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The latest Shelter box video

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 An amazing story about the health workers courageously fighting polio in Afghanistan

open the link to read the whole story with pictures.

The photos are breathtaking

: http://b-gat.es/19MiSDZ

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Polio eradication in Egypt with the
D 2451

Successful Rotary Contributions to Keep Polio Out of Egypt

Dr. Ahmes Ghabriel, Rotary’s National PolioPlus Chair for Egypt,

 asked the District 2451 Disaster Relief Team

 to help out with the coordination of participation for Rotary Clubs of Egypt.

 The team was so enthusiastic to work to keep Egypt free of Polio.

 Understanding the threats, the team prepared

 and printed Polio awareness fliers, posters 

and banners for different clubs who showed interest in participation.

 On the National Immunization day campaign (November 17-20, 2013)

, Rotarians from different clubs were assigned different health units

 were vaccination of children was taking place. 

Rotarians posted Rotary banners with a message to inform people of the Campaign

 and distributed fliers containing awareness on the Poliomyelitis virus 

and the importance of immunizing children under 5 years of age.

 The fliers also showed the world-wide role of Rotary

 in eradicating Polio as a strategic partner with CDC, WHO and UNICEF

 Rotarians helped with the vaccination of children,

 encouraging the vaccination team.

 Some Rotarians offered meals to the nursing team

 who were vaccinating children and some brought them light snacks

 and/or water bottles.

 Rotarians also brought candy and sweets to offer to children

 after taking the polio vaccine. 

The presence of Rotarians was much appreciated by medical zone directors

 and health units supervisors

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Rotary Club of Booragoon

Meet our newest member Danne Reynolds. 

Classification Social Work. Danne found out about Rotary 

through the John Curtin Leadership Academy

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Around the Districts

 On Thursday November 28th a farewell dinner for 2013 Indigenous students

 was held at the Rydges Hotel in the city

 Cheryl Deguara Program Co-ordinator [left] and Board Director Phil Cordery [right] 

with the 2013 students and Woodside corporate sponsors

President Dave Taylor Rotary Club of Scarborough

  ARH D9465 Representative Diane Wright 

and Jackie Ormsby President of the Rotary Club of Melville

 with Phil Cordery

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Rotary Club of Fremantle

President Jan Mason with some of the recipients

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Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay

Past Rotary International Director Ken Collins 

with Richard Symons

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Rotary Club of Kalgoorlie

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Rotary Club of Midland

Rotary Club of Belmont

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Rotary Club of Mount Barker

 Thanks to all you beautiful people who came to buy an ice cream,

at the rotary van.and said hello.

We had a great day,

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Rotary Club of South Perth Burswood

 Some of the South Perth-Burswood Rotary ladies selling Christmas cakes

 and puddings at the Vic Park Christmas St Mall

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Rotary Club of Swan Valley

Carer's Day

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Rotary Club of Mill Point

 Putting them in the spotlight and keen to acknowledge their

presence, the three stooges Owen Ferguson, Reg Willis

and Vic Stoyanoff,

resplendent in the Fullness of their Mature Masculinity,

were given a special a FMM for 

"Functional Misdemeanours by Members".award –

 their own personal physical activity planner

donated by the Heart

Foundation.

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Rotary Club of Perth

 The three Amigo's  !!!!

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Rotary Club of Southern Districts

Steven Dutt, Geoff Wiltshire, Llyod Dungey and John Simpson.with Kerry O'Shea

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Rotary Club of Geraldton Greenough

 Sausage sizzle at Bunnings today Jo, Di and Jos 

doing their bit to raise some awareness 

and some funds to put back into the community. 

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Rotary Club of Bunbury Leschenault

 Club planning day at Wellington forest cottages.

 Thanks to Wendy for her awesome mediating. 

Some great ideas about member engagement -

 it's up to us as members now! Looking forward to 2014

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Rotary Club of East Perth

Our guest speaker this morning was Lee Tate, 

the Communications Manager for Arafmi,

 the peak body which represents carer's for people with mental illness. 

