،رئيس المؤسسة الروتارية ،والتى والعمل الجماعى لمصلحة وخدمة المجتمع. كل التقدير للوقوف بجانب المشروع، كانت صاحبة فكرة التقديم بالمشروع ومنهم الزميلة الدكتورة ميرفت حافظ، للروتارى الدولى ،وأيضاً قامت بعمل جروب هل تعتقدين أن مثل هذا المشروع يمكن رئيس لجنة التعليم بـ«روتارى التحرير»، أن يساعد فى تغيير الصورة التقليدية عن التى بذلت مجهوداً كبيراً للحصول على على «واتس آب» ،يضم أصحاب المشروعات التصريحات الأمنية لدخول المدارس مجتمع الروتارى فى مصر؟ الحكومية ،وعمل حملات توعية بها، من أندية الروتارى المختلفة بمصر ،وكان -بالتأكيد سوف يساعد تعاملنا مع وكذلك الدكتورة سناء عبدالرؤوف أستاذة رأى السيدة ميان رسلان أن ُنق ّدم ونتحمل النساء وطلبة المدارس على تغيير الصورة التخاطب ،ولا أنسى فضل الدكتور هشام المغامرة ،وقالت« :لن نخسر شيئاً فى حالة النمطية المغلوطة عن الروتارى ،بأنه شوقى رئيس لجنة الصحة بالمنطقة عدم الفوز» ،وأيضاً أتذكر الدعم الملموس مجتمع معزول عن قضايا المجتمع والمواطن الروتارية ،وتأييد محافظ المنطقة الروتارية البسيط ،ونحلم بنجاح المشروع وندعو كل لهذا العام المهندس عماد عبدالوهاب، لزملائى بنادى روتارى التحرير ،حيث الأعضاء من الأندية المختلفة للمشاركة فى وأيضاً محافظ قادم هشام نزيه ،وقد حملات التوعية الخاصة بالمشروع ،لأن ساعدتنى الزميلة شيرين الجيار من نادى قام رئيس النادى الزميل محمد منتصر مشروع القضاء على فيروس الورم الحليمى كايرو إيليت ،وهذا الدعم يعكس فلسفة هو مشروع مصرى فى المقام الأول ويخدم وأفكار «الروتارى» ،بالتعاون والدعم بعمل لجنة داخلية للاطلاع على التفاصيل جموع المصريين. الدقيقة الخاصة بالمشروع ،مثل الاستعانة بمتخ ّصص فى كتابة المنح وغيرها ،حتى حصلنا بالفعل على منحة من جمعية صناع لهم أُك ّن مجهولون جنود الحياة. وهناك
حـوار التى ينفقها السادة الروتاريون فى خدمة « -الروتارى» كمنظمة عالمية لها ثلاثة أهداف الروتاريين إنجاز أعمالهم وفى الوقت نفسه مجتمعاتهم .نحن دائماً فى محاولة لتحسين أساسية: يكون «الروتارى» بالنسبة لهم أيضاً مناسباً، 63 ويحققون فيه طموحاتهم وأحلامهم. هذه الصورة لتعكس كم المجهود المبذول. - 1تقديم المشروعات الخدمية للمجتمعات الروتارى الدولى وضع فى اعتباره مؤخراً وأود أن أسلط الضوء على دور المرأة المختلفة. مجموعة كبيرة من التغييرات على مستوى الإيجابى فى منظومة «الروتارى» ،خاصة الهيكل التنظيمى والهيكل الإدارى ،من فى مصر ،ومن حظنا أن السيدات الروتاريات - 2تشجيع التم ّسك بالمعايير الأخلاقية شأنها مواكبة التغييرات التى تحدث فى المجتهدات أصبح عددهن يفوق عدد الرجال العليا فى تعاملاتنا بشكل عام. العالم ،وكما نعلم جميعاً فإن المنظمات بنسبة 48إلى ،%52فنحن نفتخر بهذه النسبة العالمية والشركات العالمية الدولية التى لم بين مناطق العالم كلها .حقيقى منذ انضمام - 3العمل على أن ي ُعم السلام فى جميع تواكب التغييرات التى حدثت فى مجتمعاتها السيدات إلى «الروتارى» اختلفت طريقة تنفيذ أرجاء العالم والتفاهم الدولى فى كل بقاع والاحتياجات المختلفة التى استجدت على من المشروعات الخدمية وأصبحت أكثر تأثيراً فى يقومون باستخدام منتجاتهم ،لم تستطع الأرض. الاستمرار ،وطبعاً هدف الروتارى الدولى دائماً مجتمعنا. هذا ما نقوم به فى المنطقة 2451مصر، الاستمرار وتقديم الخدمات الروتارية لكل لماذا تستمر فى «الروتارى» إلى الآن؟ وما ُنف ّعل شراكات مع الجهات المختلفة ،سواء المحتاجين فى جميع بقاع العالم ،وبالتالى الحكومية أو القطاع العام والقطاع الخاص يبحث ويقوم دائماً بأحدث التغييرات المناسبة عوامل جذب «الروتارى» لك؟ أو المنظمات غير الهادفة للربح ،لمواجهة التى من شأنها مواكبة التغييرات والاحتياجات -أستمر فى «الروتارى» إلى الآن وأتمنى التحديات التى تقابل مجتمعنا ،مثل الفقر المتغيرة لدى المجتمعات والمتطلعين للانضمام الاستمرار فيه أطول فترة ممكنة ،لأنه كما والجوع والمرض ،ومشكلات ندرة المياه، ذكرنا من قبل يعتبر بالنسبة لى وسيلة منظمة وصلاحية مياه الشرب ،أو تحديات بيئية إلى هذه المنظمة العريقة. وممتعة لأداء الخدمة؛ فـ«الروتارى» أسلوب عامة ،أو تحديات الوجود فى الأماكن النائية؛ كيف ُتق ّسم يومك بين عملك الخاص حياة .نشاطى وعملى فى «الروتارى» يترجم هذا ما نقوم بعمله على مدى 94سنة ،والذى إلى سعادة بالغة عندما أرى ثمار الأعمال سنظل نقوم بعمله لخدمة كل المحتاجين و«الروتارى»؟ والمشروعات الخدمية التى نقوم بها ونلمس -كما ذكرت مسبقاً ،نحن كرجال أعمال والأقل حظاً فى مصر. وسيدات أعمال وقادة فى المجتمع ،علينا تأثيرها فى مجتمعاتنا. ما عناصر جذب الأعضاء الجدد من وجهة التزام تجاه أعمالنا كما هو التزامنا تجاه وهل هناك خطة لتفعيل دور شباب نظر «م .س .عبدالحميد العوا» دون الإخلال «الروتارى» ،يجب أن نجد الوقت المناسب «الروتارى» لعمل ورش عمل وتدريبات لمن لتنفيذ أعمالنا بشكل طبيعى حتى تتسنى لنا بمنظومة عمل «الروتارى»؟ المشاركة فى إقامة المشروعات المختلفة ،من يحتاج من الروتاريين فى هذا المجال؟ -من وجه نظرى أهم عنصر لجذب مزيد خلال خبراتنا ومن خلال مهاراتنا المختلفة، -شرفت فى العام الروتارى الحالى 2022 من الأعضاء هو إبراز الصورة العامة الحقيقية 2023 -بأن أكون رئيس لجنة التدريب فى والإيجابية لـ«الروتارى» والمشروعات التى نقوم ومن خلال اتصالاتنا بالجهات المختلفة. المنطقة .ونجحنا فى أن نعقد أكثر من 23 بها ،وذلك من خلال تحقيق هدف (One دائماً هناك وقت للعمل الجاد ،ودائماً ورشة تدريبية ،سواء على مستوى الأندية ،)Circle Of Rotaryالتى تقوم على أساس هناك وقت لـ«الروتارى» بالزمالة والصداقة أو على مستوى السادة الروتاريين ،وذلك أنه كلما زاد أعضاء «الروتارى» تمكنت الأندية لتنمية مهاراتهم ومعلوماتهم الروتارية من إقامة مشروعات أكبر وبتأثير على نطاق والاستمتاع بإنجازاتنا فى خدمة مجتمعاتنا. وإعطائهم مزيداً من المعلومات عن المتغيرات أوسع لخدمة المجتمع .وكلما ظهر تأثير هذه ما رؤيتك للاستفادة المتبادلة بين مؤسسات التى تحدث على مستوى الروتارى الدولى، المشروعات المميزة ساعد ذلك على أن تقوم إضافة إلى تنمية مهاراتهم القيادية ،وطبعاً الهيئاتالمختلفةبالتعاونمعناومساعدتنافى المجتمع والجهات المانحة و«الروتارى»؟ لم نن َس الاهتمام بالشباب من الروتاريين إنجاز أعمالنا ،الأمر الذى سيظهر «الروتارى» -فى البداية ،أود أن أوضح أننا فى والروتارآكتورز فى هذا المجال .