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RI DISTRICT 3271-PAKISTAN

NOVEMBER 2014110Vol. 5

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November - Rotary Foundation MonthNovember - Rotary Foundation Month

G O V E R N O R ’ S M O N T H L Y L E T T E R

Rotary Jo Goth Ceremony

A Rotarian is all this and much more

Rtn. Irfan Qureshi

who is a rotarian?Is it the man administering polio drops to a child?Is it the man who rushes a critical patient to the hospitalin an ambulance?Is it the man responsible for providing shelter to homeless?Is it the man who cares for environment and helps plantmore trees?Is it the man who is the first to provide succor for thecalamity stricken?Is it the man who helps in the provision of safe drninikingwater?Is it the man who is concerned at the plight of thephysically challenged?Is it the man who helps every man, woman and childbecome literate?Is it the man who has compassion for the elderly?Is it the man who seeks peace?

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Message of RI President 01

Message of District Governor 02

November- Rotary Foundation Month 03

The Rotary Foundation Seminar 04-05

Handing Over Ceremony 06-07of Shelter House at Rotary jo Goth

The Rotary Foundation Rise on Expert 08List of Top Non-profit

District Governor’s Official Clubs Visit 09

Club News 10-11

CONTENTSMansoor Ali KhanChairman Dist r ict Publ icat ionsCommittee 2014-15.

Atiqua VallyEditor

Editor's NoteEvery year, November is the monthded icated to The Ro ta ryFoundation. The Foundation usesdonations and monetary gifts from our members andother contributors to sponsor numerous events to improvethe lives of those in need at home and abroad.

The foundation aims to promote world peace and healthyliving conditions for as many people as we possibly canhelp. The programs that the foundation sponsors takeform of educational, cultural and medical programs andother humanitarian work. Programs such as GSE, PolioEradication, Free Eye Camp, Water and Sanitation projectsare just to name a few of the many projects we work sohard for each year. Furthermore, the annual RotaryFoundation Seminar was held on 7th November at theMovenpick Hotel.

November is the month to dwell on our achievements.We all deserve to take a little pride in our work and nowis the time to do it while remembering that our potentialwill always exceed our work and there is always somethingmore we can do for the less-fortunate of our community.

Chief EditorRtn. Atiqua VallyEmail: atiqua@gmail.com

Message from RIPresident

Four months into this year of working to Light Up Rotary, I am more excitedabout Rotary than ever before. I've been to 22 countries, visited dozens ofcities, and met thousands of Rotarians. I've seen amazing projects andbeen inspired over and over again by the terrific work Rotarians do all overthe world. And I've been privileged to be part of all kinds of Rotary events,from club meetings to Rotary institutes, from Rotary Days to Foundationdinners.

Every event is memorable. I feel especially honored when I am invited toshare in club celebrations. To me, taking part in a Rotary club celebrationas Rotary International president is like being invited to a family event asan honored guest. Indeed, Rotary is the biggest family in the world.

You could say that Rotary is built of service: Each project is another brickin the big building that is Rotary. If our service forms the bricks, then thereis no question that friendship is the mortar that holds those bricks together.I see this every day, but nowhere more clearly than at some of the mostspecial Rotary club events: thei r centennial celebrat ions.

Being president of Rotary International in its 110th year, I've been lucky totake part in a number of these. It is natural, when visiting long-serving clubs,to want to know what their secret is - because I have always noticed thatthe longest-serving clubs are also some of the most productive. They arelarge, they are active, and they do great work. Not only that, but they havea great time doing it.

Of course, that is their secret: In Rotary, strong friendships and great servicego hand in hand. When we enjoy our work, we want to do it. We want towork harder, and we want to work better. We look forward to Rotary meetings.Even when our lives are busy, we make Rotary a priority - because we wantto see our friends, and we want to serve.

That is why Rotary is still here, after more than 109 years. In Chinese, wesay:

A life without a friend is a life without sun. Our Rotary friendships give lightto our lives, and it is Rotary friendship - as well as service - that lets us LightUp Rotary.

GARY C.K. HUANGPRESIDENT 2014-15

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SHAHBAZ QURESHIDG 2014-15

Welcome to the 5th month of the Rotary Year 2014-2015. Before my wordsdivert towards our month's theme and projects, I would like to express mygratitude to all the clubs and their respective Presidents, all of whom havetaken out valuable time from their busy schedules for the less-fortunate ofour society. Our mother Earth has given all that we need to survive and livehappy and healthy lives. Yet that are many who still lack basic necessitiessuch as clean drinking water, food, medical services, education and basichousing. We have all been lucky enough to be blessed with all thesenecessities and it is time we showed our gratitude by extending a helpinghand to others. Therefore, my thanks go out to all those who have takenpart in our projects and those who have donated to our causes.

