OCTOBER IS VOCATIONAL SERVICE MONTH

TEACHERS DAY

CELEBRATION AT JMES

It was a double celebration for

Jose Magasaysay Elementary

School last Thursday, October 7.

It was their Teachers Day and

the “asalto” for Principal Imelda

Ferrer who was celebrating her

birthday. Rotary Club of Makati

Olympia came in full force for

the occasion. CP Rose Acoba

with 9 other Rotarians were in

attendance. It was a most

opportune time for Rotary to

take part in this celebration

during the Vocational Month of

October.

Jose Magsaysay Elementary

School is the first community

adopted by RCMO. This was

done during its organizational

stage. It is the home of its

signature project the Busog

Lusog Talino Program that

includes AKLAT (Ate Kuya

learning and Tutorials) which

has been ongoing since it was

launched last August 14.

Teachers Enhancement is part of

this program. Previously, RCMO

chose the Outstanding Teachers

as it paid tribute to their pursuit

of excellence in their chosen

field of profession as mentors to

some 800 pupils of the school.

RCMO recognizes the needs of

JMES as a learning institution

and an indispensable part of the

Bgy Olympia community being

one of the three public

elementary schools in this

locality. For the past years, it

has not been a recipient of

Rotary endeavors. It is for this

reason that RCMO’s partnership

with it becomes more

meaningful. Development of

both the students and the

teachers are the core elements

in furthering the improvement

of this community. The first

four months of this partnership

have been most worthwhile for

both RCMO and JMES.

Message Message Message Message of the of the of the of the RCMORCMORCMORCMO PresidentPresidentPresidentPresident

My Dear Fellow Olympians,

The countdown for

the Charter Presen-

tation and Induction

Ceremonies has began.

It is less than a week

to this club milestone.

The Charter Presentation Committee, ably

chaired by Charter Secretary and President

Nominee, Jay Bataclan, is leaving no stones

unturned to ensure the event’s success.

District personalities, partners in service,

benefactors and friends of the club are

expected to come to this momentous

evening. It will indeed be a coming out

occasion for us. You shall, in turn, get to

meet fellow Rotarians from other clubs and

districts. Thus, this will give you a view of

the Rotary world outside our club.

I therefore enjoin you to make this your

highlight of your week. Bring along your

respective families so that they, too, will be

caught in the magic that Rotary is.

In the past months, all of us have worked

very hard to make a go for this club. Each

has his or her own contribution to what we

have become. The ceremonies on Saturday

will propel us to the next leg of our journey.

We are not a stand alone club, though, we

are autonomous. Henceforth, we will be

moving within the larger family of Rotary.

This week will be a hectic one for us. As

your Charter President, I promise you that

we all will see the fruits of our labor not only

in the success of Saturday’s event but on

what we will be after it. Cheers to RCMO!

OLYMPIANS The Official Newsletter of the Rotary Club of Makati OLYMPIA

VOL 01 NO 09• OCTOBER 2010

The

editorial team adviser Rose Acoba

editor Joel D. Adriano

We’d like to hear from you.

Write us your ideas and thoughts or contribute articles that you think is interesting and will be beneficial to our organization. Contact us at (0917)545-6171 and (0917)891-4695.

Core Values of Rotary Rotary’s core values represent the guiding principles of the organization’s culture, including what guides members’ priorities and actions within the organization. Values are an increasingly important component in strategic planning because they drive the intent and direction of the organization’s leadership.

Service We believe that our service activities and programs bring about greater world understanding and peace. Service is a major element of our mission. Through the plans and actions of individual clubs, we create a culture of service throughout our organization that provides unparalleled satisfaction for those who serve. Fellowship We believe that individual efforts focus on individual needs, but combined efforts serve humanity. The power of combined efforts knows no limitation, multiplies resources, and broadens our lives and perspectives. Fellowship leads to tolerance and transcends racial, national, and other boundaries. Diversity We believe Rotary unifies all people internationally behind the ideal of service. We encourage diversity of vocations within our membership and in our activities and service work. A club that reflects its business and professional community is a club with a key to its future. Integrity We are committed to and expect accountability from our leaders and fellow members, both in the results of our efforts and in the processes we use to accomplish our goals. We adhere to high ethical and professional standards in our work and personal relationships. We are fair and respectful in our interactions, and we conscientiously steward the resources entrusted to us. Leadership We are a global fellowship of individuals who are leaders in their fields of endeavor. We believe in the importance of leadership development and in leadership as a quality of our members. As Rotarians, we are leaders in implementing our core values.

All of these core values are reflected in the Object of Rotary and The Four-Way Test, which we use in our daily lives. They inspire us to foster and support the ideal of service for developing and maintaining high ethical standards in human relations.

My Teacher, My Hero

“True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students

to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create

their own.” - Nikos Kazantzakis, poet and novelist

Literacy for all citizens of the world is one of

RCMO’s Advocacies. Teachers Enhancement helps

in achieving this.

District Chorale Elimination Rounds By Dir. Ju Abdulcadir

Amidst the preparation and excitement for the

Charter Presentation and Induction Ceremonies on

October 16, Rotary Club of Makati Olympia

participated in the recently concluded elimination

round of the District Chorale Competition held last

October 9, 2010. Having such talented singers in the

members of its sponsored Rotaract and Interact Clubs

of Teatro de Olympia, it had no doubts that it would

hurdle this round. True to expectation, the Voice of

Olympia will compete in the final round on November

13 which will be held at the Asia Pacific College.

