GROW WITH THE AFRICA THREE GROUP STRATEGY

Africa is growing fast. The population passed one billion in 2009 and just three years later another 35 million had been added. Despite the challenges we face, many people agree with the British newspaper, The Independent, which declared that Africa is poised for the kind of dynamic economic and social growth last seen in India and Asia.

Just like the continent, Africa's Lions clubs can grow rapidly. The Africa Steering Committee goal is to have 30,000 enthusiastic Lions serving those in need. The Africa Three Group Strategy is a way of looking at Africa by country, by the number of clubs and by the number of members. This strategy will help your club and district decide where to place the emphasis in your own development efforts.

If your club is in one of the Developing Group countries, geographic distance is probably an issue. Club members may have to travel far to meetings and district governors must travel far to visit clubs. 

You can lessen travel times and maximize effectiveness by focusing on the Start New Sustainable Clubs section of the strategy.

If your club is in an Emerging Group nation where there is a large, untapped pool of potential Lions you may wish to focus on the Improve Service Projects and the Improve Club Experience sections. 

Highly visible service projects and happy, enthusiastic members are two of the best recruitment tools available! (Happy members are much more likely to share news about their  club with others.)

If your club is in a Big Seven country your large number of happy members can be especially effective in inviting new Lions to your club.

You may want to focus on the Support Existing Clubs and Members section to take full advantage of your members' dedication and energy.

Whichever group your club is in, your top priority should be to create value for your members and your community.

You can create value by improving relationships among Lions. Be a true mentor or sponsor. Conduct a How Are Your Ratings? survey. Use the tools in the Africa Three Group Strategy.

Improving relationships among clubs. Work on projects together. Co-sponsor a  new club.  

Being visible. Promote your club and its projects in the community with items from the Club Supplies store. Talk with non-Lions about your club.

Use key messages to talk with Lions and non-Lions about your club in a positive way.

Be a part of the coming growth of Africa. Grow your clubs and districts to serve the needs of our dynamic continent!

Sincerely,

The Africa Steering Committee,

PID Manoj Shah, Kenya, Chair
PID HOB Lawal, Nigeria
PDG Ali Habour, Algeria
PDG Hastings Chiti, Zambia
PCC Norbert Bationo, Burkina Faso
PDG Robert Fowler, South Africa
PCC Alexis Vincent Gomes, Republic of Congo
IPDG Abdou Moukite, Morocco
PCC Rajinder Sembi, Kenya
PDG Ahmed Salem Mostafa, Egypt

Food Distribution by Amani Club to Widow and Orphans at Mwangaliwa Orphanage Centre

On 25th November, Lions Club of Amani Dar es Salaam donated food stuff, juices, water, biscuits, milk, cooking-oil and clothing for adults, girls and boys.  75 orphans and 35 widows were served. Cash amount was also given to meet their electricity bills. 

President Lion Babul said that his club was in the forefront to relieve hunger in the region and would work with the community that we cherish to become self-reliant. 

The total amount spent was TShs 1,250,000.00.

12 Number of Lions, and 48 hours were spent to serve about 110 persons

Gujjubhai does it......

One afternoon a Gujjubhai was riding in his limousine when he saw two men along the roadside eating grass. Disturbed, he ordered his driver to stop and he got out to investigate.

He asked one man, "Why are you eating grass?"

"We don't have any money for food." the poor man replied. "We have to eat grass."

"Well, then, you can come with me to my house and I'll feed you," the Gujurati said.

"But sir, I have a wife and two children with me. They are over there, under that tree."

"Bring them along," the Gujurati replied.

Turning to the other poor man he stated, "You come with us also."

The second man, in a pitiful voice, then said, "But sir, I also have a wife and six children with me!"

"Bring them all, as well," Gujjubhai answered.

They all entered the car, which was no easy task, even for a car as large as the limousine was.

Once under way, one of the poor fellows turned to the Gujurati and said,

"Sir, you are too kind.. Thank you for taking all of us with you."

Gujjubhai replied, "Glad to do it.You'll really love my place.The grass is almost a foot high."

