SEASON 2013-14
ISSUE 14
ROTARACTION CYPRUS ROTARACT NEWSLETTER
District 2452 Armenia|Bahrain|Cyprus|Georgia|Jordan|Lebanon|Palestine|Sudan|United Arab Emirates
SEASON 2013-14
ISSUE 14
ROTARACTION
Dear all
CYPRUS ROTARACT NEWSLETTER
The Team DRR: Vincent Fayad
drr2452@gmail.com
PDRR: Elena Aroti
drrep2450@gmail.com
Cyprus VDRR: Kyriacos Christofides christofidisk@me.com
Cyprus PR Coordinator Chief Editor: Hannah Mortaga hannahmortaga@gmail.com
Creative Advisor Mishel Fayad
contact@mishelfayad.com
Editorial
Another Rotary year ended a couple of days ago, and a new one just started. New beginnings always hold in their folds new ambitions, bigger visions and higher hopes. And I started this year with sky-high hopes and endless visions and ambitions. But before we go into those visions, I am sure most of you do not know much about me. My name is Lana Shahin, the youngest in my family; an architect by profession and a passionate Rotaractor every second! I am turning 26 in November and I have been a Rotaractor for more than 7 years… Rotaract has been part of my family for many years even before I joined Rotaract; it grew in me, became a part of me, and I grew in Rotaract. It taught me team work, leadership, consideration, acceptance, tolerance and appreciation. Throughout all these years, I have served unconditionally, never stopping and always with bigger and greater motivation. I initially took the role of secretary, and then became the president of my club “Rotaract Club of Amman”. The year I became a president: Rotaract Amman was in its most critical situation since 1982 –its chartering date-. I handed over Rotaract Amman to its current president after two years in my position with 25 very active members making Rotaract Amman of the strongest clubs in Jordan and the district. The year after I was Jordan’s VDRR, and now I am honored to be serving with each and every one of you as the District Rotaract Representative.
Someone once said that every
I got a phone call on the 1st of July this year, congratulating me for officially taking office, and was asked how does it feel to be last issue of the Rotaract year 2013the DRR...well it feels overwhelming, exciting and just a little bit 2014, we are delighted to have Lana scary. But mostly exciting and hopeful! The RDC and I are working hard to take our district to reach new heights. We feel that Shahin say a few words as the DRR we need to focus on higher impacts on society and a stronger of the new Rotaract year. In this issue, public image. We also need sustainability – be it internally let’s have a look at the last projects of the in the club or in service projects. And accordingly we need year, let’s meet the new boards of the clubs, to train our clubs and lead them by example. We need to “Brighten the Way”. meet the new district team, have a look at ending is a new beginning. In this
what happened at the fellowship and more. We wish you enjoyed the past year as much as we did and we wish you an awesome summer ahead.
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We “Brighten the Way” to ourselves, our club members and our communities. We light up from within with our knowledge, our energy, our passion and our leadership and we shed light on the path to enrich people’s lives. We make sure that we do not just share our riches but we reveal to people their own.
“Brighten the Way”
Rotaractly Yours Lana Shahin District Rotaract Representative [RY 14-15] VDRR Jordan [RY 12-13] PP RAC Amman [RY 10-12] District 2452
Meet the Cyprus Rotaract Clubs Presidents District 2452. RY 2014-15
RAC Nicosia Aspelia Olga Panfilova
RAC Larnaca Kition Socrates Panayi
RAC Nicosia Ledra Christos Alexandrou
Rotaract Club
Nicosia Aspelia
RAC Nicosia Antonia Hadjicosta
Rotaract Club
Larnaca Kition
RAC Kyrenia St. Hilarion
Feyha Avcısoyu
RAC Limassol Amathusia
Antigoni Karakoulli
RAC Nicosia Sarayonu Hüseyin Ünlü
Rotaract Club
Nicosia Ledra
RAC Limassol Berengaria Cosmopolitan
Athos Kanari
Rotaract Club of Nicosia Sarayonu
RAC Kyrenia Liman Özkan İbrahimer
Rotaract Club Limassol Amathusia
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Pancyprian Fellowship in Paphos ities, lots of food, dancing and amazing fun. The point of the fellowship was to get all Rotaractors together and get to know each other in a very fun and at the same time relaxing environment.
Members of Rotaract from all over Cyprus met for the second time this Rotaract year for the summer Pancyprian Fellowship. This time, the group met in Paphos on the 27th of June until the 29th. The weekend was full of ice breaking activities, beach activ| ROTARACTION | ISSUE 14 | 6
Special thanks goes to the organizing committee that made sure everything went smoothly. We look forward for the next gathering!
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Rotaract Club Larnaca Kition
Kataklysmos Fundraiser 2014 For the third year in a row, Rotaract Larnaca Kition participated in the Kataklysmos of Larnaca. The Kataklysmos fair in Larnaca is the biggest event of the year where people from all over Cyprus join. Being part of the Kataklysmos is not only about fundraising but mostly about creating awareness of our club. This year Rotaract Larnaca Kition members drew on rocks, collected some second hand books, had a small game for kids and had some marshmallows with melted chocolate for our little friends.
cery Municipality that would contain anything other than food, such as appliances, furniture, clothing, shoes, toys, books, and more. The total amount of 500 Euros was collected. We would like to take this opportunity and thank all the Rotaractors from all the cities that showed their support by visiting our stand.