فالروتارآكتورز بشكل أكثر وضوحاً ،وس ُيبرز المبادئ السامية «الروتارى» نعى جيداً أهمية التعاون مع أصبحوا الآن أحد أشكال الروتارى ،ونتطلع جميع الأطراف المعنية لإنجاح أى مبادرة من دائماً لأن يكونوا هم المستقبل للروتارى فى التى يقوم على أساسها «الروتارى». شأنها دعم الفئات الأقل حظاً والمجتمعات منطقتنا ،فكان من الأجدر بنا أن نهتم أيضاً كلما ظهرنا بالشكل المناسب الذى يجب بهؤلاء الشباب من حيث توصيل المعلومات أن نكون عليه فى مجتمعاتنا ذلك س ُيش ّجع التى تحتاج إلى تطوير وتنمية. الروتارية بشكل منظم ،إضافة إلى العمل على أعضاء محتملين للانضمام إلى هذه المنظومة أف ّضل استخدام كلمة «شركاء» وليس للمساعدة فى النجاحات التى بالفعل قامت جهات مانحة ،لأننا نعمل معاً على تطوير تنمية مهاراتهم القيادية. شراكات هدفها مصلحة المحتاجين من الفئات وكما تعلمون أنا من نتاج هؤلاء الشباب، وتقوم بها الأندية المختلفة. فقدكنتعضواًفىنادىروتارآكتالإسكندرية * ما نقاط الضعف الرئيسية التى يعتقد المسته َدفة. قبل انضمامى إلى الروتارى ،واستفدت كثيراً «م .س .عبدالحميد» أنه لا بد لـ«الروتارى» على مدار السنين نال الروتارى الدولى، خلال فترة وجودى فى الروتارآكت على فى مصر أن يجتهد فى العمل عليها الفترة وأيضاً على مستوى منطقتنا ،ثقة كثير المستوى الشخصى وعلى مستوى عملى وعلى القادمة ،ودور المرأة فى حياة «م .س. من المؤسسات الحكومية والقطاع الخاص مستوى الروتارى بشكل عام ،وأحب دائماً عبدالحميد» ،وأيضاً دورها فى الروتارى، والمجتمع المدنى ،من خلال عمل مشترك أن أنقل هذه الاستفادة إلى شبابنا ،وأعمل ناجح ومستدام يخدم مجتمعاتنا باحترافية معهم جاهداً على تطوير أسلوب تقديمهم كيف تراه؟ مشروعات الخدمة الروتارية ،وأيضاً على -أولاً من وجهة نظرى لا توجد نقاط وإنسانية. المستوى الشخصى من خلال الاهتمام بتنمية ضعف صريحة لـ«الروتارى» فى منطقتنا، فى ظل بعض القضايا الساخنة المطروحة ولكن هناك بعض الظواهر التى يجب أن على الساحة الآن ،سواء كانت مصيرية لمصر، مهاراتهم القيادية فى مجالات مختلفة. نعمل على تغييرها وتحسينها ،مثل الصورة أو لها علاقة بالقيم المصرية ،كيف يرى «م. العامة لـ«الروتارى» فى مجتمعنا؛ يجب أن س .عبدالحميد العوا» دور «الروتارى» فيها؟ يرى المجتمع حجم العمل والوقت والأموال
حـوار 62 سعادة شخصية. ما نقلته إلى الخارج هو كيفية تطوير نسهم من خلال خبراتنا العملية والحياتية دائماً ما نقول إن «الروتارى» هو منظومة وتنفيذ وإدارة المشروعات الخدمية ،خصوصاً فى تنفيذ المشروعات الخدمية التى تنفذها محترمة تساعدنا فى تقديم واجباتنا فى القرى الأكثر فقراً لمحاولة إقناعهم الأندية ،واهتممت كثيراً بالبحث بين أعضاء المجتمعية بشكل منظم وبشكل يدعو إلى بالتشارك معنا ومساعدتنا فى إنجاز مثل نادى روتارى قصر النيل عن الخبرات المختلفة هذه المشروعات لما له من أثر إيجابى واضح والمهارات المختلفة للأعضاء ،وبدأت أن أسند السعادةالشخصية. وملموس على المجتمع المستهدف ،خاصة أن إلى كل عضو داخل النادى مهمة لها علاقة (Rotary is a way to do good to our المشروعات التى نقدمها تخدم أعداداً كبيرة بطبيعة عمله أو بطبيعة خبراته ومهارته community in an organized and من المواطنين ،ومن أهم مبادئها أنها تعتمد الشخصية .ونجحت التجربة فى تنفيذ على الشراكات الفاعلة مع الدولة ،والقطاع مجموعة متميزة من المشروعات الخدمية )enjoyable way الخاص ،والمجتمع المدنى وينفذها الروتاريون. الإنسانية كان لها أثر واضح فى مجتمعنا ،لأن وبالتالى لا يمكن أن أتخيل أن هناك أى إذا واجهت «م .س .عبدالحميد» عقبات الزملاء أحبوا العمل وأجادوه ولمسوا تأثيره نوع من العراقيل التى من الممكن أن تجعلنى تعيقه عن تنفيذ أهدافه ،هل يتراجع عن أتراجع عما أقدمه من خلال هذه المنظومة على المستفيدين. المحترمة وما يعود عل ّى من إحساس بالرضا مشواره الروتارى؟ والمضمون نفسه طبقته عندما كنت محافظاً وراحة البال بسبب نجاح مشروعاتنا التى -بالتأكيد لا ..فلا توجد عقبات قد تؤدى إلى للمنطقة الروتارية 2451فى العام الروتارى 2018 ُنق ّدمها لأهالينا المحتاجين فى جميع أنحاء أن يترك عضو «الروتارى» مهامه أو واجباته ،2019 -إذ اهتممت بأن يكون القائمون على تجاه مجتمعه ،أعتقد أن أى نوع من العقبات المشروعات واللجان المختلفة ِم َمن يجيدون الوطن. أو التعقيدات يمكن مواجهتها ويمكن حلها عمل هذا النوع من المشروعات .والحمد لله ما رؤية «م .س .عبدالحميد» لتغييرات قد ن ّفذناعدداًمنالمشروعاتالخدميةالمتميزةفى تكون جذرية يتمنى أن ينجزها فى «الروتارى»؟ والمضى قدماً فى تحقيق أهدافنا بشكل عام. هذه السنة ،مثل مشروع المستشفى العائم « -الروتارى» أصبح فى تغيير مستمر حتى «الروتارى» بالنسبة لى وبالنسبة لكثير من الذى ق ّدم خدمات الرعاية الصحية لأكثر من يواجه التغييرات التى تطرأ على مجتمعنا، الروتاريين أسلوب حياة ،فمنذ انضمامنا إلى 66.480مريضاً من الأطفال والأمهات فى ليس فقط من خلال متطلبات المجتمع، هذه المنظمة المحترمة أحسسنا كثيراً بأهمية جميع قرى ونجوع الصعيد ،ابتدا ًء من أسوان ولكن متطلبات السادة الروتاريين أنفسهم، ما نق ّدمه لمجتمعاتنا وما يجلبه لنا ذلك من وحتى الجيزة على مدار شهرين متتاليين، فـ«الروتارى» دائماً يبحث عما ُيس ّهل للسادة وكذلك مشروع تطوير قرية الأمير فى الأقصر، والذى كان له أثر تنموى كبير على تحسين جودة الحياة لسكان هذه القرية؛ إضافة إلى عدد كبير من الأنشطة والمشروعات الخدمية داخل المنطقة ،2451والتى كان لها أثر كبير فى نجاح هذه السنة الروتارية. هل اختلفت نظرتك إلى «الروتارى» من الخارج عن رؤيتك له بعد أن أصبحت جزءاً من عالمه؟ -انضممت إلى عالم «الروتارى» فى سن مبكرة ،نحو 22أو 23سنة حيث رشحنى مجموعة من أصدقائى من الروتارآكتورز. وحقيقى كنت أكن لهم التقدير والاحترام لما يقومون به من أعمال خدمية ومشروعات تجلب السعادة إلى المحتاجين فى كل مكان بمصر ،لذلك أحببت الفكرة وأحببت الانضمام إلى هذه المنظومة الجميلة ،ولى الشرف أن أكون عضواً فيها على مدار الـ 36سنة الماضية. ما الخبرات التى حاولت نقلها عن المنطقة ٢٤٥١إلى الخارج؟ وما الخبرات التى اكتسبتها أثناء التدريب فى الخارج وتحب تطبيقها فى «روتارى»؟ -لى الشرف أن أكون مساعد منسق المؤسسة الروتارية لـ،27 Reigon 22 Zone ومن خلال علاقتى بالسادة الروتاريين ،سواء على مستوى القارة أو على مستوى العالم، ومن خلال حضورى المؤتمرات تعملت الكثير ورغبت فى أن أنقل هذه الخبرة ،خاصة المؤتمرات الدولية السنوية ()Convention إلى مصر.
