PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Dear Fellow Rotarians,
T SAKUJI TANAKA President, Rotary International
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here are many ways to describe our Rotary Foundation. But I think of our Foundation literally – as the foundation for all of Rotary. We do not often think about the ground beneath our feet. We do not often think about the walls that are holding up our house. We take them for granted. We only think about them when they are not there. Not long ago in Japan, the ground fell out from under our feet. On Friday, 11 March 2011, a magnitude 9 earthquake shook Japan to its very core. More than 15,000 people died, nearly 6,000 were injured, and another 4,000 are still missing. The total losses of the disaster are estimated at over US$300 billion. In a matter of hours, half a million people in one of the world’s wealthiest and most developed countries lost everything. They went from living in comfort and security to facing an uncertain future in school gymnasiums, tents, and ruined buildings. In Japan, we are used to earthquakes. We thought we were ready for anything. But no one ever expected anything like this. What happened on that day changed Japan, and everyone who lives there. It has made us realize how fragile our lives are. And it has made me realize how little separates me from the people I help through Rotary. It is easy to look at the people we help through our Foundation as somehow different from ourselves. They live far away. We do not know their language or their culture. We do not know what it is like to have no running water, no sanitation, no health care, no education. We look at pictures, and we read stories in the news about poverty, wars, and disasters. We see, from so far away, the people who are living through such terrible times. But it is hard to put ourselves in their place. Today, I tell you that there is nothing at all separating us from the people we help. We are all the same. Only the circumstances surrounding us are different. Through our Foundation, we have the power to live the words of our Foundation’s motto: Doing Good in the World. Through it, we can do so much more good than we could ever do alone. And it matters so much – to people just like us.
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RI PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE RI President Sakuji Tanaka shares his motivating reflection on what separates a Rotarian from the people we help—which makes each of us able to make a huge difference in this world.
YOUR EDITOR SHARES A very valuable lesson for every Rotarian from a simple balut vendor. NOTEBOOK International Scene, Feedback, 3790 Breaks a Rotary Record, Youngest Paul Harris Fellow FACES PHF Family, Transcending Cultural Borders, House of Hope, Pump It Up, Promoting Peace in Barangays, Getting Ready, One Big Family FEATURES: ARCH KLUMPH SOCIETY INSTALLATION Another Filipino is installed in the Arch C. Klumph Society
19 ROTARY COMMUNITY CORPS This sponsored section traces the beginnings of RCC and the good it has done through the years.
19 OUR COVER A collage of photos of new Paul Harris Fellows for RY 20122013 received by the Philippine Rotary magazine illustrates the mass base of support for The Rotary Foundation and the good that it does.
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CONTENTS NOVEMBER 2012 VOL. 36 NO. 5
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RI PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE RI President Sakuji Tanaka shares his motivating re�lection on what separates a Rotarian from the people we help—which makes each of us able in making a huge difference in this world.
YOUR EDITOR SHARES A very valuable lesson for every Rotarian from a simple balut vendor. NOTEBOOK International Scene, Feedback, 3790 Breaks a Rotary Record, Youngest Paul Harris Fellow
FACES PHF Family, Transcending Cultural Borders, House of Hope, Water Project, District 3780 Barangay Summit, One Big Family FEATURES: ARCH KLUMPH SOCIETY INSTALLATION AND TRF UPDATE Another Filipino is installed in the Arch C. Klumph Society
ROTARY COMMUNITY CORPS This sponsored section traces the beginnings of RCC and the good it has done through the years.
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GLOBAL OUTLOOK A Rotarian’s guide on New Foundation Grants in the Future Vision Plan. AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH An amputee proves that there’s no mountain high enough for sheer determination TRF TRUSTEE CHAIR MESSAGE AND CONVENTION COUNTDOWN TRF Trustee Chair Wilf asks Rotarians to take the long view while Convention Countdown features the music of Portugal.
CALENDAR International and national activities worth noting FAMILY OF ROTARY Inspirational photos and news on service projects of Rotary clubs in the 10 Rotary districts in the Philippines.
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CONTRIBUTORS Know the persons behind the informative stories and insights this month
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OUR COVER A collage of photos of new Paul Harris Fellows for RY 20122013 received by the Philippine Rotary magazine illustrates the mass base of support for The Rotary Foundation and the good that it does. Philippine Rotary• November 2012
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TRF Recognition Ceremonies Family of Rotary
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EDITORIAL BOARD PDG MELITO “MELITO” S. SALAZAR JR., D3780 Editor-in-Chief PDG URSULA CONSUELO “CHIT” L. LIJAUCO, D3820 Associate Editor Members DG ANTONIO “TONY” C. BAUTISTA, D3790 PDG MARQUEZ “MARK” O. GO, D3790 PDG JAIME “JAMES” O. DEE, D3800 PDG LEANDRO “LINDY” P. GARCIA, D3820 PDG HERMINIO “SONNY” B. COLOMA JR., D3830 PDG J. ANTONIO “TONY” M. QUILA, D3830 PDG DAVID “DAVE” M. VILLANUEVA, D3850 PDG FE “BING” R. JUAREZ, D3870 IPDG ERNESTO “ERNIE” Y. CHOA, D3810 DGE EDGAR “ED” R. CHIONGBIAN, D3860 MANAGEMENT BOARD PDG MELITO “MELITO” S. SALAZAR, JR., D3780 Editor-In-Chief PDG ROMULO “BOY” O. VALLE, JR., D3770 Circulation Coordinator PDG OSCAR “OCA” A. INOCENTES, D3780 Clubs Subscriptions Coordinator PDG EFREN “EFREN” O. DE GUZMAN, D3800 Finance, Credit and Collection Coordinator PP ANTONIO “TONY” Y. CHONG, D3830 Business Promotions & Advertising Coordinator PDS RONALDO “RONNIE” C. GABALDA, D3850 Special Events Coordinator PDG ANTONIO “ANTON” B. FLORENDO, D3860 Business Development Coordinator EDITORIAL STAFF & CONTRIBUTORS PP JUANITO “JOHNNY” GOLOYUGO, D3820 Staff Writer PP RON “RON” NETHERCUTT, D3790 Chief Photographer MA. VICTORIA “AVIC” N. CLEMENTE Graphic Artist
Information & Communication Technology Committee PDS Jesus “Jesse” Tanchanco, Jr., D3780 Chairman CP Winston Sia, D3780 and PDS Lyndon Wong, D3780 Members
Contributors PP JOSEPHINE MEJIA-ROMERO, RRFC ROBERTO VIRAY, PAG LILIAN BASCOS-CRUZ, AND PDG MELITO S. SALAZAR JR. OFFICE STAFF NELSON “NELSON” M. LLUZ Office Manager
QUINCY JOEL “QUINCY” V. CAHILIG Editorial Assistant
ANALIZA “ANA” A. PADUA, FEDERICO ”ERIC” C. SAGUIBO, ROWENA “WENG” C. BADURIA, MARLO “LOVE” V. VISITACION
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YOUR EDITOR SHARES
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The Loving in the Giving
et me tell you about one of my favorite stories, told to me by our parish priest in Barangay Villamonte, Bacolod City. Once when he was going to Rome for a pilgrimage, he gave notice to the parishioners in his homily. On the Sunday before his trip, an old woman selling balut (fermented duck’s egg) and boiled eggs in front of the church shyly handed him a brown bag with three boiled eggs. And she said: “Basi magutuman ka sa malayo mo na kagtuan (In case you get hungry in your long journey).” Our priest thanked her with his eyes starting to tear up. “Here was someone who had so little in life yet gave so unselfishly of what she had,” he told me. I remember this story whenever a Rotarian tells me he is not rich enough to contribute to The Rotary Foundation. My conclusion is that unlike that poor egg vendor, he is not prepared to part with the little he has to help the TRF “do good in the world”. He is not willing to give up what he is used to – a bottle of beer, a pack of cigarettes, and a night out – to fund a humanitarian project, an educational scholarship, and a better future for someone less fortunate than him. He does not know much of what the TRF is doing because he has not involved himself in club projects partly financed by our foundation or met the Group Study Exchange team or been a counselor for an Ambassadorial Scholar. What one does not know, one cannot love. Without loving, there is no giving. The Philippine contributions in recent years have significantly increased due to the tireless efforts of the District Governors, the District Rotary Foundation Chairs (DRFCs) and the District TRF team supported by the Regional Rotary Foundation Coordinator (RRFC) and his Zone team. District Governors have led the way with their own substantial giving, at times including the rest of their family, even grandchildren. District Governors have focused on getting all the clubs to give to the TRF and more importantly cultivate a culture of continuing contribution. Gone are the days when you see a Rotarian wearing an old version of the PHF pin because, perhaps, the first and the last time he gave was when he was president 20 years ago? Today, every Rotarian gives every year, no matter if it is only $100 or even less. Like the woman vendor, the Philippine Rotarian is showing the loving in the giving.
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF PRM FOUNDATION, INC. RY 2012-2013 PDG Rafael “Butch” A. Francisco, D-3830 Chairman of the Board/Trustee PDG Oscar “Oca” A. Inocentes, D-3780 Vice Chairman/Trustee PDG Hugo “Jun” T. Perez, Jr., D-3830 Secretary/Trustee PDG Rafael “Paeng” N. Tantuco, Sr., D-3820 Deputy Secretary/Trustee PDG Fabio “Fabie” J. Enriquez, D-3800 Treasurer/Trustee PDG Ma. Victoria “Nanette” T. Garcia, D-3850 Deputy Treasurer/Trustee PDG Emiliano “Bong” D. Joven, D-3790 Auditor/Trustee PDG Rhia Rita “Rhia” Y. Abalos, D-3870 P.R.O./Trustee PDG Pablo “Ambo” M. Gancayco, D-3780 Trustee (PCRG Chairman RY 2012-2013) PDG Melito “Melito” S. Salazar, Jr., D-3780 Trustee (PRM Editor-In-Chief) PDG Francisco “Jun” B. Aniag, Jr., D-3770 Trustee PDG Juanito “Sonny” T. Ventura, D-3810 Trustee PDG Fernando “Jun” A. Almeda, Jr., D-3860 Trustee
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INDONESIA MOMENT. The other country that belongs to Rotary International Zone 7A is Indonesia. This Rotary Year 2012-13, the country was split into two districts: D3410 and D3420. As such, the Zone Coordinators (Rotary Coordinator Oyan Villanueva and Rotary Public Image Coordinator Chit Lijauco shown in photo with DG V. ‘Dwijatmoko in the center) visited D3410 to conduct a Seamless Seminar on Membership and Public Image. It was a successful seminar, with a lot of learning and sharing between the Rotarians of the two countries. Rotary leaders including DGE Eva Kunyati, DGN Herman Gani and PDG Rudy Balmater lent their full support behind the seminar attended by 200 Rotarians from the new district.
