Kitenden Second Quarterly Report 2014:  As at 30 June 2014 there were 56 children enrolled in the preschool.

Teaching … 73 hours of Swahili were taught in the term This includes spoken Swahili, words and the alphabet. The total hours taught in the preschool since it reopened is now 610hours

Meals … Two nutritious meals are provided daily. 4,088 meals were provided during the term bringing the total since the preschool reopened to 26,204

Employment … 6 local people continue to be employed. The original head teacher, Jeniva,  left during the term and has been replaced by Miss Kitaya Rakatiya, who is a Maasai from a village near the Ngorongro Crater ( a major Game Reserve in Tanzania).

Future Planning … Future Warriors are planning a visitor Volunteer program, are establishing a new Website with an online sponsorship program and will be visiting the Village later this year to explore further direct involvement of the community.

We can all be very proud of the achievements under this program and the contribution our club and our sponsors are making to the reduction of poverty through childrens education.

Regards, Howard

As you know from an earlier mention I made within Pete’s Postbag a few weeks ago, besides being the District Coordinator for this District, I have accepted a position of ROMAC Marketing and Public Relations Manager for Southern Region, which is the whole of Victoria and Tasmania. I thought that you might be interested in the type of work with which this area of RI deals. ROMAC’s interests are in children 15 years of age or under, who basically have an illness or disfigurement in which the medial facilities or skills of Medical staff do not match the type of treatment which Medical staff within Australia can provide. You will see some photographs of a young Vietnamese girl, Linh Da, who has recently arrived in Melbourne and has a terribly disfigured face. In the photographs she is being examined by a medical team who are deciding upon her treatment at the Monash Hospital. The Lead Surgeon, Dr James Leong, in these procedures has advised that he’ll do the operation in about a months time, when he has rustled up the voluntary Medical Team he requires to undertake the operation. At the moment the mother of the child is being hosted by the Rotary Club who advised the Region Medical Officer of the case and then the enquiry was undertaken by ROMAC Regional staff. This includes likes of myself meeting up with the Surgeons and Hospital staff to seek costs to correct the disfigurement. Surgeons etc usually do this work pro-bono, and hospitals attempt to keep their charges to a minimum, so that the work can be undertaken. The usual cost for this type of work other than the Operating Theatre Medical staff is approximately $ AUD 30 – 40 K. ! How dedicated these doctors are, and another demonstration of the value that ROMAC programs bring to the medical profession in Australia. Other than this patient, the ROMAC Region Clubs have three other eligible children to be brought across to this Region for this work to be undertaken in the new Rotary Year . So if any of you are holidaying within Pacific Rim countries, and you should come across such an incident as this, or illness, and it cannot be treated in that particular country, you now know that you can refer the child to ROMAC and we will see if it can be arranged for work to be undertaken etc………… Pres Pete.

News from Thailand: Dear Wonderful hosts … Hope all of you are doing fine. We have carried great experience home with happiness. We are so proud of your town and country, great history , beautiful with nice kindly people. Your hospitality, generosity and thoughtfulness have fulfilled our first trip more happy and meaningful. We have learned a lot about your country , culture and the way of life. Thank you very much for your lovely gifts to us. We enjoyed shopping the symbol of your state, town and Australia for Thai friends and collecting. We really appreciate for your very warm welcome, sharing wonderful times with us. Hope to see you again in future, more than welcome and stay with us when you come to Thailand. Everything you had done for us will be kept in good memories for ever. Till we meet again. We have kept many happy stories and pictures to tell and show. Please keep in touch. Thank you very much again to host us with big warm hearts. We can not tell everything in a note but please remember ,we put all of you and your names in our hearts already. Please thank to rotarian friends who joined with us. Big hug. Love you all …  Kung- Tippy- Nita- Nan-Ow-Nick-Bob-Tu-Toy… Benjaluck Noi ( Team Leader)