Our world 65 A surprise call to the head- master’s o ce is usually PROFILE Patrick Chisanga cause for concern. So when Rotary Club of Patrick Chisanga was summoned The future of Rotary Nkwazi, Zambia to the o ce with seven other stu- dents, he remembers wondering, For a former Interactor, the spirit What have we done? of service never left his mind The worry was short-lived. Waiting with the headmaster at that meeting half a century ago was Richard Farmer, a member of parliament from Chisanga’s home- town in Zambia’s Copperbelt re- gion — and a Rotarian. Farmer and the headmaster had been in talks about starting an Interact club at the school, and the eight students had been hand-picked as the club’s charter members. “This is the be- ginning of a long journey,” Farmer told them — and for Chisanga, that held true. After joining the new Interact club, he became its vice president and began sitting in on Rotary meetings to learn about what clubs do. He was selected to go to Kenya, where di erent Rotarians hosted him for a day or two, including the district governor who took Chi- sanga to see several Rotary projects in Mombasa. “I was so impressed,” he said during an interview with former Interactor and current Ro- tarian Anniela Carracedo at the In- ternational Assembly in January. “I was so intrigued by this man, his commitment, and the heart he was displaying for the community.” The visit convinced Chisanga that Farmer had been right: This was a journey he wanted to con- tinue. Today, Chisanga is a Rotary International director and an ex- pert in corporate governance. He firmly believes that Interact is the future of Rotary. “If we can incul- cate Rotary values and the spirit of service at that young age, it stays with you. It never leaves your mind,” he says. The Rotary Action Group against The RI Board tentatively A new video highlights malaria will hold a congress 25-26 selected Manila, resources to help your club and May in Melbourne to discuss solutions Philippines, as the site of district enhance their service for fighting the disease. Register at the 2028 convention and impact. Watch it at on.rotary. globalmalariacongress2023.org. Chicago as the 2030 host. org/service-resources. Photograph by Monika Lozinska MAY 2023 ROTARY 15
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Our world 67 “Everywhere I go, someone has an Alzheimer’s story, unfortunately. Our goal is for people to no longer have an Alzheimer’s story.” — Tiffany Ervin derburk, “if you count success as a researcher that proves ible passion,” says grant recipient Peter Tessier, the Albert their hypothesis and gets additional money.” Reflecting M. Mattocks Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences and on past grant recipients, Levey says that many of those Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan. “After early-career scientists have gone on to become prominent spending time with them, I went back and was completely figures, even referring to them as “giants in the field.” humbled and honored and appreciative and impressed. I’ve not really met a group like that. They’re really unique.” CART-funded research has been wide-ranging and experimental; some of the researchers have called their And Jerold Chun, a 2022 grant recipient who is a profes- own studies “provocative,” “high-risk,” and “highly contro- sor and senior vice president of neuroscience drug discov- versial.” In 2022, CART awarded grants to three research ery with the Sanford Burnham Prebys biomedical research teams for a total of $850,000. Those researchers are study- institute in La Jolla, California, was similarly moved and ing ways to transport protective antibodies into the brain; grateful to be a part of CART. “They gave their blood, sweat, whether medications for other illnesses, such as malaria, tears, and money to allow us to take a crack at this,” he says. might potentially slow Alzheimer’s; and the role ancient viruses may play in diseases such as Alzheimer’s. Chun believes that this kind of grassroots motivation is key to helping scientists pursue new ideas and gain a B eyond the impact of the research, the CART Fund deeper understanding of the brain. “There’s so much that has paved the way for relationships and expe- we as scientists don’t know,” he says. “Every effort to bet- riences that Rotarians and researchers relish. ter define how our brains work is an effort worth pursuing Grant recipients are asked to travel at their own and supporting.” expense to the annual CART Fund board meet- ing in May in South Carolina for the announcement of the That notion, in fact, was what was on Levey’s mind in winners. There they have dinner with CART Fund board the fall of 2022 when he read about promising results in members and present their research to Rotarians. a late-stage trial for a new drug, developed by companies Biogen and Eisai, that seems to modestly slow cognitive Norm Rogers says he has learned an extraordinary decline in people with early-stage Alzheimer’s. “It’s the amount about the disease through these meetings. He first drug that really seems to have consistent benefits in channels the grief over his wife’s death into educating oth- slowing down the course of Alzheimer’s disease,” he says. ers and encouraging them to empty their pockets into that “That’s a huge breakthrough to have the first treatment little blue bucket. “We go back and keep it at a third grade that looks like it’s on our doorstep.” level and explain it to our clubs,” he says. “And it’s proven that when we tell them what we’re working on, they say, Of course, his mind went to CART Fund research. While ‘Oh Lord, we need to give you more!’” the drug didn’t come from the initiative, he says that it rests on the shoulders of thousands of researchers and The scientists, too, take away more than funding. All of decades of work, and those little blue buckets have been a the 2022 grant recipients say that they are energized by the part of that. You could say that Alzheimer’s research has dedication of the Rotary members. “They have an incred- been building like pocket change. It started small and frag- mented, but with dedication, determination, and vision, it has flourished. 32 ROTARY MAY 2023
66 Our world 2022 CART FUND GRANT $300,000 ROGER ACKERMAN MEMORIAL GRANT Could malaria drugs help protect brains fromAlzheimer’s disease? Bringing a new drug to the market can take a decade or more and cost billions of dollars. So instead, some researchers are interested in testing drugs already approved by the Food and Drug Administration to see if they could work in new and different areas. In their work at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Doo Yeon Kim, associate professor of neurology, and Luisa Quinti, instructor in neurology, are trying to find out if malaria drugs could help patients with Alzheimer’s disease. “Maybe this way we can accelerate discovery,” Kim says. The researchers are using a method that Kim pioneered, which he calls the “3D Alzheimer’s disease brain-in-a-dish model.” It uses human brain cells, rather than those of mice, which are often used in research. This approach will save time and money, and it may offer insights that cells from mice wouldn’t. That’s because in mouse models, it takes months or even years to genetically engineer mice that develop Alzheimer’s disease, says Kim. And, he adds, mice don’t develop some of the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease that humans do, which may be why in the past potential drugs that seemed effective in mice have gone on to fail in humans. Using the “brain-in-a-dish” model, the team generates human brain cells that have similar conditions to Alzheimer’s disease, including markers of the disease, such as tau protein tangles and beta-amyloid plaques that may be responsible for memory loss and dementia. Over a matter of months, the team tested more than 800 compounds frequently used in drugs on the brain cells. Two showed promise in reducing the tau proteins in the brain cells, and both are found in antimalarial drugs. Scientists found that they are increasing beta-amyloid, which could be a negative, but as they learn more, their research could reveal new understandings about the mechanisms involved in Alzheimer’s disease and suggest alternative therapies. While these malaria drugs may not go on to be used in Alzheimer’s treatment, the researchers hope that their work prompts the scientific community to take a new look at the disease and what causes it, and to consider different ways of testing old therapies to find new solutions. “We need to try something different,” says Quinti. MAY 2023 ROTARY 33
Our world 69 the mid-1980s, when Funderburk was an engineering su- When he talks to Rotary pervisor, a remarkable engineer named Joseph Bearden clubs, Norm Rogers joined his team. “He was brilliant,” Funderburk says. “We asks: “How many of you built chemical plants all over the world.” When Bearden have been touched by retired, Funderburk stayed in touch. At age 70, the engineer Alzheimer’s?” Invariably, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, and Funderburk watched at least 50 percent of the with sadness as his essence seemed to fade. “The last 3½ room raises a hand. years of his life, he knew nobody. He was in a shell by himself,” says Funderburk. “He’d been the most organized Over the last two-plus decades, pocket change — and engineer I’ve ever met. But Alzheimer’s took over.” When donations made at cartfund.org, which accepts funds in Bearden died, Funderburk was at a loss. “I looked around an increasingly cashless society — has accumulated more and asked: How do you solve this thing?” he says. That led than anyone had dared to dream. Today, 41 Rotary dis- him to the CART Fund. tricts contribute, and, as of last year, the donations had amounted to $11.2 million dollars, funding 64 grants. Over Tiffany Ervin, the fund’s executive director and a mem- that time, 100 percent of every dollar donated has gone to ber of the Rotary Club of Hendersonville-Four Seasons, research, just as Ackerman insisted. Those grant recipients North Carolina, says that most of the people involved have have gone on to receive many millions more in traditional a personal connection to the disease. Her mom started funding, from sources such as the National Institutes of showing signs of Alzheimer’s in 2010, at age 70. Watching Health. “We have a huge percentage of success,” says Fun- her lose her memory was agonizing. In particular, Ervin recalls a Mother’s Day visit. “She said, ‘Why are you want- ing to spend the day with me today? Wouldn’t you rather be with your mom or your family?’” she recalls. “It was like a knife to my gut.” Shortly after her mom died in 2018, Erwin was invited to become vice president of public image for the CART Fund. She says that it gave her purpose and a platform to share her mom’s story. Today Ervin says, “Everywhere I go, someone has an Alzheimer’s story, un- fortunately. Our goal is for people to no longer have an Alzheimer’s story.” 30 ROTARY MAY 2023
68 Our world 2022 CART FUND GRANT $250,000 Could ancient virus-like elements in our DNAbe responsible forAlzheimer’s disease? Jerold Chun is working to better understand the brain’s building blocks and how they may contribute to Alzheimer’s disease. His starting point: viruses. “Within our genomes, which is the DNA that makes us us, there are a lot of sequences that are derived from ancient viral infections,” says Chun, a professor and senior vice president of neuroscience drug discovery with the Sanford Burnham Prebys biomedical research institute in La Jolla, California. Genomic and evolutionary biologists estimate that about 50 percent of our genome came from viruses. Chun and other researchers hypothesize that these genes may form virus-like particles called extracellular vesicles that seem to operate much as a virus does to transfer materials from one cell to another. Chun and his team are isolating extracellular vesicles in the brains of people who died of Alzheimer’s and those who did not. They are studying the contents of these particles to better understand how they might be altering other neurons in the brain. “It’s possible these viral elements have been co-opted to make our brains function normally, and have also been disrupted to produce any number of diseases,” says Chun. “Alzheimer’s disease is the one that we’re targeting. But if this is indeed occurring, it’s going to be something that I think will be common to many, if not all, brain disorders.” By learning about these basic processes, Chun hopes that one day scientists could be able to target and inhibit these particles, thereby slowing or even preventing certain diseases. “It’s certainly a fascinating step into the unknown,” says Chun. “So we’re very excited to be able to pursue it and see where it takes us.”
