Sunday, February 17, 2013
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
560 DESKTOP COMPUTERS ALREADY DONATED IN KILIMANJARO REGION BY KIBO CLUB
Lions Club of Moshi Kibo donated Computers worth USD 15,000.00 to
St. Joseph Vocational training centre in Moshi. The desktop computers were donated to the club by Belgium based NGO - Close the Gap.
Together with this donation, the Club has now managed to provide 560 computers to various schools in Moshi.
"Kibo has a target to donate 1000 computers in Kilimanjaro Region before this Lionistic Year ends," said Club Secretary Lion Nitu.
Together with this donation, the Club has now managed to provide 560 computers to various schools in Moshi.
"Kibo has a target to donate 1000 computers in Kilimanjaro Region before this Lionistic Year ends," said Club Secretary Lion Nitu.
THE CLUB HEALTH ASSESSMENT FOR JANUARY 2013
TO,
ALL REGION & ZONE CHAIRS
MY DEAR LION LEADERS,
It is indeed very embarrassing to note that despite our incessant
efforts to increase the number of members and the clubs inorder to pull out of
the DANGER
ZONE of being classified as PROVISIONAL DISTRICT, what we see now is
the PREMIER
CLUB – LIONS CLUB OF KILIMANJARO has been cancelled along with the Lions Club of Musoma. Now we are
remaining with only 38 clubs and 1,102 members.
Inlight of the above, I would therefore kindly exhort the
concerned Region, Zone chairs and clubs Presidents to look into this matter
with all seriousness and revive these clubs immediately.
Meanwhile I would like to say Thank
you and Congratulate all those
clubs who have added new members please
kindly make a point to retain them.
Together with this memo find attached Club Health Assessment for
January 2013 for your kind perusal and necessary action.
Please note that I’ll be out of station from 7th to 10th
February 2013.
With kind regards,
LION ABDUL MAJEED KHAN
PDG / PMCC – M. D. 411
GMT – DIST. COORDINATOR -
DIST. 411B
Monday, February 4, 2013
MSANDAKA DEAF CENTRE GETS DG TOUCH
District Governor Lion Kiwanuka laid foundation stone
for a building which is being constructed at Msandaka Lions Deaf Centre. This
has been Jointly funded by Family and friends of Late PDG LION EL MSUYA of
Ontario Canada and Lions Club of Moshi Kibo.
PDG Lion Msuya passed away
in Moshi last year and was an excellent ambassador for Lions Club of Moshi
Kibo in Canada.
DG also planted trees together with other Lion members as
part of Club's 2,000 tree planting project to be implemented together with Moshi Municipal Council. 500 trees have already been planted this LY.
First Lady Lion Edith and Zone Chairperson Lion Juzer Sachak were present during the occasion.
Report by Lion Nitu.
DG LAUNCHES CLASSROOM AT ROMBO DISABLED REHABILITATION CENTRE
On 19th January 2013, District Governor Joseph Kiwanuka on behalf of Lions
Club of Moshi Kibo officially opened a classroom for the Disabled at Rombo. The Centre was jointly constructed by Kibo Club and the Lions of Sweden at the cost
of USD 20,000.00.
DG also on behalf of the club donated two computers and special pipes
for exercise worth USD 1200/= at the Rehabilitation Center for the Disabled
people that was constructed two years back at the cost of USD
40,000.00.
As reported by Club Secretary Lion Nitu, the project was witnessed by National chairman for the disabled
people, District First Lady Lion Edith, ZC Lion Juzer Sachak, Club Members and other government officials.
DISTRICT GOVERNORS REPORT PRESENTED DURING 2ND CABINET MEETING, ARUSHA
Fellow Lions and Leos,
It is a great pleasure for me to meet
you here in Arusha for the second Cabinet meeting .May I on the onset take this
opportunity to wish you all a healthy and prosperous new year and also thank
you for your support since I took the mantle of Leadership in District 411B
seven months ago. The first Cabinet meeting was held in Kampala on 14th
September 2012 and was successful and well attended as per attendance sheet in
the minutes.
