d3780 governor's monthly letter (gml) april 2016

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EDITOR’S TEAM NOTES

2015-2016 ROTARY CALENDAR

APRIL

Maternal and Child Health Month

MAY

Youth Service Month

JUNE

Rotary Fellowships Month

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CONTENTS

ON THE COVER

District 3780 Governor Reynaldo David with his World Class

Presidents in another medical mission and medicine and eye

glass distribuon in Borac, Coron in Palawan.

ABOUT THE GML The Governor’s Monthly Leer is the ocial monthly

publicaon of District 3780.

EDITORIAL BOARD

Publisher DG Reynaldo David

Editor PP Beth Directo

Deputy Editor Rtn Ric Salvador

Circulaon Manager DICO Winston Sia

Associate Editors PDS Jess Tanchanco

PP Marsha Salvador

PP Ben Rosario

RI President’s Message RI President Ravi Ravindran

District Governor’s Message DG Reynaldo David

TRF Chair’s Message Trustee Chair Rey Klinginsmith

First Lady’s Corner Spouse Gigi David

Turnover Ceremony of Medical Equipment DonaonPhotos from the Event

End Rabies AcvityArcle and photos from the acvity

D3780 District Convention Arcle and photos from the acvity

Medical Mission, Coron, Palawan Photos from the acvity

RYLA

Arcle and photos from the acvity

Job Fair and Medicine distribuon Photos from the acvity

Club acvies Photos from acvity

District AnnouncementsBanners


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RI President ’s Message

M

any years ago, in Kolkata, India, I

had the chance to meet Mother

Teresa. She was an incredible woman

with an incredible force of personality.

When she walked down the street, the

crowd parted in front of her like the Red

Sea. Yet when you talked to her, if you

menoned the tremendous things she

had done, she almost did not engage in

this topic at all. By many reports, if you

asked her what her greatest achievement

was, she would answer, "I am an expert

in cleaning toilets."

The answer was both humorous and

absolutely serious. Her business was

caring for others. Toilets had to be

cleaned, so she cleaned them. There was

no queson of a job being beneath her.

Helping people who needed help was her

work, and there was nothing higher,

nothing in the world more important

than that.

So one day, when an elegantly dressed

man came to Kolkata looking for Mother

Teresa, the nuns who answered the door

informed him that she was at the back of

the house, cleaning the toilets. They

pointed the way, and indeed he found

Mother Teresa scrubbing the toilets. She

said hello, assumed he was there to

volunteer, and began explaining to him

how to hold the toilet brush correctlyand how not to waste water. Then she

put the brush in his hand and le him

standing there, in his expensive suit,

alone in the lavatory.

Later, the man came out, found Mother

Teresa again, and said, "I have nished;

may I speak with you now?" "Yes,

certainly," she said. He took an envelope

out of his pocket and said, "Mother

Teresa, I am the director of the airline,

and here are your ckets. I just wanted

to bring them to you personally."

That airline director told that story again

and again for the rest of his life. He said

those 20 minutes spent cleaning toilets

had lled him with the greatest joy he

had ever known – because by pung

his hands to Mother Teresa's work, he

became part of that work. For those 20

minutes, he cared for the sick just as she

did: with his own hands, his own sweat.

That is exactly the opportunity thatRotary gives us. We might not do what

Mother Teresa did – give up our lives, our

homes, our families. But for 20 minutes,

20 hours, 20 days of the year, we can be

like her.

We can do the work that others will not

with our hands, and our hearts, and our

sweat, and our devoon – knowing that

what we do is the most important work

in the world.

Ravi Ravindran

President

Rotary Internaonal

2015-2016

April 2016

That is exactly the

opportunity that Rotary

gives us. We might not do

what Mother Teresa did –

give up our lives, our

homes, our families. But for

20 minutes, 20 hours, 20

days of the year, we can be

like her.

We can do the work thatothers will not with our

hands, and our hearts, and

our sweat, and our

devoon – knowing that

what we do is the most

important work in the

world.


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Distr ict Governor ’s Message

Greengs, my fellow Rotarians,

A s we enter the last quarter of theRotary year, it becomes a busy mefor most clubs as they work to nish up

this year and the new execuve plans for

the next year 2016-2017. There are many

clubs and fund raising events planned in

April, May and June.

There are so many opportunies in

Rotary. Looking ahead, we have lots of

occasions to engage ourselves, our fellow

Rotarians, and non-Rotary partners in

great projects and programs. We can

look for our passion and match it with a

project that helps those in our

communies.

