Weekly Meeting of Rotary E-Club of the Caribbean, 7020: July 22, 2016

WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY MEETING

FRIDAY, July 22, 2016

In this meeting:

Welcome
President’s message
Rotary Minute
ABCs of Rotary
Update on Polio
Another Prodigy
Sound of Music
Living with Alzheimer's
John Hewko - General Secretary speaking at the Convention
What happened Wednesday
Notice re NID in India in 2016
Foundation Corner
Rotary Anthem
Four-way test to end

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OUR GREETER THIS WEEK IS ROTARIAN DENIS

President's Message

President Paul

Dear fellow Rotarians and Guests,

ROTARY MINUTE

QUOTATIONS REGARDING ROTARY

by Rotary International Presidents

1981-82 Stanley E. McCaffrey (regional civic and economic development), Rotary Club of Stockton, California, USA. Rotary vision: To apply its many resources toward achievement of World Understanding and Peace Through Rotary.

“As one who has participated in sports all my life, I am a great believer in teamwork. In sports, one learns early on that teamwork is absolutely essential to a team’s success.…An individual star…will not assure victory unless there is coordination, cooperation, and a team spirit among the players….So is [teamwork] vital to Rotary.…Rotary cannot achieve complete success without the participation and cooperation of all members of the team.”

— Teamwork — Indispensable to Rotary’s Success, THE ROTARIAN, January 1982

1982-83 Hiroji Mukasa (neuro-psychiatry), Rotary Club of Nakatsu, Oita, Japan. Rotary vision: To recognize that Mankind Is One — Build Bridges of Friendship Around the World.

“Working to find peace in the world is a family problem. It is not too big a problem to deal with if we realize that we are all from the same family.”

— Building Bridges of Friendship in the Community, THE ROTARIAN, August 1982

ABCs OF ROTARY

RI President (1992-93) Cliff Dochterman

Ambassadorial Scholarships

The Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarships program is the world's largest privately funded international scholarships program. In 1947, 18 "Rotary Fellows" from 11 countries were selected to serve as ambassadors of goodwill while studying in another country for one academic year. Since that time, approximately US$335 million has been expended on some 30,000 scholarships for people from more than 125 countries, studying in 105 countries around the world.

The purpose of the scholarships program is to further international understanding and friendly relations among people of different countries. Scholars are expected to be outstanding ambassadors of goodwill to the people of the host country through both informal and formal appearances before Rotary and non-Rotary groups. Each scholar is assigned a host Rotarian counselor to facilitate involvement in Rotary and integration into the host culture.

PolioPlus

PolioPlus is Rotary's massive effort to eradicate poliomyelitis from the world by 2000. It was launched in 1985 with the goal of raising US$120 million to immunize the developing world's children against polio for five years. The Polio Plus fundraising campaign that concluded in 1988 raised a record US$220 million, and by 2005, Rotarians' contributions to the global polio-eradication effort will approach US$425 million.

As we know today, this task has been a much more difficult one than initially envisioned.

Of even greater significance has been the huge volunteer army mobilized by Rotary International. Hundreds of thousands of volunteers at the local level are providing support at clinics or mobilizing their communities for immunization or polio-eradication activities.

In 1988, Rotary joined the World Health Assembly in committing itself to the eradication of polio by 2000, with certification of the medical milestone in 2005, Rotary's 100th anniversary. Rotary works with the World Health Organization, UNICEF, national governments and others in the global Polio Eradication Initiative, the world's most extensive public/private health undertaking. By 1998, some 120 nations around the world had benefited from Polio Plus grants for polio immunization and eradication efforts, and thanks to the immunization efforts during the decade after 1988, as many as four million children who might have been polio victims were walking and playing normally.

As a result of the efforts of Rotary International and its partners, more than one billion children have received oral polio vaccine and are protected from poliomyelitis.

In 1994 Rotary helped celebrate the elimination of polio from the Western Hemisphere. At 2016, only two countries remain with polio – Pakistan and Afghanistan. Polio can be eradicated for as little as US$0.50 worth of vaccine per child.

AN UPDATE ON POLIO

AFGHANISTAN

No new case of wildpoliovirus type 1 (WPV1) was reported in the past week. The most recent case had onset of paralysis in Shigai Wa Sheltan district of Kunar province on 29 May. The total number of WPV1 cases for 2016 remains six compared to five at this time last year.