BORE WELL FOR MIEMBENI PRIMARY SCHOOL VINGUNGUTI DAR ES SALAAM

On 19th November Lions Club of DSM City presented a bore well to Miembeni Primary school in Vingunguti area of Ilala Municipal, Dar es Salaam Region. 

The handing over ceremony was officiated by the Mayor of the Ilala Municipal Hon Jerry Slaa. 

The cost of the bore well is TShs 4ml. The bore well will solve the long time water problem that students and neighbouring people were suffering from.

BRAVO VALENTINES TO HEED CALL TO JOIN CCBRT IN MWANZA

Mwanza Valentines Club received a request from Dar based CCBRT Hospital through RC Lion Rizwan that collaboration was required to assist young children up to the age of 16 receive food during their hospitalisation after eye surgery in Mwanza.The planned dates were 19-Nov to 1-Dec 2012. 

The event attracted children from entire lake zone, central as well as north western zone. 

Lions club of Mwanza Valentine donated following items for this noble cause on 20-Nov-2012.

Maize Flour - 150 Kg

Rice - 150 Kg

Sugar - 25 Kg

Beans - 50 Kg

Cooking oil - 10 Ltrs

Salt - 5 Kg

Assorted Vegetables.

"We are happy to contribute and successfully participate in Sight First campaign with CCBRT," expressed Secretary Lion Bhoomi.

RC Lion Salim Applauds Pwani's Planned Reading Action Programme.

Lion Rafiq Ghartey
President Lions Club of Dar es Salaam Pwani
Convenor Lion Bakari Omari

I wish to congratulate your club for embarking on one of the important International Activity Action Reading Programme planned to happen in Tanga Region.

I saw a mail from Lion Rizwan Qadrii (RC) who will be providing some books not only to mark 50 years of lionism in Tanzania but to make the Reading  Action Program viable. A second club to embark on this activity; Wishing you good luck.

Lion Salim Sulemanji
P O Box 21595
Dar es Salaam,Tanzania
Tel 255 22 2114685 (O)
Mobile 255 (O)784 360270
RC Reg C

ANECDOTE ON LIONS QUEST PROGRAM IN TANZANIA BY PMCC LION MAJID KHAN

MY DEAR REGION, ZONE CHAIRS & CLUB PRESIDENTS,

I trust this e-mail finds you in a cheerful mood for the festive season.

I firmly believe that those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and their lives will be the Movers and Shakers in society for the indefinite future.

We are all aware of the Quest Programme, which at this point in time is number one priority in our association. 'I have some anecdote which I would like to share with you.'

ACHIEVEMENT OF THE PILOT PHASE OF LIONS QUEST PROGRAM IN TANZANIA:

  The steering committee has been formed to implement and promote the Quest Program.

  Two local trainers have been trained to carry out training of Lions Quest in Tanzania on availability of funds either from LCI or locally at reasonable cost without using the facilities of foreign trainers, and to meet all the cost for the Quest workshops.

  In five (5) workshops that have been conducted in the country namely: Dar-es-Salaam, Kilimanjaro, Mwanza, Tanga and Morogoro, we managed to train 160 Teachers from 80 Primary and Secondary schools and 6 lion members with the befitting arrangement and assistance of the Region & Zone chairpersons and Presidents of all the above mentioned Cities/Towns clubs.

LIONS QUEST PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION IN SCHOOL & COMMUNITIES:

The steering committee in collaboration with the lions clubs that had been given an opportunity to suggest 2 schools names (each) for the selection of teachers to be trained are responsible for coordinating, monitoring, promoting and assessing the program in those schools and submit the report of their findings to be District convenor Lion Mohamed Mulla and copy to the District Chairperson Lion Kiran Mody.

The steering committee, District convenor, District chairperson and the clubs Presidents should continue to promote the program within schools, communities and lions. They should hold promotional events to involve teachers and school administrators and explain the benefit of the program. This will make lions Quest more conducive to the teachers that were trained and take up as their program in their classrooms teaching and mentoring students.