In the Rotary world, the Month of April is

dedicated to one of the Areas of Focus:

Maternal and Child Health. Goals to

improve the lives of mothers and their

children include:

Reducing the mortality rate for

children under the age of ve

Reducing the maternal mortality rate

Improving access to essenal

medical services and trained health

care providers their children

Supporng studies related to

maternal and child health

The health of mothers, babies and

children is an important public health

goal for our region. We know that our

communies' quality of life, infant

mortality rate, the health of the work

force, the toll on health care systems and

the well-being of the family are all

impacted by the nature of care available

to pregnant women and mothers of

young babies. As Rotarians, we can

render service through the projects we

do by providing medical equipment,

facilitang medical care and distribung

necessary food and supplies to mothers,

infants and children, as examples. I am

proud of the work that our clubs do in

District 3780 to ensure the future health

of our communies.

April is also district conference month for

us. One of the reasons that we have an

annual conference is to be able to

recognize individual and club accomplish-

ments, to provide a venue for our clubs

to present their projects and acvies

with displays, and general interacon

between all Rotarians from throughout

the District.

This is also the month that our Club

Presidents will turn in their District

reports on the strides made during the

2015-2016 Rotary year, thus far. At the

beginning of the year, I challenged us all

to make this a successful and signicant

one for our District. While Rotarians

never serve with a reward as the goal, it

is only ng that dedicated service is

acknowledged. The aim of the District

Award program is to not only provide the

opportunity to recognize successful clubs

and the signicant work that they do,

but also to challenge and inspire us to

connue to provide Service above selfthroughout the District.

There are three months le in this Rotary

year. We as Rotarians have two choices

to make from this point forward. We can

choose to coast to the June 30th nish

line; or we can connue to re up our

engines and head to the nish line at a

sensaonally top speed! Which would

you prefer? The choice is up to you!

Thank you for being part of a great

organizaon and for being a Gi to theWorld!

We are indeed having a great year!

Yours in Rotary service,

Reynaldo “Rey” David

D3780 Governor

2015-2016

The last quarter of the Rotary year

Looking ahead, we

have lots of occasions

to engage ourselves,

our fellow Rotarians

and our non-Rotary

partners in great

projects as well as programs.

We can look for our

passion and match it

with a project that

helps those in our

communies.


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Trustee Chair ’s Message

T

he numbers are impressive: Rotary

comprises more than 35,000 clubs

with 1.2 million members in 200

countries and geographic regions. It's

big enough to be a major partner in the

eradicaon of polio, the largest health

iniave ever undertaken!

Despite its size and reach, Rotary is

accessible to members through their

individual clubs, which provide out-

standing opportunies for friendship,

fellowship, and networking at the local

level. As a result, most Rotarians thinkof their involvement as primarily local,

with ideas for service projects limited to

their communies. They should

recognize that, with the assistance of

The Rotary Foundaon, the sky is the

limit!

Every great idea in Rotary has started in

the mind of an individual. Even the

success of End Polio Now can be traced

to a few notable Rotarians around the

world: Clem Renouf of Australia, for

example, proposed a large corporate

project to increase Rotary's visibility,

while U.S. Rotarian John Sever idened

polio as a worthwhile target. Each had

an idea that was accepted and support-

ed by other Rotarians, and polio will

soon be eliminated from the world as a

result.

When Rotarians begin to think of

service projects beyond the size and

scope of their clubs, they have access to

district and global grants from The

Rotary Foundaon. They also have

access to a team of Rotary volunteers at

the district level, starng with their

district governors and district RotaryFoundaon chairs, to help them along

the way. They also have the support of

regional leaders, including the regional

Rotary Foundaon coordinators, and

the enre Rotary sta in Evanston, Ill.,

and in the internaonal oces.

Who knows where the next great ideas

for Rotary will come from? Since Rotary

is a grassroots organizaon, they are

likely to come from individual Rotarians.

It behooves all of us to encourage good

ideas within the six areas of focus and

direct local Rotarians with good ideas to

The Rotary Foundaon's resources.

Aer all, it is the mission of the

Foundaon "to enable Rotarians" to do

good in the world!

Ray Klinginsmith

Trustee Chair

Rotary Internaonal 2015-2016

April 2016

When Rotarians begin to think of service projects beyond

the size and scope of their clubs, they have access to district

and global grants from The Rotary Foundaon. They also

have access to a team of Rotary volunteers at the district

level, starng with their district governors and district

Rotary Foundaon chairs, to help them along the way.


