Volume 1, Issue 1 February³September 2010
South Asia & Gulf Region
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Mr. Sumer Singh, Regional Director,
SA & Gulf Region
Dear All, First of all my congratulations to Amar on this first issue of our Regional Newsletter. There is a world wide interest in Round Square like never seen before. Whatever the reasons, we must be doing something right! When I became the Head of a Round Square school in 1988 there were 17 members; now there are 83. in our Region, then called the Indian Region, there were 6 and now there are 17 Global members and 10 Regional members. The other significant change I see is that more students in each school are now aware of the organisation and what it stands for. This is important and we must build on this further by offering even more opportunities through more conferences, exchanges and service options. Apart from this I would like to see us aim for two clear targets: x x
Transform the Katapathar project which already has the involvement of multiple schools, into a model RS development project with a school, then a health centre and then a resource centre and so on and so forth. Bring in schools from unrepresented countries like Pakistan and Georgia.
Thank you for inviting me to share some of my thoughts. Good wishes, Sumer Singh