BOOK 3790 BREAKS A ROTARY RECORD
By DG Tony Bautista, RI District 3790 As early as the Presidents-Elect Training Seminar last February 2012 in Boracay, I have already asked the presidents-elect to pay the Semi-Annual Report (SAR) by 31 July 2012, their first month in office. The SAR is the list of active members within a club, and their required
clubs were religiously paying early even without my prodding. When the trend reached 72 per cent, I really felt the support of my club presidents and secretaries. Marissa e-mailed me regular updates until we reached 88 per cent. She said that this is the first time a district got to this level of payment so fast, a record in Rotary. Achieving 100 per cent payment
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(EDITOR’S NOTE: Please send your comments and suggestions about the magazine or any of the feature articles, via email to office@philrotary.com, indicating your full name, Rotary club and district number. We also welcome comments from our office visitors regarding our service. We value your comments to help us be the “magazine of choice” of Philippine Rotarians. We will practice “first in, first out” but will still exercise editorial prerogative. Comments below were taken from emails received. Text in italics are the editor’s notes.) To the Editor-in-Chief, Greetings from the Rotary Club of Plaridel Kristal! We would like to thank you for the personalized copy of the PRM which we receive on a monthly basis. It is really a big help since I, as Club Secretary, do not have to type each name of the members and stick it on the magazine. We really appreciate your gesture very much. Lilia G. Lorenzo Secretary q q q Great Job! A new PRM Center right in the heart of RI District 3780: neat, functional, and professional! Thank you for making available at the center Rotary magazines of Australia, India (which I was able to read because they were in English), Portugal (in Portuguese), Korea, and Japan. I also saw available were the ABCs of Rotary, several brochures on Rotary, and back issues of the PRM. Maybe in the near future you can also make available one computer that any Rotarian can use to access www.rotary.org right in the PRM office, setting up sort of an e-library. Rotarians can also log on to www.rotaryd3780.org, our district website, and other districts’ websites too! Therefore, making Rotary connectivity without borders! You can also post monthly updates of the exact number of countries where Rotary is, exact number of clubs and exact number of districts. Again, many thanks! Also thanks again for my coffee, care of Ana. Yours in Rotary service, CP Virginia Irene R. Santos RC Agham (We welcome your appreciation and suggestions which help make PRM, the magazine of choice...EIC.)
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dues to Rotary International. I even included in the PETS program the topic “How to Use Member Access” in the RI website for easier payment. Through constant monitoring of payment with Marissa Pili of the Parramatta office, I noticed that the
by September 2012 would not be a big problem and the thought of breaking a record encouraged me. So with my district secretaries and assistant governors, through e-mails, phone calls and text messages, we appealed to the remaining clubs to
settle their dues on or before 30 September 2012. On September 28 Marissa sent me a congratulatory e-mail: District 3790 was 99 per cent paid, and that if the one remaining club would be able to deposit its payment within the day, being a Friday, the district would achieve 100 per cent payment. With the help of my PeaceMaker officers as well as Immediate Past District Governor Digna, the lone club finally deposited its SAR within the last banking hour, and D-3790 reached the record of 100 per cent payment of SAR within the first three months of a Rotary year! q q q The feat of DG Tony Bautista did not go unrecognized. Zone 7A Director John Boag wrote Rotary Coordinator Oyan Villanueva: “Congratulations to DG Tony for having his clubs achieve 100 per cent by the due date!” And from RC Oyan himself: “Let us all congratulate District 3790, headed by DG Tony Bautista, for having achieved 100 per cent SAR payment by 28 September 2012. I believe that this might be a world breaker.”
The Youngest Paul Harris Fellow Few hours after Luke Guiller DR Tumangan was born (October 18, 2012), his grandparents RI Director Nominee Guiller E. Tumangan and Spouse Letty immediately contributed on the same day to The Rotary Foundation and gifted Luke with the Paul Harris Fellow. Luke is the first grandson of RIDN Guiller and Spouse Letty.
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ZONE 7 A PERFORMANCE UPDATE PDG Bobby Viray RRFC, Zone 7A
I am pleased to present the performance of the twelve districts under Zone 7A. Our zone has performed creditably well for the past years. For details on how districts performed last Rotary year, presented below is a comparative summary of district contributions:
The district’s performance this Rotary year will certainly be gauged against last year’s figures. While the first quarter performance appears to be low, it is still better than the figures for the first quarter of the previous year. Both Indonesia and the Philippines are performing better than it was for the same quarter of last Rotary year except for a few districts. I am confident that our district governors and their DRFC teams have a plan to accelerate contributions.
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ROTARY PORTRAITS
FACES Rotary Club of Kandaya, District 3860 RI 2012 Paul Harris Fellows Family
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he Lee-Andrade family joins the roster of Paul Harris Fellows Families this RI year 2012. Rotarian Caroline “Caycay” Caroline Lee-Andrade, currently the president of the Rotary Club of Kandaya, Tacloban District 3860 honors her parents and her family with individual Paul Harris Fellows, thus qualifying the entire brood to be a Paul Harris Fellows Family. The new Paul Harris Fellows Family includes her parents Akio Go Lee and Belinda Kiang Lee, her better-half Robert “Bobby” Andrade, who is also a Rotarian and her five children Carl Robert, Tanya Dominique, Margaret Roselle, Sean Robert, and the baby of the family, Denise Caroline. Rotarian Caycay was already a Paul Harris Fellow in 2005, a year before she joined the Rotary Club of Kandaya. She was aware that her donation to The Rotary Foundation would
support and fund the projects that would improve the lives of people around the world. As an entrepreneur and a mother, she has her hands full managing the various family businesses and taking care of her family. With little time for other activities, she felt that donating to the Foundation was the best way for her to share her blessings. Being an only child, Caroline is blessed with wonderful parents, a good husband and five energetic children. As president of RC Kandaya, rendering service to the less fortunate is not an option but her personal commitment as a Rotarian. This commitment is shared by her family who gives her their unconditional support in all her undertakings. Rotarian Caycay quips that “they truly deserve the credit as members of a Paul Harris Fellows Family.”– Sec. Catherine A. Bonavitacola
From Left to Right: Daughters Tanya Dominique, Margarette Roselle, Mother Belinda Kiang Lee, Youngest Daughter Denise Caroline, Pres. Caroline “Caycay” Lee-Andrade and Spouse Rtn. Robert “Bobby” Andrade, Father Akio Go Lee, Sons Carl Robert and Sean Robert. Photo taken at the Silver Wedding Anniversary of Rtn. Bobby and Pres. Caycay. Philippine Rotary • September 2012
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We often ask ourselves why we need to have sister-clubs or partners in service. Is it just us needing them or them needing us? We share this story for we have realized that indeed, it is not only in the fables of Aesop where one learns of mutual dependence regardless of size or status and that service indeed transcends cultural borders.
Receiving the commendation from the Rotary Wind of Hope Scholarship (from left to right) were RC Baguio Summer Capital’s Club Secretary Rommel Alcid, Membership Development Director Ed Mindaros, President Joris-Karl Dacawi, IPP Tony Tactay, PP Minoru Saito of RC Tokyo Rinkai, PE Edward Dogui-is and former Club Secretary Carlito Villanueva.
THE RCBSC CHALLENGE The 2011 8.9-magnitude earthquake of Japan caused a 30 feet tsunami devastating life and property. It affected not only the people of Land OUR PARTNERSHIP of the Rising Sun but also the rest of the For the past nine years, in world. partnership with the Rotary “Considering that they have been Club of Tokyo Rinkai through the our partners for such a long time, it is only but right that we help them (our sister club, RC Tokyo Rinkai) in this time of need” was the battle cry of PP Tony Tactay and club president for RY 2011-2012. “Though we have to align club resources for this term, we have to show them that they are not alone President Joris-Karl Dacawi of RC Baguio Summer Capital (on in re-building their the far left) reads the letter sent by Misao Ueno of the Rotary communities … that Youth Support Liaison Council for Great East Japan Earthquake we are with them. while PP Minoru Saito (center) of RC Tokyo Rinkai and the We all know firstBaguio Foundation interpreter looks on. IPP Tony Tactay hand the hardships (on the far right) tries to follow the conversation using an of being victims to an earthquake interpreter’s translator. (recalling the 1990 killer quake that hit Baguio Foundation, the Rotary Baguio)”. Club of Baguio Summer Capital The RC Baguio (RCBSC) has been sending poor Summer Capital brethren but deserving students to college decided to donate through the club’s scholarship ¥380,000 for the projects program. Through the scholarships, of RC Tokyo Rinkai. the club has produced not only Admittedly, the amount honor students and board top by first-world standards placers but outstanding teachers may not be much -- but who are now gainfully employed in such is already quite different institutions of learning as substantial in terms of well. Support fund from RC Tokyo projects funded here Rinkai has been ably managed by the in the Philippines. Council of Past Presidents of RCBSC Club Secretary Carlito since 2003 during the terms of PP “Tolitz” Villanueva Rey Leung and PP Caloy Dumlao.
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represented the club during RC Tokyo Rinkai’s anniversary in Tokyo, Japan and brought the club’s message of solidarity.
RC TOKYO RINKAI RESPONSE Recently, Baguio Foundation Vice President and RC Tokyo Rinkai PP Minoru Saito presented a citation coming from the Youth Support Liaison Council for the Great East Japan Earthquake to the brethren of RCBSC through IPP Antonio Tactay and Club President Joris-Karl Dacawi. The club was commended for contributing to the “Rotary Wind of Hope Scholarship,” an educational support program for children orphaned by the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 1, 2011. “The donation will be spent exclusively as scholarships for the earthquakestricken students of universities and technical colleges,” wrote Misao Ueno, chairman of the Rotary Youth Support Liaison Council for Great East Japan Earthquake in a letter of gratitude to the club. “I guess this is the true essence of international relations -- of sisterclubs helping each other in serving their communities” said President Joris in accepting the citation. “Iba rin pala ang pakiramdam na tayo naman ang nakatulong sa kanila, napakasarap!” (It’s a different feeling when one helps them, its Photo of fulfilling). – Josef Japanese Angelo Martires, earthquake RC Baguio Summer victim Capital and Cluster (Associated Secretary of Area Press) 1-C, District 3790
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The House of Hope Some time ago, there was a 3-year-old girl from Surigao diagnosed with leukemia. Her father was mostly at her bedside and when asked where his wife was, he replied that she was at the waiting shed across the hospital, breastfeeding their 3-month-old baby for the past three days. This story prompted the Rotary Club of Waling Waling Davao to initiate the conversion of an old dilapidated dormitory at the Southern Philippines Medical Center in Davao City into a transient home for children with cancer. This home is now called House of Hope (HoH), RCWWD’s signature project which embodies Rotary’s six areas of focus.
HoH is a clean and wholesome place to stay for children undergoing outpatient cancer treatment.