Members attended two days with their full positive energy. This year the money collected was decided to go to “Shield of Aiantas” a Non Profit Organization that has created by volunteers in cooperation with the Municipality of Larnaca, as an extension of the Social Gro-
Delivering of goods to Shield of Aiantas 500 Euros. The funds were raised through the last project of the club for the year that took place during Kataklismos.
members of Rotaract Larnaca Kition visited the “Shield of Aiantas” premises where they delivered school supplies worth of
The “Shield of Aiantas”, is a Non Profit Organization that has been created in memory of Aiantas Loizou, who at the age of 5 was attacked by a dog while he
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was with his family in a friendly house in Skarinou. Elina Motitou, the mother of Aianta founded “The Shield of Aiantas” non-profit in his memory.
Rotaract Club Larnaca Kition
Attending Rotary handover expectations for the coming years. An amazing night was organized at Galu Seaside with a lot of Rotarians, Rotaractors and friends attending the event.
It is with no doubt that this Rotary year has been an extremely successful year and that wouldn’t have been possible without the hard work of Peter Ashdjian.
Rotaract Larnaca Kition showing their support as usual and was present to celebrate the night where Peter Ashdjian handed over the presidency to Roula Panayiotou. We wish the new President all the best in her demanding but exciting role, and to remind her of our constant support.
The past year has been a very busy year and with the work he has achieved, he has set high
Attending the art exhibition As usual, Rotaract Larnaca Kition members enjoy supporting our sponsoring Rotary Club. Rotary Larnaca Kition in collaboration with Atelier di Pittura organized a retrospective
art exhibition of the students on the 20th of June. Proceeds from the sales of the works of art were used in support of the “Pediki Exochi” association who support 95 fami-
lies monthly with food baskets. A decent amount was collected and was given to the association to support its goal.
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Rotaract Club of Nicosia
Handover Ceremony dedicated to the celebration of the closure of an amazing Rotary year 2013-2014, with our leader Niovi Georgiade, a year that was fruitful of events and imagination. As our tradition, on the change over night we had a video projection of all the moments during the year, gifts to the visitors and the pining of the new board.
Rotaract Club of Nicosia organized its handover ceremony on the 20th of June at ‘Garden Café Restaurant’ in Nicosia. The night was
The handover party was completed with success and the new president Antonia Hadjicosta was assigned in the presence of Rotaract Nicosia Aspelia and Ledra along with the Rotary and friends of the club.
A new Rotary year is beginning and Rotaract Club of Nicosia tend to hit the ground running with new ideas and events.
Makario Hospital Support As part of our community service projects, we decide to contribute the younger generation and we believe that the environment that accommodates and supports
children in need should be more friendly and welcoming. Rotaractors decided to buy and place wall stickers at Makario hospital, specifically to the rooms that sup-
port psychologically children with eating disorders (Eating Disorder Centre).
School bullying Members of Rotaract Club of Nicosia view the presentation that was organized by their member Giannis Giannelakis on school bullying. As a major problem in our generation, with kids that have to accept their own as well as others identity, disability and family history, bullying seems to be an issue that still even in 2014 causes trauma in the environment of the school as well as the social aspects surroundings of children. Therefore RCN decided to create a discussion upon this matter as well as a video presentation on the reasons and ways of dealing with this problem.
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Rotaract Club Nicosia Aspelia
Happy Birthday Rotaract Club Nicosia – Ledra!! It’s already been a year since our inauguration and we wanted to celebrate our Club’s 1st birthday appropriately. What better way than a beach party? The beach party was held at KOT Beach in Oroklini on the 21st of June. The Club members had arrived at the scene
early on the day to set up the place. The beach was quickly transformed into a party venue with our members taking roles as barmen/women, bouncers, ticket officers and PR. Guests started arriving around 8 o’clock and were soon possessed by the rhythms of the music. We all had a blast, dancing and partying until the very late hours. The net proceeds from the party will be donated to the Cyprus Anti-Cancer Society and those affected by the recent floods in Serbia - through the local Rotary Club.
Finally, the Club would wish to express its gratitude to the sponsors Hanadjias & Zenios Homes, Etapol, Party ice, Kinnavari and Music Kiwi.
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RI President Gary C.K. Huang chose Light Up Rotary as his theme for 2014-15. Mr. Huang is urging club members to Light Up Rotary by hosting a Rotary Day in their community, continuing the fight against polio, and increasing club membership. “Light Up Rotary is more than our theme. It is how we make a difference — every day, in every club, and every country we serve.”
A final, final note! As the Rotaract year 2013-2014 has come to an end, it is with mixed emotions that we sat to do the final issue of the newsletter. We would like to tell all the Rotaractors what a pleasant experience it was for both of us to work on the PR team. It has helped us come close to other Rotaractors and improve our skills. We would like to thank each and every one of you that helped us throughout our journey! The PR team of 2014-15 is bigger and more excited than ever before! See you soon!
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