Next Week’s Program

Venue: Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel

Date: 15 September 2015

Time: 5:00 pm for 5:30 pm

Program: To be advised.

DHAKA ROTARY NEWS ISSUE 09> VOLUME 79> YEAR 2015-16>Dated 08.09.2015

REGULAR WEEKLY MEETINGS

Today’s Program

Venue: Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel

Date: 08 Septembr 2015

Time: 5.00 pm for 5.30 pm

Program: Details as follows:

Speaker: Sanjan Kumar Das, PHD

Post-Doctoral Scientist,

Imperial College, London

Topic: Delta-Vision, A platform for global

tailor made medicine.

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September is Basic Education and Literacy Month.

Literacy is at the heart of basic education for all, and

essential for eradicating poverty, reducing child mortality,

curbing population growth, achieving gender equality and

ensuring sustainable development, peace and democracy.

Literacy is a significant and specific goal for Rotary. It is so

important that it is one of the 6 areas of focus for The

Rotary Foundations Future Vision – basic education and

literacy. Such importance has been placed on literacy that

Rotary International has created a “Rotary Literacy

Month” that takes place during the month of September

from this RY.

Consider these facts:

If all women completed primary education, there would be

66% fewer maternal deaths.

A child born to a mother who can read is 50% more likely

to survive past the age of five.

If all students in low-income countries left school with

basic reading skills, 171 million people could be lifted out

of poverty, which would be equivalent to a 12% cut in

world poverty.

The world is making good progress in this area. According

to a 2014 United Nations Millennium Development Goals

progress report, literacy rates among adults and youths

are on the rise and the gender gap in literacy is narrowing.

But pressing global needs remain:

58 million children worldwide are out of school.

Even after four years of primary schooling, as many as 250

million children cannot read and write.

781 million adults are illiterate.

Bangladesh has made significant development literacy

with about 60 percent population considered literate

although at government it is 71-70 percent. But 40 percent

illiteracy means over 60 million are still illiterate in which

area the Rotarians can make significant contribution and

‘Be Gift to the World’.

Rtn PP Khandker Badrul Hasan, PHF

Editor

DISTRICT & OTHER PROGRAMS

Venue: None

Date:

Time:

Program:

Registration:

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 Shafayatullah 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

Rtn Ranjan Neogi PHF talked about the Joint Tree

Plantation Project with 16 Rotary Clubs that took

place on Saturday, August 29th

, 2015 and details of

which have been printed in the Bulletin.

Rtn Abu Nawaz Bhuiyan PHF, Chairman of the ABCD

Project briefed the members about the status of the

project and mentioned that the details have been

printed in the Bulletin. He further added that the

project has been approved by the NGO Bureau for

the next two years.

The President announced that Rtn Abu Nawaz

Bhuiyan PHF is going to perform the Holy Hajj and

sought prayers for all the members and their

families.

Rtn S A M Yousuf PHF introduced the Guest Speaker

Mr N K A Mobin. The Guest Speaker eloquently on

the topic “Credit Rating”. Questions were asked by

Rtn Ranjan Neogi PHF and Rtn PP A K M Abdus

Sobhan PHF which were brilliantly answered by the

Guest Speaker.

Vote of thanks was offered by Rtn Jalalul Azim RFSM.

Minutes of the earlier meeting were unanimously

passed 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,

08 September 2015 at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel,

Dhaka at 05.30pm. There being no other important

point to discuss the President adjourned the

meeting.

Rtn Barrister ShafayatUllah PHF

Club Secretary

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR WEEKLY MEETING OF ROTARY CLUB OF DHAKA

HELD IN PAN PACIFIC SONARGAON HOTEL, DHAKA ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 01, 2015

Regular weekly meeting of RC Dhaka was held on

Tuesday, September, 2015. Club President Rtn Mohd

Nasim Majumder PHF called the meeting to order at

5.30 pm. Rtn PP A K M Abdus Sobhan, PHF led the

invocation. Birthday and Wedding Anniversary greet-

ings were offered by Rtn Ranjan Neogi PHF. Rtn

Barrister Shafayat Ullah PHF introduced his Guest Dr.

Fawzia Hossain.

It was a memorable

day for the city

dwellers as most of

the roads went under

water and the whole

city became almost

stand still for couple

of hours. Most of the

members could not

reach the venue within specific time frame.

The President made an announcement of the

following projects:

• Joint Tree Plantation project was held on

Saturday, August 29th

, 2015 in Bhawal Baria

Union High School & Baria Govt Primary School.