Our world 71 PHOTOGRAPHS: (BANNER) COURTESY OF MARCH OF DIMES; (ALL OTHERS) COURTESY OF TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES ask. “And if not a white institution, why not Meharry Medical College or Clockwise from top left: Children in Macon the prestigious Hampton [Institute]?” County, Alabama, receive polio vaccinations; the first Black child was featured on a poster for the Their conclusion: “Primarily, it was the intimate relationship between the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis circa NFIP [National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis] and Tuskegee that led to 1949; Jeanne M. Walton examines HeLa cells; John the important decision to construct and utilize a modern and up-to-date re- Chenault checks on a polio patient; President search facility for the propagation and mass distribution of the HeLa cells.” Franklin Roosevelt and Basil O’Connor, co-founders of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis; W hile Tuskegee researchers were well versed in cell biology, the original Tuskegee Institute infirmary. they needed to be trained in the process of developing and storing HeLa cells. Russell Brown, director of the Carver JUNE 2023 ROTARY 45 Foundation, was named principal investigator of the HeLa cell project, and James “Jimmy” Henderson, a researcher im- mersed in work with cell cultures, was named co-investigator. In the dead of winter, January 1953, both traveled to Minneapolis to train at the University of Minnesota with researchers who conducted early work using HeLa cells. In a 2021 Scientific American article, Ain- issa Ramirez writes of how the two arrived on a segregated campus and were given housing on the edge of the university. “Under the Minnesota stars, Brown and Henderson learned the basics of cell and tissue culture and designed their Tuskegee laboratory, preparing for the renovations that would begin when they returned,” she writes. In a few weeks, they
70 Our world soaked up all they could and returned to In August 2022, a bronze Alabama, putting their new knowledge to statue depicting medical work in February. staff and a polio patient was unveiled in front of the former In April 1954, the Salk vaccine trials Infantile Paralysis Center, now began in McLean, Virginia, and reached the Legacy Museum. across the United States, Canada, and Fin- land. All told, 1.8 million children partici- T uskegee’s involvement in these efforts is well documented, and yet pated in the trial, some getting the vaccine, the contribution is relatively unknown, even to Alabama residents. others getting a placebo, and still others So as McNeal and Adams learned of these accomplishments, it serving as a control group. became clear to them that recognition of the hidden heroes was long overdue. “We decided as Rotarians and as a Rotary district To test the vaccine’s effectiveness, re- we wanted to bring to life some of the history there,” says McNeal. searchers would mix poliovirus with a blood sample from a vaccinated child, In 2019, McNeal made his first trip to Tuskegee University, where Chan- then add the mix to a tube containing dler introduced him to the archives. “We found a picture of one of the HeLa cells, which are very susceptible to famous physicians on campus, and a nurse that would take care of some poliovirus. If the vaccine worked, antibod- of the polio victims, and a polio victim,” says McNeal. “The picture itself ies in the blood would attack the poliovi- told the story of the love and the treatment that happened on campus.” rus, protecting the HeLa cells from infec- tion. If it didn’t, the surviving poliovirus That’s when the idea struck: What if they were to use that photo to would attack the HeLa cells, and scientists fashion a statue in front of the old Infantile Paralysis Center? After getting could see the resulting misshapen HeLa approval from the university’s trustees, Rotary District 6880 started rais- cells under a microscope. ing funds to pay for the monument. Adams enlisted the help of his friend Graham Champion, a lobbyist in Montgomery and past president of the A 1955 article in The New York Times Rotary Club of Montgomery. details the enormity of that work at Tuske- gee: 25 Black scientists and technicians participated in the testing, producing about 12,000 tubes of HeLa cells to ship to laboratories each week. “The cells are grown at Tuskegee in a long line of incu- bators, measured into culture tubes and shipped by air in special packaging that contains a substance that maintains a correct growth-temperature for at least ninety-six hours in the package,” it reads. The article details how 27 laboratories across the country were participating in the testing of 40,000 blood samples from children in the field trials. “About half of the laboratories are using HeLa cells pre- pared at the Carver foundation’s installa- tions on Tuskegee’s campus,” it notes. On 12 April 1955, researchers an- nounced the results: The Salk vaccine was deemed 80 percent to 90 percent ef- fective at preventing paralytic polio. Not long after, another vaccine developed by physician and microbiologist Albert Sabin was approved as well. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Pre- vention, polio cases in the U.S. dropped from nearly 58,000 in 1952 to about 5,500 in 1957, and by 1965 had fallen to 72. At Tuskegee, the Infantile Paralysis Center closed its doors in 1975, no longer needed. Today, wild poliovirus has been eradi- cated in all countries but two: Pakistan and Afghanistan. 46 ROTARY JUNE 2023
Our world 73 the institute at Tuskegee in 1881, and it achieved university status in 1985. Paralysis gave out its largest grant to date George Washington Carver was an instructor and researcher, teaching stu- to establish the Infantile Paralysis Center dents and farmers about new agricultural techniques. And the school is the at the hospital. Roosevelt and his former backdrop for a remarkable array of “firsts.” Those include building the first law partner, Basil O’Connor, had recently hospital for African Americans in Alabama (the John A. Andrew Memorial established the foundation, which would Hospital) and organizing National Negro Health Week and the National become the March of Dimes. “Paralysis Negro Business League. In the first half of the 20th century, the Tuskegee Center Set Up for Negroes,” read The New Institute also played a large part in treating — and preventing — polio. York Times headline on 22 May 1939. In the 1930s, Black families had few options if a child got polio. Not The article quotes O’Connor: “The only was it difficult to find care — even Roosevelt’s Georgia Warm Springs Tuskegee polio center will do much more Foundation banned Black people from the waters — but the consensus in than provide the most modern treatment the medical establishment at the time was that African Americans were for Negro infantile paralysis victims. It much less susceptible to polio. The problem was that a lot of white doctors will train Negro doctors and surgeons felt that Black people didn’t get polio, says Chandler. for orthopedic work,” he said. “It will train Negroes as orthopedic nurses. It In reality, doctors working at Tuskegee’s John A. Andrew Memorial Hos- will train Negroes as physiotherapists. pital had been treating Black children with polio for years and had devel- Tuskegee will disseminate educational oped a stellar reputation nationally for their public health work. In 1939, in information to all Negro doctors with response to pressure from Black activists to end medical racism and offer respect to early diagnosis and the proper treatment options to Black families, the National Foundation for Infantile Rotary members connected with Dana Chandler, archivist and an associate professor of history at Tuskegee University. jun23-D-Tuskegee.indd 43 JUNE 2023 ROTARY 43 4/24/23 5:24 PM
72 Our world care and aftertreatment of infantile pa- would not speak down to me. He would stoop down to me. To him, no one PHOTOGRAPHS: (BANNER) COURTESY OF MARCH OF DIMES; (ALL OTHERS) COURTESY OF TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES ralysis. Tuskegee will constitute an im- was more important than the child.” portant sector in the foundation’s fighting front in combating the terrible crippling If health care experiences can be considered idyllic, Thompson’s was. And effects of infantile paralysis.” so was his childhood. He describes Tuskegee in the 1940s, ’50s, and ’60s as a kind of island in a society of total segregation. It had a vibrant middle class When the center opened in 1941, it was Black community. Most people who worked there were affiliated with the in- staffed by Black health care profession- stitute and its hospital or the local Veterans Administration Hospital. “The so- als to serve Black families. And it was the ciety in which I grew up was totally Black,” he says. It wasn’t until 1965, when only place you could go to in the nation if he went to Yale University that he was around white people for the first time. you were Black that exclusively provided polio treatment. For Thompson, learning how other Black people were treated in Alabama and across the country came as a shock. Growing up, he recalls visiting W hen Thompson, who is 76, family members in other towns and realizing how fortunate he was. “These remembers his time at the Black Alabamians did not walk through the front door of a stately building Infantile Paralysis Center, like Tuskegee,” he says. “They walked most often through the basement. he still feels a sense of And that’s assuming the hospital would take them.” awe. Everything about the place made him feel important, from the I n the 1950s, polio was spreading around the globe and paralyzing or building’s architecture to the people who killing more than 500,000 people a year, according to the World Health worked there. It was where he learned to Organization. Scientists were hard at work trying to develop a vaccine. use a wheelchair and then leg braces and One of those scientists was Jonas Salk, toiling in the Virus Research then began to walk, unsupported. The In- Laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, more fantile Paralysis Center would, to him, re- than 600 miles northeast of Tuskegee. With the support of the National main a special place, where nurses hugged Institute for Infantile Paralysis, Salk developed a polio vaccine using in- and comforted him, and doctors treated activated poliovirus. He first injected the vaccine into monkeys, and when him with love and respect. that proved promising, he began administering it to volunteers, including himself, his wife, and his children. The next step, in 1954, was to test the One doctor who sticks out is John effectiveness of the vaccine on hundreds of thousands of school children Chenault, who was, according to The New known as Polio Pioneers, in what would become the largest field trial of its York Times, one of two Black orthopedists time. It was sponsored by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. in the country in 1939; he was head of or- thopedics at John A. Andrew Memorial Vaccine testing required a near endless supply of human cells. That had Hospital and became the first director of only recently become possible because of a Black woman: Henrietta Lacks. the Infantile Paralysis Center. “I remem- In 1951, Lacks sought treatment for a painful condition at Johns Hopkins ber him as kind and gentle,” he says. “He Hospital, one of the few hospitals where poor African Americans could get medical treatment. It turned out to be cervical cancer. A doctor took a cell When a laboratory sample from her large tumor without her knowledge or permission, which was needed to was customary at that time. Lacks died soon after, but those cells did not. produce massive They were unique in their ability to thrive and multiply, doubling within amounts of HeLa cells 24 hours, instead of dying as normal cells would do. Given the name HeLa to test Salk’s vaccine, cells, they would go on to become a critical component of medical research. the stars aligned at (The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot tells an extensive the Tuskegee Institute. history of Lacks, her family, and the ethics of this now famous case.) And to test the effectiveness of Salk’s polio vaccine, scientists would need an 44 ROTARY JUNE 2023 astronomical number of HeLa cells. Meanwhile, other important puzzle pieces had been coming together at Tuskegee, Chandler and Powell note in their book. O’Connor, as the presi- dent of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, had been named chair of Tuskegee’s board of trustees in 1946. Across campus, Carver had scrimped and saved his earnings to fund the George Washington Carver Foundation, established in 1940 to train Black scientists in advanced agricul- tural research. Carver, who died in 1943, had a keen interest in helping polio patients, including using peanut oil he developed to massage their muscles. When the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis needed a labora- tory to produce massive amounts of HeLa cells to test Salk’s vaccine, the stars aligned at the Tuskegee Institute. Writing in their book, Chandler and Powell address the question “Why Tuskegee?” “Why not turn to a white institution, previously experienced in laboratory research?” they
