TAARIFA. Word From the President. Rotary Club Of Muthaiga NEW GENERATION MONTH. ISSUE 1/SEP/ 2014 District 9212, Nairobi, KENYA

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1 Rotary Club Of Muthaiga TAARIFA NEW GENERATION MONTH District 9212, Nairobi, KENYA THEME Hand over of the presidential chain to Pres. Rtn. Lilian Okado by DG Bimal kantaria Word From the President Every day as Rotarians we work hard to invest in an individual and collective culture of service to humanity. If you re visiting our club for the first time, we welcome you to join us in this daily act of service. If you re already part of the greater Rotary family, we celebrate you and urge you with great enthusiasm to continue relentlessly and with great heart impacting your community. This year, all year, Rotary Club of Muthaiga will be focused on the basics of community service. Join us. "Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much." - Hellen Keller. Rtn. Lilian Okado President RCM

2 & d n t u Aro bou A Handover Speech during Installation IPP. Bernard Kiraithe It gives me great pleasure to stand here tonight for this auspicious occasion. At some point the year seemed like it will be eternity but the last few months as I started enjoying the service as president, I got reminded that it's time to handover. Our theme for the year was Engage Rotary, Change Lives. As I handover the reigns of power to Lilian, who I have full confidence in, I have no doubt that the club is in good hands and I wish her all the best. I would like to reassure her of my support, and feel free to call on me for any help even on short notice. So the Clock has moved on to the point where I pass on this Rotary chain of Office to Lilian I acknowledge my board members for the good work they did I do not take their effort for granted. May the RC Muthaiga Board members kindly be upstanding. Please ladies and gentlemen, join me in thanking the members of our board for their dedication, selflessness and hard work. Thank you! Board Lilian Okado - President Rakhee Kantaria - President Elect 2015/16 Ann Muthui - Club Admin. Director Jimia Rigzallah - Treasurer Nazia Ansari - Club Secretary Sylvia Moraa - PR Director Douglas Njiraini - New Generations Director Peter Hurst - Membership Director Jane Mung oma - The Rotary Foundation Dir. Wafula Nabutola - Project Services Director Bernard Kiraithe - Immediate Past President TEAM BACK TO BASICS 2014/15, LET S DRIVE OUR CLUB AND SOCIETY FORWARD! Rtn. Lilian Okado - Club President Members of RC Muthaiga, I Thank you for entrusting me with the honour and privilege of serving as your president. It is now my pleasant duty to pass on the baton of leadership of this prestigious club to our incoming President. Rotarian Lilian Okado. President Lilian, I will continue to support RC Muthaiga and the new Board. ARE YOU A STUDENT OR YOUNG PROFESSIONAL LOOKING TO GROW YOUR LEADERSHIP SKILLS? We have clubs and programs that can help you increase these skills, gain world understanding, and make lifelong friendships all while making a real difference in your community. Rotaract is for emerging leaders ages who want to develop their professional and leadership skills while helping others. Interact is for students ages who have an interest in community service and global exchange. Interact clubs are often affiliated with a local school. Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) is a leadership training program for young people, run by local clubs. NEW R.I LOGO

3 Pictorial INSTALLATION NIGHT Rtn. Jay showing them how we rock the theme of the night Pres. Lilian O, IPP Benard K. & DG Bimal K. Pres. Lilian with friends from BNI IPP B. Keraithe, Guest, Rtn. Kui & Rtn. Ann Then Pres, B. Kiraithe,Pres E. Lilian with DG Bimal Tanzanian High Comm, PDG Geeta, Rtn. Angelina (Ug. Amb. to Kenya) & DG Bimal Kantaria Welcoming team from RC Muthaiga Board members taking office. Rtn. Nazia Ansari & Pres. Elect Rakhee Kantaria Rtn. Wendy & her guest having fun in back in time (80 s) outfits Rtn Regina Re from RC karen and her guest Together we shall get rid of the darkness.....let us light up Rotary Thank you note by Rtn. Sandeep Raichura

4 l a i or ict P DG VISIT TO RC Muthaiga & Club Moments All Past Presidents of RC Muthaiga giving a token of appreciation to the DG DG Bimal Kantaria during his club visit encouraging members to give back to Rotary & to participate in the DG challenge: by inviting & installing quality members you get a PIN, PP Jane Mung oma receiving PHF Sapphire Pin He shall match every PHF 50% contribution for being a multiphe PHF donor Every president that chaters a new club he shall pay from DG Bimal Kantaria during his club visit. for them to be PHF. Speaker RCM Members BRUCE ODHIAMBO Biz Dating. JOB TALK by Rtn. Rahab G.