• Nail Cutter Distribution was held on Saturday,

August 29th

, 2015 in Baria Government Primary

School.

The President also

informed the upcom-

ing project of the

ABCD (Aus-Bangla

Care for Dental)

Project. The project

team will arrive Dhaka on September 07, 2015.

The President informed that MOU signing ceremony

took place that day between Rotary Club of Dhaka

and National Institute of Cancer Research &

Hospital. The President informed that Rotary Club of

Dhaka will sponsor Taka 6000/- per patient for their

treatment. RCD targets to sponsor 12 patients this

month and the President asked the members to

come forward with contributions.

The President announced about the District Seminar

on “How to prevent Heart Attack” to be held on

Thursday, September 3rd

, 2015 at KIB Auditorium,

Farmgate, Dhaka at 5:30 pm. The President also

updated the members on the SKD Project.

Meeting Statistics (11-08-2015)

Total Members 59

Members exempted 04

Members Present 18

Percentage of attendance 32.72%

Last week’s attendance rose to 41.07%

(from 38.18%)

Visiting Rotarians Nil

Club Guests 01

Members’ Guests Nil

Sunshine Box Collection (Tk). 750.0

09 September

R-Let Aaraf Dayad Azam

S/o Rtn Afroza Akhter PhD

10 September

R-Ann Naima Yunus

W/o Rtn Md Rumman Yunus

11 September

R-Ann Syeda Gulru Hasan

W/o Rtn PP Rafiqul Islam Rowly

13 September

R-Ann Shahana Parveen Shima

W/o Rtn S A M Yousuf

Dear Rotarian Member,

Rotary Club of Dhaka.

Please accept my warm greetings.

Welcome to the Month of Basic Education and Literacy

Month. The previous year’s September was designated as the

month of New Generations month. From this year 2015-16

‘New Generations’ is changed to ‘Youth Service’ and

designated month is May.

Please note that Basic Education and Literacy is one of the six

areas of focus area in Rotary.

How we can help our Club to join programs like:

1. Contribute funds to support new literacy programs and

projects.

2. Volunteer to collect books to donate to remote schools

around The country.

3. Plan a project that focuses on basic education for all.

4. Report any literacy developments and projects you may be

Undertaking.

5. Be Sponsor.

6. Be Volunteer.

Please come forward and be Leader of the leaders in this

great cause of Basic Educations and literacy in Bangladesh.

Dear Member, you will be happy to know that we had signed

the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 1st

September

2015 between Rotary Club of Dhaka and National Institute of

Cancer Research & Hospital (NICRH) to provide financial

support for conducting Histopathological tests of breast

cancer patients.

In this regard of funding I am grateful to our Pride of the Club

and district, the senior most Rotarian Past District Governor

Iftekharul Alam that he gave consent verbally to me to utilize

the fund residing in the “Iftekharul Alam Rotary Trust”. Thank

you very much Sir.

I shall request Rtn PP Khandker Badrul Hasan as the

Secretary of the Iftekharul Alam Rotary Trust, to materialize

the funding processes in consultation with the Trustee Chair

Rtn PP W R Choudhury and other members.

Thank you very much.

Best regards,

Rtn Nasim Majumder PHF,

President, Rotary Club of Dhaka.

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Project:

MOU for Cancer Prevention & Detection

Rotary Club of Dhaka has pioneered the cause of cancer

prevention & detection in the country with construction of

the Rotary Cancer Detection Unit in 1984, the first building

with facilities for National Institute Cancer Research and

Hospital (NICRH) dedicated to Cancer prevention and

detection.

On 01 September 2015, RCD has moved another milestone

when a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed

between RCD & NICRH for histo-pathological testing of

suspected breast Cancer patient belonging to the poorest

of the poor women of the country. Breast Cancer accounts

for highest number deaths in Bangladesh with almost

9,000 deaths among the women Cancer patients who are

mostly from the poor segment of the society. About 35,000

women are detected with breast Cancer every hour.

Whereas, breast Cancer treatment has the highest rate of

success when detected early.

The MoU was signed by Rtn Nasim Majumder, PHF,

President of RCD and Professor Dr Md. Moarraf Hossain,

Director of NICRH on behalf of their respective organisation.

Service Project Director Rtn PP TIM Nurul Kabir and Professor

Dr Mohammad Golam Mostafa, Head of Histopathology

Dept., NICRH has signed as the witnesses. Rtn PP Khandkar

Badrul Hasan, Rtn IPP Shaheed Siddique, Honorary secretary

Rtn Barrister Shafayat Ullah, Prof. Dr Anwar Hossain, Prof. Dr

Parvin Shahida Akhter and a number of senior Doctors

attended the signing ceremony. Special thanks to Rtn PP

Badrul Hasan, Rtn IPP Shaheed Siddique and Rtn PE SM Anwar

Hossain for the materialization of this signing ceremony.

