27 September

The club donated 46 000 babies nappies to the Maternity unit of Princess Marina Hospital.

Rtn Yash Gureja (extreme left) with acting Hospital Superintendent, Matron and nursing staffNappies in a 4 tonne truckOffloading at the Delivery Unit

Wheelchairs were also handed over to a male amputee, a woman with acute arthritis and an elderly female paraplegic.

Amputee in his new wheelchairAcute arthritis victim in her wheelchairParaplegic receives a wheelchair

        Two wheelchair recipients with Rtn Graham Burt and hospital nursing staff

The club was represented by Rtn Yash Gureja and Rtn Graham Burt.

22 September

Rtn Norman Wiles transferred to the club from the Rotary Club of Port Louis. Norman is a graduate of Basic PRLS which had been held the previous week and he was also instrumental in providing a venue for PRLS.

                   President Mike Lakin accepting Rtn Norman Wiles into the club             President Mike pins Rtn Norman Wiles' badge on his tie.   

Three new members were also inducted. They were Piia Pretsch, Graham Philips and Jan van der Merwe. Piia's classification is Pharmaceutical, Graham is in Property Management and Jan is in Domestic and International Relocations.

                 Inductees with their sponsors, PP Mark Lane Jones and Rtn Raj Rallan, and President Mike Lakin

President Mike pins Rtn Piia Pretsch's badge on her cardiganPresident Mike Pins Rtn Jan van der Merwe's badge on his jacket lapel.President Mike pins Rtn Graham Philips' badge on his shirt pocket
16 September

PRLS (Potential Rotary Leadership Seminar) comes to District 9250 and the two Rotary Clubs in Gaborone co hosted the first training seminar. The presenters where PDG Chris Molam of the Rotary Clubof Hunyani, Laurie and Maureen Bond of the Rotary Club of Bulawayo. The seminar was attended by Rotary members from 4 of the 5 clubs situated in Botswana being the Rotary clubs of Francistown, Gaborone, Gaborone Tirelo and Lobatse.

                  Group photograph of everyone involved in PRSL. Lecturers plus Presidents are seated in front. The rest are the participants and the Rotary Annes catering crew

 
15 September

Miles Nan, a refrigeration engineer, was inducted into the club.  

               PDG Reg Loo reads out Miles Nan's many accomplishments                 Rotarian Miles Nan is presented to the members of the club.

  

 
9 September

Consolidations Botswana took delivery of and unpacked a 12m container that contained abandoned cargo that had been donated to the Rotary Club of Gaborone by Safmarine/Maersk. The container contained 17 pallets of toys, 1 pallet of shoes and 5 pallets of baskets/coolers. These items will be distributed to various deserving individuals and organizations around Botswana.

Cutting the Container's seal so that the doors can be opennedView of the contents in the containerCargo unloaded from the container and awaiting stacking in the warehouse

                   A sample of the type of shoes on the 1 pallet.          Sample range of the toys in 612 ctns (17 plts by 36 ctns).