Our world 75 ‘hidPdOenLIfOigu’Sres’ At the height of segregation, a group of Black doctors and scientists focused on stopping polio B Y K AT E S I LV E R Photography by Nicole Craine jun23-D-Tuskegee.indd 41 4/24/23 5:24 PM
74 Our world S It wasn’t until years later that Thompson realized how fortunate he was omething was wrong with to receive such top-notch care as a Black child with the disease. The facility Myron Thompson. In 1949, where he was treated — the Infantile Paralysis Center at John A. Andrew as polio was sweeping the Memorial Hospital, located on the campus of a Black college — was the American South, the tiny only place in the United States built specifically to treat Black children with toddler — just 2 years old polio. Elsewhere in the Jim Crow South, hospitals would regularly turn — spiked a high fever and Black patients away, or, if they did admit them, they might relegate them to struggled to move. Terrified, separate quarters or give them subpar care. “It wasn’t just that I was treated,” his mother rushed him to the says Thompson, his voice soft and measured, his eyes serious behind his nearby hospital in Tuskegee, wire-rim glasses. “I was treated with dignity.” Alabama — a magnificent, red-brick building where a The Tuskegee Institute, as the university was then called, was a special portico with four columns place — not only because children received high-quality treatment at its welcomed patients like a hospital like Thompson, but because on that same campus Black scientists grand hotel. There, doctors were conducting research that would play a critical role in the success of the and nurses who specialized first polio vaccine and help eliminate the deadly disease in the United States. in treating children with polio welcomed the child That story, in the shadow of a deeply segregated country, is one that’s not with open arms and began gotten its due. In Alabama, Rotary District 6880 is working to change that. helping him immediately. 42 ROTARY JUNE 2023 F or Sam Adams, it started with a swimming pool. It was 2017, and as the governor-nominee for District 6880, he’d been visiting Rotary clubs in the southern half of Alabama to meet members and raise money for The Rotary Foundation’s Annual Fund. At a greasy spoon off the highway in Tuskegee, Rotary mem- bers told Adams two things that lit a fire in him: first, that Rotary founder Paul Harris traveled to Tuskegee several times in the 1940s, spending the winter there. And second, there was a rumor that the Civilian Conservation Corps built an indoor swimming pool in town for people with polio under the guidance of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was stricken with the disease in his 30s. “I said, ‘What? Are you kidding me?’” recalls Adams, a member of the Rotary Club of Montgomery. “This was really unique, because it had some- thing to do with polio.” Adams is a history lover. But until that day, his familiarity with Tuskegee was mostly limited to happenings that the town and the institute are most famous for: the Tuskegee Airmen, the military’s first all-Black flying unit, fighting for the country in World War II at a time when Black people were not allowed in many colleges, public pools, or libraries. He knew about the U.S. Public Health Service’s Tuskegee syphilis study, which became the poster child for human rights abuses after researchers and doctors lied to hundreds of Black men, most of whom were poor and illiterate, and let them suffer without treatment for syphilis from 1932 to 1972. His interest piqued, Adams began doing research to try to track down the site of the pool. In time, he enlisted the help of Bruce McNeal, who had become the district governor-nominee after Adams served as district governor. McNeal searched and searched but didn’t have much luck — that is, until he connected with Dana Chandler, the archivist and an associate professor of history at Tuskegee University. That, recalls Adams, is when the floodgates opened. “Bruce called me up and said, ‘Sam, I think I found what you were looking for, but it’s not a swimming pool. It’s a whole massive effort to help people with polio and prevent polio,’” Adams says. Chandler is a megaphone for all that Tuskegee University has accom- plished. He’s been the university archivist since 2007 and, with Edith Powell, co-authored the book To Raise Up the Man Farthest Down: Tuskegee Univer- sity’s Advancements in Human Health, 1881-1987. He regaled McNeal with the school’s illustrious past. Booker T. Washington, born into slavery, founded
Our world OUR WORLD People of action More than 300 Interact clubs submitted videos, photos, and essays around the lobe showcasing their accomplishments for the 2022 Interact Awards. This month we feature some of the clubs that entered the contest. By Brad Webber To see the winners, visit on.rotary.org/2022INTERACTAWARDS. 77 United States Panama To address hunger worsened by the Helping people and protecting the environment go hand in hand for COVID-19 pandemic, the Interact the Interact Club of Penonomé. In January, a dozen club members Club of Madison, New Jersey, converged on a beach in Río Hato in their home province of Coclé. started a no-contact food collection Joined by Rotarians and other volunteers, they removed 20 bags project in July 2020 to stock a food of trash. “We decided to hold this project since the coastline is not pantry. The Madison High School only a recreation area but the habitat to many animal species students created an online survey that could very well be in danger of extinction,” says Alejandra and a flyer to gauge the interest Rodríguez, the club’s president. In previous projects, the club has of potential donors. More than 100 provided children with backpacks filled with school supplies and toys families and businesses volunteered and organized a family day at the children’s school. 297 657,000+to fill containers with food items Endangered and leave them at their and vulnerable doorsteps for pickup. animal species The Interactors, parents, in Panama and other volunteers used an app to arrange efficient pickup routes and communicate with Food-insecure people those offering donations. in New Jersey in 2020 The Madison Ends Hunger project has achieved meaningful results: more than 3,500 bags of food and counting, and Club of Penonomé about $4,500 contributed to another food pantry through a fundraising site. “I give them full credit for their initiative and the push,” says Doug Willis, president of the sponsoring Rotary Club of Madison. “We’ve gone through two senior classes. The families’ generosity doesn’t seem to PPHHOOTTOOGGRRAAPPHHSS:: CCOOUURRTTEESSYY OOFF IINNTTEERRAACCTT CCLLUUBBSS be ending, and the kids’ willingness to stick with it seems unending” too. Club of Madison, New Jersey 16 ROTARY MAY 2023
1847 Wales Members of the Interact Club of First British patent Croesyceiliog School in the Welsh for a crochet hook town of Cwmbrân asked family, is issued friends, and teachers to crochet rosettes, hearts, butterflies, and other designs for a Random Acts of Croesy Kindness project. As batches of the woolen pieces came in, the students placed them in random locations; one was spotted on the lapel of a prominent statue. The Interactors attached uplifting notes for people who found the gifts. “We have an event on our Facebook page where members of the public can post a photo of their crocheted treasure,” says Pritti Davies, club adviser and a member of the Rotary Club of Henllys. Since the club’s inception last summer, its members have also played host to an intergenerational tea party and collected hundreds of advent calendars and items for food banks. Club of Croesyceiliog School 1.9% China Portion of Nepal’s After conducting a survey of their fellow population reporting a disability in 2011 students, members of the Interact Club of Nepal To foster inclusion, the Interact Club of GoldenGate Dulwich College Shanghai Pudong realized many International College in Kathmandu organized table tennis matches and invited people with disabilities. of their classmates struggled with a negative The event was dubbed Triveni, a Sanskrit word 67% referring to the confluence of three holy rivers. self-image. Three club members The club chose the name because it unites three formed the Our Image group to themes — diversity, equity, and inclusion — into promote body positivity. The club one project. In July, about 18 club members joined created an Instagram account representatives of the Inclusive Sports Club to stage devoted to the project and the event, which drew about 200 people to the historic Patan Durbar Square in nearby Lalitpur. designed infographics on topics Club of GoldenGate International College such as body image in males and Share of children in China normalizing periods, with links to who are dissatisfied with help lines staffed by professional their body shape counselors. The Interactors also left what are known as mirror messages — encouraging comments written with whiteboard markers — in school bathrooms. “We received positive feedback with multiple students showing interest to join the club and help spread our message and expand our vision,” the Interactors note in their essay. Club of Dulwich College Shanghai Pudong MAY 2023 ROTARY 17
Our world OUR WORLD People of action around the lobe By Brad Webber 79 Canada Grenada Grenada’s national library, damaged Rotary clubs in District 5370 partnered with by Hurricane Ivan in 2004 and forced to close a few years later, stands social service agencies to provide beds as a picture of decay, with its door padlocked and windows broken. for families, including Ukrainian refugees The Rotaract Club of Grenada aims 48% to show that the weather-beaten resettled in the Edmonton building is hardly symbolic: The area. More than 10 clubs nation, like many of its West Indies teamed up with the nonprofit neighbors, has a high literacy rate. Sleep in Heavenly Peace for a In July 2022 club members collected bed-building day in October. more than 500 books and, with assistance from a local carpenter, Rotarians, Rotaractors, and Rotarians, and friends, constructed three book boxes modeled after friends and family assembled Share of the Little Free Libraries. The club PPHHOOTTOOGGRRAAPPHHSS:: CCOOUURRTTEESSYY OOFF RROOTTAARRYY AANNDD RROOTTAARRAACCTT CCLLUUBBSS 35 beds in eight hours, says refugees to placed them in well-trafficked parks Kelly Baker, immediate past Canada who in the parish of St. George, home of president of the Rotary Club of settled in the country’s capital. The club also Edmonton Northeast. The district smaller cities renovated the library at its adopted collaborated with Ukrainian and towns in Mt. Moritz Anglican School, supplying Canadian Social Services and recent years new shelves, desks, and a fresh coat Catholic Social Services to of paint. “Our national library has not been functional for years so a lot of reading material is not as available as it should be,” club member Semone Sargeant says. The installation of the boxes “creates an avenue for persons to read whatever they want, how often they want.” arrange funding and to identify 2009 the neediest recipients. Rotary members Club of Grenada followed up less than a month later with “Stuff a Van,” a bed linen collection at a shopping center. “Eighteen people braved the cool weather, and the Rotaractors were amazing as they promoted this event,” Baker says. “We had a number of Ukrainian nationals stop Year that Rotarian Todd Bol, of Hudson, Wisconsin, created the by and tell their story, and it really affirmed first Little Free Library why we were doing this drive.” The clubs also raised about CA$10,000 (US$7,500), with some of it going to purchase adult-sized beds. District 5370 16 ROTARY JUNE 2023