No WPV1 environmental positive samples have been reported in 2016. The most recent environmental positive samples were collected on 27 December 2015 - one in Jalalabad district of Nangarhar province and the second in the city of Kabul.

Subnational immunization Days (SNIDs) are planned for 18-22 July using bivalent oral polio vaccine (bOPV) the next National immunization Day (NID) will take place on 15-19 August, also using bOPV

PAKISTAN

No new cases of wildpoliovirus type 1 (WPV1) were reported in this past week. The most recent case was reported in South Wazinstan district of Federally Administered Tribal Areas with onset of paralysis on 18 June. The total number of WPV1 cases for 2016 remains 13, compared to 27 at this time in 2016

No new WPV1 environmental positive samples were reported in the past week. The most recent positive sample was collected from Dera Ghazi Khan district in Punjab province on 12 May.

Efforts continue to further strengthen immunization and surveillance activities in all provinces of the country.

STILL ANOTHER YOUNG PRODIGY - 14 years old

THE SOUND OF MUSIC!!!

A VIDEO ABOUT LIVING WITH ALZHEIMER'S

...submitted by Rotarian Diana

Published on Nov 3, 2015

"Remembering No More: A Story of Change - Life in the Carolinas Alzheimer's Special" is a segment of Carl White's Life in the Carolinas, which first aired November 21, 2015
In this special episode, Carl explores Alzheimer's Disease. Focusing on the story of Vera, a gracious lady who suffers with Alzheimer's, he explores the disease, how it impacts on patients and those who love the patients, and the efforts of the many men and women who are working to eradicate this devastating disease.

Vera lives in a memory center in Rock Hill South Carolina. Carl visits with her and discusses how Alzheimer's has impacted her life and the lives of those who love her. Vera's charm, sense of humor, and her vulnerability, are clear as she laughs, sings, and sometimes forgets. It is a bittersweet interview. He ends their visit with a promise to take her dancing some time.

Roger Ackerman, Rotary Member in Sumter SC Rotary Club, is the founder of C.A.R.T., or Coins for Alzheimer's Research Trust. He discusses, with great emotion and affection, his mother-in-law's struggle with Alzheimer's, and how her suffering inspired him to explore ways to fight this disease. By emptying their spare change before each meeting, his club soon collected several thousand dollars. This seed grew. Today they provide millions of dollars for seed grant funding of Alzheimer's research. Bill Shillito is the Executive Director of the C.A.R.T Fund. 1580 clubs and growing in the region contribute to the fund.

Allan Levey, MD is an Alzheimer's Researcher at Emory University's Brain Health Center. He tells Carl that Alzheimer's Disease is a brain disease, not merely a function of aging. He was the first recipient of a C.A.R.T. grant and now serves on the review panel.

Ben Bahr, PhD, Alzheimer's researcher and a professor at UNC Pembroke, is another recipient of a C.A.R.T. grant. He compares Alzheimer's to a house where garbage piles up because it has no way to get rid of naturally accumulating waste (for example, byproducts of nutrients). Liposomes usually eliminate these wastes, acting as organic garbage disposals. People with Alzheimer's have faulty or reduced lipsomes.

Erik Musiek, MD, PhD, is an Alzheimer's Researcher in Washington University, St Loouis MO. He tells Carl that the government tends to fund established projects and labs. He is the 2015 recipient of the annual C.A.R.T grant.

Other members of Rotary International share their stories with Carl, including Robert Hall, a Rotary director, and his wife Charlene. They emphasize how universal it is, and its far reaching impact. Robert says, "What I like about Rotary is the power of one, the results of many."

While research is a long-term resource, there are other short-term approaches to addressing the ravages of this disease. Carol Howell, Executive Director of Senior Life Journeys and Vera's daughter, discusses one of the way her program battles Alzheimer's Disease: music.

Carol has a life long association with choirs and has directed several church choirs. She has organized and leads The Carol Howell Agape Singers, a choir composed of people with Alzheimer's. They were invited to perform at the 16th annual C.A.R.T. Fund Meeting in May 2015.

