Next Week’s Program

Venue: Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel

Date: 29 September 2015

Time: 5:00 pm for 5:30 pm

Program: To be advised

DHAKA ROTARY NEWS ISSUE 11> VOLUME 79> YEAR 2015-16>Dated 22.09.2015

REGULAR WEEKLY MEETINGS

Today’s Program

Venue: Rotary Cancer Detection Unit

Date: 22 September 2015

Time: 5.00 pm for 5.30 pm

Program: Fellowship

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The first quarter of the RY 2015-16 is almost over. It is

essential that we take a stock of the highs and lows of the

Club functioning.

Starting with Club Administration the Club has been able to

organise interesting programs in the 11 weekly meetings,

including the 79th Installation meeting. There has been a

number of mind blogging speakers who have enlightened

the members in divergent topics. The Club bulletin has been

published and circulated regularly keeping the members

well informed of the Club and RI activities. Fellowship has

been of high marks especially with the relentless effort of

the Club President Rtn Nasim Majumder.

Club Service Projects was of high marks with almost a

project every week. These projects, on own or jointly with

other Rotary/Rotaract Clubs, District, RCC and other

organisations has been well responded. Tree plantation,

distribution of sanitary latrines and tube wells, dental

camps, eye camps, ABCD (Asut-Bangla Care of Dental),

distribution of hygiene kits projects has benefitted a large

number of people especially from low income group living

in rural areas. The Club is preparing for the Sleeping Kit

Distribution program in full gear.

The Club has been actively participating in TRF program

with substantial contribution. The Club is actively involved

in Polio eradication program, which is a signature project of

RI international.

Through these projects the Club has been able to create and

build its image in the society and has been able to involved

a large number of volunteers from different walks of life

mostly from the younger generation.

Attendance of the members in the regular weekly meetings

and in projects and programs has been meek, along with

the membership growth which needs to be seriously

brainstormed.

Rtn PP Khandker Badrul Hasan, PHF

Editor

Communication & Bulletin Sub-committee:

Chairman & Editor:

Rtn PP Khandker Badrul Hasan, PHF

Members:

Rtn PP Rafiqul Islam I Rowly, PHF Rtn PP T I M Nurul Kabir MPHF, B, PHS, Rtn Mirza Hossain MPHF, Rtn Barrister Shafayat Ullah PHF, Rtn Mahmud Hasan RFSM

Contact:

Rotary Bhaban, National Institute for Cancer Research & Hospital (NICR&H) Mohakhali, Dhaka - 1213 Tel: 9892465 E-mail: rcd@agni.com www.rcdhaka.org

Club of Dhaka

gave a very comprehensive presentation on SEID and

the work they do in bringing the disabled people of

the society into mainstream development work of

the society.

She presented a project proposal to RCD for

extending support for the under-privileged children

with disabilities. The Guest Speaker expressed her

gratitude to RCD for their continuous help and

especially for the 4 sewing machines that were given

to SEID Organization. Questions were asked by Rtn

PP Rowly PHF which were answered very well by the

Guest Speaker.

Vote of thanks was

offered by Rtn Lt Col

Syed Quamruzzaman

(retd), BGBM RFSM. A

token of appreciation

in the form of momento was presented to the Guest

Speaker by Rtn PP A K M Abdus Sobhan PHF and Rtn

Golam Mustafa PHF.

The President also gave an announcement that

Street Law Project will take place this month.

Rtn PP Rafiqul Islam Rowly PHF raised an issue that

members attending Club Projects should not be

named as Roving Ambassadors in the Bulletin as they

are not visiting other Clubs. The President

acknowledged the suggestion with thanks.

Minutes of the earlier meeting were unanimously

passed by the members. Club Secretary Rtn Barrister

Shafayat PHF announced the date of the next weekly

club meeting to be held on Tuesday, September 22,

2015 at RCDU, Mohakhali, Dhaka at 05.30 pm. Sgt-

at-Arms report was read out by Rtn S A M Yousuf

PHF. There being no other important point to discuss

the President adjourned the meeting.

Rtn Barrister Shafayat Ullah PHF

Club Secretary

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR WEEKLY MEETING OF ROTARY CLUB OF DHAKA

HELD IN PAN PACIFIC SONARGAON HOTEL, DHAKA ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Regular weekly meeting of RC Dhaka was held on

Tuesday, September 15, 2015. Club President Rtn

Mohd Nasim Majumder PHF called the meeting to

order at 5.30 pm. Rtn Lt Col (Retd) Syed Quamruz-

zaman, BGBM RFSM led the invocation. Birthday and

Wedding Anniversary greetings were offered by Rtn

Mamun Akbar, PHF. The

President welcomed the

Guest Speaker Ms.