12% Korea Seeking to engage more of its Rotary members in Portion of volunteering, the women’s committee of District 3650 in South Korea’s Seoul, South Korea, paired them with children from the population Hyeshim-Won youth home for monthly sightseeing outings. under 15 In January, Rotarians treated 30 young people from the home to a trip to the Lotte World amusement park. They took spins on the merry-go-round, bumper cars, pirate ship ride, and more. The district and Rotary members donated about $2,800 for discounted tickets and food, while District Governor-elect Young Suk Lee, of the Rotary Club of Seoul Hangang, covered the cost of busing. District Governor Bong Rak Sohn and the Rotary Club of Seoul KANS organized the event. “We wanted to show the children that there are many good people in the world,” says Kwi-Young Song, of the Rotary Club of Hanseong, chair of the district women’s committee. District 3650 Australia $14.8 billion The Rotary Club of Beecroft enlisted a contract distiller and concocted a signature gin steeped with Global gin revenue forecast for botanicals reflecting 2023, according to Statista the flora around its Ireland north suburban Sydney More than half of the 1.3 million people killed worldwide base. In November more than 150 Rotarians, in traffic crashes in 2022 were characterized by the business leaders, and other residents met World Health Organization as “vulnerable road users,” for a Beecroft Spirit Gin launch party to that is pedestrians, cyclists, and motorcyclists. Mindful select the flavorings “that represent the area that children are among those most at risk, the Rotary of Beecroft,” says Daniel Dummer, a club Club of Tullamore & District revived its Be Safe Be Seen member and project leader. Working with Craft campaign, which was paused because of the COVID-19 Foundry, the club produced 260 bottles of gin pandemic. The project emphasizes the importance of infused with the essences of strawberry gum, wearing high-visibility clothing, lemon myrtle, and rosella. By Christmas, the especially during dark winter months. Last fall the club lot had sold out, with nearly $1,800 in proceeds worked with emergency services leaders and news directed toward the renovation of an electrical 260 feetorganizations to distribute substation in Beecroft as well as international projects, says Dummer. “Beecroft has a strong sense of community, and gin is a fast-growing promotional materials to spirit in Australia right now. Our goal was primary schools. Rotarians to bring the community together around a and first responders also visited schools to spread Approximate stopping distance delicious and memorable local project while for a car traveling 60 mph raising funds for projects here and abroad.” the message. The project continued for more than a month with frequent Club of Beecroft reminders and advertising on local radio. “The overriding aim of the campaign is to protect young people and educate them regarding road safety,” says Eoin Sheehan, club president and a consultant orthopedic surgeon at the Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore. “Prevention is always the best way forward.” Club of Tullamore & District JUNE 2023 ROTARY 17
Our world 81 INTERACT AT 60 4ways to elevateyouthvoices 1 234 Work toward their Include youths in Let them take Watch out goals, not yours your committees, the lead for “adultism” task forces, This is a club by and for and teams It’s by planning club meet- Adults always know best young people — allow ings and service projects … or do they? Instead of them to be the ones to Look for opportunities that Interactors gain life- assuming you know all the shape it. Remember, Rotary to include Interactors in long skills in management, answers, be ready to ask members are there to leadership roles in your negotiation, and relation- questions and listen. Think mentor young people, not club and district. Invite ship building. So play the about the respect you’d manage them. Meet them Interactors to your district supporting role by volun- give another adult’s view- where they are. Let them conferences and training teering at Interact events points and ideas and treat a set the priorities and ask events, where they learn wherever they need help. teen the same way. them how you can best alongside other leaders Think about additional support their goals. and can contribute to the ways to help Interactors broader conversation. At learn leadership skills, such the international level, as Rotary Youth Leadership starting in July, Interactors Awards, district leadership will sit on a reimagined events, and local training Youth Advisory Council, opportunities. giving them the chance to have a voice on Rotary’s youth programs. Having been an Interactor myself I know how enthusiastic Rotary youth are to get involved in whatever way we can. So please, I urge you to reach out to students your club sponsors via Interact, Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, Rotary Youth Exchange, and every other youth program, no matter how long ago their experience was, and ask them how these programs shaped their lives. Let them know how they can stay involved in the Rotary world. — Taylor Randall, Australia 48 ROTARY MAY 2023
80 Our world Interact members bring As an Interactor in District fresh perspectives and 5170, I have had the pleasure creativity to projects. of working within my district Their unique viewpoints, in on projects ranging from addition to their tech know- COVID-19 relief to anti-human how and capacity to think trafficking campaigns — all creatively, can assist in of which could not be done the creation of innovative without Rotary’s support. and successful solutions. I hope to see Interactors And Interact members involved in Rotary and may use their substantial Rotaract service projects, social media presence elevating youth voices and to significantly increase ensuring a brighter future. awareness of Rotary projects, widening Rotary’s — Mehreen Rosmon, California influence and contributing to positive change in their We want to continue to evolve as leaders and let communities. others know what Rotary and Interact are doing — Rafael Barac-Bologa, for the society — not Romania only with our community projects, but also how we develop ourselves in meetings and projects, how family-like our club feels, how we can find help and support in people that we never imagined, and how we can help people that we never thought would need our help. — Eduarda Azeredo Bufalari, Brazil Find more information about working with Interact clubs in the Interact Guide for Rotary Club Sponsors and Advisers, available at rotary.org/get-involved/interact-clubs/details. MAY 2023 ROTARY 49
Our world 83 INTERACT AT 60 Today’s Interactors are channeling enthusiasm Acting is in and ideas into projects of their nature remarkable impact. These young people offer more than just volunteer numbers for your club’s service projects. They’re key collaborators from start to finish. And in some cases, they’re leading the way. PHILIPPINES Typhoon Odette relief effort When Super Typhoon Odette caused schools and communities. The Interactors PHOTOGRAPHS: CHYNNA DORADO widespread destruction in the central tapped their families — including some PHOTOGRAPHS: (CALIFORNIA) AADITYA RAVULA; (TAIWAN) LAWRENCE TSAI Philippines in 2021, a 17-year-old Interactor Rotarian parents and their clubs — to navigated debris-choked roads on foot to volunteer alongside them. Top: Interactors distribute food aid in the climb a hill where she could get just enough municipality of Argao. Above: People comb of a phone signal to put out a call for help. Those connections and communication through the debris on Siargao Island. skills, Dorado says, enabled them to Only a year earlier, Chynna Dorado mobilize quickly. “One thing Interactors do had started the Interact Club of Metro very well is networking and communicating Mandaue in her home city of Cebu, one of with each other,” she says. “They just have the hardest-hit areas. But she already had a this creativity. How well-versed we are with network of Interact friends in other areas of technology is also a big factor.” the Philippines that she knew she could rely on. Together, they organized a large-scale More than a year later, Dorado is a high response that raised money and distributed school senior and a member of the Interact donations of food, hygiene kits, medicine, Advisory Council that works with the RI and drinking water to more than 1,000 Board of Directors. Among her goals, she families across several cities and islands. wants to encourage more Rotarians to start Interact clubs in their communities and At the same time, Dorado was among learn how Interactors can be strong project those grappling with the personal impact of partners through the skills, ideas, and the storm, which triggered landslides that perspectives they bring. damaged her family’s home. Since Dorado started her club, four So, Dorado leaned on Interactors in others have formed in the Cebu area. other parts of the country that were less “We’re more visible to Rotary clubs now,” affected. First, she had to find a way to she says. “And they definitely see that reach them with electricity down and many Interactors do make an impact.” lines of communication cut. “The internet was best in high places,” she says. “So to get a few minutes or an hour of signal, I would walk up a hill. And I had to do that on foot because there was no gasoline for the cars,” and fallen trees blocked roads. She worked with her fellow Interactors to create graphics to share on social media, contact corporations for donations, find nonprofit organizations to partner with, and reach out to Interactors abroad. Other Interact clubs in the country hosted donation drives and fundraisers in their 46 ROTARY MAY 2023
82 Our world CALIFORNIA Stem cell donation awareness For most patients with life-threatening blood cancers such as leukemia, a bone marrow transplant is a potential cure. But finding the right donor match is a challenge, and the odds are especially narrow for ethnic minority groups, which are not as well represented on registries of potential donors. So, members of the Interact Club of Silicon Andhra, California, PHOTOGRAPHS: CHYNNA DORADO PHOTOGRAPHS: (CALIFORNIA) AADITYA RAVULA; (TAIWAN) LAWRENCE TSAIwere thrilled when an attendee of their first donor awareness TAIWANwebinar signed up and a month later received word that he was Coastline cleanupa match for a person with cancer who needed a transplant. “It’s fascinating to me, because it’s this nebulous concept that you might save a life,” says Aaditya Ravula, the club’s 2021-22 president. “This made it very concrete, very real. This is a person, the same as you or I, he just saw this webinar, he signed up, and he got the opportunity to genuinely say, ‘I’ve saved someone’s life.’” The club in the San Francisco Bay Area and its sponsoring Rotary club of the same name started a campaign together to raise awareness about the importance of registering to donate blood stem cells, which enable bone marrow to form new blood cells. They focused on the region’s South Asian immigrants, a group that is especially underrepresented among potential donors, who send in cheek swab samples to be added to the registry. For a coastline cleanup project, members of the Rotary Club of Through webinars, information booths at community events, and A-Kong-Dien, Kangshan, Taiwan, knew they wanted to go big. We’re talking other initiatives, the Interact club has been urging people to sign up 1 kilometer (more than half a mile) of urban coastline in the large port city of to join the donor registry managed by Be the Match and dispelling Kaohsiung, some 1,500 volunteers, buses to transport them, as well as food trucks misconceptions about donation. and other vendors. The Interactors have brought fresh enthusiasm and ideas to