Next Week’s Program

Venue: Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel,

Kawran Bazaar, Dhaka

Date: 01 December 2015

Time: 5:30 pm

Program: To be advised.

DHAKA ROTARY NEWS ISSUE 20> VOLUME 79> YEAR 2015-16>Dated 24.11.2015

REGULAR WEEKLY MEETINGS

Today’s Program

Venue: Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel,

Kawran Bazaar, Dhaka

Date: 24 November 2015

Time: 5:30 pm

Program: As per following details:

Guest Speaker:

Mrs Sharmeen Islam, Assistant Director,

Office of Career Guidance & Placement

(CGP), Independent University of

Bangladesh (IUB)

Topic:

“Challenges and prospects of administering

in an education setting & how to balancing

work and family as a women professional”.

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November is Rotary Foundation Month

Here I come again highlighting the purpose and significance of

the Rotary Foundation founded in 1917, proposed by RI

President Arch C Klump for setting up an endowment for ‘for

the purpose of doing good in the world’. In 1928 when the

endowment fund grew over $5,000, it was renamed as ‘The

Rotary Foundation’ with a distinct entity within Rotary

International. With the first donation of $26.50 in 1917 the

Foundation has received over 1 billion dollars mainly from the

contributions of the Rotarians worldwide. The Foundation

made the first grant of 5,000 dollars to the International

Society for Crippled Children founded by Rotarian Edgar F

‘Daddy’ Alam. Since then the Foundation has been investing in

projects and programs for furtherance of the purposes of RI.

Although the Great Depression and the World War II impeded

the growth of the Foundation, contributions to RI began

pouring after the founder of Rotary, Paul P. Harris died in 1947

when the Paul Harris Memorial Fund was created to build the

Foundation. In the same year the first Foundation program,

the Ambassadorial Scholarships was established followed by

three new programs, namely: Group Study Program; Awards

for Technical Training; and Matching Grants were launched in

1965-66. Matching Grants program, initially named ‘Grants for

Activities in Keeping with the objectives of the Rotary

Foundation’ was at the heart of the Foundation for ‘service to

the society’. The 3H (Health, Hunger & Humanity) Grants (in

1978), Rotary Volunteers Program (in 1980), the ace program

for Rotary, the PoliPlus (in 1984-85), Rotary Grants for

University Teachers (in 1987) and the Foundation’s Peace &

Conflict Studies Programs (in 1987-88) were launched. With

the launching of the new grant models in 2010/11, most of

humanitarian and educational programs are included under

global grants, district grants and packaged grants programs

In 1956 the contribution to the Foundation reached

approximately $500,000 when the trustees in order encourage

Rotarians to give ‘big money’ introduced the ‘Paul Harris

Fellows’ to recognize individuals who have given 1,000 dollars

to the Foundation and is honoured with a pin, medallion and a

certificate in recognition of their contribution. To date over 1

million has been recognised as Paul Harris Fellows – who act as

an advocate of the Foundation’s goals for service to humanity.

Rtn PP Khandker Badrul Hasan, PHF

Editor

Communication & Bulletin Sub-committee:

Chairman & Editor:

Rtn PP Khandker Badrul Hasan, PHF

Members:

Rtn PP Rafiqul Islam I Rowly, PHF Rtn PP T I M Nurul Kabir MPHF, B, PHS, Rtn Mirza Hossain MPHF, Rtn Barrister Shafayat Ullah PHF, Rtn Mahmud Hasan RFSM

Contact:

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Club of Dhaka

Sleeping Children Pin. Rtn Mike Foster presented the

Canadian Flag to the Rotary Club of Dhaka. The

President presented the Club Banner to the SCAW

Team. The Chairman of SKD Committee acknow-

ledged the contribution of the Rotaractors, the

support staff and Md Alamgir, the driver of Rtn PP

Khaliquzzaman. The Chairman gave special apprecia-

tion to CFL R-Ann Raihana Nazneen, PCFL R-Ann

Syeda Gulru Hasan, PCFL R-Ann Farzana Moazzam

PHF, B, PCFL R-Ann Samiha Zaman and CFLE R-Ann

Rownak Jahan. The Chairman gave Certificates of

Appreciation to the participants and the members

SKD Committee.