5 Did you Know? TO BE A ROTARIAN - JUST ASK Many of us didn t have a clue about what Rotary was all about when we heard about it. We knew that these are a group of people who do community service, we did not necessarily know exactly what, but that did not matter. Then we decided to visit the club to see precisely what was going on. After several visits, we still didn t have any idea about what Rotary was. Then we got inducted, some of us felt rather special and at that point, we still didn t know what Rotary was all about. Some of us were too scared to ask, for the fear of looking ignorant and having our now Fellow Rotarians question, How does she not know that? Some of us had the courage to ask, but did not know exactly who to approach and wondered if there was some sort of protocol to follow. As time went on, we heard about these projects and itched to be part of one, we heard about IPP, DG, PDG, PE, PHF, TRF and were unsure about what all these meant, we heard about boards and elections and felt lost and confused. We waited to be called upon to join a committee, a team, anything, something, which in some cases was waiting in vain. We often felt that it was perhaps that we were still too green to be selected and so we chose to wait till time elapsed and we could be considered capable, but also thought about how we would prove this capability if we were sitting on the bench. Some have stood the test of time, some have fought time and decided to get their answers here and now, and some simply gave up and walked away. To be a Rotarian is a simple thing, you only need to have a giving heart. It need not be daunting. Titles and terminology need not scare you. Boards are to be respected but they are not unapproachable. Senior Members are individuals who have been in Rotary long enough to be called Senior Rotarians but they are not an intimidating group of people who will look down upon new Rotarians. Rotarians are family; family who respect one another and also support each other. To access this beauty of being a Rotarian, one merely needs to reach out. Do not be frightened, nervous or even shy- just ask. We must remember that no Rotarian is only a Rotarian. We are professionals pushing along to do what we do either because we are passionate about it or because the bills need to be paid. We are mothers and fathers, husbands and wives, daughters and sisters, brothers and sons of people who demand our attention and love. As a Rotarian you wear many hats but that does not mean that once the Monday Fellowship is over, we forget each other, so all you have to do if you feel lost is ask, at anytime on any day. Rotary is an opportunity; an opportunity to gain from serving the community. It is humbling experience that is filled with life lessons. Rotary develops the X factor in a person. Let us not allow this chance to pass because we did not reach out. Try it once. Ask and everything will flow. To be a Rotarian- just ask. By Rtn. Nazia Ansari Service Above Self..

6 Projects LORESHO PRIMARY SCHOOL: The club in conjunction with Prime bank gave a term supply of samintary towels and pantied to Loresho Primary school. This was handed to the principal and his deputy. FUTURE HOPE FOR KOROGOCHO RCM is the host club for what is the Future Hope For Korogocho project based in Korogocho slums. This project is a Global Grant project (GG ) initiated by District 1920 clubs and is now in the process of being approved by RI. Lead RCM project officer is Rtn. Gerald Nyuguto and his committee, comprising of Martin Mwibanda, Sylvia Moraa and Ann Naliaka in the original application documentation. Because of the magnitude of the project (USD 489,428), which supports all of Rotary s areas of focus (football academy, school, bakery& Social service offices in the slums of Korogocho to educate the residence esp. those living with HIV.) We had an interim site visit be made by The Rotary Foundation Cadre of Technical Advisers (TRF Cadre) PDG Tusu. RCM EDUCATION TRUST Through the RCM Education Trust we were able to sponsor two girls to form one. Esther Kerubo formerly of Loresho Primary went to Loreto Girls Kiambu and Purity Njoki to Ndumberi Girls Kiambu from Thomas Barnardo House.... This is purity letter to the club. Together We Can Do More

7 What s Up? BIRTHDAYS: SEPTEMBER UP COMING EVENTS 5th Robert Foulser 9th Jay Manek 30th Kaushik Manek 27th Sep. (Sat) - POLIO RUN - UoN What Is Rotary Reminders The mission of Rotary International is to support its member clubs in fulfilling the Object of Rotary by: Fostering unity among member clubs; Strengthening and expanding Rotary around the world; Communicating worldwide the work of Rotary; and Providing a system of international administration. CONTACT US: 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? Rotary Club Of Muthaiga Editorial Team: Sylvia Moraa M sly.moraa@gmail.com Martin Mwibanda mmwibanda@gmail.com Rahab Gachango potentash@gmail.com Nazia Ansari Nazia a_awan@yahoo.com