We have been in Chennai just for 90 minutes, and I am seeing so many incredible projects being inaugurated tonight. I know every single one of the projects you do and every single dollar you spend promotes world peace and understanding. Because it is not just the
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One of my favourite books, A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson, muses on the creation of the universe and how a tiny speck of it we call Earth went from being a fiery ball with seas of molten rock to
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One of my favourite books, A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson, muses on the creation of the universe and how a tiny speck of it we call Earth went from being a fiery ball with seas of molten rock to
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In Chennai, RI President Jennifer Jones inaugurated in just a couple of hours, a bunch of education projects that ranged from providing basic infrastructure to schools to sophisticated e-learning projects involving smart classrooms, interactive panels and slick technology.
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In March 1994, at the Anaheim Hilton and Towers, Emmanuel Adedolapo Lufadeju and Robert Zinser struck up a conversation. The two men were district governors-elect, and they had travelled to California — Lufadeju from Nigeria and Zinser from Germany — for Rotary’s annual International
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RI President Jennifer Jones and her husband DGN Nick Krayacich, along with RI Directors Mahesh Kotbagi and A S Venkatesh, were in Pune for Lakshya and a two-day event organised by RI districts 3131, 3132, 3141, 3142, 3170 and 3030.
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Clubs need to engage new members If governors can guide club presidents in the right manner, we can see a dramatic change in retention figures, says Sandip Agarwalla. “We need to
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Recently, Nick and I spent time in Guatemala, where we met wonderful fellow Rotary members and families who unofficially adopted me as “Tía Jennifer.” On the third day, after visiting Patzún in the mountainous western highlands, we set out for Lake Atitlán, which
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Anti-vaccine militants gun down policemen guarding polio vaccinators at Kot Azam, Tank district, in north-west Pakistan. The two gunmen had been hiding near a water channel before opening fire on the guards and then, fled on a motorbike; they spared the vaccinators. Pakistan and
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Two developments in our organisation in recent times have a far-reaching impact on the path it will take in the coming years. One is the change in the status of Rotaract and the other is the inclusion of Environment as our seventh area
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Since I was 16 years old I have been a student of, and involved in, economics and my involvement with the subject is now 55 years old. My first job after my MA was as the Economics Editor in a large British publishing house. After a few years I got bored
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