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OUTA SPACEOUTA SPACEOUTA SPACEOUTA SPACE SPECIAL COVER PAGE

The Rotary Club of Armidale Central in Australia D9650 held their

District Conference two weekends ago. They were awarded the

Gordon Fischer International Services Trophy as a result of their

involvement with Project Dignity. This was a great honour for their

club, as well as ours. We have been privileged to work with them

to make this all happen, and especially to help make a difference

for girls in South Africa.

Congratulations again to Alan Francis for initially supporting this

project and to all the members of Armidale Central who have

participated in Project Dignity along the way.

The Armidale Central club also received a certificate of

appreciation for financial support of the End Polio Now campaign.

PROJECT DIGNITY

A WINNER DOWN UNDER

President Brett Campbell with Alan Francis and the Trophy

PHOTO BY DAVID GEE

11th APRIL 2017

No 19

NOW ONLY ONE SUBSCRIPTIONS STILL OUTSTANDING!

RI AND DIST DUES AND ROTARY AFRICA SUBS

HAVE BEEN PAID.

OUTA SPACEOUTA SPACEOUTA SPACEOUTA SPACE NEWSLETTER

ROTARY E-CLUB OF SOUTH AFRICA ONE

www.rotaryeclubsa.org PBO 930039682

April is Maternal and Child Health

month in the Rotary calendar. As

mentioned in the previous OUTA

SPACE there is an excellent feature

in the April Rotary in Africa maga-

zine and we have added it onto our

website in the News section under

the Areas of Focus dropdown.

I am sure that many of the visitors

to our website will find the feature

most enlightening.

So the question is: What will our E-

Club do to alleviate the problems

that are highlighted?

I was delighted when Alan Francis

telephoned me from Australia to

bring me the news that their Club

had been awarded the trophy for

the best International project. Our

E-Club has been associated with

the Rotary Club of Armidale

Central from day one and we have

been involved in a variety of

projects with them. However, it was

the letter that President Irene Kotze

sent to Alan Francis on 30th

October 2014 outlining Project

Dignity that has really seen some

major contributions flowing for this

project.

Each year since then the President

and members Rotary Club of

Armidale Central have enthusiasti-

cally embraced Project Dignity

which has resulted in many young

girls benefiting.

This is just a small example of what

can be achieved through the wide

network of Rotary where mutually

beneficial contacts are maintained

and nurtured.

In our E-Club we have many

examples of the benefits of

networking – Peter Brauteseth with

his Norwegian and Australian

Rotary contacts – Pat Draper with

his Canadian and American Rotary

connections – Hans Hon with his

German contacts – John Fannin

with American and UK contacts –

Mike Ferry and David Tilling with

contacts in UK and so the list goes

on – there are probably many

more.

HHHHave FUN ave FUN ave FUN ave FUN GGGGerald erald erald erald SieberhagenSieberhagenSieberhagenSieberhagen ---- Editor Editor Editor Editor

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PRESIDENT IRENE’S CORNER

Dear Fellow Rotarians Back from OZ and after 2 days of

recuperating from the long haul, back in

action and of course have followed the

various projects our members are

involved in. If I can assist in any way

please let me know.

One of the projects I want to follow up on

now that I am at home again, is one of

Sustainable Schools. The International

ECO SCHOOLS programme is a school

based environmental management

certification and sustainable

development educational programme

implemented in over 50 countries

worldwide. The programme is an initiative

of the Foundation of Environmental

Education managed nationally for South

Africa by the Wildlife and Environmental

Society of South Africa (WESSA).This

programme provides a platform that

enables teachers, learners, community

members and partner organisations to

undertake projects towards improving

various aspects of environmental

management of their schools. Assume

that teachers draw on these practical

projects to strengthen environmental

learning at the school and include them

into the curriculum.

But most important is the benefit of

developing food gardens that contribute

tangibly to the school and the

surrounding community. I have found out

that 10 schools in the Hammanskraal area

have implemented this project and I

intend to visit the schools to learn more

about how they managed to get started.

