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Members of the Rotary Club of Eco Milano, Italy, including (from left) Olderico Caviglia, Franz Müller, FIVE TIPS FOR STARTING AN ECO CLUB Lorenza Mazzoni, and Yasir Khan, promote environmental sustainability. Eco clubs represent a fast-growing war in Ukraine, helping refugees create “We know the problem of the environ- area for Rotary. “There are at least CVs and find jobs in Italy. And it’s expand- ment is enormous and urgent,” says Mül- 30 Rotary and Rotaract clubs in the ing its reach by creating a network of Ro- ler. “But it’s not our problem. It’s the prob- world with an eco or environment tary eco clubs around the world. lem of our children and our descendants. focus,” says Steve Solbrack, a It’s absolutely essential that we don’t turn charter member and director of “I was tasked to contact some Indian back.” the Rotary Club of Twin Cities Eco, eco clubs,” says Yasir Khan, 36, who is Minnesota, “and many more eco from Pakistan and in Milan to study green “If we want to leave the young people clubs are in development.” aviation, a field dedicated to limiting avia- a better world,” says Caviglia, “we need tion’s environmental impact. “We were to start thinking about how to preserve Eco clubs are attracting a new able to have a meeting with one and es- the environment. And we have to create generation of Rotary members and tablished a link to learn and work together a movement within Rotary to get these will likely comprise a significant on these issues.” results. There’s a saying I like to repeat: number of clubs in the future, now ‘God always forgives. Humans sometimes that protecting the environment is Khan and people his age are the kind forgive. Nature never forgives.’” a Rotary area of focus. So how do of members Caviglia and Müller wanted you start one? to attract. — frank bures Start small: “Start with small Photograph by Lavinia Parlamenti groups of interested individuals,” says Tom Gump, a past governor of District 5950 (Minnesota). “Lunches work best. Save the big organizational meeting until you have 30 or so individuals interested in joining. You need 20 members to register a new club with Rotary International and additional members are encouraged.” Get social: “Social media has been a huge factor in the development and chartering of the club,” says Solbrack. “Our Facebook page has over 680 followers, and the Meetup group has about the same number of members. At least 12 of our members found us on Facebook or Meetup.” Cast a wide net: “I co-founded the Rotary Club of Duluth Superior Eco, Minnesota, in 2008,” says District 5580 Governor Kay Biga. “My goal was to start a club that was attractive to women and younger members. We learned that having an environmental theme was appealing to a wide variety of people. Currently, we are more than 60 percent women, which is far above our district average of about 35 percent.” Keep it fun: “We plan for a minimum of six social and recreational events each year,” says Solbrack. “Snowshoeing, hiking, kayaking, film discussion, lawn bowling, and social gatherings at members’ homes or at breweries are a few examples.” Don’t get discouraged: “You need enthusiasm and patience,” says Eco Milano member Franz Müller. “Especially, I would say, enthusiasm.” AUGUST 2022  ROTARY  49

OUR CLUBS My first trip as a Rotary Scholar WHERE ARE THEY NOW? took me to Frankfurt, Germany. I was 22 years old and had just grad- Courage courtesy uated university. of Rotary Although I grew up in Japan, I Mariko Noguchi, a former Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar who was born in the Netherlands, and was born deaf, removes barriers for people with disabilities I lived there until I was 2 years old. Perhaps that is the reason I always Mariko Noguchi felt a connection to foreign cultures. walks through My dream was to study overseas. I the garden at her wanted the chance to go out and see home in Osaka, the world. Japan. 50  ROTARY  AUGUST 2022 I was born deaf. It’s a congenital condition that was the result of my mother contracting rubella while she was carrying me. I can speak, but it is with a distinct pronuncia- tion. I wondered if I would be able to make it in Germany. In August 2002, when I flew from Osaka to Frankfurt, I was filled with anxiety. I was perhaps the first deaf student from Japan to become a Rotary Scholar. I knew many people were worried about me, but I was offered incredible support from the mem- bers of Rotary in Osaka and Sakai. When I first arrived in Germany, making myself understood in con- versation was not easy. It was some- times easier to communicate with pen and paper. I even kept a jour- nal, which I shared with Andreas Goetz, the father of my host family. My host brothers and sisters were much more than family; they were teachers. They never gave up try- ing to communicate with me, even when it was difficult. Before returning to Japan, I gave a speech in German to members of District 1820 (Germany). I wanted to express my heartfelt thanks to the Rotary clubs of Frankfurt and Osaka, as well as to the Goetz family. By that point, I had been study- ing for six months. In German, I began, “I have enjoyed Germany very much. I would like to thank everyone.” At first, my host father repeated each line of my speech, in case my pronunciation wasn’t clear. As I went along, the echo faded away and I was the only one speaking. The audience of 40 or so people listened patiently and then, as I finished, rose to give me a standing ovation. Tears ran down my face. Photograph by Kosuke Arakawa

