pers were also presented to each senior citizen.

Rotarians were out in full numbers to assist with transportation, ushering, serving meals and distrib-uting hampers.

This is one of the club’s annual events with a dif-ferent place of worship being chosen each year. It is evident that the seniors

The Annual Rotary Club of Georgetown Senior Citi-zens Church Service was held at the Calvary Lu-theran Church, North Road and Alexander Street, Georgetown on Sunday 28th October, 2012, approximately one hundred (100) senior citi-zens from twelve (12) homes for the elderly in Guyana attended the ser-vice. The attendees lis-tened to an inspiring ser-vice delivered by Father Moses Prasad.

After the service the sen-iors were treated to a sumptuous brunch pre-pared by the Inner Wheel-ers and Rotarians. Ham-

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In This Issue 

Annual Senior Ci zen Church Service 

Club Mee ngs  during the Second Quarter 

Career fair 

Medical Outreach 

First Responder  Training Programme  

Conference Reminders 

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look forward to the event and to the opportunity to reacquaint friendships with Rotarians.

At Church 

RotaryClubofGeorgetownhostMedicalOutreach

The Rotary Club of Georgetown conducted its second Medical Outreach for this Rotary year in Lit-tle Baiboo, Mahaica. A small village in Region 5, located in the county of Berbice east of the capital city of Georgetown. The venue was Ramesh Shibsahai's Residence on the bank of the Mahaica River, approximate-ly nine miles from the main access road. Persons attending the clinics were from the village and the surrounding ru-ral areas.

This outreach was organ-ised by the Rotary Club of Georgetown in collabora-tion with a team of medical personnel led by Past Pres-ident Dr. Lloyd Validum-Medical Doctor, Dr. Maxine Swain-Medical Doctor and Rotarian Dr. Michele Ming - Optometrist, Dr. Genalin Ang- Optometrist/Lecturer Uni. of Guyana and Rotari-an Dr Debra Patterson

Skeete - Dentist. They were assisted by other Ro-tarians, Rotaracters, nurs-es, pharmacists, dental assistants and optometry students.

Over 120 patients includ-ing children were seen by the Doctors and their teams. They were treated for various skin conditions, allergies, diabetes and hy-pertension. Many patients received free counseling, medications and vita-mins. Patients benefited from dental examina-tions, hygiene treatment, cleaning and extractions. Spectacles were prescribed for refractive errors such as myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism and presbyo-pia, intraocular pressures were taken and referrals made for glaucoma, cata-ract and diabetic retinopa-thy. Frames were given free of charge and lenses are to be provided at re-duced prices.

It was a full day

and Rotarian families were a welcome addi-tion. Fishing in the Mahaica River was enjoyed by some and there was con-tinued fellowship under a tree on the way back to Georgetown.

Words cannot adequately express our gratitude to the participating doctors and the team of supporting medical personnel. Special thanks to Mr and Mrs. Ramesh Shibsahai for providing the venue and to Mrs. Shibsahai for cooking the dhal, curry and rice for lunch.

Thanks to Rotarian Ron Robinson for donating the Medical Outreach Direc-tional Sign, to Perfect Print for donating the clinical record cards.

Roti/puri, drinks and bot-tled water were donated by Mings Products and Services.

Thanks to Rotarian Al-vin Rambarran for provid-

dent Khalil, Directors: Michele, President Elect Harry, VP Ronald, Sec Liz, Gary, Roger, Stanley, Ton, PP Aubrey Roberts and all the families for giving up their Sunday even though the weather was not in our favour.

all the other members of the Rotary family who made this outreach possi-ble we would like to say thank and we do look for-ward to your continued support.

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ing a mini-bus and driver for transportation purpos-es.

To the Rotaractors, of both clubs we wish to ex-press our gratitude for the continued support. We thank our Rotarians: Presi-

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The Annual District Confer-ence 2013 will be hosted by the “Isle of Spice Gre-nada during the period 17th - 20th April

 

ary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA ) 2013 will be held in Guyana

21st - 24th March

ClubMeetings

As we began Vocational Services Month the Club was appraised on the de-velopments in Manganese Mining in Guyana by Ro-tarian Dr. Grantley Wal-rond, a geologist by pro-fession.

Next we were addressed by Mr. George Edwards, General Manager of the Guyana Stock Exchange. Mr. Edwards spoke to us on the structure, workings and benefits of the stock exchange in Guyana.

With a focus on the 2012 Population and Housing Census, Chief Statisti-cian at the Bureau of Statistics, Mr. Lennox Benjamin CCH addressed us on the progress of the census exercise which be-gan in September 2012.

“Future Vision” - Rotary's New Grant Model - comes into effect on July 1st, 2013 and in preparation Direc-tor. Amanda St Aubyn explained how the new model will operate. Re-ports based on the experi-ences of pilot districts sug-gest that more localized input in grant distribution

will result.

Ms. Ann Green, Direc-tor of Child Care Ser-vices at the Ministry of Human Services ad-dressed us on 'Caring for Guyana's Vulnerable ' with an emphasis on children. She explained new legislation and new operating guidelines and programmes established by her unit.