The steering committee and the clubs should collaborate with other local organizations, Business entrepreneurs and well wishers who can donate / subsidize the cost of Quest workshops and teaching materials.

As indicated earlier we have held Quest workshops in five main Regions of Tanzania, and expect to organize more workshops to cover all the regions of Tanzania including Dar-es-Salaam once again with the local trainers to train more teachers to increase the program coverage in the country with successful dissemination of the Quest Program and wide publicity will attract the members of the community to join the clubs and support the humanitarian activities.

LIONS QUEST BOOKS FOR THE STUDENTS AND PARENTS:

We have received a good member of Lions Quest Books for the students and parents. I would advise all the participating clubs to place the order of 40 books for each participating school students and 5 books each club for the parents from District convenor Lion Mohamed Mulla. As for the Lake zone schools we have already dispatched these books to the District chairperson Lion Kiran Mody whom I would request to do the needful with the clubs in Lake Zone.

The basic ideas of working with the clubs is to involve them in learning more about the Quest Program  and extend them an opportunity to mobilize the schools and communities at arousing their curiosity and create interest of awareness and its benefits.

I trust you will be the effective ambassadors in creating a positive change in behaviour of many students of your selected schools as well other neighbouring schools.

With kind regards,

LION ABDUL MAJEED KHAN

PDG / PMCC – M. D. 411 

GMT – DIST. COORDINATOR - DIST. 411B

CHAIRMAN – QUEST STEERING COMMITTEE

"WE PRAY FOR YOU ALL," SAYS LION NIMIRA DURING FAREWELL PARTY TO SEE OFF 37 CHILDREN AND 31 ESCORTS TO INDIA FOR HEART RELATED SURGERIES

High Commissioner of India Hon. Debnath Shaw flanked by Host Club President
Lion Nimira and Co-Convenor of the project Lion Shiraz as he embraces a child just  before seeing him off to India.

Children together with their escorts and parents at the
ceremony held at Serena Hotel

 

Lion Leaders congratulating Host Club for a
 job extremely well done.

Lions Club of DSM Host on 23rd November flew 37 children together with 31 escorts to Narayana Hrudalaya Heart Institute  in Bangalore and Fortis Escort Heart Institute in New Delhi. The subsidised heart surgeries is in collaboration with Regency Medical Centre, Ministry of Health Zanzibar, Satya Sai Society of DSM, Hrudalaya Heart Institute, Fortis Escort Heart Institute and various local donors including youthful Yash of International School.

The activity is part of the projected mission by Host Club to send 150 children to India during this LY 2012/2013. The cost of each patient including escorts and air-tickets were met by the donations collected through the Lions endeavour driven by Convenors Lion Dr. Kanabar and Lion Shiraz. Cost per patient noted was $4,100. 

The ceremony Chief Guest was Hon. Debnath Shaw, High Commissioner of India. The ceremony was also attended by Deputy PS of Ministry of Health Ms. Regina Kikuli, PMCC Lion Abdul Majid Khan,  1VDG Lion Wilson Ndesanjo, RC Lion Rizwan Qadri, ZC Lion Naeemullah Dar and other prominent personalities.

Official Protocol Policy of The International Association of Lions Clubs.

A. Order of Precedence

Lions shall be recognized in the following order:

1. International President
2. Immediate Past International President
3. International Vice Presidents (according to rank)
4. International Directors (a) (Board Appointees) 
5. Past International Presidents (b)
6. Past International Directors (c)
7. Chairperson, Council of Governors (a)
8. District Governors
9. Association Executive Director
10. Association Secretary
11. Association Treasurer
12. Past Council Chairperson (a)
13. Immediate Past District Governor (a)
14. First Vice District Governor
15. Second Vice District Governor
16. Past District Governor (a)
17. Multiple District Secretaries (Volunteer) (a)
18. Multiple District Treasurers (Volunteer) (a)
19. District Secretaries (a)
20. District Treasurers (a)
21. Region Chairperson (a)
22. Zone Chairperson (a)
23. District Chairperson and Coordinators and GMT/GLT Team Leaders
24. Club Presidents (a)
25. Immediate Past Club Presidents (a)
26. Club Secretaries (a)
27. Club Treasurers (a)
28. Past Club Presidents (a)
29. Multiple District Secretaries (staff) (a)
30. Multiple District Treasurers (staff) (a)

Reference: Chapter XX, Public Relations, LCIF.  Effective from 7th October 2011.