In 2003, after returning to Japan, free. As I saw it, if we are talking In the past, hearing aids only I got a job with the pharmaceuti- about removing barriers for people came in flesh color, but they are cals company Shionogi, which was with disabilities, there’s no rea- now fashion items. That’s the at- founded in 1878 and is headquar- son it should not be universal. But titude I hoped to project when tered in Doshomachi, a district in there were also unique reasons why I entered the Mrs./Ms. Earth Osaka with a centuries-old associa- it made sense in the pharmaceuti- Japan pageant in 2020. I wanted to tion with medicine. I believe the fact cal industry. After all, some of our demonstrate that people with that my grandfather was a physician customers were hearing-impaired. disabilities could be just as glamor- played some role in my choice of ca- We needed to take their experiences ous as anyone else. I wasn’t quite reers. At Shionogi, I worked in the into account. as successful as Heather White- international business, licensing, stone, who in 1994 became the first and business development depart- The project quickly expanded. deaf Miss America, but I did win ments, but I found myself drawn to We held an event at a local hospi- the Diamond Award. I was proud of the company’s department for cor- tal, and we passed out cards there to myself. porate social responsibility. I made many patients, who could use them a career for myself, but I also met to signal that they were hearing- My life has been a series of chal- my husband at work. We now have impaired. The president and CEO lenges, some that I didn’t choose two daughters. of our company appeared on video and others that I chose to test addressing barrier-free inclusivity myself. The day I saw the recruit- Whether I was studying in Ger- — and he delivered his statement ment poster for the Rotary Inter- many or working in Osaka, my using sign language. The project national scholarship, I knew it was dream has always been the same: I started with volunteers, but it has a challenge I wanted to take on. I am want to create a society that is free now become a companywide ef- forever indebted to Rotary because of barriers to the hearing-impaired. fort. I recently headed a series of my experience in Germany gave I will never forget a question that a online seminars directed at medical me the courage to take on new chal- pastor once posed to me: “Are you professionals trying to learn about lenges. When the pastor’s ques- truly alive, or are you just breath- communication with hearing- tion comes to mind, I can answer ing?” Everyone has a mission, and impaired patients. confidently: “I am truly alive, not mine is to make my dream of a so- just breathing.” ciety open to the hearing-impaired Our work wasn’t limited to peo- come true. ple with hearing impairments. We My next challenge is an inter- also took part in the design pro- national online graduate program. In 2016, I started a project in cess for new over-the-counter drug I am going to examine case stud- my workplace to raise awareness packaging. Our goal was to make ies of business leaders with dis- of hearing impairment. At first, packaging easier for people with abilities. I want to pave the way for there was some skepticism. People vision impairment and blindness. future generations of hearing- couldn’t see the value of making a It ended up winning a 2021 Good impaired people to assume leader- pharmaceutical company barrier- Design Award in Japan. ship roles. PHOTOGRAPHS: COURTESY OF MARIKO NOGUCHI Mariko Noguchi Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar, 2002-03 B A in literature, Kobe College, Japan, 2002 D eaf since birth, she is an accomplished lip reader. W on Diamond Award at 2020 Mrs./Ms. Earth Japan pageant Left: As Andreas Goetz, her host father, looks on, Mariko Noguchi shakes hands with Hans-Joachim Tonnellier, the 2002-03 president of the Rotary Club of Frankfurt/Main- Friedensbrücke. Right: Noguchi celebrates Christmas with members of her host family. AUGUST 2022  ROTARY  51

OUR CLUBS DISPATCHES FROM OUR SISTER MAGAZINES Rotary Down Under District 9510 Sailing Challenge PHOTOGRAPHS: COURTESY OF ONE AND ALL/ROTARY DOWN UNDER organizes the reaches new Sailing Challenge heights in South Australia twice a year as Climbing 27 meters up rigging, part of its youth development above a heaving sea, to unfurl or program. reef a sail for the first time is one of the key challenges of sailing a 52  ROTARY  AUGUST 2022 square-rigged ship with a team of other first-time sailors. This is usu- ally made worse by the inevitable sea sickness in the first days on the open ocean. Twice a year, District 9510 orga- nizes this challenge in South Aus- tralia as part of its suite of youth development programs. The Sailing Challenge was founded in 2017 through the in- spiration of Sir James Hardy and Rotarian sailor and award-winning boat builder David Binks. With 57 years of distinguished Rotary ser- vice through the Rotary Club of Glenelg and district youth commit- tees, Binks embarked on a sail train- ing challenge for 15- to 19-year-olds “I made instant friends with my watchmates and learned much about teams and the value of working together for a shared goal. I found that the background of the team members was irrelevant in their shared responsibilities and achievements.” — Maycie Darlington, Urrbrae Agricultural High School

using the square-rigged vessel the into three team watches, and within National Cartoon One and All. that the members work four hours Gallery on and four hours off continuously After a formal evaluation of the throughout the five days. The first The National Cartoon Gallery is benefits of the program to young three days are spent learning how people’s development, it has now to sail a square-rigged ship, then the Australia’s only dedicated cartoon been embedded as a key district final two days the students sail the youth program of personal devel- ship home themselves. gallery, exhibiting the largest pri- opment, teamwork, and leadership. vate collection of contemporary car- They learn to read charts, navi- toons in the Southern Hemisphere. Twice a year, 19 students are se- gate, and change sails to make the It is located in Coffs Harbour, New lected to undertake this challenge most of the conditions, and about South Wales, and is organized by the and are sponsored by Rotary clubs. the many sails, ropes, and lines Rotary Club of Coffs Harbour City. They join the crew for a five-day needed to safely sail such a ship. voyage of skill building. Special The original gallery is housed in emphasis is given by Rotary clubs “I have fond and lasting mem- an underground World War II bun- to select students who will gain the ories of the trip,” said Urrbrae ker that has been converted into a most growth from the challenge. Agricultural High School student funky exhibition space. Maycie Darlington, one of the stu- The square-rigged One and All dents sponsored by the Rotary Club The creation of the gallery is was built and used originally as of Mitcham, South Australia. largely due to the Rotary club and, part of South Australia’s 150 years in particular, the two key drivers of celebrations in 1986. Its design is “I made instant friends with the project: Tom Hamilton-Foster based on an 1850s brigantine, but my watchmates and learned much and the late John Champion. Their using modern shipbuilding materi- about teams and the value of work- work in acquiring sponsorships and als and safety features. It now runs ing together for a shared goal. I local business funding enabled the regular cruises in the Gulf St Vin- found that the background of the restoration of the building to pro- cent and is in big demand for corpo- team members was irrelevant in ceed. Their caricatures are proudly rate training events as well. their shared responsibilities and displayed in the gallery’s foyer. achievements.” — euan miller The rigorous training is split Recently, through hard work and government grants, a substan- Sail the One and All at the 2023 convention tial above-ground extension was built. This has more than doubled The One and All has been selected to offer half-day cruises of Port Phillip Bay the gallery’s floor space. The major for delegates during the 2023 Rotary International Convention in Melbourne. improvements were completed in February 2021 and now include a The One and All will be sailed from Adelaide to the convention and will large upstairs gallery, theatrette, return to Adelaide with another crew of young people after the convention. meeting room, and café. During the convention it will also be the base for discussions for other tall ships to be used by Rotary for sailing challenges. Brisbane, Hobart, Perth, and Today, the gallery is run by the Sydney all have tall ships, as does Auckland, New Zealand. independent, not-for-profit Bunker Cartoon Gallery Inc. The Bunker is With the support of Dale Hoy, 2021-22 governor of District 9800, Victorian custodian of the cartoon collection, Rotary districts have explored sailing challenges for young people using with well over 23,000 cartoons from Victoria’s tall ship Enterprize. leading Australian and international cartoonists. These include private do- Samantha S. is nations and bequeaths of rare works. one of 19 students selected to The Bunker’s role, although dif- undertake the ferent to its wartime past, is still biannual Sailing one of communicator and protec- Challenge. tor of Australia’s history, albeit in satirical form. — anne matthews AUGUST 2022  ROTARY  53