The House of Hope at Southern Philippines Medical Center.
These are positive health habits they learn and take back to their own homes.
WATER AND SANITATION RCWWD provided HoH with an efficient water system consisting of an electric motor pump and water tank for storage. A separate water tank was also provided to collect rainwater used for watering the plants, washing clothes and other utilities. It also serves as a back-up when water supply is low.
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH HoH provides not only shelter but a wholesome environment The families of the children at HoH, for maternal and child health. though coming from different cultures, The concept has mushroomed: Ethnic diversity at HoH. religions and beliefs that characterize the HoH-Tagum supported by RC Mindanao, live in peace for the sake Golden LACES for the pediatric of finding cures for their young ones oncology unit at the Davao del with cancer. They are provided access to all psychosocial Norte Regional Hospital; and HoH-Bangkal and HoHactivities and conflicts are resolved through mediation Margarita, supported by other nongovernmental and counselling, with their children’s well-being as organizations in Davao City. primary consideration. EDUCATION AND LITERACY DISEASE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT At HoH, children Parents and children (being immune compromised) continue their education are taught the basic principles of hygiene, healthy through regular visits of practices and strategies for disease prevention. There a retired teacher and a are no janitors or housekeeping staff at HoH so parents library supported by contribute by cleaning for RCWWD and other their children. The child benefactors. Occasionally ren are o ur future . there are foreign PEACE AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION
exchange students who come and tutor the older teens.
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT RCWWD supported the vocational education of two parents at HoH who subsequently found jobs in the automotive industry. Plans for more livelihood projects for the parents are in the club’s calendar. ‒ Past President Mae Dolendo, RC Waling-Waling Davao Children enjoying the company of friends and the convenience Philippine Rotary • November 2012 of clean water and healing environment at HoH.
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Pump It Up After four years and several major fundraising activities later, the Rotary Club of Ormoc (District 3860) finally saw its dream of providing water to a community of about 300 come true. A community needs assessment conducted by the club established that most of the roughly 70 households in Sitio Bailan in Barangay Cagbuhangin, Ormoc City Rtn. Randy Ch were suffering from gastrointestinal problems. The diseases were u, PP Joy Rom ero, PP Jerry Ch and GML Chai iong r Sandra Chio primarily caused by the water source then, coming from surrounding ng check out water supply. the rice fields, which were sprayed with fertilizers and insecticides. Thus began the Cagbuhangin Water Project. Instrumental in the success of the project are: Immediate Past District Governor Nonoy Villa-Abrille and Grants Chair Past District Governor Toto Cupin for the District’s financial contribution; Aniceta Gonzaga who donated a portion of her property for the project site; Past President Edmund Kierulf for his unwavering commitment to the project; officials and personnel of the Ormoc City Health Office who helped in the feasibility studies; and the barangay officials of Sitio Bailan. – PP Josephine Mejia-Romero The Rotary Club of Ormoc officers and members with the local barangay officials and residents of Sitio Bailan, Brgy. Cagbuhangin. Perok overnor G t ces ic r t Dis 60) gra ez (D38 urnover u ig r d o R tt r projec ject the wate moc to the pro r O C R from ries. beneficia
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The children of Sitio Bailan will now enjoy clean water supply.
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DG Penny Policarpio thanks Pres. Jun Martinez and RC Diliman members.
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PP Bong Cruz
Promoting Peace in Barangays
DGN Sammy Pagdilao
IPDG Jess Cifra with Rotarians
Peace presidents, some barangay officials, and some members of the Philippine National Police gathered at the Silver Hall of the Rotary Center of District 3780 in Quezon City during the recently held Barangay Peace Summit. The said activity became a key avenue for leaders of Rotary clubs to learn how they can bring Rotary closer to the community and collaborate with barangay and the local PNP. Equipping the Rotary leaders with the proper values and concepts were resource speakers like Philippine Rotary Magazine Editor-inChief PDG Melito “Bimbo” Salazar, Jr. (Rotary Values and Code of Conduct), Rear Admiral Miguel Rodriquez (Current peace and order status), DGN Samuel “Sammy” Pagdilao (Rotary-PNP-Barangay collaboration to attain peace in the barangay), IPDG Jose Francisco “Jess” Cifra (History/ Essence of Rotary Community Corps), and GP Bong Cruz (Rotary
Community Corps primer). District Governor Rufino “Penny” Policarpio thanked all the participants and the invited guest speakers for a fruitful session that will make the district and club leaders better partners of the community. He acknowledged the Rotary Club of Diliman, led by Peace Pres. Jun Martinez for hosting the affair and PP Ma. Eliza “Baby” Allado, Chair of the District Community Service Committee for planning and managing the event. Contributed by: Quincy Joel Cahilig
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District Chair PP Ma. Eliza Allado
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Getting Ready The Pre-GETS/GNTS went full swing 2012 at the AIM Convention Center in Makati. The well-designed program was appreciated by the Governors Elect and the Governors Nominee as they found it very informative and useful for their incoming term. The program gave the DGEs and DGNs practical advice, suggestions and tips on how to prepare for the GETS/GNTS and the International Assembly, how to organize and make functional their district team, how to understand and benefit from the Future Vision Plan, how to increase membership, how to plan, partner in, and implement better service and public image projects, and how to set goals and maximize
Spouse Dot Gancayco facilitating spouses’ session.
Spouse Mely Hechanova (center) with spouses of PDGs, DGEs and DGNs.
IPDG Corina Bautista and PDG Tato Dimayuga.
TRF contributions. The learning curve generally focused on the Philippine experience or setting. The powerhouse speakers were PRID Paing Hechanova, DG Penny Policarpio, IPDG Ernie Choa, PDG Oyan Villanueva, PDG Mel Salazar, PDG Chit Lijauco, PDG Jun Farcon and PDG Tranquil Salvador. Most of the PCRG Board Spouse Zeny Farcon with DGEs’ spouses. Members were on hand to ensure the flawless conduct of the seminar and the fellowship thereafter, led by Seminar Chairman PDG Tato PDG Diotay Sy, PDG Ted Locson, IPDG Sam Fontanilla Dimayuga. The other PCRG Board members present and PDG Butch Francisco. were Chairman PDG Ambo Gancayco, IPDG Corina The DGE and DGN Spouses had a parallel program Tengco-Bautista, PDG Ferdi Fuentes, PDG Paco Atayde, conducted by Spouses Program Chair Spouse Zeny
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Farcon, Vice Chair Spouse Dot Gancayco, and their Committee members: Spouses Minda Fuentes, Virgie Locson, Fides Dimayuga, Mariz Alvarez, City Morales and Julie Espinosa. The DGE/DGN spouses learned much that day from topics like ”Preparing to Serve with the Governor”, “Protocol in Rotary”, and “Visual Poise and Etiquette”. The distinguished speakers were Chair Spouse Zeny Farcon, Patty Betita, Spouse Vere Laxamana, and Spouse Mely Hechanova. The gracious host was Spouse Dot Gancayco.
DGEs at break time.
Aguilar (D-3810), DGN Jojo De Guia (D-3820), DGN Lito Colona (D-3830), DGN Jude Doctora (D-3850), DGN Boy Salanatin (D-3860), and DGN Manny Along (D3870). Only DGE Danny Ona (D3820) was absent as he was still recovering from a health concern, but he was ably represented by his DGEs and spouses with PCRG Chair Ambo Gancayco (rightmost) and Seminar Chair Tato incoming District Dimayuga (third from left). Secretary. – PDG Ambo Gancayco, PCRG Chair The day-long seminar ended with a sumptuous buffet dinner, overflowing drinks, lots of fellowship and dancing to non-stop music by a live band. Almost all the DGEs and DGNs of the 10 Rotary International Districts in the Philippines were present: DGE Pichoy Ramirez (D-3770), DGE Francis Rivera (D-3780), DGE Linda Winter (D-3790), DGE Louie Ticman (D-3800), DGE Karen Tamayo (D-3810), DGE Robert Kuan (D3830), DGE Mark Ortiz (D-3850), DGE Edgar Chiongbian (D-3860); DGE Teresita Navales (D-3870); DGN Nonet Tiam (D-3770), DGN Sammy Pagdilao (D-3780), DGN Dennis Go (D3790), DGN Marilou Co (D-3800), DGN Edmond Philippine Rotary • November 2012
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FACES: GALLERY The Governor and Peace Presidents (L-R) Sugus Legaspi, Jimmy Lazaro, Nelson Mendoza , Philip Nazareno, Venus Custodio, Luz Pacifico, Elsa Villanueva, First Ann Mimi Valerio, Reuben Valerio, District Governor Sue Sta Maria; Ruby Bañares, Ella Gulfo, Mache Torres, Jen Tolentino, OchieTuazon, LitoPanlilio, Rose Antonio and Josephine Evans.
“One Big Family”
Some of the models
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The Rotary Club of Makati staged a cultural show at the ballroom of the Mandarin Hotel in Makati to raise funds for its humanitarian projects. A brainchild of RC Makati president Reuben Valerio and spouse Mimi Valerio, the show succeeded in bringing together 28 Rotary clubs in four districts and six cultural organizations for one cause, a feat never before accomplished. “Hand in Hand--One Big Family,” the three-part stage presentation directed by Raymond Villanueva, featured, first, the Parade of Nations, a showcase of the national dresses of 24 nations; the Evolution of Filipino Costumes, a pageant showing the costumes of the Philippines’ regional and ethnic groups; and a parade of the Peace Presidents of District
3830 led by Gov. Sue Sta. Maria. In the cast were “models” from the Rotary clubs of Alabang, Alabang Centerpoint, Las Piñas, Makati Central, Makati Dasmariñas, E-Club Global City, Forbes Park, Makati Jose P. Rizal, Makati Paseo de Roxas, Makati San Lorenzo, Makati South, Makati Southwest, Makati Uptown, Makati Urdaneta, Makati West, Muntinlupa, Muntinlupa Filinvest, Parañaque BF Homes, Parañaque Lakanbini, Paranaque Poblacion, Metropolitan Pateros, Rizal West, Taguig Fort Bonifacio, and Makati from District 3830; RC Cubao and RC Quezon City from District 3780; RC Mandaluyong from District 3800, and RC Manila from District 3810; and friends of Rotary: Catholic Women’s Club, Inner Wheel Club of Manila, Inner Wheel Club of Greenmeadows, All Nations Women’s Group, the Society for Cultural Enrichment, and Friends of CCP. The show was made possible by the invaluable support of generous sponsors and donors: DGE Robert & Yvonne Kuan, major sponsors; AC Corporation/ Pres. Reuben Valerio; Felix Ang; Pioneer Insurance; St. James Foundation; and Tatsuno Corporation, platinum sponsors; Asia United Bank, Eddie Galvez; Trinity Insurance/PDG Sid Garcia, and PP Conrad Marty, gold sponsors; Lil Dominguez, Bianca Valerio/Face to Face, and F. E. Zuellig, silver sponsors; and RC Makati Pres. Reuben & Mimi Valerio, PP Freddie & Jojo Borromeo, and Mandarin Oriental Hotel, donors. – Mimi Valerio Pres. Reuben Valerio and District Governor Sue Sta. Maria. Philippine Rotary • November
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ROTARY LIFEST YLES
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“Ever since then, I have been nourished by the milk of human
By PDG Melito S. Salazar, Jr.