Child Eye Health for Tanzania under National Eye Care program as Coordinated by Ministry of Health

Dear Fellow Lions,
I herewith forward to you mail received from Ministry of Health, Eye Care Program Department.
I will appreciate if you can please attend this launching program as I will not be able to attend.
Thanks & Regards,
LION SHANTI SHAH

Dear NPBC members,

Greetings from the Ministry of Health.

As some of you may be aware, the National Eye Care Program has been involved in developing a joint proposal on Child eye health for Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda since early this year for funding by Standard Chartered Bank under seeing is believing initiative.
There were two proposals being developed simultaneously under two NGO consortia led by CBM and Brien Holden Vision Institute.
I am glad to inform you that the two proposal have been accepted for funding. Our country has been selected to host the event to officially launch the program for the three countries.

This event which is organized and hosted by Standard Chartered bank will be held on tuesday 20th November 2012 at Mnazi Mmoja grounds in Dar es salaam. The guest of honor will be the Vice President of the URT. We also expect to receive Ministers for health from Kenya and Uganda together with representatives from Standard Chartered bank East Africa, IAPB- Africa and regional representatives of our partner NGOs.

 There will also be a one day screening eye camp for children below 8 years at the same grounds.

Some of you may have already received invitations from Standard Chartered Bank Tanzania.

With this note, I would like to kindly request you to participate in this important event for eye care in Tanzania.

Please find attached, the program for the event.

YOU ARE MOST WELCOME!

Dr. Mwakyusa

Nkundwe Mwakyusa (MD, MMed, MPH)
Programme Manager,
National Eye Care Programme,
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare,
P.O Box 9083,
Dar es Salaam.
TANZANIA

HEALTH - URINE COLOUR INDICATORS

Yellow
“Healthy urine goes from clear to pale yellow, dark yellow to amber,” says consultant urologist Tim Terry. This depends on hydration levels, but if you’re somewhere in the yellow team, you can breathe easy.
Green
“Some antiseptics and anaesthetics give urine a green tinge,” says Terry. This is thanks to methylene blue, a dye which kidneys sometimes struggle with. Nothing too much to worry about though.
Orange
“This is a sign of liver dysfunction,” warns Terry. If your urine is this colour and you notice that your stools are white, it could be obstructive jaundice. Put down that beer – it’s GP time.
Brown
Muddy-looking pee means kidney problems. “This can be a sign of serious renal disease, even a fistula,” says Terry. That’s when your bowel leaks into your bladder. Taxi to casualty now.
Red 
This is really bad. Blood in your urine can mean a haemorrhage or cancer. “In anyone over 40 we assume it’s bladder cancer, unless proven other wise,” says Terry. Get yourself to the doctor, pronto.

PITAMBER GUPTA

Country Business Manager,

Unichem Labs.Ltd.

PDG/PMCC LION MAJID KHAN DELIVERS REMARKABLE SIGHT FIRST MESSAGE AT AMANI CLUB EYE AND DIABETES CAMP

SPEECH BY PDG / PMCC – ABDUL MAJEED KHAN AT EYE REFRACTION & DIABETIC CAMP ORGANISED BY LIONS CLUB OF DAR-ES-SALAAM AMANI AT SHREE HINDU UNION SECONDARY SCHOOL ON 17TH NOV, 2012 

Dear Lion Leaders and Residents of Kijitonyama, I have great honour to stand in front of you to grace this magnificent event. An Amani Club event...... meant for the community.... to screen for Sight and Diabetes. I have also been privileged to open today’s camp and to make this occasion more befitting, I need to speak about the Club and the services being delivered by them and similar clubs worldwide.