OUR CLUBS ROTARY IN THE NEWS The Imagine Impact tour ROTARY’S MESSAGE OF PEACE PROGRAMS OF SCALE ON VOA Better together! When the war against Ukraine broke out The Voice of America TV program Africa RI President Jennifer Jones is shining in February, Rotary’s Communications 54 interviewed Martha Lungu, a member a light on impactful and sustainable team promoted Rotary’s commitment to of the Rotary Club of Ndola, Zambia, and Rotary projects, including PolioPlus, peace and its plea for humanitarian as- executive director for Malaria Partners from each of our areas of focus. sistance to the people of Ukraine through Zambia, in conjunction with World Rotary.org and social media channels Malaria Day (25 April). Lungu discussed On her Imagine Impact tour, as well as the news media. Meanwhile, the progress made by Rotary’s first Pro- Jones plans to visit major projects hundreds of local media outlets around grams of Scale grant recipient, Partners around the globe. She will bring the world have reported on relief efforts for a Malaria-Free Zambia, which aims attention to: undertaken by Rotary clubs. to reduce malaria cases over time by 90 percent in 10 target districts in two T he contributions of female health ROTARY’S UKRAINE EXPERT Zambian provinces. workers in Pakistan to the polio eradication effort General Secretary John Hewko, a Ukrai- END POLIO NOW A day in the life of a community nian American, worked as an adviser to health worker in Zambia who is the Ukrainian parliament in the 1990s. The Wall Street Journal published an helping reduce malaria, a major Five decades earlier, his parents fled the article discussing the impact of the war cause of death for pregnant advancing Soviet armies across Eu- in Ukraine on progress in eradicating women and children in the country rope to the refugee camps in southern polio and other global crises. PolioPlus The efforts of more than 600 Germany, and then began a new life in Director Carol Pandak and other spokes- Rotary clubs to improve education the United States. His family background people from the Global Polio Eradication for underserved students in and past experiences have made him a Initiative were interviewed. Guatemala sought-after expert and thought leader R otary Peace Fellows and the on Ukraine since February’s Russian And for World Immunization Week, newest peace center at Makerere invasion. Media outlets, such as Chicago Korea’s End Polio Now coordinator, University, in Kampala, Uganda Public Media, WTTW (PBS Chicago), and Ju-Hwa Jeong, wrote an opinion piece Health workers going to great the Chicago Sun-Times have interviewed published in the Herald Business and the lengths to deliver vaccines to Hewko, who used the opportunity to Korea Economic Daily about the progress children in remote islands in the publicize Rotary’s tremendous response of Rotary’s polio eradication efforts and South Pacific as part of Zone 8’s to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. the importance of vaccination. Give Every Child a Future program A Rotary district-led clean water, A SPECIAL COUNCIL GUEST Rotary Club of Houston Skyline member Ed Pettitt sanitation, and hygiene project PHOTOGRAPH: COURTESY OF VIVIAN FIORE gives a TV interview about his urban heat island in Haiti In April, representatives to Rotary’s 2022 model at the Rotary Convention on 7 June. Council on Legislation gave a standing Jones will invite media, influencers, ovation to Hennadii Kroichyk, a Rotary partners, and other notables to member from the Ukrainian city of Lviv, join her on her travels, presenting who left his country to travel to Chicago a golden opportunity for the RI for the Council. Communications team to employ integrated communications methods Rotary’s Communications team to position Rotary as a leader in both reached out to local media outlets about local and global problem-solving for Kroichyk, whose firsthand experience communities. Extensive planning is in Ukraine caught the attention of an underway for each stop along the ABC affiliate in Chicago. A TV crew tour, allowing Rotary to leverage interviewed Kroichyk and John Hewko, social, digital, and print media to both of whom highlighted the extraor- demonstrate Rotary’s current and dinary humanitarian projects led by potential impact on the ground. Rotary clubs in and around Ukraine. The segment, with images and video clips of Rotary in action, was broadcast on the evening news on 14 April. 54  ROTARY  AUGUST 2022

CALENDAR August events SWIRL, SIP, AND SAVOR goodie bag, and a free beer at the festival, fees, anglers can compete for even and the top finishers in each age group more prizes. Event: Wine Festival will receive an award. The event includes Host: Rotary Club of Sherwood, Oregon activities for kids. What it benefits: Local and international projects CATCH A WHOPPER DON’T MISS THE BOAT Dates: 5-6 August Shake off the dog days of summer by Event: King Mackerel Tournament Event: Belfast Harbor Fest  sampling the best of Oregon’s renowned Host: Rotary Club of Sneads Ferry, Host: Rotary Club of Belfast, Maine Willamette Valley wines in Sherwood’s North Carolina What it benefits: Local projects historic Old Town. The festival starts Dates: 19-21 August Friday with a happy hour tasting and What it benefits: Local projects There’s something for everyone at dinner, and continues Saturday with a Dates: 19-20 August full afternoon and evening of wine, food, In its 31st year, this fishing tournament this annual festival that celebrates the and music. Bottles of wine will be avail- able for purchase, so tasters can take awards $40,000 in prizes, with a boating traditions of Maine. Highlights home their favorite vintage.  hefty $10,000 cash prize going to the include the 5K Bug Run/Walk (named BRING ON THE BREWS boat that catches the heaviest king after a local moniker for lobsters), a boat Event: Boji Brew Fest Host: Rotary Club of Iowa Great Lakes mackerel. Secondary prize categories building competition, a cardboard boat (Spirit Lake), Iowa What it benefits: Local projects include Lady Angler, Junior Angler regatta, a blueberry pancake breakfast, Date: 6 August  More than 20 local and regional craft (under age 16), and Senior Angler and a barbecue dinner. Musical acts will breweries, wineries, and distilleries are participating in this fifth annual beer fes- (age 55 and older). Register early entertain attendees, and activities have tival. VIP ticket holders get an extra hour of sampling before the fest opens, as well to pay a lower entry fee; for additional been planned for kids. Proceeds from as exclusive access to special offerings. To complement the bounty of beverages, an auction will benefit a local technical food trucks will be on site. education center. DAS IST GUT! PHOTOGRAPH: MEGAN V. WINSLOW STATE OF THE ART Event: DAS Run Host: Rotary Club of Elkhorn, Wisconsin Event: Fine Art in What it benefits: Local charities the Park Date: 6 August Host: Rotary Club of The Elkhorn club has organized this Los Altos, California Saturday morning 5K to kick off the second day of DAS Fest USA, a three-day What it benefits: German festival held annually in Elk- horn. All runners get an event T-shirt, a Scholarships and local and international projects Dates: 13-14 August As one of Califor- nia’s most prestigious outdoor art shows, this 47th annual event expects to draw more than 10,000 attendees to Lincoln Park in Los Altos. Under the park’s redwood trees, more than 100 artists from around the United States will display and sell paintings, sculptures, jewelry, textiles, glass, met- alwork, and ceramics. A separate “Young at Art” display showcases works by local high school students. AUGUST 2022  ROTARY  55