We were privileged to be visited by Chancellor of the Judiciary Justice Carl Singh during No-vember. He addressed us on current measures to reform the legal sys-tem in Guyana.

Mr. Lennox Benjamin 

Mr. George Edwards 

Ms. Ann Green 

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ClubMeetings

Finally, in December As-sistant Commissioner George Vyphuis ad-dressed the club security measures in place for the Christmas season.

On the Rotary calendar December is know as the “Month of the Family” Ro-tarians are encouraged to execute activities that em-brace not only its members but also the families of its members .

As part of a time honA A time honoed tradition, the club hosts a evening of

carols for the members and their families.

An evening of fellowship for the adults and excite-ment for the children as Santa Clause made an im-promptu stop to say Merry Christmas”

This year the event was hosted by PP Ronald Alli.

Justice Carl Singh 

Club Meeting Club Meetings 

Club Meeting Asst Comm. George Vyphuis 

RotaryClubsinGuyanaHostCareerFair

As part of activities for Vo-cational Service month the Rotary Clubs of Georgetown, Demerara, Georgetown, Georgetown Central and Stabroek com-bined efforts and staged a Job and Career Fair.

Panels of Rotarians from the fields of Law, Account-ancy, Engineering, and Banking & Insurance were featured on National Tele-vision during prime time nightly during from Octo-ber 28th to No-vember 1st , each panel shared information on options for entering that career field , the dif-ferent avenues for specialization and available job opportunities in Guy-ana. The panel on No-vember 2nd consisted of past and present leaders of the Clubs explaining the organisation of Rotary, the object of Rotary and the Clubs’ signature projects over the years.

The week of activities cul-minated in a Job Fair which saw several leading com-panies in Guyana interact-ing with job seekers. The companies included Guy-ana Sugar Corporation, Guyana Power & Light, Guyana Water Inc, Neal & Massy Group of Compa-nies, Ansa McAL and Dem-erara Distill-ers among others.

A Career Guidance hand-book prepared by the Ro-tary Club of Demerara, was also distributed and several side seminars were conducted on subjects such as: (1) how to com-plete an applica-tion form (2) how to write a CV and (3) How to prepare for an interview. Consideration will be given to hosting similar events annually and possibly in other re-gions of Guyana.

Congratulations are ex-tended to the elected board of directors for the Rotary year 2013 –2014

President

Harryram Parmesar

Vice President

Elizabeth Cox

President Elect

Ronald Burchsmith

Secretary

Amanda St. Aubyn

Treasurer

Peter Peroune

Director Club Administra-tion

Michele Ming

Director Rotary Foundation

Michael Wharton

Director Service Projects

Christine King

Director Public Relations

Pradeep Samtani

Director New Generations

Lisa Foster

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Director Membership

Clyde De Haas

Immediate Past President

Khalil Alli

Sergeant - At – Arms

PP. Aubrey Roberts

Rotarians from around the world gather each year to exchange great ideas, connect with old and new friends, have fun, and ad-vance the work of Rotary.

The 2013 RI Convention will take place in Lisbon, Portugal, 23-26 June.

Online registration is available through 15 June.

After that date, you can only register on-site.

Online Registration

USD315 until March 31

USD365 until June 15.

Rotarians and club execu-tives or secretaries can register up to four guests online. After March 31st, on-site prices apply.

Online registration re-quires a credit card and a Member Access account (available to Rotarians and club executives or secretaries only).

proving the quality of Ambulance Services in Guyana.

The US$46,500 project was initiated by Guya-nese, retired Dr. Ovid Fraser, in partnership with the three (3) US Ro-tary Clubs and the Rotary Club of Georgetown and the GPHC after a needs assessment carried out by four (4) members of the “Gemini Committee”, Dr. Paul Gallagher, Dr. Ovid Fraser, Dr. Eric Goedecke and Dr. James Courtney, all members of the US Rotary Clubs, dur-ing a visit Guyana in

 

2009.

The Gemini Committee was founded twelve (12) years ago by Rotarian Dr. Paul Gallagher to assist in the delivery of emergency health care around the world and has carried out training in some six (6) countries to date.

The project trained nurses in First Responder skills to enable them to perform further training for Emer-gency Medical Technicians (EMTs) in Guyana’s ambu-lance services and provid-ed equipment and materi-als to support the training. The final batch of twenty-

five (25) Nurses gradu-ated on October 12th 2012 ; this was the third visit by the Team to Guyana and over 65 medical personnel mainly from the Georgetown Public Hos-pital benefited from this project.

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Every year over 500 Guya-nese are victims of acci-dents, domestic violence and other traumatic events. One-fifth of these are fatalities, and the re-maining victims suffer from life-threatening and other injuries including, disfiguration and loss of mobility. All these victims require first-responder at-tention that is provided by the estimated 25 ambu-lances which serve urban and rural communities in Guyana.

The Rotary Club of Georgetown in partner-ship with Rotary Clubs of Southborough, Westborough and Northborough in the United States and the Ministry of Health were engaged over the last six months in a unique project aimed at im-

Tutors and  trainers