I understand that it is never easy for a

school to take on extra projects, as

teachers already have such large

workloads, but I am sure that once

schools see that the programme is

actually a valuable teaching resource

and has the potential to supplement the

school’s stringent budgets, they will buy

into the programme and grow it. If we, as

a Club, can get involved with WESSA, we

can make a difference. Our involvement

will not only increase environmental

knowledge and awareness that will

enable a more sustainable future for

communities but it will provide schools

and communities with benefits in the form

of fresh produce or items created from

recycled materials. The vegetables grown

in the school’s gardens can be used not

only to feed the learners and community

members in need, but can also be sold to

generate funds towards the improvement

of school facilities and contribute to

community development. After all, we as

Rotarians strive to ensure that schools and

communities are working towards a

better tomorrow.

My meeting with EWT [Editor – still trying to

figure out who that may be!] is next week

and will keep you posted on the

outcome.

Oh and there are still the Lamontville so

called vegetable gardens which we tried

so hard to get going, but maybe just

maybe we can get them going with the

help of EMOYENI. I know when it comes

to this project, I’m like a dog with a bone

– I never let go!!!

Have Fun

Irene [I’m dreaming of a ………..


TOPIC of the Week

ROSTER APR 2017 to AUG 2017

THIS IS YOUR REMINDER Thank you to the following

volunteers! PLEASE NOTE YOUR DATE

17th Apr – PUBLIC HOLIDAY

24th Apr – Angie Mitchell

1ST May – PUBLIC HOLIDAY

8th May – Monique Labat

15th May – Hans Hon

22nd May – Suzanne Edmunds

29th May – Alastair Stead

5th June – Steven Lancaster

12th June – Johan Krugel

19th June – Greg Cryer

26th June – Amanda van Rooyen

3rd July – Irene Kotze

10th July –

17th July –

24th July –

31st July –

7th Aug –

14th Aug –

21st Aug –

28th Aug –

Please send your TOPIC of the Week to our Club

Admin Director, Gerald Sieberhagen, by at

least the THURSDAY preceding the date of your

turn. It makes it easier if Rotarians send in their

TOPIC of the Week well ahead of time.

GoToMeeting

@ 19h00

TUESDAY

18TH APRIL – HEATHER WALKER –

Highway Hospice

2ND MAY

16TH MAY – HELENE GRIFFITHS –

Granny Griffs Sugar Shack

30TH MAY

13th JUNE

27th JUNE

4th JULY – Induction Dinner

11th JULY

25TH JULY

8TH AUG

22ND AUG

5th SEPT

19TH SEPT

During the week preceding the

GTM, the login details REMINDER will

be emailed to each member.

If you have any

suggestions re-

garding a Guest

Speaker please let

me know – Gerald

– Club Admin

TOPIC of the Week duties and the dates for GoToMeeting

are highlighted in larger print to ensure that members do

not overlook them


DATES TO REMEMBER

BIRTHDAYS APRIL

14th – Alastair Stead

15th – Jerry Brown

22nd – Keith Kirton

MAY

5th – Diane Main

12th – Candelaria Zapp

12th – Melanie Hegemann

12th – Zwakele Ngubane

13th – Dhiviyan Kalidas

15th – Aadila Sabat

17th – Gillian Stark

23rd – Angie Goody

27th – Gerald Sieberhagen

28TH – Andisha Maharaj

31st – Andrea Mellon

ANNIVERSARIES APRIL

11th – Johan & Angela Krugel

27th – Keith & Rae Kirton

30th – Peter & Sandy Brauteseth

MAY

13th – Cyril & Clementine Phakathi

17th – Mike & Lynette Millard

23rd – EARLYACT CLUB of OUR LADY

OF FATIMA

25th – Aadila & Brian Sabat St Clair

UPCOMING EVENTS

2017

24th to 30th Apr – World Immunisation Week – Theme ‘Vaccines Work’

10th May – TRF 100 YEARS CELEBRATION – more info to follow

25th to 27th May – District Conference in Grahamstown - ‘Kindle a Spark’

Make an extra effort to attend

10th to 14th June – Rotary International Convention in Atlanta

23rd June – Meeting with Rotarians from D5340 USA – more details to follow from

Pat Draper

4th July – Rotary E-Club of South Africa One Induction Dinner

1st to 7th September – Arbor Week – ideal time to plant a tree in South Africa

14th to 16th September – Rotary Zone 20A Institute in Johannesburg

21st September – International Day of Peace

15th October – Global Handwashing Day

19th November – World Toilet Day

2018 27th April – Arbor Day in USA and deadline day for planting a tree


John Fannin reports -While I was away in Cape Town, Shaun Oberholzer brought his group of

Interactors from Parklands College in Cape Town to Velddrif. They worked at the FDSA

Youth Centre, (as well as Velddrif High School), painting, and sorting out the library.