OUR CLUBS HANDBOOK It’s easy being green How to make your club more eco-friendly Joey O’Brien is an unlikely eco- warrior. For about 25 years, he ran a ski resort in Nova Scotia. The property was so densely utilized that whenever someone suggested increasing the ski terrain, O’Brien would quip, “We have four trees left on our property — which one do you want me to cut down?” But O’Brien has always been a big fan of data, and owing to his livelihood, he spent a lot of time tracking the weather to gauge potential snowfall. In the process he observed something alarming: Temperatures were rising at an unprecedented rate. Nearly two decades ago, O’Brien moved to Canmore, a town in the Bow Valley of START AT HOME REDUCE, REUSE, RETHINK Alberta’s Rocky Mountains, 50 To benefit your wallet as well as Launch a regional composting campaign. the planet, install solar panels, More and more cities have them — does miles west of Calgary, where he insulation, and geo-thermal heating — yours? They reduce the production of improvements that are often aided by climate-harming methane and the volume became acquainted with some government grants and tax breaks. Your of landfills. And try thrifting. O’Brien club can also help insulate and upgrade says their grandkids can’t wait to see climate scientists who further houses for neighbors in need. what recycled clothes his wife has bought them, often for just a few dollars each. stoked his concern about global BANISH BOTTLED WATER SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT warming. He was one of the first It takes a lot of plastic and CO₂ to move HYBRID, PLUG-IN, AND ELECTRIC VEHICLES bottled water from its source to your in town to install solar panels on house or Rotary event — and blind taste Most people don’t realize transportation tests often reveal that tap water tastes as is the leading cause of greenhouse gases his roof, and later launched his good or better. in the United States. While switching to electric requires a higher upfront own environmental consulting investment, it can save you thousands of dollars in gas and substantially reduces company, SustainDriven. When greenhouse gas emissions, with no loss of space or comfort. O’Brien joined the Rotary Club of Canmore, club leaders made him one of their experts on sustainability, and he was later nominated to join the international board of the Environmental Sustainability Rotary Action Group. He offers these suggestions to help you make your club more eco- friendly. — steve almond 56  ROTARY  AUGUST 2022

THINK OUTSIDE THE (PENALTY) BOX DON’T ARGUE — EDUCATE KEEP HOPE ALIVE Look for opportunities to advocate In Alberta, where carbon-heavy O’Brien says the biggest challenge for sustainability in places that might industries are a major employer Rotary clubs face is the sheer scope not seem obvious. Case in point: A and economic engine, O’Brien’s of the crisis. “Rotarians worry that couple of years ago, O’Brien convinced environmental initiatives often provoke they’ll never actually effect change,” he the local junior hockey franchise, a negative reaction. Even a discussion observes, “which is often what prevents the Canmore Eagles, to sign on to about climate change runs the risk of a club and individuals from doing the town’s declaration of a State of backlash. So O’Brien created a nine- anything.” Saving the planet will have Climate Emergency, to work toward part educational pathway for his club to be a collective endeavor, he says, zero waste, and to educate players and and invited guest speakers to explain accomplished not by a single sweeping fans. The team’s decision to brand itself the environmental science. A few club measure, but through billions of small as the “Greenest Hockey Club in the members left the meetings in protest, actions. World” has become a key feature in and others tolerated the presentations its marketing to sponsors, helping to without changing their worldview. But TAKE CONCRETE ACTION make it profitable as well as ecologically the vast majority, once they understood responsible. the situation, supported the club’s Otherwise, O’Brien says, “you will be efforts. looking at your grandchildren in 20 years and trying to explain why you chose to do nothing.” Illustration by James Graham AUGUST 2022  ROTARY  57

OUR CLUBS TRUSTEE CHAIR’S MESSAGE SERVICE ABOVE SELF Two sides of the same coin THE OBJECT OF ROTARY During my travels, Rotary often comes The most significant projects done in The Object of Rotary is to up in conversation. Most people associ- Rotary’s name are those accomplished encourage and foster the ideal ate us with local projects and fundraisers through The Rotary Foundation. The list of service as a basis of worthy — which is great — but few know what goes on and on. Think of the impact of enterprise and, in particular, to a global force Rotary is. It’s easier to our polio eradication e orts, our peace encourage and foster: understand this aspect of Rotary through education programs, and our Programs First The development of an example, such as how Rotary re- of Scale grants. All these e orts to make acquaintance as an opportunity sponded to the devastating bushfires in the world a better place emanate from for service; Australia in late 2019 and early 2020. our Foundation. Second High ethical standards in business and professions, the The result of extreme drought, global The Foundation also impacts our club recognition of the worthiness warming, and adverse weather conditions, experience, membership, partnerships, of all useful occupations, and the fires caused catastrophic damage. The and so much more. The more visibility the dignifying of each Rotarian’s need for help was obvious and substantial. and impact we have through Foundation occupation as an opportunity to projects, the more people want to be part serve society; No stranger to forest fires themselves, of what we are doing as partners or as Third The application of Canadian Rotarians knew the best way members. Everybody wins. the ideal of service in each to help was through The Rotary Founda- Rotarian’s personal, business, tion. They were soon joined by Rotary To me, Rotary and its Foundation and community life; clubs and districts in other countries and are inseparable — you can’t have one Fourth The advancement of Taiwan, resulting in three Foundation without the other. They are two sides of international understanding, global grants totaling $280,000 to sup- the same coin. I love the friendship and goodwill, and peace through a port the economic recovery of farmers fellowship and projects I experience as a world fellowship of business and a ected by these fires. member of the Rotary Club of Sandring- professional persons united in ham, Australia, but I am also thrilled the ideal of service. One farmer wrote a letter of thanks to be part of a global movement that is on behalf of the remote communities we changing the lives of countless people THE FOUR WAY TEST helped, saying they “were in disbelief through The Rotary Foundation. that Rotary clubs from other countries Of the things we think, say, or do: would step up and help our relatively Remember that other side of the Ro- 1. Is it the truth? small farming region” and adding that tary coin and support your Foundation. 2. Is it fair to all concerned? “they were very grateful and honored to By doing so, you will also be supporting 3. Will it build goodwill and be considered worthy of such aid.” your fellow members who are bringing to life the projects our world truly needs. better friendships? Friends, this is the kind of impact your 4. Will it be beneficial to all Foundation has every single day around IAN H.S. RISELEY the world and why it deserves the sup- concerned? port of all Rotary members. Foundation trustee chair ROTARIAN CODE OF CONDUCT 58 ROTARY AUGUST 2022 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