Lions Club of Dar-es-Salaam Amani is one of the 7 Clubs in Dar es Salaam which was formed some 6 years ago. During this time, it has carried out remarkable projects that have proved its character and delivery. This Club is led by its charismatic leader President Lion Shofiuddin Babul.

For over 90 years, Lions Clubs worldwide are renowned to provide services and assistance of varied nature. Among the service delivered, Sight First has achieved an unparalleled target of reaching out to millions and having spent over 7 million USD.

Human Beings treasure their eyes more than any part of their body. The fear of turning blind is an anxiety to all. Blindness is a handicap that if a person suffers from, will make him a destitute and not be able to do anything worthwhile. 

Apart from Lions and other organisations having carried out so much effort to alleviate sight related problems all over the world, there still is a need of concerted endeavour to fight this affliction. 

Over 40 million people in this world are blind. Over 120 million people have eye related ailments. And there has been a Vision 2020 call to increase assistance in this direction otherwise the figures would simply double by the said time.  Because of this primary reason, Lions all over the world  have determined to provide useful support through their SIGHT FIRST Program decoded  in  Kiswahili as “UMUHIMU KWANZA NI MACHO”.

Lions Clubs are now relentlessly ensuring to prevent blindness and assist those who can be saved through immediate action. Many Clubs of Dar es Salaam and other regions are reaching out various corners of the country to provide this useful services.

I was advised by Lion Babul that this is a second camp in the same locality and due to high turn-out by residents previously, the Club decided to carry out one more camp. I am also pleased to learn that today you all would be screened, refracted, blood testing, counselled  given medicines, spectacles and cataract surgery Free of Charge. 

Therefore I am no doubt pleased with this endeavour and pride to become part and parcel of this wonderful undertaking. Therefore all residents registered today will be provided with the best medical services and those found in need of surgery will be taken to CCBRT Hospital.

With the above said, I now take this opportunity to declare this CAMP OPEN and convey my heartfelt appreciations to Amani Club members for this great work.  

MUNGU IBARIKI TANZANIA, MUNGU IBARIKI AFRIKA.

LION ABDUL MAJEED KHAN

PDG / PMCC – M. D. 411

GMT – DIST. COORDINATOR – DIST. 411B
(Original speech in Kiswahili ---- This is a Translated version)

President Lion Babul welcomes residents of  Makumbusho at the Health Camp and declares that it was carried out due to the best cooperation given by the Hindu Mandal Primary School and residents of the area. "Today we are determined to clear all the backlog, provide best services and request all residents that when they go back home, they should inform their neighbours on this Camp as we will remain open until late hours- today," said Lion Babul.
About 200 patients were screened and provided with necessary medication and spectacles while 7 cataract patients were recorded. They will be taken to CCBRT for Surgery on 20th November 2012.

PMCC/PDG Lion Majid Khan reaches out to the heart of
Makumbusho and Kijitonyama Residents

Lion Bakari applauding message delivered by PMCC/PDG

Principal of Shree Hindu Mandal Primary School excited with the
assistance given to school children and residents at his school.

Blood Sugar Check carried on Lion Majid Khan 

Resident Mama Juliana being refracted

Lion Sara holding the spectacles and medical supplies as Lion Babul
explains to Lion Khan and Lion Naeem on the plan of action.

Lion Sara explains to an elderly patient Mama Aziza

Woking to deliver - Community Services with no profit
but love and gain.

IPDG LION SATISH SHARMA STRATEGISES FOR THE REGION D DURING HIS MEET WITH RC LION RIZWAN

Region Chaiperson Lion Rizwan Qadri during his visit to Arusha met with IPDG Lion Satish Sharma, Assistant Secretary Lion Toni both of Arusha Club and President Lion Simranpal and Secretary Lion Manish Chavda of Arusha New Century Club.  

The meeting was essentially meant for the following:

1. Review of activities carried out by the club and timely reporting;
2. Plan for the 2nd MD 411B Cabinet Meeting to be held in Arusha.

