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District Ambassadorial Scholar Benny Manser - Update
Written by Benny Manser   

tun_myints_rice_fields_are_only_a_few_weeks_from_harvesting_-_photo_benny_mansermercy_corps.jpgDear fellow Rotarians,

I hope you are all well, I am currently working in Burma in the Ayewaddy delta region which was hit by a cyclone a few years ago. I’m interning with the charity Mercy Corps and I am really finding the people, community and the entire situation in this country amazing and everyday I'm learning a lot.

Click on the link to a short online blog http://www.mercycorps.org/bennymanser/blog/26221
 ‘Improving Harvests in a Cyclone’s Wake’.  I will endeavour to keep you updated occasionally and  would like to say a really big thank you to you all for giving me a stepping stone to come out here through the Ambassadorial Scholarship and hope we can establish some Rotary projects here in the near future.

Warm wishes,

Benny

Image credit: Tun Myint's rice fields are only a few weeks from harvesting – Photo, Benny Manser Mercy Corps

Last Updated ( Saturday, 10 December 2011 )
 
District Foundation Half Year Rally
Written by Mervyn Edwards   

rotary_foundation_logo.jpgYour District Foundation Team invite you to the Half Year Rally to be held at Tilsworth on Thursday 1st December 2011.

Come along and meet our GSE team bound for Australia in March of next year.

See and hear from some of our Ambassadorial Scholars who are with us until August 2012.

The main thrust of the evening will be, for the first time in District, a presentation on Future Vision, the changes to Foundation which will affect YOU.

The way we do Foundation business together will change dramatically you and your club need to be made aware of the changes.

7.00pm for start at 7.30pm – finish 9.00pm
Book your place now – no charge for this evening extravaganza.

Contact:

Mervyn Edwards District Foundation Chairman 2011/2012
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Last Updated ( Friday, 25 November 2011 )
 
2012 Group Study Exchange with District 9680 Sydney
Written by Gary Eastman   

gse_2012_team_photo_emma_eyles_steve_nolan_cheryl_law_leader_daniel_stewart_nikki_hall_6401.jpgThe GSE committee have selected the team to visit Sydney in March 2012 and the team member details are as follows:-

Team Leader – Cheryl Law

Cheryl is a member and past President of the Rotary Club of Wendover and District. She is currently District Membership Officer and works for a Charity organisation

 

Team Members

Steve Nolan

Steve lives in Luton and is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Luton North. He is a senior reporter for Johnston Press.

Nicola Hall

Nikki lives in Stevenage and is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Stevenage. Nikki works as a civilian for the Hertfordshire Constabulary as a Senior Press and PR officer.

Daniel Stewart

Daniel is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Brookmans Park and works as the Internal Communications officer for the charity, The Alzheimers’s Society. He lives in Potters Bar and works in London.

Emma Eyles

Emma is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Aylesbury and is the Communications and Marketing officer for Aylesbury Vale District Council.
Emma lives in Aylesbury.

Image left to right: Emma Eyles, Steve Nolan, Cheryl Law (Leader), Daniel Stewart and Nikki Hall

 

By Gary Eastman
GSE Chairman

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 19 October 2011 )
 
District Scholar helps RI President-Elect
Written by Linda Downey   

mayuko_amb_scholar_2011_640.jpgAmbassadorial Scholar Mayuko Hirai has only been in the country a few weeks and has already been offered one of the most influential Rotary jobs to have appeared this year.  She is a 24 year old Japanese young lady who is studying an MSC in International Public Policy at University College London starting on Monday 3 October.

 In early August the President and Immediate Past President of the Rotary Club of Wendover and District waited at Heathrow for Mayuko to arrive in the UK.  The Club welcomed her with open arms and she has already joined them for morning coffee, a breakfast meeting, walking in the Chilterns, visiting London Open Houses and the Rotary Club of Aylesbury walk around London Wren Churches. 

 

Last Updated ( Thursday, 29 September 2011 )
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Ambassadorial Scholar Benny Manser - News Update
Written by Benny Manser   

Update from Rotary International District 1260 Ambassadorial Scholar Benny Manser.

mercy_corps_logo1.jpg “The good news is I have finally managed to secure a job in Burma (Myanmar). I will begin work as an intern from next month and be based in Rangoon (Yangon) working with the charity MercyCorps. My role as an intern will be to go to various project sites around the country and record through photography/interviews how the projects are going, what we could improve and how communities would like to develop to become more self-reliant.

 

I will be keeping an online blog during my time there so will forward you all the link once it’s live I feel really lucky and privileged to have had the Rotary’s support along the way through the ambassadorial scholarship program and I am indebted for that! I hope in the medium to long-term we can one day soon set up the first Rotary club in Burma! 

 

Also regarding the ABC health clinic on the India/Burma border, I have attached our most recent newsletter detailing a recent visit by a New Zealander to the clinic!” 

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Last Updated ( Saturday, 24 September 2011 )
 
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