The month of November is dedicated to The Rotary Foundation. TheFoundation is a corporation that supports the efforts of Rotary International.The aim of the foundation is to achieve world understanding and peacethrough international humanitarian, educational and cultural exchangeprograms. The efforts of the foundation are only made possible throughthe voluntary contributions from our fellow Rotarians and friends alike. Itensures our vision of a better world.

The foundation is destined to support programs intended for Polio Eradication,Humanitarian Grants and Educational programs. The Polio Plus programwas started in 1985 and since then more than 2 billion children havereceived oral polio vaccine. Because of the program, 209 countries arenow polio-free and only 3 countries (Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria) areleft with endemic polio. Through Humanitarian Grant Programs, we havefunded grants for Disaster Recovery, Health, Hunger and Humanity grantsand many more. Through our Educational programs, we have providedgrants for University teachers, Peace fellowships, Group Study Exchangeand provided scholarships for many deserving individuals.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. Therefore, it is ourright to take what this world has to offer, but at the same time give somethingback. No one has ever become poor by giving. By doing so, even afterwe depart from this world, we would have left a footprint through the actsof kindness and the help we have provided. What we give away, will bethe wealth we take with us to the afterlife.

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Message fromDistrict Governor

November- RotaryFoundation Month

Each year, the Rotary Foundation sponsors numerousevents and programs that are aimed at changingthe lives of the less-fortunate at home and abroad.The mission of the foundation is to support the effortsof Rotary International in the task of achieving worldunderstanding and peace through local andinternational humanitarian, educational and culturalprograms.

The Foundation was initially created by RotaryInternational's sixth president Arch C. Klumph in 1917with an initial contribution of $26 as an endowmentfund for Rotary. Remarkably, today its assets havegrown to more than $1 billion with the generouscontributions of our fellow Rotarians and honorablenon-member contributors from . The Foundation takesyour contributions and monetary gifts and transformsthem into projects such as Group Study Exchange(GSE), Polio Eradication, Hunger and HumanitarianGrants, promoting peace, fighting illiteracy and manymore. The Foundation is the way we fund so many ofthe things that make us proud to be called Rotarians.The contributions and the hard-work of our fellowRotarians makes us one of the highest rated charitiesin terms of accountability, transparency and financialstrength.Our projects, each year, have been successful inimproving the health and living conditions of numerousindividuals and families around the globe and theirappreciation can be seen through the smiles and joy

that is seen on their faces after a significant changehas been made to their harsh lives which would not

have been possible without donations and the hard-

work of our members and those associated. This yearthe foundation has built several homes for destitutefamilies in the interior part of Sindh who had no roofover their heads, provided water sanitation devicesto hospitals around the nation, provided free medicalservices to thousands and are close to eradicatingpolio from the face of the Earth and much more.

November is Rotary Foundation month and this is thetime we reflect on the programs we sponsor andsupport. It is the time we can learn on how we improveon these programs and how each of us can contributeto make sure these programs continue to improvethe lives of the many we have touched and the manymore we can save. Its time to create a better worldand every one of you can make a difference.

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The Rotary Foundation Seminar,Hosted by Rotary Club of Karachi

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The rotary foundation seminar 2014 was held onFriday, 7th Novenber at the Movenpick Hotel. Theseminar kicked off with a few inspirational wordsfrom some of our Rotarians. Personal experiencesand a few word to warm the hearts of the attendeeswere shared by DG Shahbaz Qureshi and PresidentAziz Memon before introducing the chief guest and

past rotary International President and RotaryInternational Trustee Kalyan Banerjee.After Mr. Banerjee's heart-warming speech, fundswere raised for the current Rotary projects of buildingschools and providing housing and shelter for thosein need. The seminar was successful in raising alarge sum of charity from our generous clubs and

The Rotary Foundation Seminar,Hosted by Rotary Club of Karachi

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Handing Over Ceremony ofShelter Houses at Rotary Jo Goth

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Rotary Humanitarian Trust (RHT) handed over physical possession of 70 shelter homes to the poor and floodaffected people in District Thatta. In this regard, a simple but impressive ceremony was held on 7th November2014 at District Thatta. Past RIP & current RI Trustee Kalyan Banerjee was the Chief Guest on this occasion. Rotaryleadership and large number of Rotarians from Karachi participated in the event. Besides a large number ofvillagers were also present.