ROTARY LEADERS The RI Board of Directors has 19 members: the RI president, the president-elect, and 17 directors, who were nominated by New directors their zones and elected at the Rotary International Convention. and trustees The Board manages Rotary International affairs and funds in take office accordance with the RI Constitution and Bylaws. Eight new directors and the president-elect took office on 1 July. The Trustees of The Rotary Foundation manage the business of the Foundation, the charitable arm of Rotary that funds service activities. The RI president-elect nominates the trustees, who are elected by the RI Board to four-year terms. The trustee chair-elect and two new trustees took office on 1 July. DIRECTORS food and wine, and stick dressing, the tradi- he has served as the primary RI representative tional Scottish craft of making walking sticks. to numerous Rome-based organizations, in- R. Gordon R. McInally cluding the Food and Agriculture Organization McInally describes The Rotary Foundation of the United Nations, the International Fund President-elect, 2022-23; Rotary Club of as “the fuel that provides the energy to do for Agricultural Development, and the World Rotary service.” He and his spouse, Heather, Food Programme. He is also the RI representa- South Queensferry, Scotland also a Rotarian, are Paul Harris Fellows, tive to the Holy See in Vatican City. Major Donors, and Benefactors of The Rotary R. Gordon R. McInally Foundation. They are also members of the Cecchini conceived and organized a polio is president-elect of Bequest Society. eradication fundraiser at the Colosseum in Rotary International. Rome in June 2018 that featured actors from He was educated at McInally wishes to dedicate his presidency to the film Gladiator, including Russell Crowe the Royal High School making the world a better place for his grand- and Connie Nielsen, as well as a projection of in Edinburgh and at daughters, Ivy and Florence, to live and thrive. the movie within the Colosseum with a live the University of orchestra. The event raised $500,000. Cec- Dundee, where he Alberto Cecchini chini has also volunteered during a National earned his graduate Immunization Day in Delhi, India, and has degree in dental Rotary Club of Roma Nord-Est, Italy delivered bed nets in Guinea Bissau. surgery. He operated his own dental practice in Edinburgh until 2016. McInally was chair of the Alberto Cecchini is Cecchini divides his time between Padua East of Scotland branch of the British Paedo- the sole administra- and Rome. In his spare time, he enjoys exer- dontic Society and has held various academic tor and technical cising, traveling, golf, and reading. positions. He has also served as a presbytery director of Idroesse elder, chair of the Queensferry parish congrega- Engineering, one of Cecchini has received the Service Above tional board, and commissioner to the general the oldest firms of its Self Award and The Rotary Foundation Cita- assembly of the Church of Scotland. kind in Italy. He tion for Meritorious Service. He supports the McInally joined Rotary in 1984 at age earned his bachelor’s Foundation as a multiple Paul Harris Fellow 26. A member of the Rotary Club of South and master’s degrees and Benefactor. Queensferry, he has served as president and in civil engineering at vice president of Rotary International in Great Sapienza University of Rome in 1988. He also Patrick D. Chisanga Britain and Ireland (RIBI). He has also served served as a partner, board member, and RI as a director and on several committees, technical director of 3TI Progetti Italia, an Rotary Club of Nkwazi, Zambia including as an adviser to the 2022 Houston engineering firm with offices in cities Convention Committee and as chair of the including Rome and Milan; Muscat, Oman; Patrick D. Chisanga, a Operations Review Committee. and Hong Kong. Among the many projects he chartered governance McInally says he looks forward to working has led or designed are the rehabilitation of a professional, is a with members to build new Rotary clubs and water and sanitation system in Kenya, the fellow of the groups. “My vision is that Rotary should exist construction of a new military air base in Chartered Gover- everywhere in a style to suit everyone who Oman, and the rebuilding of panoramic nance Institute (UK) has the desire to be part of us and to help us Provincial Road 28 in Sicily. from the London do good in the world,” he says. Cecchini’s first experience with Rotary was School of Accoun- McInally is a patron of the UK-based non- in 1988, when he became a founding member tancy and a fellow of profit Hope and Homes for Children and led of the Rotaract Club of Anzio-Nettuno. He the Institute of a partnership between that organization and joined his first Rotary club in 1994. Cecchini Directors of Zambia. He has advised the RIBI to support children in Rwanda who had has served RI at the zone and international World Bank on corporate governance and has been orphaned in the genocide there. He is a levels, including as a committee member, served as president of the Institute of patron of Trade-Aid, an initiative of the Rotary Rotary public image coordinator, training Directors of Zambia and the African Club of Grantham Kesteven, England, that pro- leader, regional coordinator and adviser, gover- Corporate Governance Network. vides sustainable humanitarian aid to individu- nors-elect training seminar facilitator, and Working for nearly 20 years in the public als, families, and businesses in the developing International Assembly speaker. Drawing on and corporate sectors of Zambia, Chisanga world. He is also an ambassador for Bipolar UK, his experience in Rotary’s youth programs, he served as chief executive officer and chair of a national mental health organization. served as chair and vice chair of the Rotaract- numerous companies and organizations before In his free time, McInally enjoys rugby, good Interact Committee and chaired the Rotaract taking early retirement in 1994 to focus on Preconvention in Sydney in 2014. In addition, running a family-owned group of companies, Muchanga Investments Ltd., which he founded AUGUST 2022  ROTARY  59

