Rotaract District Newsletter | August 2019 | Issue 2

Aug 2019 - ISSUE II

Rotaract District Newsletter Rotary international District 3292

Rtn. Mark Daniel Maloney Rotary International President

In This Issue • Message from DRR • Interview with Past DRR • Featured Projects

Rtn. Kiran Lal Shrestha

• Global Rotaract Model United Nations

Rotary International District 3292

• Presidents & Secretaries Meet

District Governor

• IDYE Districts

Rtr. Sneha Shakya

District Rotaract Representative Rotaract District Committee, Rotary International District 3292

Message from District Rotaract Representative Dear Rotaractors, August was a wonderful month! Thank you for all the wonderful activities you all have been conducting to mark the membership month. I also look forward to substantial growth in our membership number as a result of these activities. I would also like to appreciate the activities done by clubs per the district theme of Competence and Collaboration -

Rtr. Sneha Shakya

District Rotaract Representative Rotaract District Committee, Rotary International District 3292

;Ifdtf / ;fem]bf/L! , in the form of various capacity building projects and programs. These activities have also helped us give out the right message about what Rotaract is, supporting our quest to establish a strong public image.

We successfully concluded the Rotaract Global Model United Nations 2019 Nepal Edition in August, with the participation of about 80 youth in different capacities from 8 different countries across the world. I am thankful to all the Rotaract clubs and Rotaractors who supported this initiative with overwhelming participation of Rotaractors. Also, the utmost appreciation to the members of the organizing team who worked day and night to make the event successful. We have once again proven the credibility of Rotaractors in our district, while also presenting the best hospitality to our international delegates. Thank you to everyone who has directly or indirectly supported the event, all our partners, sponsors, and the entire Rotary family.

The next big thing to look forward to is the first Presidents and Secretaries Meet coming up this September. Thank you for the positive response towards the event. We have planned a different modality for the event this time, to give a fruitful and productive experience to the Presidents and Secretaries. While the first half will involve discussions on different agendas, the second half of the event will mainly be dedicated for the Presidents and Secretaries to discuss on various ideas, issues or problems through moderated group discussions, followed by fellowship activities. I request and look forward to the presence of the Presidents and Secretaries of all clubs in the event in the first Presidents and Secretaries Meet of the year.

As circulated by the District Secretary, we are soon beginning with the District Rotaract Representative’s Visits to clubs. Therefore, a request from the District team’s side to all clubs to coordinate with your Zonal Rotaract Representatives to schedule the DRR Visits. Also, I hope all club leaders now have access to rotary.org and rotaractnepal.org and are regularly updating your activities. In case of any issues, please feel free to contact the District Committee’s Club support team.

Thank you all for the positive and vibrant energy and activities, let us continue marching ahead!

Rtr. Sneha Shakya District Rotaract Representative

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Interview

rtn. Rajan piya, DRR 2008-09 How did it feel to become the first DRR of RI District 3292?

I felt proud to be the first DRR of District 3292 which is a part of an international organization like Rotary International, the first humanitarian organization of the world. For all this, I would like to thank my seniors who believed in me for such responsibility.

How did things change after the bifurcation of District 3290 ?

I felt more responsible, more creative, more independent, and more resourceful after the bifurcation. It was like the division of a joint family separated for the independency in responsibility, creativity, resources, etc. It facilitated a new beginning and prosperity of Rotary movement in Nepal.

How difficult was it to integrate all the clubs of Nepal & start something new ?

Before the bifurcation, we then had a defined structure and experiences of running the district. This helped us to cope-up with the many obstacles that came by such as managing funds. After the bifurcation, there was a great need of solidarity; the preparation of Constitution & By-Laws was the key to kick start the activities. My seniors in Rotaract had duly worked on it for which I am always grateful.

Name a few things clubs should change with the change in time ?

I think we are working under a great worldwide social organization, so our activities should be similar to the motto it has carried worldwide.

This is not a business organization that requires mind game, all the activities should be done by keeping the heart at our sleeves. I have felt that many friends at present use their mind-games in service activities.

At least the senior leaders should not come under such influence. In my opinion, people who think that way should better leave the organization.

We should also be very productive and quick when it comes to service delivery.

How has being a part of Rotaract helped you in your professional & personal life ?

I learned many valuable things that were not even incorporated in my formal education. As humans, we have a greater responsibility towards individuals, families & our societies that surround us. Working with & leading the organization especially one like Rotaract is the best for learning and breathing personal growth and management, fund management techniques, leadership qualities, etc. It has helped me to become a well-groomed businessman, professional & a successful social worker.

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Rtr. Rajan Piya

District Rotaract Representative 2008-09 Rajan Piya is a prominent business figure in Chitwan. He has his involvement in United Motors ( Honda motorcycle Dealer), United Autoconcern ( Renault Showroom), Quality Paper Industries Pvt Ltd and Daunne Agro Farm Pvt. Ltd. He is also a member of Rotary Club of Chitwan.

  What are the things you learned in your tenure that you have carried with you even till this time ?

Leadership, Honesty, Patience, Social responsibility.

Why do you think should youth join Rotaract ?