Lee left a number of pamphlets for members. 

The pamphlet lists services provided by Arafmi 

to carer's, including; advocacy, counselling, respite and a many more.

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Rotary Club of Rossmoyne

The Rossmoyne Interact Club

held a

"Rossmoyne's got Talent" night

at the local performing Arts Centre

with 150 people attending

 All went to schedule and plan,

the only small glitch was

that Mike Nahan was unable to make it 

(due toParliamentary commitments)

 A little ceremony was

arranged at Rossmoyne Senior High School 

with Mikeon the following Friday, the new Principal Paul Leech

and Kuda (Interact President) along with the winner

Hannah Razak were present

 I have no idea what talent this pair have??

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Rotary Club of Midland

Hay stacking with awesome Rotarians and friends.

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Exchange Students in the Goldfields and Esperance

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Club Promotions

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Rotary Club of Osborne Park

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Police stop my car

There are two French Legionnaires in the desert,

 and they’ve been separated from their unit and are lost.

They’ve been wandering for several days without food and water, 

and are nearly resigned to the fact that they will soon die from dehydration,

 when as they reach the top of a sand dune,

 they see a big, bustling market laid out before them.

 Naturally, they can’t believe their eyes and think it’s a mirage,

 but as they draw closer, they can hear the stallholders’ cries, 

and they eventually reach the market and realise that it’s really there.

So the legionnaires rush up to the first stall they can and cry to the stallholder

, “Stallholder, we have been travelling in the desert for many days, 

and have had no food or water. 

We shall surely die soon unless you have some you can sell us. 

Tell us, do you have any sustenance for us?”

The stallholder shook his head and replied,

 “I’m sorry, French legionnaire type people,

 but all I have to sell is a load of bowls full of jelly, topped with custard 

and cream, and lovingly sprinkled with hundreds

 and thousands of pieces of fruit and cake.”

The legionnaires look at each other, mildly surprised,

 and move on to the next stall, where they ask the stallholder,

 “Mr purveyor of fine foodstuffs and the like,

 we have been travelling through the desert for days,

 deprived of the necessary beverages and foodstuffs

 which are required for survival.

 We shall surely die soon, unless you can sell us some skins of water.”

The stallholder looked at them embaressed, and confessed

 “Gentlemen, tragic as I admit it is,

 I have none of the ingredients necessary to life for which you ask me.

 All I have to sell is this large bowl of jelly topped with custard 

and cream and sprinkled with hundreds

 and thousands of pieces of fruit and cake, 

with a little cocktail cherry in the middle at the top, there,”

 he said, pointing out the glace cherry

. “I cannot help you.”

The legionnaires look at each other in desperation,

 and run on to the next stall, where they demand of the stallholder,

 “Look, mate, we need water or we’ll die. 

We’ve been travelling without water for days and need some now. 

Do you have any you can sell us?”

The stallholder looked at his curl-ended shoes in shame as he confessed, 

“Sorry, fellas, all I have to sell you is a bowl of jelly, with custard, cream

 and hundreds and thousands of pieces of fruit and cake.

 I can’t help you.

 I’ll have to condemn you to a long and lingering death through dehydration.”

The legionnaires were really worried by this point,

 and they went through the market, stall by stall, asking each stallholder 

whether they had any water they could sell them, 

and thus save their lives, but each stallholder gave the same reply,

 all they had to sell was a bowl of jelly with cream, custard 

and hundreds and thousands of pieces of fruit and cake.

Dejected and resigned to their grim fate,

 the legionnaires left the desert market and walked off into the setting sun.

 As they did so, one turned to the other and said,

 “That was really odd, a big market in the middle of nowhere, 

and all they sold was bowls of jelly with custard, cream

 and hundreds and thousands of pieces of fruit and cake.”

The other turned to face his companion and replied,

“Yes, it was a trifle bazaar

Voice of China     ....amazing singers

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Western Australia

On the banks of the Pentacost River 

with the Cockburn Ranges in the background