22/2009



News and Information for Districts 9450, 9460, 9470




Introducing



Marilyn Barton .....DG D9465.... 2010/2011
Joined the Rotary club of Booragoon in 2001.
Rotary Classification ‘School Psychological Services’
Married to David, a Past District Governor (2002-3) and Rotarian since 1986
Children –
Sally; Full time Business owner and proprietor of Beauty Therapy,
and mother of two girls,
James, Naval architect,
Wendy: Manager of Street Lighting in WA
Steven: Construction Estimator.
Grandchildren – Kiara (8 yrs) and Ruby (7 yrs).
Occupation: Working part time for the Education Department as a School Psychologist
and part time in my own practice as a Clinical Psychologist.
Hobbies – Rotary, boating, ski-ing, reading and travel.
"I have always enjoyed my involvement in Rotary
and looking forward to the challenge of successfully developing the new District 9465”.

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Rotarian Bio


Geoff Smith...Rotary Club of Subiaco

Joined Rotary....1986
Married..............Debbie
Children..............Bronwyn. Joanna, Nicholas
Classification.......Optometry
Favourite holiday destination.......Europe
Favourite drink....................Gin and Tonic
If I could change one thing about Rotary....Increase its public profile
Famous person or celebrity I would/have like to have dinner with....Paul Harris

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The Rotary Clubs of Bentley/Curtin and Byford and Districts

have combined to install windmills and hand pumps to villagers in Lautem ,East Timor

President Peter Snell. President Tom Hoyer and Past President Alf Allison

have just returned from the latest trip where one windmill and two handpumps have made much improvement to the locals

Following are some photos from that trip

This is an ongoing project and if you wish to help contact the above mentioned clubs

News from Africa
Ghana:

inadequate water hampers school feeding programme
Posted: 08 Oct 2009 01:31 AM PDT
A recent research conducted by SEND-Ghana indicates that 45% of schools

in sample districts under the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP)

do not have access to water.

The Chairperson of the working group of Civil Society Platform

on Ghana and Education Advisor for SNV, Ms Adama Jehanfo

stated that although 85% of schools had been supplied with water by the programme,

87% of them are not in use due to operational challenges.

“The report reveals that 26% of the schools have no access to toilet facilities,

while almost 87% of the schools lack hand washing facilities”.
[An audit commissioned by the Dutch government and undertaken in 2008

by the international accountancy firm PriceWaterHouseCoopers,

found that after two years of implementation of the GFSP there was

“widespread corruption” at the programme secretariat

- IRIN, 12 Jun 2008. The National Coordinator of the GSFP, Mr Michael Nsowah,

has since been dismissed as the head of the programme,

according to a report on Joy FM radio on 22 September 2009.]
She noted that often times when Ghana school feeding is mentioned

a picture of children eating is what immediately comes to mind.

However, she said a lot of activities take place before the food is cooked.

“How the food is purchased and produced, the energy source used in cooking,

the type of water used to cook and drink,

hygienic nature of the kitchen , and the environment,

are all important complementary service play in the success of the GSFP, she outlined.
Ms Jehanfo was speaking at Water and Sanitation workshop under the theme,

“Chattering the Way Forward in Addressing the Water and Sanitation Issues Affecting the GSFP” in Tamale.

It was organized by SEND-Ghana and sponsored by SNV, IBIS, ActionAid Ghana,

TRIAS, PLAN Ghana, CRS, FONG, UWRAP, SMA, NNED, New Energy , IFAD and ACDEP.
Ms Jehanfo noted that water is critical to the GSFP

as no cooking can be done without water.

“Cooking with no availability of potable water has diverse negative impact

on health and quality of education,

especially for the girls as they are often the ones selected to go searching for water”.
Source: Mahama Zakaria-Tamale, Public Agenda / allAfrica.com, 02 Oct 2009

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Some more pictures from the Climb for a Smile

Many thanks to Wilf Hendriks for these photo's

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Late News!!!!!
It is with disappointment that I advise that I have just been informed

by RI President John Kenny that he will not be delivering

the Dr Ken Collins Address this year.

He recently suffered a bout of pneumonia

and was hospitalized for two weeks from 16th September.

He only returned to work on the 13th October

and is due to undergo further medical tests

at the time he was due to come to Perth.
HOWEVER, I have managed to obtain the services of Past RI VicePresident

and current Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Rotary Foundation

John Germ from the USA.

John is a prominent Rotarian and a fine speaker.
Kind regards,
Dr Ken Collins
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Rotary Quiz

This weeks question

What is the total number of Rotary clubs in all three Districts in Western Australia?

Send your answer to philco@iinet.net.au and the first correct email received will win


Last weeks answer

After Perth and Fremantle the next Rotary Club chartered in Western Australia was
The Rotary Club of Bunbury [19th June 1939]
I guess that was too hard as although there were plenty of answers ,not one was correct

Therefore we have a jackpot of scratchies this week

If you have won in the past 4 weeks please allow others to enter

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Tri District Calendar
October 21st..... Wednesday ........Rotary Club of Swan Districts Fashion Parade
October 23rd –25th ....................District 9470 Conference
October 24th ....Saturday............ Rotary Club of Cambridge Golf Day
October 25th ......Sunday ............Rotary Club of Margaret River Fun Run
October 25th .....Sunday............ Rotary Club of Matilda Bay Craft and Community Fair
October 25th .....Sunday ............Rotary Club of Hannans Belzano race
October 31st .....Saturday............ Rotary Club of Bridgetown Annual Marathon
November 1st.... Sunday .............Rotary Club of Geraldton Radio Auction
November 6th....Friday................Kwinana Golf Club Charity Match

November 8th ....Sunday...........Rotary Club of Mosman Park BIG WALK

November 9th-15th .....................Rotary Institute [Newcastle]
November 14th... Saturday....... Rotary Club of Cunderdin Craft Day and Kuringal Concert

November 16th .... Monday............. 12th Annual Ken Collins address

November 22nd.....Sunday..........Rotary Club of Perth Great Bike Ride
March 19th-21st.............................. D9460 Conference Manjimup
April 16th-18th ................................D9450 Conference

Good Advice