kindness dispensed by the supreme
pon his installation as member of the Arch C. Klumph Society, IPDG Rafael “Raffy” Garcia responded, “My wife Minda and I are overwhelmed by the honor you are bestowing on us for our simple effort to give Service Above Self. Although I have been a Rotarian for over 41 years, I only really became Rotarized when I became president of my club in 2006-2007. Ever since then, I have been nourished by the milk of human kindness dispensed by the supreme generosity of Rotarians helping those who have less in life. I am proud to be with the leaders of our great organization and I hope to learn from all of you how I can be of better service to my fellow men.” Earlier, past Rotary International President D.K. Lee had introduced IPDG Raffy and Minda, “Rafael “Raffy” Garcia III, is Chairman/CEO of the
generosity of Rotarians helping those who have less in life.” Mega Group of Computer Companies, a multinational conglomerate of 44 companies specializing in high technology systems based in the Philippines, with offices in the US, Shanghai, Buenos Aires, Singapore and Germany. He joined the Rotary Club of Pasig as its first noncharter member in 1971. For years, he was in Rotary only for the fellowship. He finally acceded to become its club president in 2006-2007 and promptly made RC Pasig the Most Outstanding Rotary Club in District 3800 while increasing its membership from 35 to 78. He was named the Most Outstanding Club President for District 3800 in 2006-2007. He received the Four Avenues of Service award from RI for his Pasig Rotary GK Housing Village project, a 159-unit housing project for informal settlers that he built in Pasig City without any help from Rotary. He is now building a multi-story Rotary Center on a 600-square
IPDG Raffy and Minda Garcia viewing their page in the Arch C. Klumph Society Interactive gallery. Philippine Rotary • November 2012
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FEATURES meter lot that he acquired adjacent to the housing project. This Rotary Center will house a community livelihood center, a day care facility, a pre-school, a medical/dental clinic, offices for each of the 15 Rotary clubs in the Pasig Zone, a meeting room large enough for 150 guests, and parking for 50 cars. He just completed his term as the Governor for District 3800 for RY 2011-2012 during which his club, RC Pasig achieved a per capita of US$2,800.86, fifth highest in the world, through total contributions of $197,860.00 to The Rotary Foundation. This helped boost District 3800’s total TRF contributions to US$505,000 with a per
during the many disasters that hit the Philippines every year. Minda Acacio Garcia, is the Soroptimists International Governor for the Philippine Region for 2012-2014. Like Rotary, Soroptimists are concerned with helping those in need except that Soroptimists concentrate on the improvement of the lives of women and girls. Minda has been a Past President of the FounderManila Chapter (which founded the Soroptimist movement in the Philippines 36 years ago), and a member of the International Fund Development Council based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. When she is not doing her work as the Soroptimist Governor, or as the Immediate Past Rotary Governor’s lady, she runs her own cutflower farm in Calamba, Laguna raising orchids, anthuriums and high valued palm trees. Additionally, she raises ostriches, pure-bred hogs, Japanese Koi, and American Mastiff dogs. Raffy and Minda have four children who have given them seven grandchildren.” The Arch Klumph Society recognizes individuals and organizations that contribute a minimum of U$250,000 up RI senior leaders John Kenny, D.K. Lee, Wilf Wilkinson and Ron Burton join IPDG Raffy to U$499,999 to The Rotary and Minda Garcia (center) after the placing of the couple’s photo in the Arch C. Klumph Foundation with membership in Society gallery, where photos of other Philippine members in the AKS - Don Emilio Yap, the Trustees Circle, U$ 500,000 to PRID Paing and Mely Hechanova and the Angelo King Foundation - are installed. U$ 999,999 Chairs Circle and U$ 1 million and above Foundation Circle. capita of $220.24, which was the Besides recognition IPDG Raffy and Minda Garcia highest in Zone 7, with 100% giving items (pin and hang their photo at the gallery. clubs. crystal), pictures Using the Raffy Garcia and biographies of Challenge, where Rotarians wanting the members are to become Paul Harris Fellows, installed in the Arch were asked to contribute $500 to C. Klumph Society be matched by 500 points from his interactive gallery. contributions, Raffy is responsible The other AKS for over 400 Rotarians in Districts members from the 3800, 3870, 3890 and 3780 in Philippines are two becoming Paul Harris Fellows, individuals and increasing TRF contributions by at one organization least another $200,000. -Don Emilio T. He chartered three new clubs Yap, Rotary Club and increased membership in the district by 436 (a of Marikina, D3800 and Rotary Club of Manila, D3810 growth of over 20%), while leading 14 clubs to double (Chair’s Circle) inducted 11 August 2009; Rafael G. their membership, and reducing below charter strength Hechanova, Rotary Club of Makati, Rizal, D-3830 clubs from 52 to just 23 during his term as district (Trustee’s Circle), inducted 27 October 2010; and the governor. Angelo King Foundation, Inc., Rotary Club of Makati, He is also a director and an active supporter of the Rizal, D-3830 (Trustee’s Circle), inducted 1 January ShelterBox project which has helped so many Filipinos 2002.
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By PDG Guiller E. Tumangan
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ow does one go writing about a person who is an icon in Rotary? That is the difficult but pleasant task for me. Past RI President M.A.T Caparas is a son of a Rotarian, a long-time member and senior leader of Rotary and one who has been a Rotarian for almost 50 years, almost like a lifetime to many of us. He is a retired lawyer, a product of the best law schools: the University of the Philippines and Harvard Law School. He excelled in the practice of law, negotiating collective bargaining agreements on behalf of management. It was gratifying work, he says, where he solved and prevented costly industrial disputes instead of starting or causing them. Such concern for the public good led him to public service, with two short stints in government: as delegate to the constitutional convention and as chairman of a presidential commission. His rise in Rotary is startling. He started as a charter member of a small club, was club president in his third year, and district governor before he was five years a Philippine Rotary • November 2012
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RVC Foundation, Inc. PRIP Mat with (from left) IPDG Ernie Choa (D3810), IPDG Rey Castillo (D3820), IPDG Raffy Garcia (3800), RVCFI President IPDG Jess Cifra (D3780) and IPDG Sam Fontanilla (D3870) Rotarian. The seven-year requirement was put by the Council on Legislation only the following year that he became president. He always jokes that the requirement was put in place because nobody wanted that mistake to happen again. But that was not true. In the last month of his term as governor, he was appointed as Training Leader in the International Assembly, which he performed while still a governor. And he received several appointments thereafter. In 1986-87, he served as Rotary International President. He is practically the most senior past president of Rotary now because Past Presidents Clem Renouf and Carlos Canseco, who served before him, are both constrained by illness from traveling to international Rotary events. He himself says he is retired (although not resigned) from Rotary. He is a modest man, and has never volunteered to talk of his accomplishments. So I asked him directly, and he kindly answered my questions. Specifically, I asked him what important Rotary events in which he participated happened during his term as President. Jokingly, again, he replied, “I gave Rotary a great theme: Rotary Brings Hope. It added the word hope to the vocabulary of Rotary, and Rotary speakers have not been able since then to deliver an inspiring message without using that word. So, when you hear some great orator mention hope, think of PRIP Mat him who told you what Caparas w ith spouses (From left) Rotary service really of IPDGs: Gie Fontan illa, Celene means.” Garcia, Hel Choa, Mind en Cifra an a d the late B The four major ulet Castillo . accomplishments of PRIP M.A.T during his term as RI President are: • The purchase of the Rotary headquarters, which we now call Rotary Center, for an unbelievably low price. Parts of that 14-storey building are rented out, bringing in millions of dollars a year that the organization can use in its operation; • The start of the two-year PolioPlus fund campaign that culminated in the amazing success that was celebrated in the Philadelphia convention the following year; • The admission of women to Rotary when the R.I. board decided to stop resisting the reinstatement of the Duarte Rotary Club. It then declared that clubs in all states of the United States and in other countries that had laws similar to that of California could invite women to membership. That was the start of the greatest development in Rotary history; • Rotary Community Corps was an idea introduced by then RI president-elect M.A.T. Caparas in 1985. It was then known as Rotary Village Corps or Rotary Community Service Corps. RI Board adopted the program in 1988.
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The RVC Foundation, Inc. is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Certificate No. 091-194814. The following are the incorporators: PRIP M.A.T. Caparas PP Francisco dela Cruz PRIVP Francisco Delgado PDG Nestor Feliciano PDG Antonio Garcia PRID Rafael G. Hechanova PDG Ruben Henson PDG Oscar de Venecia
PDG Mark Herras PDG Rufino Luna PDG Antonio Rufino PRID Sabino Santos PDG Dante Sarraga PP Angel Sepidoza PDG Antonio Tambunting
RVC Foundation, Inc. was formed to hold information seminars in Manila at foundation expense. Those seminars were later expanded to include the DGNs early in their preparation for their year of service. And, for follow up, the foundation sent teams of trainers to the various districts to hold seminars and workshops to help the governors train their committee people in organizing and supervising RVCs. The RVC Foundation, Inc. is now being headed by IPDG Jose Francisco “Jess” Cifra as President and ViceChairman. The following are the current officers of RVC Foundation, Inc. Past RI Pres. M.A.T. Caparas, D3800 PDG Guiller E. Tumangan, D3830 IPDG Jose Francisco Cifra, D3780 PDG Efren de Guzman, D3800 PDG Vitt Gutierrez, D3790 PDG Ramon Locsin, D3850 PDG Salvador Angala, D3860 PDG Antonio Rufino, D3830 PDG Mariquit Reventar, D3820
Honorary Chairman Chairman President & Vice Chairman Vice President – Metro Manila Vice President – Luzon Vice President – Visayas Vice President – Mindanao Treasurer Secretary
Trustees: PDG Efren Martinez, D3770 PDG Danilo Espinosa, D3780 PDG Rolando Villanueva, D3790 PDG Daniel Yu, D3810 PDG Antonio Tambunting, Jr., D3830 PDG Fe Juarez, D3870 PP Jorge Caparas, D3830
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RCDD’s “Center for Hope”: A home for the Rotary Community Corps
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otary Club of Downtown Davao’s (RCDD) dream
for a multi-purpose building to serve as a venue for community and vocational services started as soon as the Downtown Davao Foundation, Inc. purchased a 300 square meter lot at Purok San Miguel, Barangay Agdao Centro, Davao City. Negotiations for the lot purchase started during the Rotary year 1998-1999 under the Presidency of PP Linda C. Tesoro, when the Rotary theme was “Follow Your Rotary Dream.” Cleaning the area and earth filling immediately followed. The ground-breaking in
preparation for the building construction was held during the RY 1999-2000 under the leadership of then President Felina A. Javellana through funds from WCS Chiba, Japan. A feeding program for children was conducted under a make-shift tent to signify that the proposed multi-purpose building will focus on community service for children, specifically on literacy, health and nutrition. The lay-outing for the center started on May 15, 2000 with June 5 of the same year as its target date of construction. On June 10, 2000, the skeletal framework and roof took shape, and Reverend Fr. Sixto Vistal officiated the blessing rites. With lighted candles, the Downtown Davao Rotarians prayed that soon the construction will be completed, and a monument of service will mark that
depressed area in Barangay Agdao Centro, this City. The one-storey semi-concrete building was completed during RY 2000-2001 under then President Vilma U. Kho and then President Sylvia C. Navarro, RY 2001-2002. A Rotary Community Corps was organized, and skills training projects for the livelihood program were conducted. RCDD’s dream did not end here. Plans to expand the building to a threestorey edifice were discussed and a blue-print layed out by then President Charisse P. Puentespina during RY 2003-2004. But this was not realized since the finances of the Foundation could not warrant the cost. A twostorey expansion instead was conceptualized when PP Fely Javellana assumed presidency of the Downtown Davao Foundation, Inc. Construction started during RY 2007-2008 under the term of IPP Ma. Richelle B. Vicente and finished towards the end of her term through additional fundings from the World Community Service of Chiba, Japan. The fencing was improved and another extension was constructed through the funds from RC Oyodo, Osaka, Japan facilitated by IPP Ichie Vicente, and, the multipurpose building was named “Center for Hope”. The community center is a dream come true for the Downtown Davao Rotarians. It is a house for its Rotary Community Corps’ joint projects with RCDD—the day care, skills training and health (Medical Center). This Rotary Year 2012-2013, Community Service projects focus on the “Mother for Peace Food Revolution” to articulate the theme “Peace Through Service”.