Dilara Sattar Mitu and

two of her colleagues

Md. Asif Bin Islam and

Mr. Badrul Haque of the

same organization SEID (Society for Education and

Inclusion of the Disabled. The President called the

Guest Speaker to the Head Table.

The President briefed the members about the

ongoing ABCD (Ausi-Bangla Care for Dental) Project.

Two Dental camps were run in a slum area of Mirpur

in Urban Dhaka and 5 rural camps in the locations of

Brahmonbaria and Sylhet with the wonderful team

of 4 Australian Doctors led by Dr. Sandra Meihubers

and a team of young dentists and their mentor Dr.

Sunny. Rotary Club of Dhaka and NGO Forum for

Public Health provided logistic supports to the team.

The President further briefed about Multi Club

Project for flood affected families. A Rotary Multi

Club Project Committee was formed on September

8th

, 2015 in Grand Oriental Hotel at Gulshan-1,

Dhaka in the Regular Weekly meeting of RC Dhaka

Uptown. The Club President Rtn Md Nasimul Hoq

Majumder PHF, Rtn PE S M Anwar Hossain MPHF,

Rtn PP Bayezidur Rahman MPHF attended the

meeting. Among other Clubs, the President of RCD

has committed to give Tk. 50,000 initially on behalf

of the Club for helping

the flood affected fami-

lies under Multi Club

Project. The members

have responded upon

President’s call, giving

cash or commitments. So far the members have

committed an amount of Tk. 60, 000.

Rtn Shaheed Siddique PHF introduced the Guest

Speaker Ms. Dilara Sattar Mitu. The Guest Speaker

Meeting Statistics (08-09-2015)

Total Members 59

Members exempted 04

Members Present 13

Percentage of attendance 23.63%

Last week’s attendance rose to 30.90%

(from 27.27%)

Visiting Rotarians Nil

Club Guests 03

Members’ Guests 01

Sunshine Box Collection (Tk). 410.0

22 September

R-Let Redwanul Bari

S/o Rtn Md Abdul Bari

R-Let Afnan Abedine Augro

S/o Rtn PP Sultan-ul-Abedine Molla

R-Ann Tanzila Mahmud

W/o Rtn Mahmud Hasan

24 September

R-Ann Danielle J Masud

W/o Rtn PP K Maswood ul Alam

25 September

R-Let Rian

S/o Rtn Md Rumman Yunus

22 September

Rtn Mohammad Rezaur Razzak

and

R-Ann Khadija Nazmin

The Breast Cancer Awareness Month is observed across the

world every October to increase attention and support for

the awareness, early detection and treatment as well as

palliative care for the disease.

Breast cancer by far is the most common cancer among the

women worldwide, with about 1.38 million new cases of

Breast Cancer and 458,000 deaths worldwide. In Bangladesh

there are about 35,000 new cases Breast Cancer and 9,000

deaths, mostly from the poorest segment of the population.

Rotary Club of Dhaka has been actively participating in

projects and programs for Cancer awareness, detection and

treatment in last four decades.

This year also the Club has

decided to participate in the

Breast Cancer Awareness

Month in October together

with the National Institute of

Cancer Research and Hospital

(NICRH). For this a preparatory meeting was held at NICRH at

11.00 am on 19 September 2015, chaired by Dr Mohd

Habibullah Talukder of NICRH, the Chief Coordinator for the

Breast Cancer Awareness Program. Rtn PE S M Anwar

Hossain, PHF of RCD attended the meeting at very short

notice. The meeting was attended by representatives of eight

service organisations.

The members discussed the

month long campaign which

will kick-off on 01 October 2015

and will include a mega-press

conference at the Press Club on

10 October, which is the Breast

Cancer Awareness Day. It will be followed by colourful rally.

The committee also discussed the draft budgetary

requirements, fund raising and sponsorship ideas/ commit-

ments. On behalf of the Club, Rtn PE Anwar has proposed

sponsorship of 300 tee shirts and help find part sponsorship

from among the members of the Club.

Members attending the meeting have expressed satisfaction

on the response for the last years program and expects to

draw even bigger attention this year.

Rotary Club of Dhaka, apart from the participation in the

program may undertake programs to raise funds for the

Histo-pathological testing of suspected breast cancer as per

the MOU signed with NICRH recently.

OCTOBER – BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

K. R. Ravindran

President 2-15-16

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Dear fellow Rotarians:

It is our pleasure to announce Rotary’s annual World Polio Day kickoff event on 23 October in New York

City. We'll use this occasion to shine a light on Rotary’s leadership in the fight that has brought us This

Close to ending polio.