To learn skills to develop their career, and to make them understand the responsibility towards their family, their community and beyond.

What is your favorite leadership mantra ?

8 + 8 + 8 for balance sheet of your life.

- First 8 hours - Honest, Ethical, Hard Work in your Profession - Second 8 hours - Good Sleep & Rest - Good Balance Sheet of your Day - Third 8 hours - 3F - Family, Friend & Faith - 3H - Health, Hygiene & Hobby - 3S - Sole, Service & Smile What message would you give to current Rotaractors ?

Think about 8+8+8. Work from your heart, not from your mind and lastly avoid an election in the selection of officers.

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Awesome

Works that Rotaractors are doing!

Struggle and Success Marking the International Youth Day, Rotaract Club of Pokhara, Rotaract Club of Pokhara Lakeside, National Youth Council-Nepal, Association of Youth Organization Nepal (AYON) and Jagriti Child and Youth Concern-Nepal jointly organized the program “Struggle and Success”.

The speakers for the program were Kashi Gurung, President of Women Entrepreneur’s Association of Nepal-Kaski, Dr. Ajay Thapa Acting Registrar of Pokhara University and chief guest Honorable Deepak Koirala Member of Gandaki Province Assembly. On the same occasion, Rotaract District 3292 Nepal-Bhutan Zone IV presented “Youth Leader Award -2019” to Rtr. Subash Malla.

Rtr. Subash Malla is energetic, youth leader and entrepreneur who is social activist as well.

Rotaract leadership Seminar Rotaract Leadership Seminar. Chief guest District Governor Elect Rtn. Rajib Pokhrel and Distinguished Guest AG Rtn. Azaj Alam and on the Presence of Rotarians, Trainors, rotaraactors and also ADS, ADT, ZRR of Zone XII. Program is Organized by Rotary Club of Butwal, Co-hosted

by Rotaract Club of Butwal, Rotaract Club of Lumbini Banijya Campus, Rotaract Club of Kshitiz International College and Supported by Access Education Butwal Pvt. Ltd.

Reusable sanitary pad making workshop Rotary and Rotaract Club Of Patan Durbar Square and Spouse group organized workshop on Sanitary pad making with idea of long term impact to help improve menstrual hygiene by teaching to make reusable pads in coordination with Spouse group at Siddhi Managal Secondary School. The workshop covered making and using of reusable pad which can be used as well as sold.

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Free Hugs Campaign Marking the friendship day RAC Yala organized a Free hug campaign in Labim mall on August 4, 2019 with the objective to share love beyond the borderline. The Free Hugs Campaign is a social movement involving individuals who offer hugs to strangers in public places.

The event was a great success as we were able to get 111 hugs in a span of 2 hours. They were able to receive hugs from diverse group of people on this day.

Phase 1 Hepatitis B Immunization Campaign

Record Keeping Session

Rotaract Club Of Manipal College Of Medical Sciences along with the Hospital administration successfully completed a Mass immunization campaign against Hepatitis B. Over 350 hospital staffs and students received the first dose of the hepatitis B vaccine.

A session on Record Keeping was organized

by Rotaract club of Kopundol on August 10, 2019. The session was facilitated by the Finance Section Officer of Homes World Nepal Pvt. Ltd, Mr. Bishnu Bahadur Shrestha. Different topics like accounting system, financial record keeping, and documentation was covered during the session.

Dengue Awareness and Screening Project Rotaract Club of Pokhara GMC visited each of the household in 5 toles of ward no. 8 in Pokhara and spread awareness on the Dengue, it’s affect and prevention. It was done in collaboration with staffs and students of Gandaki Medical College after being oriented by Health Department of Pokhara Municipality.

Breastfeeding awareness program Rotaract Club of Manipal College Of Medical Sciences along with Department Of Pediatrics and Department of Community Medicine organized a breastfeeding awareness program. The mothers visiting the OPD were aware about on the importance of breastfeeding, its advantages to the mother as well as the baby, correct posture of breastfeeding and food that a mother should consume and avoid.

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Rotaract global mun - 2019 Edition The 11th edition of Rotaract Global Model United Nations was organized at Pokhara on 21st – 24th August. The event, having been organized globally at different cities of the world was held at Pokhara, Nepal. The event featured 4 days of discussion, indepth policy research, and unique and covered a range of pressing concerns via debate among the sixty-one delegates from Nepal, India, Netherlands, Srilanka, and Lebanon.

The opening ceremony had the presence of Hon. Ram Saran Basnet, Minister of Physical Infrastructure Development, Gandaki Province as the Chief Guest.

The convoy of guests included Rotarian Kiran Lal Shrestha, District Governor, Rotary International District 3292, Nepal and Bhutan, Rtn. Rajib Pokhrel, District Governor- Elect, Rotary International District 3292, Nepal and Bhutan, Dr. Yuriy Kryvynos, Country Director, United Nation`s Centre for International Peace and Disarmament ( UNRCPD), Mr. Bijaya Rajbhandari and other Rotary District Officials.