OUR CLUBS in 1987 and now serves as chair. He is also on RI’s Membership Committee and the Joint Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, March of chair and lead consultant of Dynamic Concepts Committee on Partnerships and has been an Dimes, and Feeding Westchester. Ltd., a consulting firm dedicated to corporate RI president’s representative several times. governance and leadership development across Kessler joined Rotary in 2001 at age 20. Africa, and he serves on the boards of several Hurst says he started applying The Four- He served as president of the Rotary Club of other local and international companies. Way Test at his business and saw a positive North Rockland (Haverstraw) at age 25 and impact, especially with his employees. “My was at that time the youngest president in the Chisanga first joined the family of Rotary involvement in Rotary and my businesses club’s history. At age 32, he served as governor as a member of Interact. As a high school stu- have grown together and have always been in- of District 7210. “For anyone who says that dent in 1968, he was selected to go on a short- tertwined,” he says. “I’ve always tried to bring you have to be retired to serve in these posi- term interclub exchange to Kenya, where he the best of Rotary into my businesses and the tions, I’d like to show that there is another stayed with the district governor in Mombasa. best aspects of my businesses into Rotary.” path,” he says. “I was so impressed with this man’s dedica- tion to humankind that I decided there and Hurst has been heavily involved in manag- Kessler has served RI on the Young Past then that I would serve as a district governor ing Rotary’s disaster relief efforts in the Ca- Governors Committee, as a representative in Rotary one day,” Chisanga says. ribbean, chairing his district’s disaster relief to the Council on Legislation and Council committee for the 2017 hurricanes Irma and on Resolutions, and as an RI president’s In 1986, he became a charter member of the Maria and organizing the Rotarian Emergency representative. He also has held zone leader- Rotary Club of Nkwazi, and in 1998, he became Disaster Initiative (REDI) conference in 2009. ship positions, including chair of the Zone governor of District 9210, the first person of A passionate supporter of water, sanitation, 28/32 Summit, assistant Rotary coordinator color to hold that position. “It was a turning and hygiene initiatives, Hurst is a founding for Zone 32, and chair of the Mid-Northeast point for me and my district,” he says. member and steering committee chair of Presidents-Elect Training Seminar. Commit- HANWASH, the Rotary-led partnership to ted to continuity and collaboration, he is a As governor, Chisanga focused on support- bring clean water and improved sanitation member of the District 7210 executive board, ing communities in his district with projects to everyone in Haiti. “We are applying the a committee he helped establish that is made dedicated to health, hygiene, and clean water, high impact and sustainable best practices up of past and current district leaders who and to building safe bridges in rural areas. from The Rotary Foundation, modeled on the work together to lead the district. Later, while serving as RI president’s repre- concept of scalability,” he says. sentative at a district event in Bremerhaven, As a husband and a father of five, Kessler Germany, he lent his networking skills to help As a cartographer, Hurst collects antique prioritizes incorporating family into Rotary start a project to improve infrastructure in maps. He also enjoys watching rugby, boating, events, projects, and meetings whenever Zambian schools that later received several traveling, and being a grandfather. He and his possible. All of his children have participated Rotary Foundation grants. wife, Michelle, are Rotary Foundation Major in Rotary, including through Interact, RYLA, Donors and members of the Bequest Society, Rotary Youth Exchange, and other programs. Chisanga has served Rotary International Paul Harris Society, and District 7020’s Kessler and his spouse, Vicki, also a Rotarian, on several committees, including the Member- PolioPlus Society. He has received The Rotary live in Hopewell Junction, New York. ship Committee and the Reach Out to Africa Foundation’s Citation for Meritorious Service. Committee, and as a training leader and Rota- Muhammad Faiz Kidwai ry Institute chair. He has also chaired regional Drew Kessler Rotary organizations, including the Governors’ Rotary Club of Karachi Karsaz, Pakistan Council of Southern and Eastern Africa. Rotary Club of North Rockland Muhammad Faiz Chisanga has received the Service Above (Haverstraw), New York Kidwai is the chair of Self Award and The Rotary Foundation CG Global, a leading Citation for Meritorious Service. He and his Drew Kessler is architecture, partner, Petronella, are Major Donors. senior vice president engineering, urban of the commercial design, real estate Jeremy Hurst real estate division at development, and M&T Bank, where he hospitality firm. A Rotary Club of Grand Cayman, manages a large loan 1983 architecture portfolio of real graduate of NED Cayman Islands estate and commer- University of Engineering and Technology, cial ventures with Kidwai was later awarded a research fellow- Born in Rochester, major businesses in ship in conservation in Mostar, Bosnia- England, Jeremy Hurst the New York City area. Herzegovina, by the Aga Khan Program for relocated to the Kessler has led numerous professional real Islamic Architecture at Harvard University. A Cayman Islands in estate organizations, serving as president specialist in socially responsive architecture, 1988. He owns and of the Rockland County Board of Realtors Kidwai has developed master plans for urban operates the IRG and of the 10,000-member Hudson Gateway housing projects as well as large urban group of companies, Association of Realtors (HGAR), and as direc- development and city planning projects. which provides a tor of both the New York State Association Kidwai, who joined Rotaract in 1980, is the range of property of Realtors and the National Association of first Rotary director from Pakistan. In 1986, de- services in the Realtors. Kessler regularly appeared on Fox parting from Karachi on a Rotary Group Study Cayman Islands and other Caribbean markets. Business News from 2008 to 2013 because of Exchange trip to Canada, Kidwai survived Hurst chairs the Global Advisory Board his expertise on the finance industry and the a violent attack during the hijacking of Pan of Leading Real Estate Companies of the real estate market. Am Flight 73. “I pledged that, if given another World (LeadingRE) and serves on its board of While at HGAR, Kessler launched the HG chance to live, I would dedicate my life to the directors. He is a past president of the Cay- Realtor Foundation. A passionate fundraiser, betterment of humanity,” he says. “This was man Islands Real Estate Brokers Association he has raised hundreds of thousands of dol- the moment that influenced me to join Rotary.” and was a founding member of the Cayman lars for organizations, including The Rotary Islands Investment Council. Hurst joined Rotary in 1988. He has served 60  ROTARY  AUGUST 2022