Shaun reports - On the 21st to

the 23rd of March, members

of the Interact Club travelled

up the West Coast to tackle a

few charity projects. The first

stop was the FDSA Feeding

Scheme and Learning

Centre. The Interactors

painted the facility as well as

organised the books in their library. That evening we sat around

a camp fire and discussed the year ahead for Interact as well as

formally inducting Mwenda Phiri and Courtney Van Wyk as

members of the Interact Club.

On Wednesday we finished up the final details at the FDSA

building as well as touched up some artwork that had been

painted on the building previously. We then travelled to Velddrif

High School to donate some science equipment provided by

our science department.

To end off a long day filled with hard work, we went on a river cruise up the berg river as well

as had a good hearty meal at the Laaiplek Hotel. Our final charitable stop was at the St

Helena Sandveld Hospice where the learners packed party boxes for a children's party as

well as created some jewellery for the elderly patients.

INTERACTORS ASSISTED AT FDSA IN VELDDRIF


Camp Copenhagen 2017

- General Information When? The camp will take place from Saturday, August

12th to Saturday, August 26th with arrivals and

departures on the 12th and 26th respectively.

Where? Participants will stay at a scout’s cottage 20

kilometers North of Copenhagen, in an area called Nærum (pronounced Naerum).

This means that shopping, cooking, dishwashing and taking care of the place will be part of

the program (joint efforts) in addition to the activities listed under “What?” It also means that

boys and girls will all sleep in the same dormitory, and the accommodation will simple

cottage style, however all appliances are available.

Who? The camp accepts 20 foreign participants aged 21-25 on their arrival at the camp.

We take a maximum of two - preferably one from each gender, from each country. Verbal

and written communication in English (mandatory), which is the language of the camp.

Further participants must not have taken part in more than one Rotary camp prior, and must

be sponsored by a Rotary club in their own country.

Health insurance, visa etc. are all the participants’ own responsibility.

How? You organize and pay for your own journey to and from Copenhagen.

While you are here, following will be provided: Accommodation, necessary food, transport,

and entrance fees.

Only, you must pay a participation fee of 1000 Danish Crowns (or 140 Euro) on your arrival.

We recommended bringing about DKK 1000-1500 as allowance. Remember that Denmark

still use Danish Kroner as currency.

What? The program of the camp focuses on two important features of Scandinavian society

and tradition: Environment and Democracy. As for environment, you will experience the

Danish nature, and we will show you how we try to protect our environment. Our democracy

part will, further to political democracy, focus on democracy at work, and in education and

on taking care of those in need. We will arrange guided tours around Copenhagen with a

“time travel” from the buildings raised in the 16th century and to now, with the Danish

designed and sustainable low energy buildings focusing building requirements. We will show

and tell you a lot, hope for your involvement and inspiration. We also want you to tell us

what is important to you in your own countries - That is what “The peoples’ day” is about.

An important part of the Danish culture and must do’s is to visit Tivoli, see the Little

Mermaid, visit one or more castles, not to mention visiting Rotary clubs.

DANISH YOUTH EXCHANGE CAMP

Our Happy Camper, Reina Froehlich, has submitted an application to

attend this Copenhagen Camp, which we have supported.


OUR NEW MEMBER, CHARMAINE, IS HARD AT WORK ‘DOWN UNDER’


Around 25 years ago, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI)

set up a unique global system to find every child with a form of

paralysis known as acute flaccid paralysis (AFP). AFP symptoms

are caused by a wide range of factors, including polio. Polio is an

enterovirus (intestinal infection) and is excreted in an infected

individual’s stool. Every child with AFP’s stool is tested; if poliovirus is

found in the stool, it is a case of polio.