the So, the Rotarians enlisted the help of Interactors in the A-Kong-Dien club they awareness campaign, says Sneha Vedula, the Rotarian who serves sponsor, and about 100 of them joined the cleanup day in September. They were as the Interact adviser. One Interactor even sang south Indian also involved in planning the event. “We have a saying, ‘It’s nice to be young,’” classical music during her pitch. Vedula thinks the Interactors can says Lawrence Tsai, the Interact chair for District 3510. “Many of our Rotarians be more persuasive than older Rotarians when trying to reach are in their 50s, 60s, and 70s. The Interactors, they’re young, energetic. So, potential donors in the target age range of 18 to 35 years old. “It’s it helped bring energy to the event.” about their honesty and the passion,” she says. Many of them had Rotarian parents and grandparents, so multiple The Interactors, too, gain from the partnership with Rotarians. generations were working together. Tsai says the Interactors were quick Ravula says he’s more practiced at stepping out of his comfort to volunteer for labor-intensive duties like carrying bottled water and other zone when approaching people to make equipment. Many were also eager to help with photographing the event, Tsai says. conversation. Now a freshman at the Aaditya Ravula University of California, Davis, he says (bottom center) Among them was Interactor Liu Fang learning about the issue of stem cell staffs an information Ci, who enjoyed the chance to “feel donation helped him decide to pursue a booth during the Hindu useful and make a difference.” He was career in oncology. festival of Holi. surprised the Rotarians were asking for the Interactors’ input rather than just directing them. “We can learn from Rotarians not to be afraid to talk with adults and share our opinions,” he says. Tsai encourages clubs in his district to involve Interactors in projects and events. His top reason: They’re the future of Rotary. MAY 2023 ROTARY 47
Article 85 Fellowship Is the Spirit of Rotary, the Core Value of the Circle of Trust Together, we June is a significant month in the Rotary calendar as it is a time to can continue to celebrate the spirit of fellowship and goodwill that lies at the very inspire positive heart of our organization. It is a time when Rotarians from across change, overcome the world come together to reflect on the remarkable work done tremendous societal throughout the year and the remarkable difference made in the world. challenges, and For many Rotarians, June presents an opportunity to celebrate that create a better world essence, which centers around promoting the practices of fellowship, for all. Rotarians goodwill, and community service. As we take a moment to reflect worldwide will on all that has been accomplished throughout the year, we recommit continue to promote ourselves to the values and ideals that define our organization and the practice of inspire us to make the world a better place. fellowship, goodwill, and community This year, I am proud to say that Rotarians in Egypt, have service, embodying made a significant impact in various communities by providing the very essence of essential services, empowering the people, and fostering significant Rotary, to achieve collaborations. These efforts are implemented through various club the organization›s projects, activities, and partnerships to foster increased participation vision of Service in community service, promote understanding of community needs, Above Self and advocate for positive social change. As June proceeds, Rotarians rally together to further recommit themselves to our organization›s goals, to promote Rotary›s value and to extend its scope even further. We celebrate the impact that we have had, and continue to work together to promote peace, alleviate suffering, and create a brighter future for people everywhere. During this month, clubs all over Egypt will recognize the amazing
84 Article contributions of our Rotarians, who have dedicated so much of their time and resources to support our initiatives, made Rotary work more powerful than ever. Together, we can continue to inspire positive change, overcome tremendous societal challenges, and create a better world for all. Rotarians worldwide will continue to promote the practice of fellowship, goodwill, and community service, embodying the very essence of Rotary, to achieve the organization›s vision of Service Above Self. In summary, June is an opportunity for Rotarians all over the world to celebrate the spirit of fellowship, engage in community service, and renew our commitment to making the world a better place, one project at a time. Why? Because it is this spirit that formulates the Circle of Trust; without it, we will cease to exist. The spirit of fellowship is one of the most important components of Rotary, and it is at the very core of what we do. Fellowship is all about building relationships, forming connections, and fostering a sense of community that supports and encourages service and goodwill among the members. As an organization that cuts across professional and recreational This year, I am interests, Rotary is more than just a club, it is a movement dedicated proud to say that to making our world a better place. Through various projects, Rotarians in Egypt, activities, and partnerships, Rotarians around the globe continue have made a to promote increased participation in community service, enhance significant impact in understanding of community needs, and advocate for positive various communities social change. From providing clean water to communities in need by providing to supporting education and promoting peace, Rotary has been at essential services, the forefront of major humanitarian efforts, delivering meaningful empowering impact in the lives of people in Egypt and all over the world. the people, and fostering significant So, as we gear up to celebrate this month of Fellowship and our collaborations customary end of year change of leadership, let us take a moment to reflect on the power of Rotary fellowship and the incredible work that Rotarians do every day to inspire positive change. Let us continue to work together to promote peace, alleviate suffering, and create a brighter future for people everywhere. Let us capture that spirit as we welcome DGE Ayman Nazih and his team as the leaders at the helm of the good work we do, so that we, together, Create Hope in the World. To all Rotarians, I salute your unwavering commitment and dedication to service, and together we look forward to the continued success of Rotary in the years to come. Together, we will always Imagine Rotary. Sincerely, Emad Abdel Wahab DG 2022-2023 - RI District 2451 Rotary Egypt
Article OUR CLUBS 87 SERVICE ABOVE SELF TRUSTEE CHAIR’S MESSAGE THE OBJECT OF ROTARY Our limitless potential The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal “Do all the good you can, to all the also acts quickly when needed, such as of service as a basis of worthy people you can, in all the ways you can, through our disaster response grants, enterprise and, in particular, to as long as ever you can.” as we did with the recent earthquake in encourage and foster: Turkey and Syria. First The development of While we don’t know its exact origin, acquaintance as an opportunity this widely quoted saying summarizes Accountants like me and business and for service; what Rotary and The Rotary Foundation community leaders like you pay close at- Second High ethical standards are all about: We do quite a lot of good, tention to the numbers, and in this area, in business and professions, the serving people around the world in myriad the Foundation is a cut above. In funding recognition of the worthiness ways, and we are in it for the long haul. projects, we apply Rotary’s traditions of of all useful occupations, and fiscal responsibility and ethics to ensure the dignifying of each Rotarian’s How many other charities do so much the best use of the resources of our fel- occupation as an opportunity to good in so many ways for so many as The low members. We in Rotary are excellent serve society; Rotary Foundation? stewards of our grants, with most of the Third The application of funds going toward humanitarian sup- the ideal of service in each Not only do we, the volunteers, fund port itself and relatively little going to Rotarian’s personal, business, most of our projects, but we often grant administration costs. This is why and community life; contribute significant volunteer hours Charity Navigator has consistently given Fourth The advancement of in organizing and executing them. The its highest rating to The Rotary Founda- international understanding, “regional o ces” of our charity — also tion, year after year. goodwill, and peace through a known as Rotary and Rotaract clubs world fellowship of business and — are our reliable go-to partners in the Because our worldwide operation professional persons united in more than 200 countries and geographi- is dedicated to seven areas of focus, the ideal of service. cal areas in which we operate. And when volunteers and donors alike have ample we lack expertise in an area, we part- opportunities to make a di erence THE FOUR WAY TEST ner with outside organizations whose where help is needed most. Indeed, the trust we have earned, such as the World potential to help through the Foundation Of the things we think, say or do: Health Organization, to deliver results on is limitless. 1. Is it the truth? the ground that truly change lives. 2. Is it fair to all concerned? So, if you are looking for a great char- 3. Will it build goodwill and Unlike some charitable organizations, ity to support or a way to do all the good we don’t take the “parachute approach” you can, look no further than The Rotary better friendships? to humanitarian work. We solve prob- Foundation. It is truly one of the greatest 4. Will it be beneficial to lems in a sustainable way. Before we lift charities in the world, and it belongs to you. a shovel to start any Foundation project, all concerned? we conduct community needs assess- IAN H.S. RISELEY ments and work closely with members ROTARIAN CODE OF CONDUCT of the community. The Foundation Foundation trustee chair The following code of conduct 60 ROTARY MAY 2023 has been adopted for the use of Rotarians: As a Rotarian, I will 1. Act with integrity and high ethical standards in my personal and professional life 2. Deal fairly with others and treat them and their occupations with respect 3. Use my professional skills through Rotary to: mentor young people, help those with special needs, and improve people’s quality of life in my community and in the world 4. Avoid behavior that reflects adversely on Rotary or other Rotarians 5. Help maintain a harassment- free environment in Rotary meetings, events, and activities, report any suspected harassment, and help ensure non-retaliation to those individuals that report harassment. Illustration by Viktor Miller Gausa