The New Generations Committee headed by Dir. Ju

Abdulcadir and co-Chairs, Wilbert Zamuco and Hanica

Jane Pacis was ably supported by PP Ting Almendral,

Dir. Renny Harman, Dir. Roger Alejo and Chairs for

Vocational and Community Sub-Committees, Imelda

Ferrer and Seg Gonzales, respectively.

To our chorale members from Interact and Rotaract

Clubs of Teatro de Olympia who carried the torch for RCMO, warmest congratulations! Keep it up!

Rotary Information of the Week…

PHOTO GALLERY

International News…

A new start for exploited women in

Zambia By Vanessa N. Glavinskas The Rotarian -- August 2010

B ob Selinger has helped change the lives of dozens of women in Zambia, but it was the loss of one woman that started it all. “My wife, Jean, died five years ago, and I ran away to Africa,” he says. He now spends part of each year in Livingstone, the capital of Zambia’s Southern Province.

Selinger, a member of the Rotary Club of Newport-Irvine, California, USA, soon realized that mothers were resorting to prostitution when they didn’t have enough money to feed their children. “I thought, Why don’t we train these ladies to have another profession? What about sewing?” The Rotary Club of Livingstone was already working to get a vocational training program off the ground. Selinger connected the Zambian Rotarians with his home club and the Rotary Club of Coto de Caza/Rancho Santa Margarita, California, to secure a Matching Grant from The Rotary Foundation.

The Livingstone club arranged to hold classes in a youth training center and found participants through the Kwenuha Women’s Association, an organization for former sex workers established to fight AIDS and poverty in the area. Kwenuha members “mostly come from poor backgrounds, are poorly educated, and have ended up frequenting bars to offer sex for a little money to feed themselves and their children,” says Livingstone Rotarian Margaret Whitehead. “Some are young and still living with their parents. Others are widows.”

With the Matching Grant, Rotarians were able to fund three months of classes for the women and buy each graduate a sewing machine. In 2007, 19 participants completed the program. But to make the project sustainable, the graduates had to produce items in demand.

At a district conference in Livingstone, Rotarians began selling African-style shirts the women had made; the Rotary Club of Kapaa, Hawaii, had donated rolls of fabric. When the Hawaiian material ran out, Selinger found a Zambian textile manufacturer to produce a fabric with a Rotary-themed (and licensed) pattern. At the 2007 RI Convention in Salt Lake City, Rotarians manned a booth to advertise the project and sell shirts, aprons, and hats. They’ve done the same at every convention since.

“We made about US$14,000 in Birmingham,” Selinger says of the 2009 convention in England. The proceeds went toward another training course, and in April, 18 more Kwenuha members graduated. Four now have jobs with the youth training center, making Rotary-themed merchandise, and several others work for tailors in local markets, in cooperatives, or independently.

“Most people struggle to feed themselves and their families by small-scale trading,” explains Whitehead. “Tailoring skills, together with a sewing machine, can enable a woman to leave sex work and get above the poverty line and support her children.”

FEATURED ROTARIAN OF THE WEEK

FAUSTINO “TING ALMENDRAL

Classification: Agribusiness Trading Birthday: July 23 Office: Tri-algon, Inc., 7746 St. Paul Road, San Antonio Village, Makati City Spouse: Susan Date of Birth: Nov. 20 Wedding anniversary: June 15 Club Position: Member of the Board and Member, Council of Past Presidents

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Tuesday – October 12, 2010 – Launch of Lingkod

Olympia, 6pm Ambasciata de Abruzzo

Tuesday - October 12, 2010, 6:30pm, Ambasciata de

Abruzzo, Regular Meeting, Celebration of Vocational

Month and Classification Talk

Thursday – October 15, 2010, 8pm, AIM Conference

Center, Final Run Through of Charter Presentation

Saturday – October 16, 2010, 5pm, AIM Conference

Center, Charter Presentation and Induction Ceremonies

Tuesday – October 19, 2010, 5pm, St. Luke’s Medical

Center, Voc. Tour, Reg. Meeting, Speaker: PP Robert

Kuan

Friday – October 22, 2010, 10am, P. Manalo Elementary

School, Pateros, READ with PBA players (tentative)

Tuesday – October 26, 2010, 2pm, Jose Magsaysay Elem

School, Mga Kwento ni Kuya at Ate

Tuesday – October 26, 2010, 6:30 pm, Venue to be

announced, October Club Fellowship

Saturday - November 6, 2010, 1-4pm, Jose Magsaysay

Elementary School, Peace and Conflict Prevention and

Resolution Summit for the New Generations in

celebration of the Interact Week

Tuesday - November 9, 2010, 4 – 9:30 pm, Ambasciata

de Abruzzo, Regular Board meeting and Club Assembly

Friday - November 12, 2010, 8 am, Habitat For Life,

Pasig, Tree Planting Activity with the Interactors

(tentative)

Saturday – November 13, 2010, 1pm, Asia Pacific

College, Finals for the District Chorale Competition

Tuesday - November 16, 2010, 6:30pm, Ambasciata de

Abruzzo, Club TRF Night

Saturday - November 20, 2010, 7am Coastal Bay

Cleaning (tentative)

Tuesday - November 23, 2010, 6:30 pm, Venue to be

announced, November Club Fellowship

Tuesday – December 7, 2010, 4pm Regular Board

Meeting, 6:30 pm Club Assembly, Ambasciata de

Abruzzo

Wednesday, December 15, 2010, 2pm Gift-giving, Jose

Magsaysay Elementary School

Saturday, December 18, 2010, 8am Mid-Year Review,

Aim Conference Center

Tuesday, December 21, 2010, 5pm Governor’s Visit and

Christmas Party, Ambasciata de Abruzo