Under the tutelage of RHT as many as 150 shelter homes are being constructed in District Thatta. Rotary Jo Goth(Rotary Village) is the name of this RHT’s mega project.PDG M. Iqbal Qureshi , Honorary Secretary RHT gave a welcome speech followed by a overall review on RotaryJo Goth by PDG. M. Faiz Kidwai, Chairman RHT. DG Shahbaz Qureshi, PDG Aziz Memon, President RC Thatta, Rtn.Mairaj Zafar, President RC Qasimabad also spoke on the occasion. DGE Jehangir Moghul presented the voteof thanks.In his speech, Past RIP & current RI Trustee Kalyan Banerjee highly appreciated the RHT for its mega project ofRotary Jo Goth. He presented keys to the allottees of shelter home. Later he inspected the shelter homes. TraditionalSindhi cap and ajrak presented to the Chief Guest and other Rotar ians f rom Karachi.

Handing Over Ceremony ofShelter Houses at Rotary Jo Goth

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The Rotary Foundation Rises onExpert List of Top Nonprofits

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The Rotary Foundation has continued its steady growth, moving up 35 spots to 85th in The Chronicle ofPhilanthropy's annual ranking of the top 400 nonprofit organizations in the United States. The ranking is basedon monetary contributions from private sources and reflects the increasing generosity of those who supportRotary's mission.

According to The Chronicle of Philanthropy,The Rotary Foundation received$239,576,000 in 2013, a 32.4 percentincrease from the previous year.

This clearly shows our members recognize theunparalleled value of giving to their Foundation," saysJohn Hewko, Rotary's general secretary. "They knowthat by giving to the Foundation their dollars have amuch greater impact. And friends of Rotary respectthat the Foundation puts their gift to great use."

The Foundation recently earned a 4-star rating fromCharity Navigator, the largest and most prestigiousindependent evaluator of nonprofits in the UnitedStates. In the 2013-14 Rotary year, 92 percent of theFoundation's expenditures were applied to programs,with only 6 percent spent on fundraising and 2 percenton administrative expenses. The Foundation funded$23.5 million in district grants and $47.3 million inglobal grants. These grants support local andinternational humanitarian projects as well asscholarships.

Together with its partners in the Global Polio EradicationInitiative, Rotary has led the effort to eradicate polio,contributing more than $1.3 billion to the initiativesince its outset. When an outbreak of polio threatenedthe Horn of Africa and the Middle East in 2013, Rotaryprovided emergency funds, including a $500,000rapid-response grant for Somalia and a $500,000grant to the World Health Organization (WHO) to coveroperational costs in the Middle East. As a result, theoutbreak in the Horn of Africa slowed, and Syria reportedonly one case of polio in the first half of 2014.

Rotary is also at the forefront of efforts to fight otherdiseases. According to WHO, indoor air pollutioncauses 4.3 million deaths per year worldwide. Tocombat it, members of the Rotary Club of Taos-Milagro, New Mexico, USA, mobilized Rotary clubs inseveral countries to support the Himalayan StoveProject, which has installed more than 3,000 clean-burning stoves in Nepal.

In Tamil Nadu, India, Rotary clubs partnered with clubsin Maryland, USA, to use a Foundation global grant topurchase a large van and outfit it with X-ray equipmentto screen women for breast cancer in hard-to-reachcommunities. The "mammobus" has conducted morethan 2,500 free breast cancer screenings anddetected and treated early-stage cancer in six women.Rotary members in Malindi, Kenya, teamed up withmembers in Maryland and Idaho, USA, to work withthe Genesis World Mission in creating a rainwatercatchment system to provide clean drinking water,irrigate crops, and establish fish farms in Burangi,Kenya.

In Seattle, Washington, USA, Rotary members arediverting millions of pounds of fruit and vegetablesfrom the waste stream and into the hands of thosewho need it through Rotary First Harvest, a programof District 5030.

From Charity Navigator

AdministrativeExpenses 2%

Fundraising 6%

Programs

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District Governor’s Official Visit toRC Hyderabad, Qasimabad,Mehran & RC Mirpurkhas

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Rtn Shahbaz Qureshi, District Governor of RI District3271 paid a joint official visit to Rotary Clubs ofHyderabad, Qasimabad, Mehran and Mirpurkhas.

DGN Salim Rao, PDG Faiz Kidwai, PDG Iqbal Qureshi,IPDG Pir Ebrahim Shah, AG Najamuddin Shaikh, PPRais Khan, PP Ovais Kohari, PP Pardeep Kumar, PPImran Khan, Club's Presidents' Rtn Mairaj Zafar, Rtn.Ziauddin, Rtn Richard Arif, Rtn. Anwar Mehtab andother members of respective clubs were present onthe occasion.