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The Growth of an RCC A fire that razed downtown Davao City about 20 years ago displaced many construction workers who found a home in the Mintal relocation area. Their needs, specifically in livelihood, gave birth to a Rotary Community Corps sponsored by the Rotary Club of Sta. Ana Davao. Initial site visits in late 2003 led to the formal organization of the RCC which adopted the new name of the relocation site in Tugbok District, Davao City: Barangay Sto. Niño. Thus the RCC Sto. Niño Livelihood Philippines (RCC SNLP) was chartered on 13 May 2005. The livelihood program of RCC SNLP is focused on skills training for building construction leadership, carpentry, masonry, concreting, plumbing, electrical, welding and painting works. However, it expands into other areas once in a while. Recently, with the assistance of the Department of Agriculture, RCC SNLP sponsored a demonstration on toyo (soy sauce) making, vegetable lumpia cooking and making vegetable salad for some of the housewives. The building also serves as the venue for the club’s regular medical-dental mission for the barangay. RCC SNLP also rents out the building to other local organizations as an activity area or meeting hall. By doing so, the Corps is able to create awareness of the RCC program of Rotary, projecting a good image for the organization. Besides, it helps them improve the community facilities as well. From livelihood, the RCC SNLP has grown strong enough to do other service projects to help its community in the same way that it was helped by RC Sta. Ana Davao to stand on its feet just a few years ago.
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ROTARY COMMUNITY CORPS Rotary Club of Waling-Waling Davao District 3860 Club No. 28480 RCC ADAP (Association of Differently-abled Persons) Village ADAP Village, Indangan, Buhangin District, Davao City
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he club already started to assist persons with disabilities (PWDs) many years ago particularly in ADAP Village, Indangan with their livelihood and fruit trees planting when they were awarded the houses in the village by the National Housing Authority. During
the RY 2008-2009 with the term of then PP Vangie Schwendener and Dir. Luchie Aportadera and with the interest of our long-time WCS club partner, RC Narashino, the RCC was formally organized. With this followed the establishment of RCC ADAP Sentro ng Pangkabuhayan Project with the support of WCS Chiba and RC Narashino, Japan. The center functions as the venue for PWDs who could not leave their homes and find jobs outside to still have opportunities to practice their skills, earn and most especially have dignity of labor as differently-abled persons. In partnership with ADAP MultiPurpose Cooperative, the center now houses livelihood products (sewing especially supplying various blind massage centers in
The ACE of District 3830 By PP Harold J. Dacumos DCC Community Service/RCC Rotary International District 3830
An initiative by the Rotary Club of Makati Bel-Air four years ago, the Annual Community Excellence (ACE) Award for Outstanding Rotary Community Corps for Rotary Year 2012-13 was launched in an appreciation dinner hosted by the club. With management and technical inputs from the club through PP Roland Zurbano and this writer, the ACE Award promises to be bigger, bolder and better. Gracing the event was Gov. Sue Sta. Maria and Senior Assistant Governor Renato “Chochit” Tobias, also this year’s chairman of the District Awards and Recognition. Unveiling the award details to all Peace Presidents, SAG Chochit emphasized that “the Rotary theme this year, Peace through Service, captures the spirit behind the search for the ACE Awards. Rising above the crisis, many RCCs, whose members belong to the marginalized sector, have shown the courage, perseverance and
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the city with beddings, cross-stitch, computer literacy, reading center and production of DepEd Region XI chairs through a MOA). At present, initial planning activities are ongoing for the sustainability and maintenance requirements of the center between the club, RCC ADAP and ADAP Multi-purpose Cooperative. Photos shown – during February 4, 2011 visit of RC Narashino to RCC ADAP (top photo) and March 2 Annual General Assembly of ADAP Multipurpose Cooperative (left photo).
SAG Renato “Chochit” Tobias, chair of D3830 Awards and Recognition, announces the new bigger and better ACE Award
determination to undertake worthwhile projects in order to give a brighter future and bring about a peaceful and self-reliant community.” The Most Outstanding RCC of D3830 will be conferred the Gawad M.A.T. Caparas Award to honor the Past RI President who initiated and institutionalized the RCC as an enduring way of fostering community development. In addition, ACE Awards will be given to recognize exemplary service achievements of RCCs and their sponsoring Rotary clubs in RI’s six areas of focus. The conferment of the ACE Awards will be in June 2013. At the dinner, Gov. Sue thanked RC Makati Bel-Air for its leadership in organizing the successful RCC District Assembly last September at the University of Makati. Philippine Rotary • November 2012
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Barangay and RCC: Striking a Synergy By AG Bong Cruz RC New Manila East, D3780
Service Chair PP Baby Allado and Seminar, also at the Rotary Center, this writer who is also the District where all the Peace Presidents and RCC Chair to encourage all the clubs their respective RCC presidents o Governor Penny to organize at least one RCC to were briefed on what an RCC is, Policarpio of Rotary double the number in the district. how RCCs could be effective in International District Two major activities have delivering sustainable service 3780, the Rotary since been Community Corps is a undertaken. valuable force multiplier for Rotary Last month, clubs in the effective delivery of club a Barangayservice projects to the community. RCC He also sees the synergy if clubs Summit was would link up with the leaders conducted of their adopted communities, where specifically the barangay officials. barangay Believing this, he advocated two chairmen things: an increase in the number of from Quezon RCCs in the district; and a working City went to alliance between the RCCs and the the Rotary The Peace Presidents and their RCC presidents with barangays. These two entities must Center to District RCC chair AG Bong Cruz (front, 3rd from left) jointly and closely collaborate to meet with effectively deliver service projects in the Peace the community where they operate. presidents As of today, there are only 60 of the clubs that adopted them. projects with or without the aid of RCCs in D3780, a measly 4 per Speakers were invited to talk about their sponsoring Rotary Clubs, and cent of the over 1,500 in the 10 peace and order in the community, more importantly, how a Rotary districts in the country. The 60 were disaster preparedness and other Club can set up an RCC. Resource sponsored by only 31 of the 103 possible community-based projects persons were Director Nominee clubs in the district, or only 30 per where barangays and RCCs could PDG Guiller Tumangan, also the cent. Gov. Penny therefore set as an work hand-in-hand. chairman of the RVC Foundation; objective for District Community This was followed by an RCC IPDG Jess Cifra, national president of the RVC Foundation; and this writer. PDG Ambo Gancayco and DGN Sammy Pagdilao also lent support to the initiative by their presence. Presented to the Peace Presidents and the RCC presidents were these on-going projects in the district where they could effectively help out for a start: deworming of schoolchildren, medicaldental mission, milk feeding, book donation, computer literacy, scholarships, tree planting and nurturing, livelihood programs, job fairs, PCRG chair PDG Ambo Gancayco, RVC Foundation President IPDG Jess Cifra, RVC Foundation chair RIDN PDG Guiller Tumangan, DG Penny support for the local police Policarpio and DGN Sammy Pagdilao and support for the local barangays.
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The Joy of Sponsoring an RCC By DGN Boy Salanatin Rotary Club of Sta. Ana Davao D3860 RCC Chair
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Rotary club may decide to sponsor a Rotary Community Corps (RCC) for different reasons. However, it may not realize, initially, that sponsoring an RCC could address many other concerns (call these problems) of the club. RCC is community based and so, it has a very good chance to succeed. There is flexibility in location: it could be in a rural or urban area. There is even more flexibility in the kind of project it may undertake: it can choose any and all imaginable service projects that can improve the lives of the residents in the adopted community. Organizing an RCC gives so much joy. So much so that to date, there are close to 7000 RCCs in more than 75 countries. In fact, the RCC, together with the Interact and the Rotaract, is in the top three of the structured programs of Rotary International. My club, the Rotary Club of Sta. Ana Davao, has a beautiful
experience with its two RCCs: RCC San Vicente Buhangin, a livelihood and day-care center; and Sto. Niño Livelihood RCC at Sto. Niño, Tugbok. Both located in Davao City, they also effectively address many concerns of our club as an organization. The usual problems besetting a club include fast turn-over especially of new members, difficulty in recruitment, poor attendance in weekly club meetings, difficulty in collecting dues, and so on. If it sponsors an RCC, its members will begin to discover that the projects of their RCC will surely benefit the residents in the covered area and that these benefits are on a longterm basis because the project is usually a continuing activity. In time, especially if the club has now sponsored more than one RCC, its members may start to appreciate that there is something in Rotary for them, something that makes them really proud and happy being Rotarians, something that will make them stay in the organization. Members of the club will find that they are now better as a group and that there is now a unifying factor that binds their spirit of camaraderie
and unity as members of their club – their renewed sense of pride and joy as Rotarians. The periodic and consistent implementation of RCC projects will always be a source of satisfaction and fulfillment in the hearts and minds of the members of the sponsoring Rotary club. The sense of commitment and fellowship of the membership is likewise heightened and sustained the whole Rotary year through – and for years. Slowly but surely, the typical problems substantially disappear. The membership becomes aware that the club is generally well and healthy. If there are still some problems that remain, addressing them becomes more manageable. We would now see a Rotary club with majority of the members, if not all, proud and happy in their family and business concerns – prouder and happier even in their community life as Rotarians. Take my word for it. My club went through all this and I am speaking from experience. RC Sta. Ana Davao is hopeful that more clubs will experience the joy and satisfaction of being a Rotarian via an RCC.