The highlights of the opening ceremony also included the welcome address by Rotaractor Sneha Shakya, District Rotaract Representative, Rotary International District 3292, who welcomed all the delegates from different countries. Likewise, she shared she is honored to have got to organize an event of such stature. The opening ceremony also had the handover of the Gavel and gong to the Conference SecretaryGeneral Ms. Marushka Strah. Ms. Strah called the meeting into order and addressed the delegates. She further highlighted on the contents that the event

has to offer.

As one of the major highlights of the event Nepal and Bhutan, Rtn. Rajib Pokhrel, District Governor- Elect, Rotary International District 3292, Nepal and Bhutan, delivered a keynote address on the topic “Rotary promoting international peace and understanding”. He highlighted on the rotary activities and its global contribution. He further shared how Rotary International has been promoting international Peace and understanding at both micro and macro level and how its action is creating a sustained change.

The delegates were assembled throughout the remaining days for the vibrant debates, discussions, role-plays, research, diplomacy and not to forget the social events in the evenings. The agendas of discussions along with the committee allotment include : SECURITY COUNCIL Topic 1: Threats to International Peace and Security caused by Acts of Cyberterrorism Topic 2: Situation in Myanmar UNDP Topic 1: Universal Child Health and its Role in Achieving the SDGs Topic 2: Building Resilience to Climate Change in Rural Areas

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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Topic 1: The Right to Access to the Internet Topic 2: Humanitarian Crisis in Venezuela ECOFIN Topic 1: Preventing Illicit Financial Flows and Strengthening Mechanisms to Combat the Financing of Terrorism and Organized Crime Topic 2: Eradication of Global Poverty and Other Development Issues.

The Keynote Sessions on various topics were the real highlights of the event. From issues relating to cyber terrorism, illicit transfer of funds, Universal child health and SDGs, Climate Change and rural resilience, right to access to the Internet, Venezuelan crisis, Illicit financing to terrorism and the issues relating to eradication of global poverty, the event also created a platform for the delegates to listen from the experts with decades of service in the topics mentioned above such as Mr. Bijaya Rajbhandari , Former Country Representative, UNICEF ( North Korea) delivering on the topic “ Universal Child Health and its Role in Achieving the SDGs” to the delegates of UNDP , Dr. Yuriy Kryvynos, Country Director, United Nation`s Centre for International Peace and Disarmament ( UNRCPD) on the topic “Threats to International Peace and Security caused by Acts of Cyberterrorism” at Security Council, Prof. Dr. “Building Resilience to Climate Change in Rural Areas.” at UNDP Sunil Bahadur Thapa, Former Minister, Minister of Supplies, Industry, and Commerce on the topic “

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Eradicating Global Poverty and Other development Issues”, Mr. Pawan Krishna Shrestha on “The Right to Access to the Internet” delivering Keynote addresses in their areas of expertise.

The closing ceremony of the event was held on 24th August 2019. The closing event mainly showcased the distribution of committee awards and token of appreciation to the committee chairs. PDG Ratnaman Shakya along with PDG Yogendra Man Shakya graced the event as chief guest and guest of honor respectively. The awards for delegates included Best Delegates, Best Strategist and Best Position paper from each committee.

Under ECOFIN committee, Aadarsha Sainju, Bandana Rai and Bamdev Bhandari won the Best Delegate, Best Strategist and Best Position Paper respectively.

Likewise, Shashwat Gaire ( Best Delegate), Waiswa Ali (Best Strategist) from Uganda and Lumanti Manandhar (Best Position Paper) were among the list of awardees at United Nations Human Rights Committee. Urusha Pokharel won Best delegate Award followed by Adam Nsaif from Lebanon as Best Position Paper and Neeraj Thapa as Best Strategist were the recipients of respective awards at United Nations Security Council. Likewise, Avash Mishra won the Best Delegate followed by Rashik Bhandari as Best Position Paper and Janhavi Amatya as Best Strategist for UNDP. To conclude the event in a lighter note, few recognitions were provided by the Organizing Committee acknowledging their contribution to what has been one of the memorable conferences.

Glimpses

Global Rotaract model united nations

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Intro of IDYE Districts

Rotaract District 3080

The biggest district of its league with our dimensions extending in 5 States and 1 UT i.e. parts of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Chandigarh. It has set a milestone with the running number of 84 Rotaract clubs and 1800 enthusiastic Rotaractors.

It is renowned for organising some of the superb events like the flagship event “Youth in Asia” that developed its root from the very last tenure. IPDRR Rtr. Gaurang Gupta has nurtured Rotaract District 3080 family with an iconic image beyond ourselves. It is currently under the leadership of DRR Rtr. Ishita Kaith who also was the charter President of Rotaract Club Shimla Midtown.

Rotaract District 3202

Rotaract District 3202 comprises of more than 1500 Rotaractors. It has 50+clubs in active status. It extends to different areas like Erode, Tiruppur, Pollachi, Dharapuram, Udumalpet, and Calicut. The specialilty of this district, it has worlds first MPHF as it’s PDRR.Currently, it is being lead by Rtr. Sanjeeve Kumar Chandrasekar as District Rotaract Representative, who is a ever champing youth and heading the District with RISE THROUGH ROTARACTION as the theme.

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