Dr. Bahr and Dr. Levey agree that music enhances an individual's ability to recall and is a very useful therapy in the treatment of individuals with Alzheimer's Disease. People who may not remember many other things often remember songs and how to dance.

In the end, Carl fulfills his promise to Vera. He arrives at the Blackstock Bluegrass venue in Blackstock SC during a blackout caused by a storm, where Vera and others have gathered for an evening of entertainment. At first Vera does not remember him, but they are soon dancing into the night.

Music truly is magic. As life begins to diminish, women like Vera, and organizations like the Rotary's C.A.R.T., give hope to millions that Alzheimer's will be cured. The memories fade, the lights grow dim, and yet, gracefully and bravely, Vera and many others dance on.

Carl White’s Life In The Carolinas is an Emmy nominated TV and award winning show in its seventy season. Check guide listings for air times. For more on the show visit www.lifeinthecarolinas.com

GENERAL SECRETARY - JOHN HEWKO
speaking at the Rotary Convention 2016

http://video.rotary.org/bh6

WHAT HAPPENED SATURDAY

JULY 16

WHAT HAPPENED ON WEDNESDAY!

July 20

Pakistani educator Ziauddin Yousafzai reminds the world of a simple truth that many don't want to hear: Women and men deserve equal opportunities for education, autonomy, an independent identity. He tells stories from his own life and the life of his daughter, Malala, who was shot by the Taliban in 2012 simply for daring to go to school. "Why is my daughter so strong?" Yousafzai asks. "Because I didn't clip her wings."

As a young girl, Malala Yousafzai defied the Taliban in Pakistan and demanded that girls be allowed to receive an education. She was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman in 2012, but survived and went on to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

“If I win Nobel Peace Prize, it would be a great opportunity for me, but if I don't get it, it's not important because my goal is not to get Nobel Peace Prize, my goal is to get peace and my goal is to see the education of every child.”

—Malala Yousafzai

Synopsis

Malala Yousafzai was born on July 12, 1997, in Mingora, Pakistan. As a child, she became an advocate for girls' education, which resulted in the Taliban issuing a death threat against her. On October 9, 2012, a gunman shot Malala when she was traveling home from school. She survived, and has continued to speak out on the importance of education. She was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in 2013. In 2014, she was nominated again and won, becoming the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

Early Life

On July 12, 1997, Malala Yousafzai was born in Mingora, Pakistan, located in the country's Swat Valley. For the first few years of her life, her hometown remained a popular tourist spot that was known for its summer festivals. However, the area began to change as the Taliban tried to take control.

Initial Activism

Yousafzai attended a school that her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, had founded. After the Taliban began attacking girls' schools in Swat, Malala gave a speech in Peshawar, Pakistan, in September 2008. The title of her talk was, "How dare the Taliban take away my basic right to education?"

In early 2009, Yousafzai began blogging for the BBC about living under the Taliban's threats to deny her an education. In order to hide her identity, she used the name Gul Makai. However, she was revealed to be the BBC blogger in December of that year.

With a growing public platform, Yousafzai continued to speak out about her right, and the right of all women, to an education. Her activism resulted in a nomination for the International Children's Peace Prize in 2011. That same year, she was awarded Pakistan's National Youth Peace Prize.

Targeted by the Taliban

When she was 14, Malala and her family learned that the Taliban had issued a death threat against her. Though Malala was frightened for the safety of her father—an anti-Taliban activist—she and her family initially felt that the fundamentalist group would not actually harm a child.

On October 9, 2012, on her way home from school, a man boarded the bus Malala was riding in and demanded to know which girl was Malala. When her friends looked toward Malala, her location was given away. The gunman fired at her, hitting Malala in the left side of her head; the bullet then traveled down her neck. Two other girls were also injured in the attack.

The shooting left Malala in critical condition, so she was flown to a military hospital in Peshawar. A portion of her skull was removed to treat her swelling brain. To receive further care, she was transferred to Birmingham, England.

After the Attack

Once she was in the United Kingdom, Yousafzai was taken out of a medically induced coma. Though she would require multiple surgeries—including repair of a facial nerve to fix the paralyzed left side of her face—she had suffered no major brain damage. In March 2013, she was able to begin attending school in Birmingham.