Alay Lakad 2012: “Bawat Hakbang ng Mamamayan, Kapakanan ng Kabataan”
The Rotary Club of San Jose, together with the RCC members, is a regular contingent to the annual Alay Lakad. Being a member of the excecutive committee, the Rotary Club of San Jose donated cash for this year’s project, the public library.
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ROTARY VILLAGE CORPS FOUNDATION, INC. RCC SEMINAR & ANNUAL BOARD MEETING
RVCFI conducted the annual RCC Seminar for District RCC Chairs. Seated from left: PP Marge Lamberte (D3830); PP Rey Sarte (D3870); PP Irene Aquino (D3860); PDG Kit Reventar (D3820); PP Lai de la Cruz (D3810); PP Sandie San Diego (D3770); PP Nelia Cruz (D3770); PP Ric Nicolas (D3800). Standing from left: DG George Hamoy (D3870); DGN Boy Salanatin (D3860); PP Harold Dacumos (D3830); PDG Guiller Tumangan, RVCFI Chairman; IPDG Jess Cifra, RVCFI Vice Chairman and President; PDG Bading Angala (D3860); PDG Vitt Gutierrez (D3790); and PP Roland Zurbano (D3830).
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The election and induction of RVCFI officers immediately followed the annual meeting of its Board of Trustees. PDG Jun Tambunting, RVCFI Past Chairman inducts Vice Chairman and President IPDG Jess Cifra and other officers of the Foundation, namely, from left: PDG Tony Rufino, Treasurer; PDG Vitt Gutierrez, Trustee; PDG Bading Angala, Trustee; PDG Kit Reventar, Trustee; and PDG Guiller Tumangan, Chairman.
INDUCTION OF OFFICERS, DIRECTORS & DISTRICT RCC CHAIRS Hon. Vice President Jojo Binay administers the oath of office to other RVCFI Trustees, from left: PDG Efren de Guzman (D3800); PDG Efren Martinez (D3770); PDG Kit Reventar (D3820); PDG Tony Rufino (D3830); PDG Oyan Villanueva (D3790); PDG Dan Espinosa (D3780); and PDG Vitt Gutierrez (D3790).
Induction of RVCFI Officers, Trustees and District RCC Chairs. RVCFI Chairman PDG Guiller Tumangan and Vice Chairman and President IPDG Jess Cifra take their oath of office before Vice President of the Philippines Hon. Jejomar Binay.
District RCC Chairs pose for a souvenir photograph with Hon. Vice President Jojo Binay, RVCFI Chairman PDG Guiller Tumangan and Vice Chairman and President IPDG Jess Cifra, from left: PP Rey Sarte (D3870); DGN Boy Salanatin (D3860); PP Nasser Pangilinan (D3790); PP Roland Zurbano (D3830); PP Harold Dacumos (D3830); and PP Lai de la Cruz (D3810).
RVCFI PRESIDENT’S VISITS
DG Penny Policarpio and President IPDG Jess Cifra met with Quezon City barangay chairmen during the Barangay Peace Summit where the local government officials and the district’s peace presidents agreed to jointly form RCCs in their respective barangays.
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President IPDG Jess Cifra presents the “History Essence of Rotary Community Corps” during D3780’s RCC Seminar. PDG Guiller Tumangan delivered an inspirational message while DG Penny Policarpio reiterated his mandate for the Rotary clubs in D3780 to sponsor at least one RCC each.
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ROTARY COMMUNITY CORPS RVCFI PRESIDENT’S VISITS D3800 DG Lirio Sandoval receives a donation of 90,000 deworming tablets from President IPDG Jess Cifra to be distributed to all 89 clubs of D3800. The joint Rotary Clubs and Rotary Community Corps project is being coordinated by district RCC chair PP Ric Nicolas and Peacebuilder President Joanne Felix.
DG Dennis Sunio receives D3820’s share of deworming tablets from President IPDG Jess Cifra, here shown with First Spouse Angie Sunio, IPDG Spouse Helen Cifra and some Peacebuilder Presidents of D3820 during their multi-club medical mission in San Pedro, Laguna.
D3820 The Rotary Club of Sta. Rosa led by its Peacebuilder President Joel Liza Pineda and President Nominee Sta. Rosa City Mayor Arlene Arcillas (6th and 7th from right, respectively) received donations of clothes, shoes, toys and other gifts from Charter President Hector Charles of the Rotary Club of Marina City, Singapore, D3310, as part of President IPDG Jess Cifra’s solicitation of assistance for RCCs around the Philippines. The relief goods from Singapore will be distributed by RC Sta. Rosa to Typhoon Sendong victims who still reside in evacuation centers in Sta. Rosa, Laguna.
An Appreciation Fellowship was held to honor those who have been assisting D3830’s RCC movement, among them President IPDG Jess Cifra, here with Rotary Club of Bel-Air Peace President Tanya Lumanlan, PDG Guiller Tumangan, DG Sue Sta. Maria and district RCC Chair PP Harold Dacumos.
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DG George Hamoy and President IPDG Jess Cifra pose after the turnover of 90,000 deworming tablets, a big part of which had been allotted by D3870 for indigenous families in various cities in Mindanao.
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President IPDG Jess Cifra made a presentation in the Rotary Tri-District 2nd Seamless seminar for Rotarians from D3850, D3860 and D3870. Seated from left: PDG Bobby Viray (D3780); RI Director John Boag; DG Biboy Jocson (D3850); IPDG Sam Fontanilla (D3870); and DG George Hamoy (D3870). Standing from left: PDG Ted Locson (D3860); and DG Perok Rodriguez (D3860).
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GLOBAL OUTLOOK A ROTARIAN’S GUIDE TO THE NEW FOUNDATION GRANTS
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NEW GRANTS AT A GLANCE
DISTRICT GRANT
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PACKAGE GRANT
Funding Up to 50 percent of DDF Minimum award of in one annual lump sum, US$15,000 from the requested by districts World Fund, which must be matched, resulting in a minimum $30,000 total project cost
Funded entirely by the World Fund and the strategic partner – no financial contribution required from participating clubs and districts
Types of projects Districts determine Projects are high-impact, how to use the money fall within at least one within the Foundation’s area of focus, and are mission, whether on local carried out through activities, international international partnerships projects, or both. with other Rotary clubs.
The Foundation and its strategic partners provide the blueprint for predesigned projects and activities; Rotarians focus on implementation.
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Long-term, sustainable, with strategic partners
Relatively short-term
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DISTRICT GRANTS Districts can request up to 50 percent of their District Designated Fund (DDF) in one annual block grant to distribute to club and district projects that support the Foundation’s mission. District grants emphasize relatively short-term activities, either local or international.
SAMPLE GRANTS • District 4420 (Brazil) purchased an autoclave to pasteurize milk stored at the municipal milk bank in Peruíbe. • District 5360 (parts of Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada) awarded college scholarships to local high school graduates. • Districts in Italy and Venezuela partnered on a cultural exchange between musicians that was similar to a traditional Group Study Exchange.
• District 1860 (Germany) supported a family health project in Senegal to construct wells and grow vegetables.
CASE STUDY
ONE DISTRICT, MANY PROJECTS
District 2650 (Japan) used a district grant to support 45 projects in the first year of the Future Vision pilot. After the US$271,700 grant was approved and paid in July 2010, the district immediately distributed funds to the projects, which the district leadership team had identified ahead of time in its spending plan (a requirement of the district grant application process). The efforts included providing computers, sewing machines, and other vocational training equipment to a village in the Philippines and repairing an elementary school damaged by an earthquake in China’s Shaanxi Province. Clubs also helped fund many local initiatives, including scholarships.
TIPS FOR SPENDING YOUR DISTRICT GRANT FUNDS Julia Phelps, Rotary Foundation committee chair for District 7930 (parts of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, USA), offers some advice.
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Rotarians how funding decisions were made. All she has to do is point to the survey results. The added bonus is transparency. “Asking for feedback at a conference, in focus groups, in a mailing or survey, helps Rotarians feel like they own what’s happening in your district,” Phelps says.
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GLOBAL GRANT VOCATIONAL TRAINING TEAMS
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GLOBAL GRANTS Global grants have a long-term impact. They support large international activities with sustainable outcomes in one or more areas of focus.
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Claire Achmad, of New Zealand, studied international public law in the Netherlands to improve human rights as a global grant scholar sponsored by District 9940 (New Zealand) and the Rotary Club of De Rottemeren in District 1600 (The Netherlands).
Rotarians from India and Taiwan, with help from a cooperating organization, developed a cattle distribution program near Pune, India, that includes the purchase of cattle as well as training in cow management and nutrition. Project sponsors in France and Togo bought equipment and materials for a pediatric health center and established a training program on public health and nutrition in Kpalimé, Togo.
GLOBAL GRANT VOCATIONAL TRAINING TEAMS
With funding from a global grant, a vocational training team consisting of two Rotarians and six other health care professionals from District 5170 (California, USA) conducted a weeklong workshop for 50 doctors, nurses, and home-based health care workers in Monrovia, Liberia. The workshop focused on preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission through techniques to educate pregnant women, treat mothers and newborns, and inform the public about HIV prevention. Members of the Rotary Club of Sinkor, Montserrado County, Monrovia, are distributing nutritional supplements to women and children who have HIV and providing them with transportation to public health clinics.
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Rotarians in California, USA, and Guatemala supplied neonatal medical equipment to the Hospitalito Atitlán and provided specialized training to staff. Grant sponsors also produced a DVD in the local language that is shown in the hospital’s waiting room, educating the community on maternal and child health, hygiene, nutrition, and illness.
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ELEMENTS OF A SUSTAINABLE PROJECT
Monitoring and evaluation Develop clear and measurable project objectives, and identify methods for collecting project data. Establish baseline data for evaluation that can help demonstrate significant change for at least three years.
Community needs and strengths Have local sponsors conduct a thorough needs assessment to identify a project and solution that suits the community’s values and culture. Involve multiple community partners in the planning process.
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Funding Confirm a local funding source for long-term operation, maintenance, and repair costs. Compensate project participants appropriately for their work to ensure continuity of services.
Motivation Prepare the community to assume ownership of the project. Provide incentives for local residents to continue supporting the effort.