DG Shahbaz Qureshi appreciated all clubs for makingarrangement of joint visit. He discussed club's plansand appreciated their role in various service projects.District Governor asked each club to make all outefforts in achieving the goals set by RI President GaryC K Haung for the current year 2014-15. He urged toplan joint projects so that community can be benefitedon larger scale. PDG. Faiz Kidwai, PDG Iqbal Qureshi,IPDG Pir Ebrahim Shah, PP Rais Khan, PP PardeepKumar and club presidents also spoke on the occasion.

At the end, Sindh's traditional Ajrak was presented toDG.

Club News

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Rotary Club of Hyderabad Qasimabad (RCHQ)embarked upon a Polio Awareness campaign in variousgovernment schools located in Qasimabad,Hyderabad.

Teachers appreciated the role of Rotary in eradicationof Polio and assured full support. Display banners ofPolio were arranged with the courtesy of AbdullahGroup.

Rotary Club of Karachi Saddar and Rotary Club ofKarachi Seaview joined hands to honor the disabledpersons with one day musical evening held on 22November 2014 at Hotel Marriott. PP Ovais Kohari, AGIkram ul Haq Siddiqi and other Rotarians attended theevent.

Rotary Club Karachi, in collaboration with Pakistan RedCrescent Society organized a one day free medicalcamp at Bilal Colony on the 9th of November. Thecamp, in consonance with the Iqabal Day, wasorganized with an objective to provide free medicalexaminations / check-ups as also the free medicineto the patients. Near about 100 volunteers managedthe health camp.

Rotary Club Dadu donated `Paul` a water purificationsystem to Rotary Club Mithi on their request for theThari brothers. The system was handed over to Dr.BharatKumar of Rotary Club Mithi by Rtn.Mumtaz Arainpresident RC Dadu, PAG.Rafiq Surhio and PAG SabhagChand.

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FREE MEDICAL CAMP BY RC KHIPRO SUNDERSRotary Club of Khipro Sunders organized a freemedical camp in Khipro in which hundreds ofpoor people got medical treatment includingmedicines free of cost. Rtn. Dr. Jewat Sunder wasthe chief organizer of this service project.

FREE EYE CAPMP BY RC DADU3 Day Eye Camp Organized By Rotary Club DaduBlindness and eye diseases are a prevailing problemthat Pakistan faces. EVenthough treatments exist, thesetend to be expensive which makes it impossible formany of the less-fortunate citizens of our nation. In anattempt to fight this battles, Rotary Club of Dadu inassociation with Prevention and Control of Blindness(PCB) cell organized 3 days of free eye camp wherecitizens could come and receive free check-up andfree eye surgeries. The event was held from 10thNovember to 12th November at Civil Hospital Dadu.

A team of 12 members from the PCB cell of Karachiaccompanied ophthalmologists Dr. Abdul Qadir Shaikhand Dr. Tunio 9 volunteers and technicians. The chiefguest was Dr.Wazir Lund M.S.Civil Hospital Dadu andguest of honor were Dr. A.Qadir Shaikh, Dr.Darsha Laland Dr.Amjad Mastoi G.S.PMA Dadu Distt. Doctors ofCivil Hospital Dadu.

On the first day of the camp, the doctors andvolunteers performed 1165 OPDs and 140 intracularlens operations (IOL). On the second day, 708 OPDswere performed with 135 IOL operations and on thethird day a total of 112 OPDs were performed.

The Object Of RotaryThe Object of Rotary is to encourage andfoster the ideal of service as a basis of worthyenterprise and, in particular, to encourageand foster:

First. The development of acquaintance asan opportunity for service;

Second. High ethical standards in businessand professions; the recognition of theworthiness of all useful occupations; and thedignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation asan opportunity to serve society;

Third. The application of the ideal of servicein each Rotarian’s personal, business, andcommunity life;

Fourth. The advancement of internationalunderstanding, goodwill, and peace througha world fellowship of business andprofessional persons united in the ideal ofservice.

The 4-Way TestOf the things we think, say or do :• Is it the TRUTH ?• Is it FAIR to all concerned?• Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER

FRIENDSHIPS?• Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

DG Shahbaz QureshiPastel Communications41/E/1, Block VI PECHS, KarachiE-mail: shahbaz.pastel@gmail.comURL: www.rotarypakistan.org