We are now in the second half of our
Lionistic year so it is time to review our goals and objectives in this year of
‘COMMITMENT TO SERVE - IN A WORLD OF SERVICE.’
The journey started with you electing
me and subsequently going to the installation in Busan, Korea where I learnt a
lot and have been passing on this message as I visited the various clubs.
We have been to almost all the 39
Lions and respective Leo clubs in the DISTRICT, and I want to thank them
personally on behalf of Edith and myself, from the bottom of our hearts for
having warmly and affectionately received us by all clubs. Thank you for the
gifts and courtesy accorded to us. At
this juncture I would like to welcome to our fold all the clubs and new members
that joined us this Lionistic year (Busia, Kumi etc and all members inducted).
I have talked to some members of cancelled clubs in the hope of reviving them
and we are going to talk more since I have concluded the official club visits.
The following discussion is about our achievements and corresponding challenges
for some during this first half of the Lionistic year. There is at least two
clubs in the pipe line i.e Bwera and Kabarole in zone five.
1. MEMBERSHIP:
District 411B has been struggling to
keep afloat for the last past few years. Membership at the beginning was only
1047. Before we took office we set a target of 235 members by the end of the
Lionistic year 135 of which would be members added to the old clubs and the
rest from new charter clubs. I am proud to announce to you that so far two
clubs have been chartered in Uganda, that is, the Lions clubs of Busia and Kumi
and in total to date 176 members have been added. A key to finishing strong is
to have a strong start whenever possible and this is exactly what we have done
in the first quarter. For this the International President recognized your
District Governor with the FAST
START AWARD, cruising speed level, which I received during the 40th
ISAAME forum. The following is how we are fairing as a District;
District Membership
|
This Month
|
This Year
|
|
|
Opening Balance
|
1,139
|
1,047
|
|
Added Members
|
17
|
176
|
|
Dropped Members
|
1
|
82
|
|
Closing Balance
|
1,139
|
1,139
|
|
Net Gain/Loss
|
0
|
92
|
|
Worldwide
|
1,370,460
|
|
Club Name
|
Month/Year
|
|
BUSIA GREATER (116940)
|
05/2012
|
|
YUMBE (89531)
|
05/2012
|
|
SHINYANGA DIAMOND FIELD (59500)
|
06/2012
|
|
|
07/2012
|
|
KYENJOJO (108105)
|
07/2012
|
|
KAMPALA
|
08/2012
|
|
KABALE (51867)
|
09/2012
|
|
MOROGORO (105838)
|
09/2012
|
|
ARUA (65008)
|
10/2012
|
Clubs Status Changes
|
Status Quo
|
Canceled
|
|
Club Name
|
Charter Date
|
|
KUMI CENTRAL (118304)
|
|
|
Club Name
|
Reason
|
Date
|
|
KILIMANJARO L C (27839)
|
Financial Suspension
|
|
|
MUSOMA (27842)
|
Financial Suspension
|
|
Service Activities
|
This Month
|
This Year
|
|
|
Clubs with Activities
|
0
|
23
|
|
Clubs without Activities
|
38
|
15
|
The table shows the state we are in,
the reporting history, the clubs on status quo and the activities reported at
INTERNATIONAL. I would like to thank all the clubs that have brought in new
members some have already hit the target of more than 5 e.g. Lions clubs of
Mount Meru-New Century, Dar es salaam Amani, Kampala Cosmopolitan, Kampala
Central, and Kasese just to mention a few. All is not glossy in membership we
have not been closing our back door tightly because clubs have dropped about 80
members so net increase is only 92 how I wish there would be zero drop in every
club.
2. RETENTION:
Members must be retained at all cost.
When good people stop coming to our meetings it is the responsibility of CLUB
members to bring them back because we should not only serve the community but
our members first. That is why there should be total commitment amongst
ourselves.