Today, with polio on the brink of being eradicated, AFP caused by

polio only occurs in a very small number of children each year. But

not finding cases of polio-paralysis does not necessarily mean the

virus has stopped circulating in a population; in fact, we must use

an even finer sieve to find the virus – enter the global

environmental surveillance system.

Designed to supplement the AFP surveillance network, the

environmental surveillance system can detect poliovirus even

where there are no polio-caused AFP cases. If poliovirus is

circulating in a community, it will show up in their stool – and in

their sewage. GPEI collects and analyses sewage samples in

carefully selected places to test for the virus. With so few cases of

polio across the world, this extra layer of sensitivity in disease

surveillance is critical, as it is possible for people, including

vaccinated individuals, to be healthy carriers of the virus and

spread the virus without even knowing that they themselves are

infected.

The strength of the global polio surveillance system is critical to the

successful eradication of polio, but its value is not limited to one

disease.

This system regularly helps detect and enable rapid response to

other epidemic-prone diseases, including SARS, avian influenza,

measles, yellow fever, neonatal tetanus and Ebola. SEE DATE ON PAGE 9

POLIO UPDATE


Case breakdown by country

Countries

Year-to-date

2017

Year-to-date

2016

Total in

2016

Onset of paralysis of most recent case

WPV cVDPV WPV cVDPV WPV cVDPV WPV cVDPV

Afghanistan 3 0 2 0 13 0

21-

Feb-2017

NA

Lao People's Democratic Republic

0 0 0 3 0 3 NA 11-Jan-2016

Nigeria 0 0 0 0 4 1 21-Aug-

2016

28-Oct-

2016

Pakistan 2 0 7 0 20 1 13-Feb-

2017

17-Dec-

2016

NA: onset of paralysis in most recent case is prior to 2015. Figures exclude non-AFP sources. Lao PDR cVDPV1, all others cVDPV2

REFERENCE: http://polioeradication.org/polio-today/polio-now/this-week/

dated 2017/04/04

POLIO THIS WEEK AS OF 29 MARCH 2017

Have you considered making a contribution to

END POLIO NOW

during this,

The Centennial Year of

The Rotary Foundation?


Here is something that I would like every member of our club to

answer:

"Of the four questions [in the Rotary Four-Way Test], which one do

you think is THE most important? Why?"

And, no, I won't accept any "well, they're ALL important" answers,

because we all know that. It's not the point!

Just to refresh your memory:

THE FOUR-WAY TEST

Of the things we think, say or do:

1) Is it the TRUTH?

2) Is it FAIR to all concerned?

3) Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?

4) Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

This shouldn’t take you long to complete so please send me your

answers on email by the 18th April 2017.

THE FOUR-WAY TEST


The banner depicts the

Palm Nut Vulture in a Raphia

Palm.

We've seen the Raphia

Palms and Palm Nut vulture

while staying at our time-

share in Mtunzini Forest

Lodge. I also visited Mtunzini

Club while they were still a

satellite club.

Known as ‘the place of

shade’, Mtunzini is a coastal

town in Zululand, perched

on a hill overlooking the

beach with a beautiful dune

forest and an estuary lined

with mangrove swamp

forest.

The entire town was

declared a Conservancy in

1995 and has received

awards for its commitment

and contribution to preserving the natural environment. The streets of

Mtunzini are lined with indigenous trees that provide food for a large variety

of birds and stands of Raphia palm attract the Palmnut Vulture, South Africa’s

rarest breeding bird of prey - found only here and at Kosi Bay. Three to five

pairs of the bird breed in Mtunzini. The fruits of the Raphia palm form an

important part of the bird’s diet.

The name, Mtunzini, comes straight from the Zulu word ‘Emthunzini’, meaning

‘in the shade of the umthunzi tree’. In this case, it refers to one specific tree -

John Dunn’s Milkwood tree. John Dunn became Cetshwayo’s diplomatic

adviser around 1856, after resigning his post as assistant to the British Border

Agent. In return for his position, he received a large stretch of land, roughly

today’s equivalent of Mtunzini.

Regards from Pat Editor – although I disagree with Pat regarding the bird in the banner I thought his story was

interesting.