IPDG Lion Satish was pleased with the developments noted in Region D. The Arusha based clubs as well as Kibo Club of Moshi were doing extremely well. He recognised that effort was necessary in Moshi for the 2 clubs that were dismally performing. However, he advised that this was on top of his Agenda and would soon call a meeting with the Lion Officers. Lion Satish further strategised for the forthcoming Cabinet Meeting and advised that advance notice, booking of venues, tourism and leadership seminar should feature in the planning and requested that RC takes this matter up with DG Office soonest.

Lion Tony advised that Arusha Club would ensure timely reporting so that all club activities appear in the BLOG. He clarified that the club was doing well and the recent Charity Walk was a huge success.

Lion Manish advised that his club was faring well in all aspects of Lionism and looked forward to assist in arranging the forthcoming meeting. He also expressed that the club's October Sight Camp activity went very well and over 60 cataract surgery were performed.  Presently, he had planned to attend the 40TH ISAAME FORUM that will be held in Bangalore, India. He will be joined by versatile Lion Godfrey Sawe.

RC Lion Rizwan thanked the Lion members he had met and especially for the hospitality at a short notice. He expressed his appreciations over the clubs' performances and asked for more concerted effort and membership drive. "Timely reporting," he emphasised "spells out efficiency and success."

The landscaped beauty of Mount Meru in Arusha as captured through the artistic arch of the  new Swaminarayan Temple.

MWANZA VALENTINES DURING WORLD SIGHT DAY AND SOCIAL EVENING

Lions Club of Mwanza organized a SOCIAL NIGHT in honor of visiting by GMT/PMCC/PDG Lion Majid Khan on Friday, 12-Oct, 2012. The club arranged games for fund raising and entertainment during the occasion.

Lions Club of Mwanza Valentine organized a fund raising event - Charity Walk on Sunday, 7-Oct-2012. During the walk the message of keeping the city clean was also conveyed. The Club collected Tshs  2,000,000 from this event to be used for Sight First campaign and other service activities. The walk was attended by Zone Chairperson Lion Sameer Shah, who later presided as the Chief Guest. 

The charity walk and both service activities were recorded by local news channel and broadcast on TV to spread awareness about Lionism in the lake city.

Sewing Machine donation (Oct 2012) aid to disadvantaged children. 
To observe 'World Service Day' on 8-Oct-2012 Lions Club of Mwanza Valentine provided to an employee of Hindu Union Hospital a sewing machine for his daughter so that she could financially become independent. The club donated the all purpose sewing machine costing Tshs. 150,000.

MZIZIMA CLUB RAISE TSHS 50ML AT DAR GYMKHANA FOR SPONSORING CLUB'S SIGHT FIRST ACTIVITIES

60 Golfers gathered on Sunday 11 Nov to participate in the Play for Sight Golf Tournament that was held at the Dar es Salaam Gymkhana Club organised by Lions Club of Dar es Salaam Mzizima.

This was a mega fund raising annual event for the Club's Sight First Project. The first game teed off at 08:30. Breakfast and Lunch was provided to all the participants and Mzizima also enjoyed the day filled with fun and fellowship.

Lions club of Dsm Mzizima was represented by almost all the members of the club with their families and We also were fortunate to have the presence of several Lion Dignitaries among them being PDG/PMCC/GMT Leader Lion Abdul Majid Khan, Region Chairman Salim Sulemanjee with his spouse, Region Chairman of Region D Lion Rizwan Qadri, Lion Sara Qadri from Lions Club of Dar es Salaam Pwani, Sub Treasurer Lion Kishore Simzia, Lion Vrajlal Parmar, Lion Suresh Lavingia from Lions Club of Dar es Salaam City.

The tournament finished at 5.00pm and all winners were awarded prizes and trophies by the club. Lions Club of Dsm Mzizima successfully managed to raise TShs 50 Million.

The club chairman Lion Shanti Shah thanked all the sponsors for their continued support for the annual event Play for Sight.He also Thank Akil Yusufali for the his excellent support in organizing this Golf tournament. 

Report by: Secretary  Lion Bhavin Sonigra.