3. LEADERSHIP PROGAMMES:
Leadership development is a key to
growth in Lionism without which it would be crippled. This year Leadership
training has been carried out in both countries and it is being done by clubs
in form of orientations. Many Lions from Uganda and one from Arusha attended
the Emerging Lions Regional Institute held at Kasarani sports view hotel in Nairobi
in October 2012. Some Lions have applied for Leadership courses in Faculty
Development and Faculty Training INSTITUTES (FDI) to take place in Oran,
Algeria next month.
4. PEACE POSTER CONTEST:
Every Year a theme is chosen to guide
our young ones illustrate themselves on how they perceive peace. This year’s
theme was ‘IMAGINE PEACE’. We received posters from the following clubs; Lions
club of Kampala Central, Dar es Salaam Pwani, Dar es Salaam Mzizima, Mwanza Valentine,
and the best one sent to our Multiple District in Mombasa. The winner from our
sub district was Johvan Opiira sponsored by Lions Club of Kampala Central.
5. LCIF GRANTS:
Our
District received L.C.I.F emergency disaster relief grant of US $5000. This was
donated to 147people from 26 households of the Landslide victims in Bududa in
the Eastern part of Uganda. The items included blankets, mosquito nets, tarpaulins
and water purifying tablets. The Ugandan clubs added $ 1000.
6. LIONS QUEST:
This is doing well in both countries
and both convenors have applied for the extension of these programs and we are
awaiting the few queries that were raised by the INTERNATIONAL once they are
ironed out we hope to get the funding.
7. EDUCATION PROJECT:
As you are well aware our
International President is stressing the READING ACTION PROGRAM (RAP) I have
been stressing this myself as I visited each club. That helping here and there
in contributing scholastic materials would go a long way in uplifting the
standard of education. Our International President took on this project because
it affects the whole World both developed and under developed. Many clubs have
taken the initiative and are involved in extending facilities within schools,
building new classrooms, equipping schools with computers and other educational
materials.
8. WOMEN MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT:
We
desire to have more women members in our fold as this would boost our
organization. We have so far sent one lady Lion to a women symposium in
Bangalore and more were nominated for the one to take place in Oran Algeria in
February.
9. LONG TERM PROJECTS:
A number of clubs are involved in
various long term projects and some clubs have succeeded in procuring the LCIF
grants. Such projects are that of Kabale-Rugarama Hospital, Orphanage Centre in
Kasese, etc.
10. ENVIRONMENT:
This
is one of the major activities for our International President and Am glad all
clubs are carrying out tree planting activities. During the club visits, I made
it clear how these trees are important to our health. For example how they
utilize the carbon dioxide which we breathe out and produce the oxygen we
breathe in.
11. CONCLUSION:
I
whole heartedly thank the senior Lions in our Leadership of District 411B for
their continued support during the first half of this Lionistic year, and the
entire Lions fraternity at large for relentlessly serving the less fortunate of
our communities. Am proud and grateful to the following dedicated Lions; Ln.
Abdul M Khan, Hon. Shem Bageine, Manish Chavda, Burhan Mohammed, Mary Polly
Attan, David Mutayisa, Salim Sulemanji, Dr. Hussein Hassan, Rizwan Qadri, Ghazi
Dar Naeemullar, Dr. Martin Engullu, Timothy Batuwa, Dr. Kanabar, Ln.Bakari ,Godfrey,Sawe,
Sedrace Rwekikiga, Valeria Mwesigwa and lastly Lion Edith who has tirelessly
accompanied me in all visits.
We
hope that in the spirit of COMMITMENT TO
SERVE by each and every LION
individually, and each and every Club, Zone, and Region in District 411B will
continuously uphold our International Motto of ‘We Serve’.
We
look forward to the remaining half of the year ahead in the slogans of ‘In a World of Service, with Commitment to Serve’.
DISTRICT GOVERNOR 2012/2013
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