Rtn Afroza Akter spoke as a volunteer participant of

the distribution. She stated that she had learnt a lot

in the visit and had found a lot of inner peace. Rtn PE

S M Anwar Hossain MPHF expressed his feelings that

he enjoyed the time in the kit distribution. Rtn Lt Col

(Retd) Syed Quamruzzaman BGBM, RFSM stated that

he liked every bit of the experience. R-Ann Samina

Zaman stated that she liked everything and gave

special thanks to CFL R-Ann Raihana Nazneen,

Chairman, Families in Rotary for her vibrant

participation in the overall distribution.

Rtn PP Capt Md Khaliquzzaman PHF thanked the

SCAW Team for giving the opportunity to serve the

children. Rtn PP T I M Nurul Kabir MPHF, B, PHS

thanked everyone for their support.

The President introduced all the members of the

Rotary Club of Dhaka and their spouses and children

and thanked everyone. Formal vote of thanks was

offered by Rtn DGN F H Arif PHF.

The President announced the inauguration of the

Official Website of the Rotary Club of Dhaka. Rtn

Mahmud Hasan RFSM, Chairman of Web and Social

Media informed the members that the website of

the RCD is ready.

Minutes of the earlier meeting were unanimously

passed by the members. The Club Secretary Rtn

Barrister Shafayat Ullah PHF announced the date of

the next weekly club meeting to be held on Tuesday,

24 November, 2015 at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel,

Dhaka at 05.30 pm. There being no other important

point to discuss the President adjourned the

meeting. The President invited all the members

present along with their spouses to join the dinner.

Rtn Barrister Shafayat Ullah PHF

Club Secretary

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR WEEKLY MEETING AND CLOSING MEETING OF THE SKD PROJECT OF

ROTARY CLUB OF DHAKA HELD IN HOTEL SARINA, BANANI, DHAKA ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19,

2015 The Rotary Club of Dhaka met on Thursday,

November 19, 2015 for their weekly meeting. The

Club President Rtn Md Nasimul Hoq Majumder PHF

called the meeting to order at 06.30 pm. Invocation

was led by Rtn Lt Col (Retd) Syed Quamruzzaman

BGBM, RFSM. Birthday and Wedding Anniversary

greetings were read out by Rtn Mohammad Kamal

Uddin PHF.

The President made announcements of the following

upcoming projects:

1) ABCD (Ausi-Bangla Care for Dental) Program: The

next two Camps of the ABCD (Ausi-Bangla Care

for Dental) Program will be held on Monday,

November 23, 2015 in Government Primary

School, Block-A, Bauniaband, Mirpur-11, Dhaka

and on Tuesday, November 24, 2015 in Anondo

Niketon Primary School, Block-A, Bauniaband,

Mirpur-11, Dhaka.

2) SEE Project: The tentative date for the ongoing

SEE Project will be held on November 27th

, 2015.

The President welcomed the Chairman of SKD

Committee, Rtn PP T I M Nurul Kabir MPHF, B, PHS,

SKD Team Leader, Rtn Mike Foster, Rtn DGN F H Arif

PHF and Rtn PP Capt Md Khaliquzzaman PHF to the

Head Table.

The President thanked Chairman, SKD Committee,

Rtn PP T I M Nurul Kabir MPHF, B, PHS. The

President introduced the members of SCAW Team.

The President handed over the floor to Rtn PP Nurul

Kabir MPHF, B, PHS, Chairman of SKD Committee to

brief everyone about the project this year.

The Chairman of SKD Committee Rtn PP T I M Nurul

Kabir MPHF, B, PHS introduced the members of the

SKD Team from the Rotary Club of Dhaka and

acknowledged all the members for their contribu-

tion. The Chairman gave a very comprehensive

Power Point Presentation. The Chairman specially

thanked the Club First Lady R-Ann Raihana Nazneen

for her active participation in the whole distribution.

The Chairman gave crests to all the members of the

SCAW Team for their contribution and efforts for the

successful completion of the Distribution. All the

SCAW members gave their views one by one and

expressed their satisfaction on the overall

Distribution and how well it was organized.