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First Lady’s Corner b y : S p o u s e G i g i D a v i d

I would like to share with you a story l read—it is about aneducaon sponsorship project in Bali, Indonesia and how itevolved from an unsustainable project to one that eventuallybrought dignity and self -respect to the villagers through

sustainability. A Rotary Club in the United States got involved

in a project that would send impoverished children living in a

rural village in Indonesia to school. They learned that for $60

per year, they could send a child to school, paying for books,

supplies, uniforms, one pair of shoes, one cup of rice a day, a

small poron of meat two mes a week, and a daily nutrional

supplement. Sounded great, didn’t it? Who would not give $60

annually for such a good cause of educang impoverished

children? However, as many projects go, the populaon the

club intended to serve grew. The club members could not bear

to see the children who desperately wanted to go to school but

could not because they had no funding.

Within a few years, the people they were solicing for

donaons in the U.S. — mostly Rotarians, including The Rotary

Foundaon — were supporng every child in that village to go

to school. That meant 1,200 children at $60 per child per year,

for the annual fundraising goal of $72,000.

The villagers were happy. The donors in the US were happy

when they saw the pictures every year of the children they

were supporng. The club felt empowered; it gave them an

adrenaline rush just to think of the posive impact for these

children, for future generaons, the donors, and eventually the

world.

In the third year of returning to the remote village, the club

members were approached by an impoverished farmer,

walking up from his rice eld. He told them that three of his

children were on the school list. He said if they really wanted

to help, he needed a water bualo. They assured him that the

club did not “do” water bualoes, only scholasc sponsorships.

However, he told them that if he had a water bualo, he could

triple his rice producon and would therefore have enough

money to send his own children to school.

Aer researching this maer, the club discovered that the cost

of a water bualo was about $250, and it would be the cost of

a tractor to a farmer in the U.S.

So what did the club do? They changed from giving just funds

for educaon and invested in water bualos for the farmers

with children. For less than $1000, the village was totally self -

reliant and no longer needed the $72,000 per year.

My reasons are many for sharing this story– as District

Governor Rey David’s spouse, and you as spouses of Club

presidents in District 3780, we see what projects our spouses

support, the community they help. We are therefore part of a

much larger organizaon than just the club or District. Helping

a small poron of the community is great, but let us start to

look at the bigger picture. Let us enjoin our spouses to like andwant to support all the good that Rotary does around the

world by supporng the Rotary Foundaon. In doing so, the

clubs get to avail of global grants, which would give them

access to funds that would benet an enre community

instead of only several families. I know the Foundaon has

high stewardship standards and that the money is being spent

wisely by Rotarians like your spouses and mine.

So I’m asking you, every spouse of a Rotarian in this District, to

ask your spouses to support the Foundaon, not because you

feel obligated or feel pressured, but because you want to give

to such a worthy cause.

GRACE “GIGI” MARTIN-DAVID

District 3780 Governor’s Spouse

RY 2015-16

Let us look at the bigger picture


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Rotary Moment

Turnover ceremony of laparoscopic equipment donat ion

Distr ict Projec


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Distr ict Act iv i t ies

End Rabies in Quezon City

D 3780 Gov Rey David and his World Class Presidents held aRabies Awareness Kick-o Acvity on April 2, 2016 at the UPCampus Barangay Hall. The acvity was chaired and hosted by WCP

Mon Guiang and coordinated by PP Butch Madarang of RC QC Circle.

With this year’s theme “End Rabies, Now Na!," the acvity aimed to

strengthen the naonal campaign to control and further eliminate

the disease in the country, as well as also serve as a venue to provide

proper knowledge on the prevenon and management of rabies.

Rabies is a viral disease usually found in the saliva or ssues from the

nervous system of an infected mammal and is transmied through a

bite to another mammal. This epidemic is responsible for an

esmated 59,000 human deaths a year worldwide.


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Distr ict Convent ion—CAP John Hay Baguio City

R

otary Internaonal club members all over the world meet

once a year in a Rotary Internaonal Convenon, just as

members of Rotary clubs in a district also meet annually in

what is known as a District Conference (DISCON).

The DISCON is held for two to three full days and is open to all

members of Rotary Clubs in the district, most especially to new

Rotarians, or rst me aendees and incumbent club

presidents.