Kidwai joined Rotary in 1987 and became a has received a number of awards for her civic together young adults from around the world charter member of the Rotary Club of Karachi engagement. who have disabilities with others who don’t. Karsaz in 1993. He has been active in polio eradication efforts since Rotary began its Merryweather-Arges joined Rotary in 2002. Mjerskaug, who plans to continue working work for the cause in Pakistan. In 1997 in the She has served on Rotary’s COVID-19 task full time while serving as director, says she suburbs of Karachi, he established a Rotary force, as a representative for the Council on wants to lend her experience and skills to Community Corps (RCC), which continues to Legislation and Council on Resolutions, and minimize the gap between clubs and Rotary work with his club on projects. as a regional Rotary Foundation coordinator, International. “Rotary is what the club mem- RI president’s representative, and chair of the bers create themselves,” she says. “No two Kidwai is the founder and chair of the 2018 presidential peace conference in Chi- clubs in Rotary are the same — what works in Rotary Pakistan Literacy Mission, whose goal cago. She’s also held numerous district and Norway may not work in Bangladesh. So I’m is total literacy and quality education in the zone appointments. She is on the board of the not representing myself or my region on the country. In a project that encompasses all of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Rotary Action Board — I am representing the world.” Rotary’s areas of focus, he led the creation of Group and chairs the health outcomes and a model sustainable village in Thatta, near Ka- patient safety committee of the International In addition to her work, her farm, and rachi, for 160 families who had been affected Fellowship of Healthcare Professionals. Rotary, Mjerskaug enjoys sports, reading, and by a flood. He has been involved in supporting learning about the history and culture of the Afghan refugees in Pakistan, co-chairing an Merryweather-Arges, who has been places she visits. initiative that has assisted more than 50,000 involved in more than 20 Rotary Foundation Afghan refugees, and working on projects that grant projects focused on health care and wa- She supports The Rotary Foundation as fight poverty and hunger while promoting the ter, sanitation, and hygiene, says that Rotary’s a Benefactor and a Major Donor. “I give be- education and empowerment of Afghan girls expansive network is the secret to its success. cause even though my contribution will go to and women. Kidwai says he would like to see a project I may never hear of and help people Rotary become the most influential service “No one goes at it alone in Rotary. It’s all of I will probably never meet,” she says, “I know organization in the region. us together bringing our expertise and lever- that gift will definitely change someone’s life.” aging resources, knowledge, and experience,” Kidwai has received the Service Above Self she says. Yoshio Sato Award, The Rotary Foundation Distinguished Service Award, and The Rotary Foundation Merryweather-Arges has received the Ser- Rotary Club of Okayama-South, Japan Citation for Meritorious Service. vice Above Self Award, the Avenues of Service Award, and The Rotary Foundation Citation Yoshio Sato is a Patricia Merryweather-Arges for Meritorious Service. She and her spouse, certified public George, who is also a Rotary member, are accountant who has Rotary Club of Naperville, Illinois members of the Paul Harris Society and are owned his own Benefactors and Major Donors. consulting firm Patricia specializing in tax Merryweather-Arges Lena J. Mjerskaug and general is the executive direc- consulting services tor of Project Patient Rotary Club of Enebakk, Norway since 1986. He has Care, a nonprofit that also served as brings together Lena J. Mjerskaug is director of Chugoku Bank Ltd. since 2016. patients, families, and chief of administra- After earning his master’s degree in ac- caregivers to improve tive control at the counting from Keio University, Sato worked health care. In that Norwegian Armed at Arthur Andersen and then at Tohmatsu & role, she has led Forces’ Defence Staff Co., now a part of Deloitte, before starting nationwide patient and family engagement Norway, where she his own firm, Sato Yoshio CPA Firm. He has initiatives with 140,000 clinicians as well as has worked since held leadership roles in regional professional an 18-month project to bring patient concerns 1997. She also owns groups, including the Certified Tax Public into diagnostic research. She helped develop and operates a farm Accountants Association of Chugoku Region a guide to elective services during the that has been in her and the Japanese Institute of Certified Public COVID-19 pandemic that was highlighted in family for generations. Mjerskaug holds a Accountants Western Japan Federation As- the New York Times and more than a dozen master’s degree in economics and business sembly at Okayama. health journals. administration from the NHH Norwegian Sato has actively supported, on his own Previously, Merryweather-Arges served as School of Economics and a postgraduate and with his Rotary club, the local branch of executive director of a company contracted certificate in education from the University of Asahikawa Villa, an organization that helps by the U.S. government to improve the quality Oslo. Before 1997, she served in the Royal people with disabilities live independent lives. of Medicare in several Midwestern states. She Norwegian Air Force with the aim of He has also served as a director of the Kazuko was also a senior vice president at the Illinois becoming Norway’s first female fighter pilot. Watanabe Memorial Scholarship Foundation Health and Hospital Association, where she She also worked as a teacher and helped local of Notre Dame. advocated for legislation on infection screen- entrepreneurs start their own businesses. A member of the Rotary Club of Okayama- ing and engaged hospitals in reporting health Mjerskaug joined Rotary in 1997 as the South since 1989, Sato has been active in care outcomes to the public. She serves on a first woman in her club and, at the time, its numerous district and national committees. nominating committee for the American Red youngest member. She has served Rotary as He has served Rotary as chair of the District Cross’ Heroes awards, two nonprofit hospital an End Polio Now zone coordinator, Rotary 2690 Rotary Foundation audit committee and boards in Chicago, and state committees for coordinator, representative to the Council on as a member of the Rotary Japan Centennial infection control and prevention and health Legislation, and RI president’s representative. Executive Committee and the Rotary Interna- care reporting. She was named woman of the She was chair of the Norsk Rotary Forum, a tional Japan Youth Exchange Multidistrict. At year by the MRSA Survivors Network and multidistrict administrative group, and she the zone level, he has served as convener of also worked on a national Rotary project, the nominating committee for RI director and Handicamp Norway, a camp that brings AUGUST 2022  ROTARY  61