Rtn Mike Foster presented a book each to Rtn PP T I

M Nurul Kabir MPHF, B, PHS and the President Rtn

Md Nasimul Hoq Majumder PHF and also the official

CLOSING MEETING OF THE SLEEPING KITS DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM HELD WITH THE REGULAR WEEKLY MEETING ON 19 NOVEMBER 2015

Rotary & Polio Fact Sheet

Global Polio Eradication Initiative

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative, formed in

1988, following a resolution passed at the World

Health Assembly to eradicate polio from 122 polio

endemic countries at the time. The initiative

developed into the largest public-private partnership

that includes Rotary, the World Health Organisation,

the Center for Disease Control & Prevention

(Atlanta, US), the Bill & Malinda Gates Foundation

and Govern-ments of the World. Rotary’s focus is

advocacy, fundraising, volunteer recruitment and

awareness-building.

Polio Today

Today, there are only two countries that have never

stopped transmission of the wild polio virus: Pakistan

and Afghanistan. Less than 370 polio cases were

confirmed worldwide in 2014, which is a reduction of

more than 99.9 percent since the 1980s, when the

world saw about 1,000 cases per day.

Challenges

The polio cases represented by the remaining one

percent are the most difficult to prevent, due to the

factors including geographical isolation, poor public

infrastructure, armed conflict and cultural barriers.

Until polio is eradicated, all countries remain at risk

of outbreaks.

Ensuring Success

Every dollar Rotary commits to polio eradication

will be matched two-to-one by the Bill & Melinda

Gates Foundation up to $35 million a year through

2018. These funds help to provide much-needed

operational support, medical personnel, laboratory

equipment, and educational materials for health

workers and parents. Governments, corporations

and private individuals all play a crucial role in

funding.

General

PolioPlus program has been the most significant and

most successful program of Rotary International

executed by the Rotary Foundation. It has been the

most successful in involving the Rotarians in Global

public-private partnership. In this Foundation month

it is important for us apprise ourselves of the facts of

PolioPlus program.

Polio

Poliomyelitis (polio)

is a paralyzing and

potentially fatal

disease that still

threatens children in

some parts of the world. The polio virus invades the

nervous system and can cause total paralysis in a

matter of hours. It can attack at any age but mainly

affects children under five. Polio is incurable but is

completely vaccine preventable.

PolioPlus

In 1985, Rotary launched its PolioPlus program, the

first and largest internationally coordinated private-

sector initiative to tackle polio eradication through

the mass vaccination of children. In fact the first

project to buy and deliver polio vaccine to more than

six million children was in Philippines in 1979.

Since the launch-ing the PolioPlus program Rotary

has contributed more than $ 1.5 billion and count-

less volunteer hours to immunize more than 2.5

billion children in 122 countries. In addition Rotary’s

advocacy efforts have played a role in decisions by

donor governments to contribute more than $ 9.0

billion to the effort.

Rotary & Polio Fact Sheet (continued)

‘This Close’ Campaign

Rotary has a growing roster of public figures and

celebrities participating in its “This Close” public

awareness campaign, including Bill Gates, co-chair of

the Bill & Melinda Gates

Foundation; actresses

Kristen Bell and Archie

Panjabi; WWE superstar

John Cena; supermodel

Isabeli Fontana; Nobel Peace

Prize laureate Archbishop

Emeritus Desmond Tutu;

action movie star Jackie

Chan; boxing great Manny

Pacquiao; pop star Psy; golf

legend Jack Nicklaus; conservationist Jane Goodall;

premier violinist Itzhak Perlman; Grammy Award

winners A.R. Rahman; Angelique Kidjo and Ziggy

Marley; and peace advocate Queen Noor of Jordan.

These ambassadors help educate the public about polio

through public service announcements, social media

and public appearances.

Rotary in Action

More than one million Rotary members have

donated their time and personal resources to end

polio. Every year, hundreds of Rotary members work

side-by-side with health workers to vaccinate

children in polio-affected countries. Rotarians work

with UNICEF and other partners to prepare and

distribute mass communication tools to reach

people in areas isolated by conflict, geography, or

poverty. Rotary members also recruit fellow

volunteers, assist with transporting the vaccine, and

provide other logistical support.

Rotary Bangladesh Action

The Rotary in Bangladesh led

by RC Dhaka also participated

actively in the RI initiative

since 1985 to eradicate polio

with vaccination of children

between the age of 0-5 years.