86 Article OUR CLUBS TRUSTEE CHAIR’S MESSAGE SERVICE ABOVE SELF It is in your hands THE OBJECT OF ROTARY June marks the end of one chapter and made possible by a gift from the Otto and The Object of Rotary is to the beginning of another in Rotary, a bit- Fran Walter Foundation, will be located at encourage and foster the ideal tersweet time to reflect as we look ahead. Bahçeşehir University in Istanbul. of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to Looking back on this year, The Rotary To all who supported The Rotary encourage and foster: Foundation accomplished a great deal. Foundation by volunteering on grant First The development of We renewed our determination to fight projects or through giving, I thank you. acquaintance as an opportunity polio to the end. Rotary and its partners If you haven’t yet made your gift to for service; in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative the Foundation, please do so online by Second High ethical standards are implementing a strategy to stop the 30 June so we can end this remarkable in business and professions, the transmission of all wild poliovirus in the year on a high note and reach our goal of recognition of the worthiness endemic countries of Pakistan and Af- raising $430 million. of all useful occupations, and ghanistan and the circulation of vaccine- the dignifying of each Rotarian’s derived poliovirus in outbreak countries. We can be proud of what we have done occupation as an opportunity to Last October, Rotary, the Bill & Melinda this year, but let us never rest on our lau- serve society; Gates Foundation, and the global com- rels; rather, let us remain persistent. Third The application of munity collectively pledged $2.6 billion the ideal of service in each toward this plan. One of those who best personified per- Rotarian’s personal, business, sistence was Nelson Mandela. Speaking and community life; We know what it takes to eradicate to a crowd of global dignitaries before his Fourth The advancement of polio, and we have the strategies to do it. 90th birthday in 2008, he said, “It is in international understanding, I urge all clubs to continue to take action your hands to make of our world a better goodwill, and peace through a in this historic e ort by raising awareness one for all, especially the poor, vulnerable, world fellowship of business and and funds, especially around World Polio and marginalized.” professional persons united in Day in October. Also, consider joining or the ideal of service. starting a PolioPlus Society in your club Changing the world is indeed in no or district to collectively give a set amount one else’s hands but our own, and help- THE FOUR WAY TEST each year until polio is eradicated. ing those in need is what defines and will continue to define Rotary and its Founda- Of the things we think, say or do: Our Foundation also responded to the tion in the years ahead. 1. Is it the truth? devastating earthquake that hit Syria and 2. Is it fair to all concerned? Turkey through disaster response grants I wish incoming Trustee Chair Barry 3. Will it build goodwill and that helped clubs and districts provide aid. Rassin, the Trustees, and our sta con- tinued success in making a difference better friendships? The Foundation continued to grow. through The Rotary Foundation. 4. Will it be beneficial to Rotaract clubs began volunteering on and applying for Foundation grants on their IAN H.S. RISELEY all concerned? own. And our next Rotary Peace Center, Foundation trustee chair ROTARIAN CODE OF CONDUCT 60 ROTARY JUNE 2023 The following code of conduct has been adopted for the use of Rotarians: As a Rotarian, I will 1. Act with integrity and high ethical standards in my personal and professional life 2. Deal fairly with others and treat them and their occupations with respect 3. Use my professional skills through Rotary to: mentor young people, help those with special needs, and improve people’s quality of life in my community and in the world 4. Avoid behavior that reflects adversely on Rotary or other Rotarians 5. Help maintain a harassment- free environment in Rotary meetings, events, and activities, report any suspected harassment, and help ensure non-retaliation to those individuals that report harassment. Illustration by Viktor Miller Gausa
Article 89 PHOTOGRAPHS: 1 DAVID ALEXANDER; 2, 5 ESTHER RUTH MBABAZI; 3 JAMES RODRÍGUEZ; 4, 10 CAROL TICHELMAN; 6, 8 COURTESY OF JENNIFER JONES; 7 I-HWA CHENG; 9 MONIKA LOZINSKA 7 6 Not goodbye, but good work 89 S peaking to you through the 10 pages of Rotary magazine this 6. Accompanied (at right) by her husband, Nick Krayacich, and Judith Diment, dean past year has brought me so of the Rotary Representative Network, Jones greets King Charles III in London on much joy. I have especially Commonwealth Day. 7. During an Imagine Impact Tour stop in Taiwan, Jones and enjoyed sharing the incredible her husband enjoy a quiet moment while seated in a cabbage patch. 8. Jones with stories of the wonderful people Nick and I her brother, Darren, whose painting Imagine One’s Dream inspired her presidential have met on the Imagine Impact Tour. tie and scarf. 9. Jones poses for a photo at a seminar in Texas for Rotary club presidents-elect. 10. Jones and Krayacich ride tall in the saddle at the annual From Patzún in the mountainous Calgary Stampede Parade in Alberta. western highlands of Guatemala to a small village outside of Lusaka, Zambia, we have been greeted by countless people who imagine and work toward a better world. We were inspired by teachers who imagine a better education for girls and boys facing gender-based violence, by Rotaractors in a refugee settlement who created a flour mill to provide for their families in a critical food shortage, and by brave polio workers who push tirelessly to reach every last child. All of us have imagined Rotary this year. This means looking past what we are today and reaching for what we could be tomorrow. We imagine a Rotary that will continue to tell our stories in impact- ful ways, work to reduce our carbon footprint, and focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts that lift every voice in our organization and beyond. Nick and I want to thank all of you for the moments we’ve shared and for your efforts to Imagine Rotary. And now, we look forward to continuing these efforts as we Create Hope in the World. It has been an honor and a privilege to serve with each of you. JENNIFER JONES President, Rotary International JUNE 2023 ROTARY 1
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Article People of Action — and empathy 91 I believe it is a time in our world for brave, service that helps reduce the stigma of seeking out courageous, intentional leadership. mental health treatment and expands access to care. Last month, in this column, you heard from my dear friend Anniela Carracedo. She That is why I’m so heartened by President-elect is an amazing member of our Rotary family, Gordon McInally’s wonderful vision to help improve and as a past Interactor and now Rotarian, she is this the global mental health system, not only for Rotary kind of leader. members, but for the communities we serve. Anni shared a very personal story about coping When Gordon announced our focus on men- with a panic attack, something that I have also expe- tal health at this year’s International Assembly in rienced. The outpouring and response to this story Orlando, Florida, he reminded us that helping others have been tremendous and punctuate how critical it benefits our mental health by reducing stress and is that we acknowledge not only our strengths but our improving our mood. Studies show that performing vulnerabilities too. acts of kindness is an effective way to improve your own mental and physical health. Rotary service brings When we talk about finding space for one another hope to the world and joy to our lives. — creating comfort and care within Rotary — we’re describing a club experience where we can all feel Our new focus on mental health will take some comfortable sharing like Anni did, and we can all time to do right, and yet it builds on something that empathize with and support one another. Whatever has been part of who we are for 118 years. We are we are facing in life, Rotary is a place where we know People of Action, and behind that action is care, com- we’re not alone. passion, empathy, and inclusion. We spend so much time helping our world, Becoming champions of mental health is not only whether it’s working to end polio, cleaning up the the right and kind thing to do, it is a tool that can Cre- environment, or bringing hope to communities that ate Hope in the World, Gordon’s inspiring theme for need it most. Sometimes we can lose track of the his upcoming year as president. need to apply some of our energy and care to our fel- low members and partners in service. If we serve our members, we serve our communities, and if we can meet people where they are and lift them The comfort and care of our members is the single up, they will imagine Rotary in a new light and come to greatest driver of member satisfaction and retention. fully understand our value and our infinite potential. We need to ensure that it remains a priority — and that we further strengthen these bonds by performing JENNIFER JONES President, Rotary International PHOTOGRAPH BY MONIKA LOZINSKA RI President Jennifer Jones (center) with 2023-24 President Gordon R. McInally and his wife, Heather, at the International Assembly in January MAY 2023 ROTARY 1
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE 90 Article PHOTOGRAPHS: 1 DAVID ALEXANDER; 2, 5 ESTHER RUTH MBABAZI; 3 JAMES RODRÍGUEZ; 4, 10 CAROL TICHELMAN; 6, 8 COURTESY OF JENNIFER JONES; 7 I-HWA CHENG; 9 MONIKA LOZINSKA1 23 45 1. At September’s Global Citizen Festival in New York City, RI President Jennifer Jones announces that Rotary will commit an additional $150 million to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. 2. Visiting Zambia in August, Jones talks with health workers participating in Partners for a Malaria-Free Zambia, the recipient of Rotary’s first Programs of Scale grant. 3. Jones stands shoulder-to-shoulder with Lucky Johana Mishel Chutá Simón, a student she met during a tour of the Guatemala Literacy Project. 4. In July, at a stop on her Imagine Rotary Canada Tour, Jones hugs a stuffed grizzly bear wearing the red serge tunic of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. 5. Jones and actor Sibongile Mlambo (center) have fun at a September soccer game at the Nakivale refugee settlement in Uganda.
Article 93 «مؤسسة فودافون مصر» تتيح محتوى رقمي لجميع المناهج والمراحل الدراسية أعدها مجموعة متميزة لأفضل مقدمي المحتوى من خلال منصة «تعليمي» للهواتف الذكية والأجهزة اللوحية. الفيديوهات التي تتضمن شرح المواد التعليمية القاهرة ،يونيو 2023 استطاعت مؤسسة فودافون مصر لتنمية من قبل معلمين متخصصين ،بالإضافة تسعى شركة «فودافون مصر» أكبر مشغل المجتمع من خلال شراكتها مع مؤسسة حياة إلى وسائل تقييم متعددة وأسئلة تفاعلية متكامل لخدمات الاتصالات في مصر إلى كريمة ،تجهيز المعامل الرقمية في عدد 100 وأدوات تواصل مباشر مع المدرسين .بهدف دعم مختلف المجالات التي تساهم في تنمية مدرسة في 5محافظات هي البحيرة ،وسوهاج، دعم الطلاب لاستكمال مسيرتهم التعليمية، المجتمع ،وذلك في إطار استراتيجيتها في والقليوبية ،والغربية ،وبني سويف ،بالإضافة وقد استفاد من خدمات المنصة نحو 2مليون مجال المسؤولية المجتمعية ،وتحقيق التنمية إلى توفير 1000جهاز كمبيوتر مكتبي وربطهم المستدامة ضمن رؤية مصر ،2030وذلك عن بالانترنت ،مما اثر في حياة الطلاب نتيجة مستفيد. طريق مؤسسة فودافون مصر لتنمية المجتمع. التعامل مع المنصة ،وأيضا التركيز على تهدف منصة تعليمي الى توفير نظام تعليم تركز مجهودات مؤسسة فودافون مصر الإستخدام الآمن للإنترنت واستخدام «منصة متكامل يتيح للطلاب الوصول إلى محتوى لتنمية المجتمع على دعم قطاع التعليم بشكل عالي الجودة عبر الإنترنت ،وقامت في سبيل خاص ،لما له من دور كبير في إعداد جيل جديد تعليمي» في التعلم عن بعد. ذلك بتوفير الأجهزة اللازمة وإتاحة وسائل قادر على مواجهة التحديات ،ولديه القدرة تتيح منصة تعليمي الدخول عليها وتصفحها الاتصال بالإنترنت ،وإعداد محتوى رقمي على استخدام وتطويع التكنولوجيا ،وذلك مجانا لجميع المستخدمين ،ولعملاء فودافون يتضمن المناهج التعليمية المتنوعة لكل المراحل عن طريق «منصة تعليمي» التي توفر خدمات يتم استخدام المنصة بدون تكلفة لاستهلاك الدراسية تم إعداده بواسطة نخبة من الخبراء تعليمية مجانية للطلاب في مختلف المراحل المتخصصين في مجال التعليم والتدريب، الدراسية ،لسد الفجوة الرقمية وتزويد الأنترنت . كما توفر المنصة أيضا محتوى تعليمي لأولياء الطلاب بفرص متساوية في الحصول على اعلي وتؤكد مؤسسة فودافون مصر على التزامها الأمور ،يساعدهم على استخدام التكنولوجيا باستكمال مسيرة منصة «تعليمي» في التعاون بشكل صحيح ،لفهم كيفية استخدام الطلاب المستويات من الخدمات التعليمية. مع مؤسسة حياة كريمة ،واستمرارها في أداء ولزيادة فرص الاستفادة من الخدمات التي دورها ،والتوسع في تجهيز المدارس بالمعامل تقدمها منصة تعليمي ،والوصول إلى أكبر الرقمية والوصول إلى 200مدرسة جديدة في عدد من الطلاب في جميع أنحاء الجمهورية ،تعاونت مؤسسة «فودافون مصرلتنمية القرى الصغيرة والنائية. المجتمع» مع مؤسسة «حياة كريمة» لدعم والجدير بالذكر حصول مؤسسة فودافون جهود الدولة فى منظومة التحول الرقمي مصر لتنمية المجتمع في مجال التنمية وتطوير التعليم ،لتحسين وتنمية القرى الأكثر والمسؤولية المجتمعية ،على العديد من احتيا ًجا من خلال إتاحة التعليم الرقمى داخل الجوائز ،أهمها جائزة PURPOSEلأفضل عدد من المدارس ،ودمج التكنولوجيا والبنية حملة إعلانية للمساواة والشمول في الشرق التحتية الرقمية بالتعليم ،وتقديم برامج الأوسط ،وجائزة ACSRللابتكار في الخدمة توعوية للطلاب والمعلمين وأولياء الأمور ،على الاجتماعية ،تحت رعاية الأمانة العامة كيفية استخدام التكنولوجيا والحلول المتطورة لجامعة الدول العربية ،لمجهودات المؤسسة في في التعليم ،وكيفية استخدام منصة تعليمي. نشر التعليم الرقمي من خلال منصة تعليمي. و تضم منصة تعليمي مجموعة من
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