And here is the answer from someone who spends as much time as possible “in the bush”:

Angie - Trumpeter Hornbill sitting in a tree!

Thank you to the other members who also contributed and to Greg who

attended the Charter of Mtunzini and initially provided the answer.

ROTARY CLUB OF MTUNZINI BANNER PICTURE SOLVED???


Imagine a world without trees……………………

This is what page 12 looks like without any

news about CENTENNIAL TREE PLANTING info

CENTENNIAL TREE PLANTING PAGE


Keith Kirton sent these items – the photo was taken on day 1 of the event

CAMP QUALITY – WHITE RIVER

Brian and Angela recently visited the Rotary Club in Dodoma which is called the

Rotary Club of Mwalimu Nyerere Club. They presented the printed banner to their

president, Gideon Chibanhila. Please receive greetings from this club which has 16

members. Angela added “hope the link below shows you the picture!” Editor – one of

the interesting challenges of being editor is to find ways to get a photo into OUTA

SPACE and I’m pleased to say that after many attempts – here is the picture

Well done Brian

and Angela for

visiting a ‘terra’

club – Question to

our members –

when last did you

attend the meeting

of another Rotary

Club?

Remember as a

Rotarian you will

be welcomed at

the meeting of any

Rotary Club.


GoToMeeting – 4th APRIL 2017

Our Port Alfred members arranged for these Port Alfred High School learners to

address our Club. Aliswa Tuku attended a RYLA camp and enthusiastically told us

about the many life changing activities at the camp. Junior Dyantije and Amber

Tweedie are Outbound STEP students going to Germany in December. They told us

about themselves and will come back on a GTM after they return from their exchange

NEW MEMBER INDUCTIONS on GTM

Murna van der Merwe watches closely as she is Peter Mugisha had to pin himself

pinned by AG Brian van der Merwe

Charmaine Wheatley had just woken up in Queensland when she was inducted by President Irene Kotze


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George was going to bed when his wife told him that he'd

left the light on in the shed. George opened the door to

turn off the light and saw that there were people in the

shed in the process of stealing things.

He immediately phoned the police, who asked, "Is

someone in your house?" George said, "No," and

explained the situation. The police explained that all

patrols were busy and that he should simply lock his door

and an officer would be there when available.

George said, "Okay," hung up, counted to 30, and phoned

the police again. "Hello, I just called you a few seconds

ago because there were people in my shed. Well, you

don't have to worry about them now because I've just

shot them all." Then he hung up.

Within five minutes three squad cars, an Armed Response

unit, and an ambulance showed up. Of course, the police

caught the burglars red-handed.

“I thought you said you shot them all dead” said the cop.

‘I thought you said that all the patrols were busy’ replied

George.

Editor – Thank you DGE Wally Jacobs for

this story – members, we may as well get

used to the North West province humour!

Editor – Every now and then I receive a message of appreciation from one of our members.

News from Arlene Arnold who is nursing a broken arm:

Thank you for this [OUTA SPACE], it really cheered me up.

The house is a mess, Dave is battling to do a lot of the things that I would do and I am finding this

one handedness all rather trying.

Oh well roll on end of April; hopefully I will be reasonably back to normal by then.

Our new address is: 78 Whittle Ave. Lower Compton, Wiltshire, SN11 8QN

I have been spreading the word around re Project Dignity but no takers so far. Hopefully when we

are more settled we can make progress.

Lots of love to you all - Arlene x

SICK BAY

For quite a while the only health concerns in our membership was BU Singh who still

requires chemo for a lung disorder which was complicated by a fall which

necessitated hospitalisation for a lengthy spell. He is home again.

Then John Fannin required medical attention but is fortunately on the road to

recovery.

And we have Arlene Arnold with her fractured arm which is on the mend, Greg Cryer

who spent a few days in hospital – appeared to have been a clash of medication;

my Sue who had a massive pulmonary embolism on 8th March but is back at home

and being cared for by a full day nurse and me. Slowly getting better!

Ockie Esterhuyse is recovering from a hernia op but says he will be at Discon!!!

Peter Brauteseth is in ICU at Hibiscus Coast Hospital and is not well at all.

There may be others. I know Gil van Rooyen is a lot better.

Please remember these members in your prayers.

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