Materials and technology Purchase equipment and new technology from local sources when possible, and ensure spare parts are readily available. Involve community members when selecting technology or equipment, and train them to operate and maintain it on their own.
Knowledge Provide training that will help beneficiaries meet project objectives. Confirm that recipients have a plan to educate others in the future.
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PACKAGED GRANTS Packaged grants provide opportunities for Rotary clubs and districts to work with the Foundation’s strategic partners on predesigned projects and activities funded entirely by the World Fund and the strategic partner. They are designed to be sustainable and to make a significant impact on communities and in the areas of focus.
PROJECT OPPORTUNITIES
Strategic partner: Aga Khan University (AKU) Area of focus: Maternal and child health Project: Vocational training teams Rotary clubs and districts recruit vocational training teams to train nursing faculty and community health educators at one of the university’s three campuses in East Africa. Teams also participate in a service project at an existing clinic or health care program. Three grants are available each year.
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All along, I wanted to find ways of helping pregnant mothers, women, and children below five, but I had no way to do so. When the AKU scholarship came, it was an opportunity for me to fight for the community and get other people and organizations to help me solve this problem.
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In our country, we’ve got at least one woman dying for every 30. You can imagine the traumatic experience within the families, the loss of life, and the economic effect. With this grant, we are addressing two specific areas – maternal and child health and disease prevention and treatment – using local resources and without moving students from their home countries. That is the interesting difference between these and other grants, which are sometimes broad.
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Project: Scholarships Up to 30 scholarships are available each year for nurses in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania to pursue advanced study at their local AKU campus. Rotarians in these countries select the scholars, and Rotarians near the campuses provide support and mentoring. Strategic partner: UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education Area of focus: Water and sanitation Project: Scholarships Eight scholarships are available each year for graduatelevel training on water and sanitation issues at the institute in Delft, The Netherlands. Rotary clubs or districts select from local candidates and maintain contact with the scholar throughout his or her studies. When scholars return to their home country, Rotarians conduct a water-related project with them. Rotarians in the Netherlands involve the scholars in cultural and Rotaryrelated events during their studies.
Strategic partner: Oikocredit Area of focus: Economic and community development Project: Training for entrepreneurs Rotarians work with microfinance institutions in Oikocredit’s network to design and implement business and vocational skills training for small-business owners who are current or potential loan recipients. The grants are currently available to districts in India, the Philippines, and Uruguay for projects in those countries. Up to four grants will be awarded each year. Strategic partner: Mercy Ships Area of focus: Disease prevention and treatment Project: Vocational training teams Rotary clubs and districts recruit medical professionals such as surgeons, nurses, and anesthesiologists to travel to Mercy Ships locations in West Africa to perform or assist in critical surgeries and to provide training to local health care professionals. Up to four grants will be awarded each yea.r
NURSING SCHOLARSHIPS THROUGH AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY
One packaged grant is enabling Rotarians in District 9200 to support 24 nursing scholars at Aga Khan University. Rotarians selected the scholars from the pool of students admitted to the AKU School of Nursing. The first scholars began their studies in 2011, with a scheduled graduation date in early 2014, and a second group was selected to begin in 2012. The scholarships provide advanced training for nurses who are currently working in the field, allowing them to have an immediate impact by bringing their new knowledge directly to their workplaces. Local Rotarians mentor the students
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FEATURES By PAG Lilian B. Cruz RC Hiyas ng Maynila
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herelyn M. Geraldino looked at the height of Mount Pulag in Baguio on the computer. The 35-year-old was a bit worried. The mountain she was to climb was a lot higher than her first, Mount Batulao in Nasugbu, which she scaled on 22 November 2009. But challenges excite her and so on 24 February 2012, she did her climb together with her friends who joined the Amputee Mountain Climb. The second to the youngest of eight siblings, Cherelyn was born in Surigao del Norte without arms and one leg. This she attributes to the medicine her mother took when she was pregnant with her. But she accepted her fate without bitterness or self-pity. Her family was very poor. At the age of 12, Cherelyn was already helping her mother Juana weave to augment the family income as her father, Francisco, a fisherman, died several years before. When she turned 20, she and a cousin went to Manila to look for a job. Because her cousin had complete arms and legs, she easily found a job. Nobody wanted to hire Cherelyn until good Samaritans, the Gomez family from Pacita, San Pedro, Laguna, gave her a chance. They employed her as an all-
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
her salary to be able to send money to her mother. When she’s off from her marketing chores, she sews belt straps for artificial legs. Asked if she has someone special, she said, “Of course I’d like to have someone who will accept me as I am, raise a family and beautiful children.” Cherelyn’s transformation from a timid household help to a more confident office girl is incredible. Cherelyn is just one of now Amputee Cherelyn, flanked by her guides, as she intrepidly scales the heights of Mount Pulag in Baguio.
on Rated K, and referred her to Past District Governor of District 3810 Lyne Abanilla, the Executive Director for the Philippines of the PFP, and to Dr. Penny Bundoc of the PFP Philippines Foundation. Cherelyn was immediately The Second Amputee Climb in Mount Pulag, Baguio, tested and fitted for leg sponsored by MU, a Fraternity of the College of prosthesis. Medicine, UP. “Dahil sa bago kong paa, parang buong-buo ako [Because of my new leg, I feel whole],” she said, even if she is still missing her two arms. She considers the day she got her artificial leg as the beginning of a new life. This she proved when she danced with other amputees during the 2008 Rotary Week Dance-a-Thon. She wants to learn everything in life that really counts: how to swim, around help for 10 years. maybe even dive, with an artificial It was on national television leg. As a marketing assistant for a where Cherelyn first learned about water station, she goes from house Physicians for Peace and its Walk to house distributing flyers. An ideal Free advocacy. ABS-CBN broadcaster daughter, she tries to save a little from Korina Sanchez shared her story Philippine Rotary • November 2012
With the aid of a motorized sewing machine, Cherelyn sews belt straps for artificial legs to help augment her income from selling drinking water.
The First Amputee Climb in Mount Batulao, Nasugbu, Batangas, sponsored by the Physicians for Peace, Philippines and Smart Communications.
over a thousand amputees who have benefited from the project first started in 2006 by the PFP, UP-PGH and Rotary. It received a P2million matching grant from the The Rotary Foundation applied for by District 3790. The Rotary Club of Pasay Millennium of District 3810 donated P300,000 during the term of PDG Francisco” Paco” Atayde and Sharing President Dulce Labarda refurbished an amputee ward that serves as a therapy room after an artificial leg is attached. IPDG Ernie Choa, also of District 3810, adopted over 30 amputees during his term. The project has now grown to capture the hearts of all Rotarians in the Philippines with a growing number sharing the dream of giving a second life to people like Cherelyn.
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Taking the long view
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11 World Interact Week Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the program by working with Interactors on a project or visiting each other’s meetings.
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Tentative convention sites Sydney, Australia, 2014 São Paulo, Brazil, 2015 Seoul, Korea, 2016 Atlanta, 2017 Toronto, 2018
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International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women Women ages 15-44 are at greater risk of rape and domestic violence than of cancer, car accidents, war, and malaria.
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First lady of Rotary Jean Thomson Harris, wife of Rotary founder Paul Harris, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1881.
D3810 World Interact Week Nov. 5-11
Universal Children’s Day Children are at the heart of Rotary’s areas of focus. Learn more at www.rotary.org /areasoffocus.
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DG Dennis Sunio Golf Tournament3rd Leg
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D3860 (VOY) Impromptu Speaking Competition District Level, Semi Final Round
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Peace Through Service The Rotary Global Peace Forum in Berlin, through 2 December, is the first of three forums in 2012-13
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T H E DISTRICT 3770
Aurora, Batanes, Bulacan, Cagayan, Ifugao, Isabela, Kalinga, Apayao, Nueva Ecija, Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino
District Governor Yolanda “Yolly” R. Wycoco
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DISTRICT 3810
Aklan, Antique, Basilan, Capiz, Guimaras, Iloilo, Misamis Occidental, Negros Occidental, Sulu, Tawi, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Sibugay
Cavite, Manila, Mindoro Occidental, Pasay
District Governor Ismael “Maeng” M. Mercado
District Governor Rafael “Biboy” L. Jocson
DGR-PRM PDG Romulo “Boy” O. Valle, Jr.
DGR-PRM PP Samson “Sammy” O. Kaw
DGR-PRM PDG James Cesar “James” L. Makasiar
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DISTRICT 3820
DISTRICT 3860
Quezon City
District Governor Rufino “Penny” L. Policarpio
DGR-PRM IPDG Jose Francisco “Jess” Q. Cifra
DISTRICT 3790
Abra, Bataan, Benguet, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Mountain Province, Pampanga, Pangasinan, Tarlac, Zambales
District Governor Antonio “Tony” C. Bautista DGR-PRM PP Rommel “Rommel” dG. Suarez
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Caloocan, Malabon, Mandaluyong, Marikina, Navotas, Pasig, Rizal, San Juan, Valenzuela
District Governor Lirio “Lirio” P. Sandoval DGR-PRM PDG Virgilio “Jun” G. Farcon, Jr.
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Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Bohol, Cebu, Compostela Valley, Davao City, Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, Davao Oriental, General Santos City, Leyte, Negros Oriental, Samar, Siquijor, South Cotabato, Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur
Batangas, Laguna, Marinduque, Mindoro Oriental, Quezon, and the whole of the Bicol region
District Governor Rafael Dennis “Dennis” B. Sunio DGR-PRM PP Jose Elmer “Elmer” N. Borlaza
Co-DGR-PRM PP Maria Lewina “Lewi” Tolentino
District Governor Peter “Perok” M. Rodriguez DGR-PRM PP Lilo “Lilu” I. Aliño
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Alabang, Las Piñas, Makati, Muntinlupa Palawan, Parañaque, Pateros, Taguig
Bukidnon, Cagayan de Oro City, Camiguin Island, Cotabato, Cotabato City, Gingoog City, Iligan City, Kidapawan City, Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, Malaybalay City, Marawi City, Misamis Oriental, Sultan Kudarat, Tacurong City, Valencia City
District Governor Suzanne “Sue” V. Sta. Maria
District Governor George “George” A. Hamoy
DGR-PRM PP Rosario “Chito” Calixto-Chavez
DGR-PRM IPDG Samuel “Sam” C. Fontanilla
Thanks to PDG Jun Farcon (D3800), PDG James Makasiar (D3850), DG Perok Rodriguez (D3860), PP Lilu Aliño (D3860) and IPDG Sam Fontanilla (D3870) for submitting photos in line with this month’s theme.
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Dr. Beth Gabit conducts eye check-up on a grade one pupil.
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RC Plaridel Pres. Ed Mendoza (right) visiting a community pharmacy.
