Next Week’s Program

Venue: Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel,

Kawran Bazaar, Dhaka

Date: 19 April 2016

Time: 5:30 pm

Program: TBA

DHAKA ROTARY NEWS ISSUE 39> VOLUME 79> YEAR 2015-16>Dated 12.04.2016

REGULAR WEEKLY MEETINGS

Today’s Program

Venue: Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel,

Kawran Bazaar, Dhaka

Date: 12 April 2016

Time: 5:30 pm

Program: Details as follows:

Guest Speaker: Prof Engr Mehedi

Ahmed Ansary, PhD

Dept of Civil Engineering, BUET

Topic: Existing Building Assessment

Methodology for Bangladesh

From the Editor’s Pen

Maternal and Child Health (NCH) care is one of the

important community activities of the Rotarians and

Rotary Clubs and it has been identified as one of the

Six Areas of Focus of the Rotary Foundation.

According to WHO (2001) definition ‘Health is a

complete physical, mental and social well-being state

and not only absence of disease or ailment. These

medullar ideas conforms the totality in health,

although there are differences in ages, countries,

cultures, classes and gender that prevent a homo-

genous consensus, especially in MCH care.

MCH care is a concept that encompasses family

planning, preconception, prenatal and postnatal care.

In this goal of preconception care, Rotarians and

Clubs can engage in providing education, health

promotion, screening and interventions for women of

marriageable/reproductive age to reduce the risk

factors that might affect future pregnancies.

Similarly Child Healthcare (CH) includes physical,

mental and social-well being of the child too. A

healthy child is dependent on healthy mother. At

least 20% of the diseases in children below 5 years

of age is related to the poor maternal health and

nutrition which is dependent on the quality of care.

Over 7 million children below 5 years die every year.

Large number of maternal and child health problems

are due to inadequate or lack of MCH care. This

needs to be focused by the healthcare specialists.

Under 5 mortality & healthcare issues depend on –

• Nutritional & healthcare knowledge;

• Level of immunization & oral rehydration therapy;

• Availability of MCH services;

• Food & healthcare availability for mother & child;

• Availability of safe drinking water & sanitation;

• Safety of the environment.

Rotary Club of Dhaka should plan community activities

for MCH care based on the above issues to build a

healthy society in keeping with the Rotary theme ‘Be

a gift to the world.’

Rtn PP Khandker Badrul Hasan, PHF

Editor

Communication & Bulletin Sub-committee:

Chairman & Editor:

Rtn PP Khandker Badrul Hasan, PHF

Members:

Rtn PP Rafiqul Islam 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

APRIL IS MATERNAL AND CHILD

HEALTH CARE MONTH

The President briefed the members about the projects

launched in the Year 2015-16. The President mainly

focused on the following projects:

1) SCAW Project.

2) ABCD Project.

3) Flood Relief Project.

4) Chal-Chini Project.

5) Ausi Bangla Smile Project.

The President informed the

members that the Club has

qualified for the RI Preside-

ntial Citation and 53 projects

were completed so far this year. The President thanked

all the members for their continued support for being

able to complete so many projects.

The President requested Rtn PE S M Anwar Hossain

MPHF to introduce the Guest Speaker. The Guest

Speaker, Engr Taqsem A Khan gave a fantastic and an

informative presentation on the Achievements of

Dhaka WASA which is now being showcased as a role

model for South Asia. Questions were asked by Rtn Md

Shafiqur Rahman RFSM, Rtn PP Bayezidur Rahman, Rtn

Jawaherul Ghani and Rtn Mahmud Hasan RFSM which

were brilliantly answered by the Guest Speaker.

Rtn DG SAM Showket Hossain

MPHF MC PHS gave his

speech and made announce-

ment of the following events:

1) Seminar on RI Convention

to be held on April 13,

2016.

2) President’s Breakfast Meet-

ing for the Club Presidents only on April 8, 2016.

3) Folk Song Night on April 15, 2016.

4) Paul Harris’s Birthday Celebration on April 19,

2016.

5) Visit of Dr. Jatinder Singh on May 20, 2016.

Rtn DG S A M Showket Hossain appreciated the Club

President’s dynamic Leadership and focus on Service

Projects. He congratulated Rtn Nasimul Majumder for

his outstanding work and his dedication towards the

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR WEEKLY MEETING OF ROTARY CLUB OF DHAKA

HELD AT PAN PACIFIC SONARGAON HOTEL, DHAKA ON TUESDAY, APRIL 05, 2016

The Rotary Club of Dhaka met on Tuesday, April 5,

2016 for their weekly meeting. The Club President Rtn

Md Nasimul Hoq Majumder called the meeting to

order at 05.30 pm.

Rtn Mahmud Hasan led the invocation. Birthday and

Wedding Anniversary greetings were read out by Rtn

IPP Shaheed Siddique.

The President welcomed the District Governor Rtn DG

S A M Showket Hossain, the Guest Speaker Engr

Taqsem A Khan and the Rotary Alumni from Japan, Mr.

Masataka to the Head Table. The President also welco-

med the visiting Rotaractors of Rotaract Club of Dhaka,

Rotaract Club of Dhaka Premier, Rotaract Club of

Dhaka Udayan and Rotaract Club of Dhaka Paramount.

