Rotary Club of Parramatta City Newsletter for Monday 19 December 2011

1. Rotary Club of Parramatta City
COMMUNITY NETWORKER
ROTARY CLUB OF PARRAMATTA CITY
PRESIDENT MESSAGE ROTARY
EDUCATION
AND DOCTORS
The Annual General Meeting was held last Monday and I am IN NEW GUINEA
pleased to announce all positions were filled. Next year our club will be
lead by John Ching, with Prashanth Paramanathn as President Elect.
The Board will be made of Joy Gillett, Keith Henning, John Surian, David
Ross, Mark Hancock, John Totonjian, Phillip Brophy and myself. The
Directors will submit to John Ching their
In Australia, we share a doctor with
desired portfolio shortly, so he can only 400 other people. But the
average doctor in PNG must serve
organize everyone for the District over 7,900 people. The ratio is as
Assembly. bad as that in Rwanda, Ethiopia,
Malawi, Niger and Mozambique.
At the AGM we also outlined the In the North Fly District of Western
Province, PNG, the ratio is 8,500
Friends of Rotary concept the board people per doctor. In the South Fly
District, 40,000 people have no
approved. We are anticipating we will be doctor at all; in the Middle Fly District
welcoming past members into this it’s 66,000. Total expenditure on
health in PNG was just $53 per capita
category at the Rotary Anniversary dinner on 23 February 2012. in 2006, compared to $3,232 in
Australia. To make matters worse,
Also at last Monday’s meeting we heard from Bob Aitken on the around 10,000 refugees live in
District Conference and many of the members supported the In District Western Province. They are not
recognised by the PNG government,
Conference and members were urged to take up the spilt concept so they are refused even the limited
official aid. PNG’s rural health
and to bring your partners along to hear about Rotary. services are deteriorating. Many
facilities have been closed down, and
those that remain are difficult to
For all members & their family members who volunteered their time access. Patients, health workers and
supplies must negotiate raging rivers,
at the Christmas Tree sales, I thank you muddy roads and rugged mountains.
Communicable diseases such as
This being our last meeting for the year I wish all members and their malaria, tuberculosis, pneumonia,
families a safe and happy Christmas Holidays and look forward to diarrhoeal diseases, meningitis
and HIV / AIDS account for about half
seeing everyone at the first meeting of the new year on January 16th. of all deaths in PNG. In 2006, 15,000
children under 5 died in the Pacific
region. 14,000 of them were in PNG.
Of every 1,000 children born, 73 will
die before age five. Another 54 won’t
even survive their infancy. For every
100,000 live births, 470 young
mothers die. In Australia the number
is 4.Help us fight the killers and
cripplers How can your Rotary club
help? Support is needed to
implement a 3-pronged strategy:
1. Deploy volunteer (ADI) doctors to
remote communities.
2. Run treatment and control
programs on malaria, elephantiasis
and leprosy.
3. Educate and train health workers.
This Project will run in conjunction
with Australian Doctors International
and Rotary projects Club support in
the form of donations and volunteers

2. Rotary Club of Parramatta City
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
December
19 Club Christmas Lunch for members, partners & friends of Rotary
January
14-21 RYLA Camp-Blue Gum Lodge
16 First Meeting of the year- “what we did on our holiday”
23 Transfer meeting-Northcott- RYPEN & RYLA Students
30 Maria Padisetti- Mirco Loans
February
6 Lord Mayor-Lorraine Wearne
13 Debra Carr- Parramatta Mission
23 Rotary Day (Transfer meeting)
March
2 ARH- Golf Day at Riverside
3 Multi-District PETS- Campbelltown
5 Pride of Workmanship Evening
19 Michael Crosslands- Ignite the fire within
23-25 District Conference- Penrith
April
2 John Watters
29 District Assembly
30 Police Officer of the Year
May
6-9 International Convention-Bangkok
14 Australian Rotary Health- PHD Scholars night
DAVID’S PEARLS
Teamwork
Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small
portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation.
- Robert F. Kennedy
No member of a crew is praised for the rugged individuality of his rowing.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
A single leaf working alone provides no shade.
- Chuck Page

3. Rotary Club of Parramatta City
Contrary to popular belief, there most certainly is an "I" in "team." It is the same "I" that appears
three times in "responsibility."
- Amber Harding
OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE, OUR PHD SCHOLARS
Hi Joy / Keith
Rhian Shephard forwarded this link to me from You Tube which I just watched – this was on 60 minutes
recently if you missed it.
Prof Chris Semsarian shown in the clip is Rhian’s primary supervisor. Rhian also makes an appearance at 9:20
for a few seconds! This story is not related to her project but it highlights the importance of heart research
undertaken at the Centenary Institute.
http://www.youtube.com/user/CentenaryInstitute?blend=21&ob=5
Best Wishes
Kelly Anne Martinez
Research Officer
Australian Rotary Health
OUR INTERNATIONAL SERVICE-SEE NOTICE ABOUT SHIRTS
Bob’s Africa Rotary Blog 121 12/7/11
Return to Africa….the more things
change the more they remain the same
The first traffic light in Livingstone Zambia!!!
Three days after arrival and no luggage. It came on the fourth day. Lots to do with Park. The Park
committee has renamed the park “Dambwa North Rotary Park.” Picture of current state of park
above.
Here is a list of items need to complete the Rotary Park
Concrete wall fence, $250 per 8 ft panel 12 not yet subscribed $3000
Play Center for youngsters under 10 wooden climbing structures etc. $1000
Play Center “ „ „ „ swing sets and see-saws $1000
Play center “ “ “ “ lateral rope climb and slides $1200
Concrete Benches and tables $1000
Soccer Pitch grass seeding, hand lawn cutting equipment and goals $2300
Net and Basketball Court and standards $2000
Volleyball Pitch, net and poles $1100
Solar Electric Security Lighting and for ablution block $3300
Chain link perimeter fence on two sides $3400
Balls, equipment, nets etc. for one year $1500
New Rotary Shirt fabric sourced in Zimbabwe
After much hard work on the part of Zambian and Zimbabwean Rotarians Margaret &

4. Rotary Club of Parramatta City
Sandy Whitehead, no relation and PADG Barbara Murasiranna,a source hasbeen to
make the new fabric. All Zambian cloth manufactures are not functioning at the
moment and haven‟t for seven months & there is no light at the end of the tunnel, so
Zimbabwe here we come. The new Zim-Zam Rotary shirt fabric is pictured at left.
Local Zambian artist, Chansa Chishimba who designed the first shirt agreed to do our
new one. The shirt will be debut for sale at the Bangkok convention. Limited numbers
of the original are still available thru Bob.
District 9210’s Africa projects are manifold and your help is needed to
accomplish Rotary’s efforts. Please contact Bob with your Club’s
interest. Contacts
(USA) (949)887-3266, Zambia 001(260) 955-898901, e-mail: rdselinger@aol.com.
Skype: bobselinger. Back in USA to California USA Jan 14, 2012.
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