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FAMILY OF ROTARY A NEW WORLD OF SMILE The “Libreng Pustiso, Libreng Bunot” project of RC Biak-Na-Bato and RC Commonwealth of RID 3780 benefited more than 200 adults and children during their joint dental mission in cooperation with the APODAP and APO EPSILON at the St. Paul the Apostle Parish Church in Quezon City. – Jolan Salino, PresidentElect, RC Biak-Na-Bato Before
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A pupil bids goodbye to his intestinal parasites as he takes in a deworming tablet.
SAVE ENVIRONMENT, READ GOOD BOOKS Angeles City Mayor Eduardo Pamintuan (seated, 3rd from right), Bishop Ambo David (2nd from right), and Cluster
3C club presidents of RID 3790 signed an environmental memorandum of agreement to clean Sapang Belen and other water ways, including a tree planting activity at a water reservoir. Meanwhile, RC Metro Angeles Centennial’s supplemental feeding program benefited 163 pupils of the Mining Elementary School and encouraged Grade 3 pupils of the Malabanias Elementary School to read good books under its Read-a-Book Project. Photo shows Rtn. Irma Felix in a reading session with 230 pupils. – PP Ellen Uy, RC Metro Angeles Centennial
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FAMILY OF ROTARY FEEDING CHILDREN More
than 1,000 pupils of the San Isidro Elementary School and Cojuangco Elementary School in Paniqui, Tarlac were the recipients of the initial feeding project of RC Northern Tarlac for RY 2012-2013 headed by Club President Domingo Nartates and Service Project Director Maychel Ibay Manalili. Meanwhile, DG Antonio Bautista graced the club’s 35th induction and turnover ceremonies at the Cesar’s Park in Paniqui, Tarlac. – Danny T. Roja, Club Secretary
A moment of fun during RC Northern Tarlac’s induction and turnover ceremonies.
LITERACY FOR EMPOWERMENT RC Greater Mandaluyong supported volunteer Spanish student Sara Esteves in her literacy advocacy by donating books intended for her envisioned community library in Barangay San Agustin, Romblon. Ms. Esteves, sustainability chair of Scripps Associated Students, also collaborated with the Center for Volunteerism in the Philippines. – Rotary Club of Greater Mandaluyong Facebook Rtn. Cristina Llacer Oreta (left) turns over the donated books to Sara Esteves in support of her public library project in San Agustin, Romblon.
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SERVICE, RAIN OR SHINE Rotary clubs of Pasig and Mutya ng Pasig, in association with Unilab, Crystal Clear and Family Care Clinic, braved rains and flood to conduct medical missions that assisted 350 residents of RotaryGK Village and Pinagbuhatan Urban Poor Village with their medical needs. – Rotary International District 3800 Facebook
DRFC Chair Josie Ang (left) and District Governor Maeng Mercado (right) lead the ground breaking rites at the project’s construction site.
SHOOT THAT BALL Basketball enthusiasts at GK Rotary Village in Aplan, Imus, Cavite will soon have a modern basketball court, thanks to a project being initiated by RID 3810 under DG Maeng Mercado and District Rotary Foundation Committee Chair Josie Ang. – www.rotary3810.org
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WORRY NO MORE Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) traffic enforcers need not worry anymore when performing their duties during rainy days because of the ponchos (rain gear) turned over by club President Arlene Velez (right) to Officer F.P. Galzote at the MMDA Traffic Discipline Office.
WHEELCHAIR MO Ernesto Estepece
received a wheelchair from RC Sta. Rosa under the club’s “Wheelchair mo, Bigay ng Rotaryo” project. Shown turning over the wheelchair are (from left) Pres. Vincent Carpena, PP Gomer Carta and this writer. The club also sponsored the candidates of Interact Club of Holy Rosary College in the Interact Ramp Model that highlighted the Interact District Assembly at the Batis Aramin Resort in Lucban, Quezon. – PP Mike Gabriel
FIGHTING ILLEGAL DRUGS RC Lipa is now looking forward to its third Peace Forum on Kidnapping and Hold-Up Prevention after its second Awareness on Illegal Drugs and Prevention Seminar with “Ala Eh! Pulis at kabataan, Magkasangga Laban sa droga at kriminalidad” as its theme. The seminar, attended by 15 youth participants from Barangay Antipolo Del Sur, was conducted in cooperation with the Batangas Police Provincial Office and the Association of Barangay Captains in Lipa City. Philippine Rotary • November 2012
Police Superintendent Alberto Fabregas discusses the National Drug Campaign.
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FAMILY OF ROTARY EDUCATION AND LITERACY ADVOCACY RC Makati South
continues to support the Stepping Stone Learning and Therapy Center (SSLTC) and Stepping Stone (Development Center for Handicapped Foundation, Inc.) in its advocacy for education and literacy, especially for children with special needs. Photo shows Peace President Pablo “Lito” Panlilio, Jr. (left) turning over donated books to SSLTC Executive Director Dayal Nandwani, Nyssa Uy Ku, and Lavinia Uy Kua. – PP Chito Chavez, DGR-PRM, District 3830
PARTNERS IN SERVICE Members of the new Interact and Rotaract clubs sponsored by RC Makati South were oriented and presented their charters in ceremonies held at the Old Swiss Inn in Makati City. New Generations Service District Coordinating Chair PP Nestor del Rosario of RC Las Piñas Central; PP Jane Lobos, Interact District Chair, RC Makati McKinley; PP Yolly Tan, Rotaract District Chair of RC Las Piñas West; Pres. Lito Panlilio and Youth Service Director Yuppy Claros were the speakers. – Rtn. Yuppy Claros, Director for Youth Service
FIGHTING DENGUE RC Midtown Iloilo led by Peace President Ely Hautea, in its bid to help curb the spread of dengue, distributed free medicines to patients at the Western Visayas Medical Center in Iloilo City under its “Operation Bulig” project. The City Health Office reported a high 2,111 dengue cases in the city. – Rotary Club of Midtown Iloilo Facebook
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FAMILY OF ROTARY THE FUN WAY Pupils of Leganes Poblacion learned the proper way of brushing teeth and hand-washing the fun way through Rotaract Club of Iloilo South’s program called “I Learned: Hand Sanitation and Toothbrushing Invasion.” – Rotaract Club of Iloilo South Facebook
“WE-CENTRIC” LEADERSHIP Twenty-eight delegates to the Young
Leaders’ Forum in Roxas City were urged to create a feedback-rich culture by shifting from “I-centric” to “WE-centric” leadership style. They were also advised to avoid developing an egoistic personality in order to make governance more effective. – PP Megs Lunn, Rotary Club of Roxas
Ceremonial “switc hing on” of the ro ofmaking machine and its product.
REBUILDING COMMUNITIES RC Mactan and YeoCheon Rotary Club of RID 3610 Korea jointly turned over roof making machines to the Gawad Kalinga (GK) Cebu. The Rotary Foundation Matching Grant No. 76464-funded project aims to produce roofing materials for reconstructing houses and rebuilding communities affected by various calamities in the Visayas areas. Cebu City Mayor Mike Rama and PDG Jose Ma. Luis Cupin led the ribbon cutting ceremony, with President Fernando Manglapus and IPP Jeong Jun Tae representing their respective clubs. – PSAG Maita C Manglapus, RC Mactan Club Secretary 2012-13
DIABETES PREVENTION RC Cotabato East
held its First General Assembly of Diabetes Patients at Maguindanao Polyclinic in Cotabato City in partnership with the Cotabato Diabetes Health Care Clinic. Free blood and cholesterol screening tests were conducted among several patients. The Philippine Cardiovascular Outcome Study on Diabetes stated that 20 percent of adults in the country have diabetes, while as many as three out of five adults are at risk of being diabetic if they won’t change unhealthy habits. – Rotary Club of Cotabato East Facebook
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CONTRIBUTORS PP JOSEPHINE MEJIA-ROMERO
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P Josephine “Joy” Mejia-Romero, a member of the Rotary Club of Ormoc, is currently the D3860 Governor’s Monthly Letter Editor and Awards Chair for the Rotary Year 2012-13. She was a club secretary in 2008-09; and again in 2009-10, when she was awarded Most Outstanding Secretary in the District. In 2010 she assumed the Club Presidency and was awarded the Most Outstanding President. At present, she is the president of the Occidental Leyte Bar Association, a law professor at Western Leyte College, and a partner at the Mejia-Romero & Peñaranda Law Of�ices. Married to Atty. Rene “Jun” Romero, Jr., also a member of RC Ormoc, she is blessed with three children: Raine, Rene III, and Rafael.
PAG LILIAN BASCOS-CRUZ
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he is an Interior Designer, Real Estate Broker, and Freelance Writer who actively shares her Godgiven talents as well as her resources in rendering “service above self” in Rotary International District 3810. During RY 2004-2005, she led the Rotary Club of Hiyas ng Maynila being the club president. In the years 2005-2006 and 2007-2008, Lilian became Assistant Governor of her district. She also held the position of Vice Chairman-Membership Development Task Force in RY 2006-2007. In RY 2011-2012, she held various responsibilities as District Spokesperson, District Assembly Chair, Senior Deputy Governor for District Publications, and Editor-in-Chief of the Governor’s Monthly Letter. Aside from her active presence in Rotary, PAG Lilian, who took up Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education- Major in English at St. Theresa’s College and Interior Design course at Philippine School of Interior Design, is also the President of Hope Group in the Association of Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception.
PDG BOBBY VIRAY
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DG Roberto “Bobby” F. Viray is the Regional Rotary Foundation Coordinator for Zone 7A for RY 2012-13. He joined the Rotary Club of Cubao West, Quezon City, District 3780 as a charter member in January 1985 and become its president in RY 1993-94. He occupied various major district positions before he was elected as district governor in Rotary years 2002-03 and 2003-04 that earned him a rare distinction of being the only Filipino district governor who served for two consecutive years. PDG Bobby Viray became the District Rotary Foundation Chairman of District 3780 in RY 2006-09. He was appointed to serve as Rotary International Membership Zone Coordinator of Zone 7B (Philippines) for RY 2006-08. PDG Bobby took up Bachelor of Science (magna cum laude) and Masters in Business Administration at the University of the East. He placed 3rd in the 1973 Board Examinations of Certi�ied Public Accountants. He worked as an auditor of SGV & Co. and held various senior �inance positions in several multinational corporations before he went into business. Presently, he is engaged in manufacturing and bakeshop/restaurant businesses.
PDG MELITO S. SALAZAR, JR.
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RM Editor-in-Chief Melito S. Salazar, Jr. is an active Rotarian of 34 years, is a service director of RC Diliman and has served as D3780 District Governor, Chairman of the Philippine College of Rotary Governors, RC Diliman President, Regional Rotary Foundation Coordinator and more than 20 positions in Rotary International. He and spouse Amy are Major Donors (Level 2) and members of the Bequest Society (Level 1) of The Rotary Foundation. His family (children, daughter- and son-in-laws and granddaughter) are all Paul Harris Fellows.
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