On April 14 to 17, 2016, Rotary District (RD) 3780 with a

territory covering the whole of Quezon City composed of 101

Rotary Clubs held its annual DISCON at CAP John Hay

Convenon Center in Baguio City, successfully hosted by the

Rotary Club of South Triangle with PP Bernadee Herrera as

chairman.A golf tournament was held on April 14th hosted by the Rotary

Club of South Triangle and was parcipated in by the golf

acionados of the district. The conference proper was opened

with a District Leadership Training Seminar the next day, April

15th and was hosted by the Rotary Club of Roces, chaired by PP

Eren Tumali . The rest of the acvies consisted of plenary

sessions with the following guest speakers: RIPR Piyasari

Mangala Gunawardena, RID 3870 DG Rey David, PDGG Oyan

Villlanueva of RID 3790, PDG Jess Cifra of RID 3780, PDG Penny

Policarpio of RID 3780; Senator Pia S. Cayetano, DGE Dwight

Ramos,; DGN Chito Borromeo; Senator Bam Aquino IV;

Ms. Maria Ressa, CEO of Rappler; Mr. Boy Abunda Jr; and

Maj. Gen Donato B. San Juan.

A program for the spouses was chaired by Spouse Chit Reyes,

where they donated medicines and other goods to an orphan-

age aer which a luncheon was given for RIPR Spouse

Chandrani Gunawardena and DG Spouse Gigi David.

Apart from plenary sessions and workshops, the DISCON also

showcased Rotary programs and successful district and club

acvies. For this purpose an exhibit of various club acvies

was set up, where the various successful district and club

projects were presented and exhibited, hosted by the Rotary

Club of Valencia. A “House of Friendship” hosted by the Rotary

Club of Acropolis was also put up in the conference site wheremembers from dierent clubs mingled socially and exchanged

pleasantries under an atmosphere of fellowship.

A Fellowship Night with a retro theme was hosted by the

Rotary Club of Timog on April 15th, where everyone laughed

and danced the night away in their 70’s are. The conference

was capped by a formal Governor’s Ball where Rotarians, family

and guests dressed to the nines, dined and mingled before

heading home the next day. Congratulaons to the Rotary Club

of South Triangle and co-host clubs for another successful

DISCON for RID 3780!


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Medical Miss ion, Borac, Coron, Palawan

W hen one speaks of Palawan, what comes to mind is swimming,diving, and snorkelling in its beauful beaches but never as amission area. But the truth is, Coron is a mission area especially aer it

was hit by the 6th

landfall of typhoon Yolanda “Haiyan” last November

2013, and again by another typhoon in November 2015.

It was a sight to behold as the villagers in the island gathered excitedlyas D3780 World Class Presidents led by District Governor Rey David

and volunteers arrived by tradional banca outrigger from the main

island of Coron, Palawan, some hours away by boat.

The team was greeted by the villagers with much joy and enthusiasm

as they disembarked the medical supplies for their medical mission at

the outdoor meeng hall.

The town of Borac might look idyllic with its turquoise waters, coconut

trees and thatched homes, but life is far from easy for the few hundred

scaered inhabitants. Nearly all residents are shermen or seaweed

farmers. A handful of the younger ones nd work in Coron town as

waiters and cleaners in tourist hotels.

Despite infrastructure improvements since the devastaon of Typhoon

Yolanda in 2013, residents of the island remain well below the poverty

level. Their primary source of income is tourism. Their shing industry

has died out due to a lack of resources.

True to the 2016 Rotary theme “Be a gi to the world” District 3780

once again came to the rescue and held a medical mission and medical

distribuon acvity in the town of Borac, Coron, Palawan on April 22-

24, 2016.


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D3780 RYLA

R otary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) is a leadershipprogram coordinated by Rotary Clubs around the globe.Each year, thousands of young people parcipate in this

program. Young people ages 14–30 are sponsored by Rotary

Clubs to aend the event run by the Youth DistrictCommiee. Parcipants are chosen for their skills and leader-

ship potenal. Rotary Clubs and the Rotary District cover all

expenses for the parcipants. The format of the event vary

from district to district, but commonly take the form of a

seminar, camp, or workshop to discuss leadership skills and to

learn those skills through pracce. Rotary clubs and districts

select parcipants and facilitate the event's curriculum. D3780

RYLA this year was in Boso Boso, Tanay from April 8 to 9, 2016.

At the 2 day workshop, the following topics were covered:

Fundamentals of leadership

Ethics of posive leadership

Importance of communicaon skills in eecve leadership

Problem-solving and conict management

Rotary's purpose and service to the community

Building self -condence and self -esteem

Elements of community and global cizenship

The parcipants were also trained to:

demonstrate Rotary's respect and concern for youth;

provide an eecve training experience for selected youth

and potenal leaders;

encourage leadership of youth by youth;

recognise publicly young people who are rendering service

to their communies.


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Distr ict Act iv i t


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D3780 Job Fair and Medic ine Distr ibut ion in QC


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Club Act iv i t ies

Community Project - RC West Triangle

Give love to orphaned children- RC West Triangle

Public Image


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