Rotary Club of Parramatta City newsletter 4 November 2011

1. Rotary Club of Parramatta City
COMMUNITY NETWORKER
ROTARY CLUB OF PARRAMATTA CITY
PRESIDENT MESSAGE ROTARIANS
AGAINST
Earlier newsletter this week as we are having a change of venue MALARIA (RAM)
from Barnaby’s. We are not going far and Barnaby’s are still catering.
Our guest speaker is Bruce Allen Manager of the Rotary Foundation
and as Rotary International has moved next door to level 2 of the
Champion (60 Phillip Street) the board decided to move the meeting
to their premises to hear about the great projects and programs our RAM objective is: “The prevention of
Foundation has been doing and will be doing over the next few years. mortality, and a reduction in morbidity
and social and economic loss caused
The Rotary Foundation is ranked 61 in the top 400 charities in the by malaria through a progressive
improvement and strengthening of
annual world- wide survey by Chronicle of Philanthropy. The local and national capabilities in
malaria control.” Malaria is one of the
Foundation receives $268 million each year from Rotary clubs, world's foremost killer diseases.
individuals and benefactors, with total assets of $731 million invested in Approximately one third of the world's
population is at risk of the disease
humanities future. and the annual death toll has been
assessed to be in the region of 1 to 2
Monday will be normal arrival time, someone will welcome you on ½ million. Malaria also imposes a
level 2 and lead you to the meeting room with a great view over heavy economic burden on the
endemic countries.
looking the river. Workers are often too ill to function
normally at their jobs; mothers are
During the week I emailed the guest speaker for the last Monday of repeatedly sick so that child care
suffers and children experience
November being the Rotary General secretary and CEO John Hewko, frequent disruption to their
take time look at his impressive CV. Invitations have gone to clubs and schooling.
The African Continent, particularly
we are expecting at least 75 guests on the day. So don’t leave this too sub-Saharan Africa, remains the most
affected area, along with countries
late to reserve your seat and bring your partners or business partners to such as Indonesia, Timor Leste,
this one. Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands,
Vanuatu, Until a satisfactory vaccine
Christmas rosters are coming so have your diaries ready on Monday. is achieved the most effective
precaution to prevent the spread
It is will sadness that I announce Major Edwin Cox is leaving our club of infection is to encourage residents
(and travellers) to sleep under
due to his new posting starting up in the New Year. So this week will be
mosquito nets.
Edwin’s last meeting, we all wish Edwin and Daphne on their next The provision of long lasting
insecticide treated bed nets (LLIN) is
posting and hope they can remain in contact with us. the best way a club can assist in this
significant humanitarian campaign.
While still on the subject of Edwin, for members who have taken to RAM continues to promote Adopt A
Salvation Christmas hampers bags to fill up can they be returned by Village (AAV) - a co-operative
endeavour enabling clubs, districts,
Monday 5th December. individuals, and businesses to donate
funds which will be allocated to the
provision of LLINs to all inhabitants
within a specific village.
Barry Antees
Bed netting has proved highly
effective with an earlier major pilot
project in the Solomon Islands. At
commencement of the project
infection rates exceeded 300 per
thousand population per year. Bed
netting has reduced this figure, in
some areas to 20 per thousand
population per year.
In addition to bed netting, other
programs involving education,
esearch, the provision of

2. Rotary Club of Parramatta City
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
November
4 Trivia Night- Parramatta Workers Club
7 Bruce Allen- Manager Rotary International Foundation
14 Steven Maronese-“Insurance Fraud and the Science of Detecting Deception”
21 Geoff Lee, State Member for Parramatta
28 John Hewko- Rotary International General Secretary & CEO
29 Foundation Lunch- Waterfront Homebush
December
5 Sgt Brett Evans, Police Officer of the year- Parramatta City surveillance and protection
7 Australian Rotary Health Christmas Dinner
12 AGM
19 Club Christmas Lunch for members, partners & friends of Rotary
January
14-21 RYLA Camp-Blue Gum Lodge
February
23 Rotary Anniversary
March
2 ARH- Golf Day at Riverside
3 Multi-District PETS- Campbelltown
5 Pride of Workmanship Evening
23-25 District Conference- Penrith
April
29 District Assembly
30 Police Officer of the Year
May
6-9 International Convention-Bangkok
MEMBERS MATTERS
Kevin and Maria are in Hawaii, not relaxing but baby- sitting. Remember this when you need to go on
holidays, Kevin may be available.