OUR CLUBS as a training leader, Rotary institute session bring potable water and adequate sanitation “Without The Rotary Foundation, Rotar- panelist, and RI president’s representative. He to all the citizens of Haiti. In 2018, the govern- ians would be a group of like-minded people is also a contributor to the Rotary Yoneyama ment of the Bahamas named him as an Officer doing great work in our communities, but we Memorial Foundation, a project of Rotary dis- of the Order of Distinction. wouldn’t be the global force we are today,” she tricts in Japan that supports foreign students says. “To me, The Rotary Foundation is where who are pursuing academic research in Japan. Rassin has received the Service Above Self the magic is.” Award. He and his spouse, Esther, are Rotary In addition to organizing numerous Foundation Major Donors, Benefactors, Paul Greg E. Podd fundraising events, including zone events for Harris Fellows, and members of the Paul Har- Major Donors and Arch Klumph Society cer- ris Society. Rotary Club of Evergreen, Colorado emonies, Sato personally supports The Rotary Foundation as an Arch Klumph Society mem- Martha Peak Helman Greg Podd is a retired ber, Paul Harris Society member, Benefactor, certified public and Bequest Society member. Rotary Club of Boothbay Harbor, Maine accountant and personal financial TRUSTEES Martha Peak Helman specialist who is president of the opened his own firm Barry Rassin Otto and Fran Walter in 1979. During his Foundation, a career, he wrote four Trustee chair-elect, 2022-23 nonprofit that has professional helped build schools continuing education Rotary Club of East Nassau, Bahamas in developing accounting and finance courses and was a nations, provided keynote speaker at five national conferences. Barry Rassin is a scholarships for Podd has taught many courses as a guest director and former at-risk youth, and professor in the master’s degree in taxation president of Doctors supplied humanitarian aid to Holocaust program at Arizona State University and has Hospital Health survivors, among other initiatives. The Walter made presentations to more than 20,000 System in Nassau, Foundation made history in 2021 when it CPAs and chartered accountants worldwide. Bahamas, where he announced plans to completely fund a new He was also president and owner of a firm retired after a 38-year Rotary Peace Center in the Middle East or that specialized in metal fabrication for the career. He was the North Africa. The new center is expected to telecommunications industry and of an first fellow of the welcome its first class in 2025. Helman was international health care software develop- American College of instrumental in realizing the $15.5 million ment firm. Healthcare Executives in the Bahamas and agreement between the Walter Foundation Podd joined Rotary in 1982. He has served was honored with the National Award of and The Rotary Foundation. Rotary International as vice president and Health Hero by the Bahamas Ministry of Before her career in nonprofit manage- director. During his time on the Board of Health and the Pan American Health ment, Helman worked as a writer for busi- Directors, he chaired committees including Organization. ness executives and as a magazine editor at the Audit Committee and the Board Council A Rotarian since 1980, Rassin served as RI McGraw Hill and the American Management on Legislation Advisory Committee. He also president in 2018-19, when he advocated for Association. served on the Operations Review Commit- closer partnership between Rotary and Ro- Helman joined the Rotary Club of Booth- tee and The Rotary Foundation’s Investment taract clubs and presented the measure that bay Harbor in 2003 with her spouse, Frank, Committee, among others. Other roles he’s broadened the definition of membership in who died in June 2022. She has served Rotary held include training leader, RI president’s Rotary International to include Rotaract clubs as chair of the Peace Major Gifts Initiative representative, and representative to the at the 2019 Council on Legislation. He has and is currently a member of the site selec- Council on Legislation. served RI in many other capacities, includ- tion working group for the new peace center. As a Rotary Foundation major gifts adviser, ing as RI director, Rotary Foundation trustee She has served on the diversity, equity, and Podd organized his district’s Million Dollar and vice chair, chair of both the Finance and inclusion task force. Helman has also served Dinner, which raised more than $3.1 million in the Shaping Rotary’s Future committees, RI Rotary as a training leader, zone trainer, one night. He enjoys applying his professional training leader, and seminar trainer. In 2010, and multidistrict presidents-elect training knowledge and skills to help Rotary’s club, Rassin coordinated Rotary’s disaster relief seminar facilitator. She has served as RI district, and zone leaders resolve funding efforts in Haiti after a devastating earthquake. president’s representative and has frequently questions. He says, “There is an education gap That included supervising the completion of given presentations in breakout sessions at out there dealing with the finances of Rotary 105 relief and development projects through- Rotary conventions. at all levels, and I’m glad to have served as a out Haiti that were made possible by the A keen fundraiser for The Rotary Founda- go-to person for questions.” $6.5 million raised by Rotary members world- tion, Helman put together a group to support Podd has also been active in numerous wide. He is currently active on the Bahamas the Sakuji Tanaka Rotary Peace Fellowship, local, regional, and national professional Rotary Disaster Relief Committee and is which raised $1 million for the Rotary Peace organizations, community groups, and chari- working on relief efforts in the wake of Hur- Centers. As governor, she helped increase ties, including as a treasurer and board and ricane Dorian and the COVID-19 pandemic. District 7780’s annual giving to the Founda- committee member. Outside of Rotary, Rassin chairs Volun- tion by 25 percent. She has volunteered on Podd has received the Service Above Self teer Bahamas, a national program to create projects in Cambodia, Chad, Guatemala, Award and The Rotary Foundation Citation a culture of volunteerism in the country. He India, Mali, Nigeria, Thailand, and Uganda. for Meritorious Service. He and his spouse, also helped found the Haiti National Clean Marty and Frank Helman chose to support Pam, are Major Donors and members of the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Strategy the Foundation as Major Donors, Paul Harris Arch Klumph Society, Bequest Society, and (HANWASH), a collaborative program to Society members, and inaugural members of Paul Harris Society. the Legacy Society of The Rotary Foundation. 62  ROTARY  AUGUST 2022

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LAST BIT PHOTOGRAPH: STOCKFOOD/PHILIP WEBB The many tastes of adobo Filipinos marinate, stew, fry, and flake versions of this national dish Maria When international visitors come to the Philippines, ADOBO’S ORIGINS: When the Spanish arrived in the 16th Concepcion there is one food they must try: adobo, the country’s “Cha-Cha” national dish. At its simplest, adobo is meat mari- century, they dubbed meat dishes preserved in salt Camacho nated in vinegar, garlic, and black pepper, “but every and vinegar adobo, a word meaning marinade. Chi- town and household has its own version of the dish,” nese merchants later brought soy sauce to the region, Rotary Club says Maria Concepcion “Cha-Cha” Camacho, past where it landed in many versions of the dish. of Makati- governor of District 3830 and a member of the Rotary San Lorenzo, Club of Makati-San Lorenzo. The most common LOCAL SIGNIFICANCE: “It’s a comfort food for us Filipinos, and Philippines version features chicken marinated for at least two hours, then stewed and often fried in its own fat. it lasts a long time,” Camacho says. “We cook it in a big pot and then put it in the fridge. When there is The Rotary Club of Parañaque Midtown in Metro no food, we take it out and fry it up. Like wine, it gets Manila hosts the annual Adobo Cooking Challenge better as it ages,” she says with a laugh. to highlight the best versions of the dish from local clubs. “It’s about cooking and fellowship and eating,” CRUNCHY TWIST: “We have something called adobo flakes Camacho says, “and at the end they feed the Rotary Community Corps members and the people of the where the meat (chicken or pork) is made crispy by community.” flaking and frying. You can find ready-to-cook adobo flakes in the supermarket. In fact, adobo flakes won one year in the adobo challenge.” — monica eng 64  ROTARY  AUGUST 2022

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