16 November 2007
District Governor (DG) Kobla Quashie addresses the club at our Friday luncheon meeting.
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16 November 2007
Dr Haretsebe Manwa was inducted in the Club. Haretsebe is a Senior Lecturer on Tourism and also Head of Management, Faculty of Business at the University of Botswana.
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| Haretsebe is introduced to the club by her daughter, Rtn Chipo | DG Kobla pins on the Rotary badge |
16 Novemeber 2007
In the morning prior to Club meeting at lunchtime, President Raj Rallan and Rtn Graham Burt took DG Kobla and DG Ann Koekie to Bana ba Keletso in Molepole which is about 50km west of Gaborone. The Club had recently installed a kitchen at the day care centre funded by a matching grant with the Rotary Club of Washington DC.
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DG Kobla (centre), DG Anne Koekei (on his left) and President Raj (right) with two members of staff |
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President Raj explains Rotary's involvement in supplying the kitchen equipment |
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DG Kobla and Presient Raj in one of the classrooms |
15 November 2007
DG Kobla and DG Ann Koekie Quashie spent part of their morning visiting Stepping Stones in Mochudi which is about 40km to the north of Gaborone. They were accompanied by President Raj Rallan and Rtn Graham Burt.
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DG Kobla (centre), DG Ann Koekei (on his right) and President Raj (left) with Lisa (right) and some of her staff |
The MD of Stepping Stones, Lisa Jamu, explained the objects of Stepping Stones and gave a rundown of the centre’s program.
At present the teenagers come to the centre in the afternoon after school. They are mentored in preparation for their going on to higher education or getting employment. Much of the program is aimed at giving them life skills.
Lisa then took us to the site of new centre which is presently under construction. This is just the first phase of the centres development and Lisa has ideas for further development at some stage in the future. This new centre is a little way out from the shopping area of Mochudi on the road to Sikwane.
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Transport shall be a problem and Rtn Jim has submitted an application to FNB Foundation, on Stepping Stones behalf, for assistance.
3 November 2007
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On the 3 November 2007, 25 Rotarians, Anns and friends together with 15 members of Princess Marina Hospital Diabetes Support Group travelled 120 km North West of Gaborone to the village of Letlhakeng to carry out diabetes screening at the Letlhakeng Primary School.
Letlhakeng is the capital of the Kweneng West District and has a population of a little over 6 000. The district is very much a rural area with communities depending on farming for survival and often support from the Government and family members who working in the towns and the city.
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The Medical Camp was organised by Rotarian Dr.Yash Gureja. As the chief orthopaedic surgeon at the Princess Marina Hospital he made contact with Diabetes Group and then submitted his plan to the Club Services Committee. The project was approved by the Committee and then passed by the Board.
The club provided transport for the health workers, supplied 6 blood sugar testing machines plus testing strips, fruit and drink for villagers, printed the registration document and the nutritional handouts. The Rotarians also formed a catering team to supply breakfast, tea and coffee, and lunch for the workers.
Tasks were handed out to the Rotarians as well as the Health Workers by Rotarian Yash. The Rotarians were responsible for the registration, waist and height measurement, weight, calculation of mass index and the capture of the data. The Health team were responsible for Blood Pressure testing, Blood Sugar testing and Counselling.
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Villages waiting to be registered |
(l-r) Rtn Keinee Kwerepe, PP Mike Lakin, helper and Rtn Billy Lee man registration |
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| Rtn Stan Pretorius takes waist measurement | PP Mark Lane Jones takes height measurement | Rtn Nelson Letshwene recording the weight |
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The Medical Team taking blood pressure, blood sugar and doing counselling |
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| Rtn Ulf Hanel hands out an apple and an orange | President Raj's daughter, Cahru (5), hands out a juice |
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Data capture was done by (l-r)Rtn Norman Wiles and Rtn Gary Lord |
The program started at 8 am and finished close to 1 pm. 325 villagers were screened and 20% where found to have high blood pressure and 2% had high blood sugar levels. The data will be handed over to the health authorities for their analysis and follow up