PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE

PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE
GARY C.K. HUANG
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT 2014-15
OCTOBER 2014

In October 1914, Jonas Salk was born – a man who would change world history by inventing the first effective vaccine against polio. When the vaccine was introduced in the United States in the 1950s, polls indicated that polio was one of the nation’s two greatest fears, second only to the fear of atomic war. And with good reason: In the 1952 U.S. polio epidemic, 58,000 cases were reported, with 3,145 deaths and 21,269 instances of permanent, disabling paralysis. Globally, polio paralyzed or killed up to half a million people every year.

Soon after the Salk vaccine was created, Albert Sabin developed an oral version, allowing tremendous numbers of children to be immunized quickly, safely, and inexpensively. In 1985, Rotary’s PolioPlus program was born, with a simple goal: to immunize every child under age five against this crippling disease. Thanks in large part to the initial success of PolioPlus, in 1988 the 166 member states of the World Health Assembly unanimously set the goal of global polio eradication.

At the time, the idea was breathtakingly ambitious, and many called it impossible. Today, we are closer to this goal than ever before, with only a few hundred cases of polio reported per year, and just three remaining endemic countries. We are on track to achieve full eradication by 2018 – if we can keep up the momentum that has brought us this far.

And this month, we will mark World Polio Day on 24 October, and celebrate the 100th anniversary of Dr. Salk’s birth.
I ask you all to Light Up Rotary this month by doing whatever you can to shine a spotlight on our efforts to eradicate polio. Call your government officials and let them know that polio eradication matters to you. Go to endpolionow.org for inspiring stories about Rotary’s work, and share them on social media. And make the best investment you’ll ever make, by donating to polio eradication right on the endpolionow.org website and earning a two-to-one match on your contribution from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

When we eradicate polio – and we will – we’ll have brought the world into a better future, and Rotary into a better future as well. We will have proved ourselves, as an organization, capable of great things. And we will have given our children and grandchildren a gift that will endure forever: a polio-free world.

PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE

KAWEESI ENOCK
PRESIDENT 2014-15
OCTOBER 2014

Hello Comrades. I congratulate you all for successfully completing the first quarter of the year. I know it has been full of hurdles, but we have been able to persist on and on. I thank the club board and entire membership for the much effort you have given the club.

On that note, I welcome you into the 2nd quarter of this Rotary, in particular the vocational month. Vocational month kick starts our 2nd quarter. This is the time we have to show case our professional skills to change the lives of those less privileged. I am highly proud that Kasangati has diversity of professions i.e. urban planners, civil engineers, software engineers, doctors, educationists and among others.

This is the time to show case our skills, network and as well as to amplify our professional and leadership skills both at work and rotary.

Once again, I wish you well in the month, and I call upon the Rotaract family to utilize their skills to Light Up Rotary!

MARK YOUR CALENDAR
1. 11TH Oct 2014: Football Match, Rotary and Rotaract Clubs of Kasangati Vs Kasangati Police
2. 19th Oct 2014: Masooli Community Meeting
3. 19th Oct 2014: Sports Gala by Rotaract Club of Kisubi Brothers
4. 25th Oct 2014: Pool Challenge, Zordiac
5. 30th Oct 2014: 2nd Boarding in the 2nd Quarter
6. 31st Oct 2014: Joint Fellowship with Interact Club of Wampeewo Ntake

President’s Message for the Membership month

In Rotary’s calendar, August is Membership and Extension month. One of our club’s major committees is the Membership Committee chaired by Kajjoba Enock

Membership and Extension Month falls early in the Rotary year – just as our club begins to settle into working towards 2014 – 2015 membership goals.

As obviously laudable as this is,
membership in all its aspects must be at the forefront of each and every club member’s thinking at all times.
New members, retention and extension are the most exciting and challenging aspects of Rotary. Success in these areas is a measure of both how Rotary is perceived and also the effectiveness with which clubs make themselves an
outward looking, integrated part of the broader community.

My message is to always be conscious of the need for keeping members and attracting new ones but do it within the day to day, month to month and annual activities that we engage in. Membership cannot and should not be treated as a separate, isolated entity.

I wish you a happy month

Enock Kaweesi
President
Rotaract Club of Kasangati 2014 -2015
Proudly Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Kasangati

LIGHT UP ROTARY.

MESSAGE FROM CLUB PRESIDENT

Dear Rotarians, Rotaractors, Interactors and Friends of Rotary. I humbly wish you a happy New Rotary Year. The Rotaract Club of Kasangati cherishes your friendship. That’s why I am so enthusiastic about us interacting and networking for the good and better in our communities.

I am the 6th President of this mighty club, and I look forward to scaling up the achievements of our club to greater heights.

Allow me take this opportunity, to congratulate the out going President; Dr. Beatrice Namirembe, The Board and the entire Membership of our club for the job well done during the Rotary year 2013/2014. As a new team leader, i pledge to promote more friendship, unity and team work. I simply call upon more support and guidance from the fraternity.

LIGHT UP ROTARY