Sanitary Latrines Project:

Date: 15 – 20 Sep, 2015

Area: Rowmari

No of Sanitary Latrines: 12.

Support: RCC, Rowmari

Budget: Tk 40,000

& Tube Well Project:

Date: 15 – 20 Sep, 2015

Area: Rowmari

No of Tube wells: 12.

Support: RCC, Rowmari

Budget: Tk 40,000

Note: Both above programs rescheduled due

to flood.

Fund Raiser Project:

Rotary Children’s Art Competition for World Peace on the

Topic “Our Dream – A Peaceful World” where total

budgeted income is Tk 10,00,000, expenditure Tk 500,000

and net income of the club is Tk 5,00,000. Partici-pants

are School students of 4 – 11 Years, number of schools 50

and approximate number of participants 10,000.

Project Itinerary of Art Competition:

Inauguration of the Competition 21 Sept 2015

& Rally participated by Students

First Round of the Competition 21 Sep to 15 Oct 2015

Second Round of the Competition 23 Oct 2015

Exhibition and Auction 29, 30, 31 Oct 2015

Award Giving Ceremony 03 Nov 2015

AN APPEAL FOR CONTRIBUTION

All Rotarians, please contribute 6,000 taka that can save one life from the

curse of BREAST CANCER

ABCD (Aust-Bangla Care for Dental) Project Team

introduction is included below. Two Rural camps in the schools of B

and Moulvibazaar (3 days) and one camp will be in Urban area; Mirpur

be completed within September 8 to

Warringah, NGO Forum and 3 Rotaract

Rotary year the budget is of Tk 50,000.

The draft Itenary is given below.

Itinerary Aust-

Day Date

1 Tue, 8 Sep Will attend Weekly meeting of RC Dhaka at 5.30 pm

2 Wed, 9 Sep Dental Camp at

Pallabi, Mirpur.

3 Thu, 10 Sep Anando Niketon Primary School, Bauniabadh, C Block, Pallabi,

Mirpur.

4 Fri, 11 Sep Rural camp travel and set up

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

Upazila: Brahmanbaria Sadar, Brahmanbaria.

6 Sun, 13 Sep Basudev Multilateral High School, Post Office: Basudev, Upazila:

Brahmanbaria Sadar, Brahmanbaria.

7 Mon, 14 Sep Travel Sylhet and set up

8 Tue, 15 Sep Uttar (North) Baruna

Kalapur, Upazila: Srimongal, District: Moulavibazar.

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

District: Moulavibazar.

10 Thu, 17 Sep Shatgao High School, Union: S

District: Moulavibazar

11 Fri, 18 Sep Pack up and return Dhaka

12 Sat, 19 Sep Free Day

13 Sun, 20 Sep Debrief, travel

ABCD (Aust-Bangla Care for Dental) Project:

Dr. Hans

Dr Hans is currently working

part time in private dental

practices in Darwin, Austra-

lia, as well as providing

dental services to asylum

seekers in detention centres

in Darwin.

Dr. Sandra

Dr Sandra is a Rotarian and a

public health dentist who works

with remote Aboriginal

communities in Australia, part

icipates in government

groups and enjoys

undergraduate

volunteer programs operate in Timor L'este and

Nepal, as well as Bangladesh.

Project Team – Our Partner for ABCD project

e for Dental) Project Team has arrived Dhaka on September 7, 2015

. Two Rural camps in the schools of Brahmmanba

(3 days) and one camp will be in Urban area; Mirpur (2 days) Dhaka. Thesecamps will

be completed within September 8 to 12, 2015. RAWCS, Rotary Club of Dhaka, Rotary Club of Dee Why

ngah, NGO Forum and 3 Rotaract clubs will implement the projects jointly. For 12 Camps in the

Rotary year the budget is of Tk 50,000.

The draft Itenary is given below.

-Bangla Care for Dental (ABCD) September 2015

Activity

Will attend Weekly meeting of RC Dhaka at 5.30 pm

Dental Camp at Pallabi Degree College, Section-8, Duary Para,

Pallabi, Mirpur.

Anando Niketon Primary School, Bauniabadh, C Block, Pallabi,

Rural camp travel and set up

Basudev Government Primary School, Post Office: Basudev,

: Brahmanbaria Sadar, Brahmanbaria.