The shooting resulted in a massive outpouring of support for Yousafzai, which continued during her recovery. She gave a speech at the United Nations on her 16th birthday, in 2013. She has also written an autobiography, I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban, which was released in October 2013. Unfortunately, the Taliban still considers Yousafzai a target.

Despite the Taliban's threats, Yousafzai remains a staunch advocate for the power of education. On October 10, 2013, in acknowledgement of her work, the European Parliament awarded Yousafzai the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. That same year, she was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. She didn't win the prize, but was named a nominee again in March 2014.

In August of the same year, Leanin.Org held a live chat on Facebook with Sheryl Sandberg and Yousafzai about the importance of education for girls around the world. She talked about her story, her inspiration and family, her plans for the future and advocacy, and she answered a variety of inquiries from the social network’s users.

In October 2014, Yousafzai received the Nobel Peace Prize, along with Indian children's rights activist Kailash Satyarthi. At age 17, she became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. In congratulating Yousafzai, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said: “She is (the) pride of Pakistan, she has made her countrymen proud. Her achievement is unparalleled and unequaled. Girls and boys of the world should take lead from her struggle and commitment." U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon described her as "a brave and gentle advocate of peace who through the simple act of going to school became a global teacher.”

For her 18th birthday on July 12, 2015, also called Malala Day, the young activist continued to take action on global education by opening a school for Syrian refugee girls in Lebanon. Its expenses covered by the Malala Fund, the school was designed to admit nearly 200 girls from the ages of 14 to 18. "Today on my first day as an adult, on behalf of the world's children, I demand of leaders we must invest in books instead of bullets," Yousafzai proclaimed in one of the school's classrooms.

That day, she also asked her supporters on The Malala Fund website: "Post a photo of yourself holding up your favorite book and share why YOU choose #BooksNotBullets - and tell world leaders to fund the real weapon for change, education!" The teenage activist wrote: “The shocking truth is that world leaders have the money to fully fund primary AND secondary education around the world - but they are choosing to spend it on other things, like their military budgets. In fact, if the whole world stopped spending money on the military for just 8 days, we could have the $39 billion still needed to provide 12 years of free, quality education to every child on the planet.”

In October 2015, a documentary about Yousafzai's life was released. HE NAMED ME MALALA, directed by Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth, Waiting for Superman), gives viewers an intimate look into the life of Malala, her family, and her commitment to supporting education for girls around the world.

And the acceptance speech at the United Nations

In attendance:

Plan to join us on a Wednesday to continue to learn and to have fun!

HUMOUR

My boyfriend and I met online and we'd been dating for over a year. I introduced Hans to my uncle, who was fascinated by the fact that we met over the Internet. He asked Hans what kind of line he had used to pick me up.

Ever the geek, Hans naively replied, "I just used a regular 56k modem."

* * * *

Kids have a greater need for speed than classroom computers can deliver. Impatient to turn in his term paper, one restless student kept clicking the "Print" command. The printer started to churn out copy after copy of the kid's ten-page report.

The topic? "Save our Trees."

NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION DAY IN INDIA

If you are interested in participating in an NID (National Immunization Day) in India, you may be interested in the following information:

Click these "hot links" below for more information:

http://www.calindiatours.com/rotary/login.aspx

Password - Poliotours

(Both username/password are case sensitive)

http://www.calindiatours.com/downloads/Polio_Tour_Itinerary_India_Trip.pdf

WORLD'S GREATEST MEAL TO END POLIO

Since 2014, with your help, we have raised more than $6 million USD towards eradication of polio.

Let's continue to do our bit to END POLIO NOW!

FOUNDATION CORNER

WHAT IS THE ANNUAL FUND

ANNUAL FUND is the primary source of funding for all Foundation activities. Our annual contributions help Rotary Clubs take action to create positive change in communities at home and around the world. Our gift helps strengthen peace efforts, provide clean water and sanitation, support education, grow local economies, save mothers and children and fight disease.

The EVERY ROTARIAN every year (EREY) initiative asks every Rotarian to support The Rotary Foundation every year.

Through our annual Sustaining Member contributions of $100 or more, the Rotary E-Club of the Caribbean, 7020 has been a 100% EREY contributor since we were chartered in 2013. Let us continue to support The Rotary Foundation (TRF) through our annual donations.