The following Rotarians briefed the members about the

update of the Club’s following projects:

1) Rtn PP Rafiqul Islam Rowly - Ausi Bangla Smile

Project.

2) Rtn Abu Nawaz Bhuiyan PHF - ABCD Project.

3) Rtn Barrister Shafayat Ullah - Know Your Rights

Project.

4) Rtn PE S M Anwar Hossain - Earthquake and Fire

Awareness Project.

MINUTES (CONTINUED)

17 April

Rtn PP Capt M Moazzam Hossain

and

R-Ann Farzana Moazzam

12 April

R-Let Wazeda Rahman Choudhury

D/o Rtn PP Waliur Rahman

Choudhury

14 April

R-Let Muna

D/o Rtn PE Jawaherul Ghani

Meeting Statistics (05-04-2016)

Total Members 63

Honorary Member 01

Members exempted 06

(from attendance)

Members Present 23

Percentage of attendance 39.65%

Last week’s attendance rose to 40.67%

(from 37.28%)

Visiting Rotarians 04

Club Guests 10

Members’ Guests Ni

Sunshine Box Collection (Tk). 460.00

Mr.Masataka, Rotary Alumni from Japan expressed his feelings

briefly and thanked Rotary International for the Humanitarian

work it does through-

out the Globe. Rtr

Prianka Basher, Club

Secretary of Rotaract

Club of Dhaka Param-

ount cordially invited

and requested all the

members to attend the ‘Shadhinotar Golpo’ Program to be held

on Thursday, April 7, 2016 at ‘Oporajoya Bangladesh Shelter

Home, ’Neemtola,

Old Town. The

Program is organi-

zed as one of the

projects of Rota-

ract Club of Dhaka

Paramount.

Rtn PDG Ishtiaque

Abiduz Zaman PhD offered a formal vote of thanks to Rtn DG

SAM Showket Hossain and the Guest Speaker.

A small memento as a token of appreciation was handed over to

the Guest Speaker

Engr Taqsem A Khan

by Rtn DG S A M

Showket Hossain and

to the District Gover-

nor by the President.

Minutes of the earlier

meeting were unanimously approved by the members. The Club

Secretary Rtn Barrister Shafayat Ullah PHF announced the date

of the next weekly club meeting to be held on Tuesday, April 12,

2016 at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel, Dhaka at 05.30 pm. There

being no other important point to discuss the President

adjourned the meeting.

Rtn Barrister Shafayat Ullah PHF

Club Secretary

Fellowship at RC Waterloo

Grand River, Canada

MEET OUR GUEST SPEAKER

DEAR COLLEAGUES:

As part of our continued efforts to increase our public outreach and measure results, I am pleased to report

that Rotary received widespread media coverage throughout 2015, with more than 500 articles in 20

countries – representing a 33 percent increase in coverage from 2014. Roughly 75 stories appeared in top

tier international news organizations, including eight out of the 10 most influential ranked by Forbes, such

as the Associated Press, Agence France Presse, BBC, CNN, Reuters, The New York Times, The Washington

Post and Wall Street Journal.

Highlights include coverage of the one-year polio-free milestone in Nigeria and Africa:

• BBC World News

• Houston Chronicle

• Agence France Presse/Yahoo! News UK

Rotary’s social media presence was strong in 2015. Rotary and End Polio Now Facebook and Twitter

channels gained more than 125,000 fans and followers. Overall, there was 46 percent increase in reach

across all Rotary’s social channels from 2014 to 2015.

Enclosed is a sharable compilation of the 2015 media highlights with links to the coverage. This interactive

report is available to view on Internet Explorer 10 or later and all other browsers. To view full articles, click

on the headlines. View our year end media coverage report.

Best regards,

John Hewko

General Secretary

Rotary International

Prof Mehedi Ahmed Ansary PhD,

Department of Civil Engineering, BUET.

Prof Dr Mehedi Ahmed Ansary graduated from the Department of Civil Engineering,

BUET in 1991 and joined at the same Department as a Lecturer in June 1991. He

obtained his PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Tokyo in 1996. He was

promoted as a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, BUET in 2006.

His research interest is urban disaster mitigation which includes development of micro

zonation maps for cities of Bangladesh, assessment of building and lifeline vulnerabilities, characterization of

strong ground motion from free-field and bridge data monitoring, raising awareness among citizens of

Bangladesh through simplified experimental techniques and easily understandable guidelines for earthquake

resistant construction, study of other urban disasters such as cyclones, floods, fires and tornadoes, etc.

Prof Ansary is

1) Founder Director of BUET-JIDPUS (Japan Institute of Disaster Prevention and Urban Safety) Institute at

BUET.

2) Founder Secretary General of Bangladesh Earthquake Society.

3) Director of World Seismic Safety Initiative (WSSI) which is a prestigious international body founded by

International Association of Earthquake Engineering IAEE) for earthquake risk reduction of the developing

countries.

4) Member of the Technical Advisory Committee on Disaster Management of the Government of Bangladesh.

5) President of BUET’91 Club.

Prof. Ansary’s number of publication in International Journal and Proceedings is around 180.

_______________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________