The Live stream event, co-sponsored by UNICEF, will bring together our partners in the Global Polio

Eradication Initiative, government officials, and global health leaders from non governmental

organizations and will mobilize more than 30,000 supporters.

July and August brought great milestones in the polio eradication effort. For the first time in history,

Nigeria -- then all of Africa -- marked one year with no new polio cases caused by the wild virus.

We are closer to making good on our promise to end polio forever, but there's still work to be done. As

we protect the progress made in Africa, we focus even more sharply on Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Our World Polio Day kickoff event is our opportunity to update participants around the world on our

progress and next steps and inspire them to share their voices, donate, or advocate for eradication as

we near the finish line.

We invite you to join us and watch the event live, starting at 18:30 New York time (UTC-4) or later -- a

recording will be made available. We also ask you to raise awareness of our polio eradication effort in

your own community and build a local audience for our World Polio Day event. Visit the End Polio Now

website to download resources that can help you raise awareness and funds. Share this information

with your Rotary clubs, districts, communities, and elected officials.

Thirty years ago, we told the world what Rotary believes: that we can achieve the eradication of polio.

Our dream is becoming reality. For every child, on World Polio Day, let’s push ahead to the reality of a

polio-free world.

Warm regards,

Rotary International President K.R. Ravindran

and Rotary Foundation Chair Ray Klinginsmith

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R I PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE – SEPTEMBER 2015

ABCD AUST-BANGLA CARE FOR DENTAL PROGRAM

Two Dental camps had been in a slum area of Mirpur in urban Dhaka and 2 rural dental camps run in the

locations of Brahmanbaria and 3 rural dental camps run in the locations of Sylhet with the wonderful team of

4 Australian Doctors led by Sandra Meihubers and a team of local young dentists and their mentor Dr

Sunny. Rotary Club of Dhaka and NGO Forum for Public Health provided logistic supports to the team.

Day Date Activity Patients

1 Tue, 8 September ABCD Team attended Weekly meeting of RC Dhaka at

5.30 pm

2 Wed, 9 September Dental Camp at Pallabi Degree College, Section-8,

Duary Para, Pallabi, Mirpur.

115

3 Thu, 10 September AnandoNiketon Primary School, Bauniabadh, C Block,

Pallabi, Mirpur.

123

4 Fri, 11 September Rural camp travel and set up

5 Sat, 12 September Basudev Government Primary School, Post Office:

Basudev, Upazila: BrahmanbariaSadar, Brahmanbaria.

130

6 Sun, 13 September Basudev Multilateral High School, Post Office:

Basudev, Upazila: BrahmanbariaSadar, Brahmanbaria.

173

7 Mon, 14 September Travelled Sylhet with set up

8 Tue, 15 September Uttar (North) Baruna Government Primary School,

Union: Kalapur, Upazila: Srimongal, District:

Moulavibazar.

193

9 Wed, 16 September Bishamoni High School, Union: Srimongal, Upazila:

Srimongal, District: Moulavibazar.

159

10 Thu, 17 September Shatgao High School, Union: Shatgao, Upazila:

Srimongal, District: Moulavibazar

128

11 Fri, 18 September Pack up and return Dhaka

12 Sat, 19 September Closing Meeting

13 Sun, 20 September Debrief, travel

Total Patients 1021

Friday, 18 September 2015:

ABCD Team attended the District Fellowship Get together and Dinner in ATJ Industries, Tejgaon. Club

President Rtn Nasim, Rtn DGN FH Arif, Rtn PP RI Rowly, Rtn PP TIM NurulKabir, Rtn PP Bayezidur Rahman,

Rtn IPP Shaheed Siddique joined the program.

Saturday, 19 September 2015 - Closing Meeting:

At the request of Club President Rtn Nasim Majumder, Rtn President Elect SM Anwar Hossain and

FCFL R-Ann Rownak Jahan attended the Closing meeting in NGOF Office in Lalmatia. In the closing

meeting they have discussed their findings and loop holes during last 7 camps and discussed

how those issues can be addressed- improved.They will be conducting every month 2 camps for

another 9 months. They have requested us whether we can sponsor tooth brush for underprivileged

children (appx 1800 units). Also they have requested if anyone can volunteer transportation of

doctors and team twice a month from Malibag to Mirpur (pick and drop). Alsothey have discussed if

the project can be connected with global matching grant.NGO Forum will be placing a revised

budget for the project in one month time as they have now got real time experience of buying tool,

kits and food & lodging experience.

PROMOTING LITERACY – WAYS & MEANS

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