Basudev Multilateral High School, Post Office: Basudev, Upazila:

Brahmanbaria Sadar, Brahmanbaria.

Travel Sylhet and set up

Uttar (North) Baruna Government Primary School, Union:

Kalapur, Upazila: Srimongal, District: Moulavibazar.

Bishamoni High School, Union: Srimongal, Upazila: Srimongal,

District: Moulavibazar.

Shatgao High School, Union: Shatgao, Upazila: Srimongal,

District: Moulavibazar

Pack up and return Dhaka

Debrief, travel

Bangla Care for Dental) Project:

Dr Sandra is a Rotarian and a

public health dentist who works

with remote Aboriginal

communities in Australia, part-

pates in government advisory

groups and enjoys teaching

undergraduate students. Her

volunteer programs operate in Timor L'este and

Dr. Yvonne

Dr Yvonne is currently work

in private practice in

Australia.

Dr. Nahid Sayma

Australian Bangladeshi self

employed Dental surgeon

practicing in her private clinic

Blacktown

Sydney west.

Partner for ABCD project

Dhaka on September 7, 2015 (their short

rahmmanbaria (2 days), Hobiganj

(2 days) Dhaka. Thesecamps will

12, 2015. RAWCS, Rotary Club of Dhaka, Rotary Club of Dee Why

clubs will implement the projects jointly. For 12 Camps in the

Dental (ABCD) September 2015

Requirements

Basudev Multilateral High School, Post Office: Basudev, Upazila:

Dr Yvonne is currently working

in private practice in Darwin,

Dr. Nahid Sayma

Australian Bangladeshi self

employed Dental surgeon

practicing in her private clinic “

Blacktown Dental Surgery” at

Sydney west.

Quotable Quotes “Science has broken down the barriers between peopl e, but that merely accentuates our problems, particularly those which arise out of misunderstand ings, unless there is also a spiritual growth. For every shortening of the distance between peoples th ere must be a broadening of sympathies.”

— New Year – New Thinking, Clinton P Anderson , RI President 1932-33: The Rotarian, January 1933

Update on Sleeping Kits Distribution Project

2015-16

Item List:

Following Items has been selected for

distribution during this year for Bedkits

to 6000 underpreviladge childreen:

1. Mosquito Net 2. Boys Summer Dress Set – Large 3. Boys Summer Dress Set – Small 4. Boys Winter Dress Set – Large 5. Boys Winter Dress Set – Small 6. Girls Dress Set - Large 7. Girls Dress Set – Small 8. Bed Sheet 9. Pillow 10. Ground Mat 11. Blanket 12. School Bag 13. Slipper

Central Storage Facility:

Cebtral Warehouse located at Uttara Sectror 4. Where all the

Items are now receiving fromt the suppiers. After all ites will

be received by next week packing task will be started. We are

greatful to Rtn Ali Bakhtiar Mahmood Mehdi for giving us the

nice store facilities without any charge. This a a great Rotarian

Service above self and to the Club . We have appointed the

Store Manager and other relevant assistant to look after and

manage the central warehouse.

DISTRIBUTION SCHEDULE :

Sleeping Kits Distribution will be started from 6th

November

to19th

Novemebr 2015. This year 6000 bed kits will be

distributed from 3 different Hubs and several distribution

centers of the Country.

Rotary Club of Dhaka

Sleeping Kits Distribution Committee 2015-16:

1. Rtn PP T I M Nurul Kabir - Chairman 2. Rtn. PP Capt. M Khaliquzzaman - Member 3. Rtn. PP Rafiqul Islam Rowly - Member 4. Rtn. PP Md. Bayezidur Rahman - Member 5. Rtn IPP Shaheed Siddique - Member 6. Rtn. PE S M Anwar Hossain – Member 7. Rtn. Ranjan Neogi - Member 8. Rtn JaouharulGani - Member 9. Rtn Abu Newwaz Bhuiyan - Member 10. Rtn Mamun Akbar - Member 11. Rtn. Barrister Shafayat Ullah - Member 12. Rtn. Nasimul Hoq Majumder –President

( Ex Officio)

CANADIAN VOLUNTEERS TEAM

7 members SCAW team will be arriving

Dhaka on 5th

November 205.

Following Canadian Volunteers Team

nominated by SCAW:

1. Mr. Michael Lee Foster –Team Leader

2. Ms. Deborah Kathleen Stelzer

3. Ms. Theodora Nandy

4. Mr. Neil Chopp

5. Mr. George Edward Foster

6. Ms. Margaret Mary Joann e Lang

7. Ms. Judy Marie Snobelen