3. Rotary Club of Parramatta City
OUR INTERNATIONAL SERVICE
ROTARY PARTNERS WITH MERCY SHIPS
By Arnold R. Grahl
Rotary International News -- 5 October 2011
R otarians will help improve the delivery of vital health care services to West Africa through a new strategic
partnership between The Rotary Foundation and the global charity Mercy Ships.
Each year, more than 1,200 surgeons, dentists, nurses, health care trainers, teachers, cooks, seamen,
engineers, or agriculturalists volunteer their time and skills with Mercy Ships. Photo courtesy Mercy Ships
Through the partnership, the Foundation will offer packaged global grants for Rotary clubs and districts
to assemble vocational training teams of medical professionals. These teams will perform or assist in
life-changing surgeries. The Rotarian volunteers will also work to enhance the skills of local health care
professionals.
The initial projects will take place in West Africa, the area of operations for the charity's 16,500-ton
state-of-the-art hospital ship, Africa Mercy , now based in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
“This strategic partnership with Mercy Ships enables Rotary to work with a globally recognized leader
in the delivery of vital medical and surgical care to the world’s most vulnerable populations,” says
Rotary Foundation Trustee Chair William B. Boyd. “It allows Rotary club members to directly
contribute their valuable expertise and skills within the framework of a proven and highly successful
health care program.”
Founded in 1978, Mercy Ships uses its hospital ships to deliver free, world-class health care and
assistance in capacity building and sustainable development to developing countries. The charity has
worked in more than 70 countries, performing services that have had an impact on more than 2.9 million
people. Each year, more than 1,200 surgeons, dentists, nurses, health care trainers, teachers, cooks,
seamen, engineers, or agriculturalists volunteer their time and skills.
“Mercy Ships is honored to be chosen by The Rotary Foundation as a strategic partner for disease
prevention and treatment," says Don Stephens, president and founder of the charity. "The scope of
Rotary’s service to humanity is truly monumental, and it is my belief that the synergy of our
organizations working together will be an even greater force to increase health care delivery systems in
West Africa.”

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Previous projects
Rotarians have a record of working with Mercy Ships, carrying out projects in several countries. The
Rotary clubs of Jacksonville, Florida, USA, and Tema, Accra, Ghana, helped equip the Africa Mercy in
2007 to provide medical aid in Ghana. Jacksonville Rotarians also partnered with the Rotary Club of
Monrovia, Liberia, to support eye and facial surgeries for more than 1,200 patients in Monrovia from
2008 to 2011.
Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland named Mercy Ships its Charity of Choice in 2005-06.
Rotary Foundation Global Grants support large, international projects with sustainable, high-impact
outcomes in Rotary’s areas of focus. Packaged global grants developed by the Foundation and Mercy
Ships will directly support the disease prevention and treatment area of focus. Because the
administrative work of designing the project and finding a partnering organization has already been
done, Rotary clubs and districts can focus on identifying beneficiaries, providing technical expertise or
direct service, and publicizing the effort.
One hundred districts are participating in the Future Vision pilot, a three-year test of the Foundation's
streamlined grant structure, which began 1 July 2010. All districts will begin using the model on 1 July
2013.
The Foundation also has approved strategic partnerships with Aga Khan University and Oikocredit
International. Information on how pilot clubs and districts can apply for packaged global grants with
Mercy Ships will be available soon at www.rotary.org.

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DAVID’S PEARLS
Melbourne Cup
Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people.
- W.C. Fields
I can always tell which is the front end of a horse, but beyond that, my art is not above the ordinary.
- Mark Twain
If the world was truly a rational place, men would ride sidesaddle.
- Rita Mae Brown
I still love what I do and I've done OK over the years, ... You're a long time retired and anyway, I'd get bored.
- Bart Cummings
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JOHN HEWKO-
John Hewko is the general secretary and CEO of Rotary International and The Rotary Foundation,
managing one of the world’s largest global humanitarian service organizations, with 34,000 clubs throughout
the world. With fiscal year 2010 annual revenues exceeding US$400 million, Rotary and its Foundation support
1.2 million Rotary club members in their volunteer efforts to serve their local and global communities.
From 2004 to 2009, Hewko was vice president for operations and compact development for the Millennium
Challenge Corporation (MCC), a U.S. government agency established in 2004 to deliver foreign assistance to
the world’s poorest countries. At MCC, he was the principal United States negotiator for foreign assistance
agreements to 26 countries in Africa, Asia, South America, the Middle East, and the former Soviet Union.
During his tenure, he completed the negotiation of assistance agreements totaling $6.3 billion to 18 countries
for infrastructure, agriculture, water and sanitation, health, and education projects.
Prior to joining MCC, Hewko was an international partner with the law firm Baker & McKenzie (B&M),
specializing in international corporate transactions in emerging markets. He helped establish the firm’s
Moscow office and was the managing partner of its offices in Kyiv and Prague.
While working in Ukraine in the early 1990s, Hewko assisted the working group that prepared the initial draft of
the new Ukrainian post-Soviet constitution and was a charter member of the first Rotary club in Kyiv.

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Hewko has been a public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, an adjunct
professor of law at Georgetown University, and a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace. He has published papers and articles in leading U.S. and international publications, and he has
spoken extensively on political and business issues dealing with the former Soviet Union, Central Europe,
Africa, and Latin America.
Hewko holds a law degree from Harvard University, a master’s in modern history from Oxford University (where
he studied as a Marshall Scholar), and a bachelor’s in government and Soviet studies from Hamilton College
in Clinton, New York, USA. He speaks five languages besides English: Czech, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and
Ukrainian.
As general secretary/CEO, Hewko leads a diverse staff of almost 800 at Rotary International’s World
Headquarters in Evanston, Illinois, USA, and international offices in Buenos Aires, Argentina; São Paulo, Brazil;
Zurich, Switzerland; New Delhi, India; Seoul, Korea; Tokyo, Japan; and Parramatta (Sydney), Australia.
He and his wife, Margarita, live in Evanston. John is a Paul Harris Fellow.