Following the launch of Global Polio Eradication

Initia-tive (GPEI) in 1988, the national program for

polio vaccination started through the National

Immunization Days (NIDs) organized every year

under the EPI program of the Ministry of Health and

Family Welfare. Bangladesh Rotary, led by Rtn PDG

Iftekharul Alam of RC Dhaka, as Chair of the National

PolioPlus Committee and of South-East Asia for

almost 16 years since 1992 and took active part in

the planning of the NIDs. Hundreds of Rotarians,

Rotaractors, Health Workers and Volunteers

administered polio vaccines to 20-25 million children

every year in 140,000 centers, including mobile sites

(bus, boat and train stations). RC Dhaka organized

5-6 centers every administering polio vaccines to 10-

12 children every year.

Before 1986, an estimated 11,500 children suffered

from the curse polio every year. Since 2006,

Bangladesh has successfully maintained polio free

status after the last case of importation related

poliomyelitis.

BRIEF LIFE-SKETCH OF GUEST SPEAKER

Ms. Sharmeen Islam has been working at the Independent

University, Bangladesh (IUB) since 2000 and is currently

serving as the Assistant Director of the Office of Career

Guidance & Placement (CGP). Before joining IUB she served

an English medium school as Assistant Principal for almost a

decade. She also briefly served the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,

Government of Bangladesh, during the SAARC Summit in 1993

as a Conference aide to the Chief of Protocol. Ms. Sharmeen

did extensive counseling of students on academics and

personal issues including one to one sessions with students on

probation and those who display behavioral problems. She is

the contact person of the American Center Counselors

Network and the American Center, U.S Embassy, Dhaka and

has helped select and send eligible students for the Students

Leadership Training Program sponsored by State Dept of USA

and also organize the annual AmCham Trade Fair. In addition,

she has organized and conducted workshops on internship

and placement by the US Embassy, French Embassy, Eastern

Bank Ltd, AKTEL (now ROBI) and other local Corporates and

MNCs. Ms. Sharmeen had assisted in material development

and presentation for the Workshop on CV writing skills held

by Jubok, Rotary and Rotaract clubs of Dhaka. She is

multilingual and has passing knowledge of two other

languages in addition to Bangla and English. Ms. Sharmeen

Islam is happily married to Nashid Islam, Director, Associated

Builders Corporation Limited and proud mother of a son

Numair Islam, a student of Grade 8 and a daughter Fareezeh,

a student of Grade 7.

25 November

Rtn S M Anwar Hossain

30 November

Rtn PP Capt M Khaliquzzaman

R-Let Firoza Sobhan

D/o Rtn PP A K M Abdus Sobhan

R-Let Faiza Anam

D/o Rtn Dr Niaz Abdur Rahman

24 November

Rtn PP Capt M Khaliquzzaman

and

R-Ann Samiha Zaman

27 November

Rtn PP A K M Abdus Sobhan

and

R-Ann Salma Sobhan

Meeting Statistics (19-11-2015)

Total Members 61

Members exempted 04

Members Present 33

Percentage of attendance 54.23%

Last week’s attendance rose to 43.10%

(from 35.08%)

Visiting Rotarians Nil

Club Guests 03

Members’ Guests 13

Sunshine Box Collection (Tk). 7340.0

MS SHARMEEN ISLAM

Our Roving AmbassadorsOur Roving AmbassadorsOur Roving AmbassadorsOur Roving Ambassadors

Name of Rotarian Club Event/Rotary Club Date

Rtn Prof Md Mafizur Rahman RC Gulshan Green 14.11.15

Rtn DGN F H Arif RC Baridhara 15.11.15

Rtn PDG Iftekharul Alam RC Dhaka North South 17.11.15

Rtn Md Nasim Majumder RC Dhaka Central 21.11.15

Rtn PP T I M Nurul Kabir RC Dhaka Central 21.11.15

Rtn PP Md Bayezidur Rahman RC Dhaka Central 21.11.15

UPCOMING PROJECTS

Revised dates for ABCD Dental Project:

Tuesday, 24 November 2015

Government Primary School, Block - E,

Bauniabad, Mirpur-11, Dhaka

Wednesday, 25 November 2015

Shurovi School, Block - D, Bauniabad,

Mirpur-11, Dhaka

Qoutable Quotes:

“What binds Rotarians together is a unity of desire and a

unity of purpose to serve the society and to serve mankind

… a unity of diversity”

- C. P. H. Teenstra, RI President (1065-66), A Unity of Desire, The ROTARIAN, July 1965