Rotary’s Vocational Service Month ends with a call to imagine rotary through vocational service

The Vocational Training Teams committee on behalf of Rotary International District 9102 to include Ghana, Togo, Benin and Niger recently launched two major projects – the Knowledge Bank and Vocational Service Projects ahead of its January vocational service month celebration.

On behalf of the District Governor Victor Yaw Asante, the District Vocational Training Teams Chair together with its fellow Country Chairs and committee members for this Rotary year; encouraged partners in service to come deposit their competencies into the created virtual knowledge bank project and join in to celebrate the forgotten avenues of Service.

This project was launched virtually by the District Governor. Ahead of the launch, major stakeholder engagements were carried out with several blocks to include the Council of President, Rotaractors, Francophone and Anglophone blocks. During January - the vocational service month, the committee took turns to support the district imagine rotary through vocational service.

The Chair, further called on all to imagine fearlessly a sustainable future using business and professional life as the foundation and vocational service a major force in promoting same. To Rotary International, the object of Vocational Service she said is to encourage and foster high ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; the dignifying by each Rotarian of his occupation as an opportunity to serve society.

This January - the committee encouraged all Rotarians, Rotaractors and Interactors to; pride themselves of being able to use their professional stature and knowledge to make things happen in the district and in our communities.

As a district goal, all were encouraged and reminded of the need to visit the learning center today to continue learning in order to be part of the winning team. Rotary provides humanitarian service, promotes high ethical standards in all vocations, and helps build international understanding, goodwill and peace.

With our progressive attitude, all partners in service were called to do everything in their power to distinguish their profession and promote its highest ethical standards to improve the quality of life all in our community and district at large.

Partners in service were admonished this year to pause to re ect on the 4-way-test as we ask if;

By Baptista S. Gebu

– “Of all the things we think, say or do:

1. If It is 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?”

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By Dani Rodrik