investments we have made in supporting

young people across our country through

various projects.

We have had an eventful month of

November. Thank you for participating in

the various club, country and district Rotary

events. As we draw close to the end of the

year and prepare for the holidays, I look

forward to your continued support in the

next few weeks.

To close the year, Jessie and I will be

delighted if you can join us on Sunday, 18th

December 2016 from 12.00 noon for the

President’s Christmas Party. Welcome to

our home and let us come together to

celebrate our family of Rotary and the great

work we have done in serving humanity thus

far in the year.

Our second quarter Club Assembly is

scheduled for this week and I look forward

to your participation. It is a great

opportunity to share with us your thoughts.

Ahsante!

David Githanga

CLUB PRESIDENT, 2016/17

My Fellow Rotarians,

Your unwavering support over the last few

months has been enormous. It has lighten

our load in leading the club, steering it in

the right direction back to our glory years. I

hope you are enjoying every moment of

your Rotary experience.

My sincere gratitude for your participation

in our fundraising dinner and dance last

Friday. Thank you for bringing out your

family and friends without whose presence,

our efforts would have been in vain. I would

like to appreciate our fundraising director,

Rtn. Nelson Mburu and his team for putting

together such a wonderful event. I hope we

all had a great time and are certainly looking

forward to the next one! Thank you and

your family for generously contributing

towards our various projects.

As we come to the close of Project

HANDUP global grant project, I would like

to acknowledge the great work that has

been done by Rtn. Darren Collins who has

transversed our country taking HIV/AIDS

education to our children. My gratitude to

Past President Eric Krystal for providing

guidance and support to the project.

Without a doubt, Rotary Club of Nairobi

can stand and be counted for the heavy

NOV. 2016 Issue 18. 2016 -17

NOTICES

CLUB ASSEMBLY

Thur, 24th Nov 2016

Laico Regency Hotel

12.30 p.m. - 2.00 p.m.

E-WASTE

MANAGEMENT

Thur, 1st Dec 2016

Laico Regency Hotel

12.30 - 2.00 p.m.

Speaker: Dr. Tom Musili

ANNUAL GENERAL

MEETING (AGM)

Thur, 8th Dec 2016

Laico Regency Hotel

12.30 - 2.00 p.m.

REGULAR CLUB

MEETING

Thur, 15th Dec 2016

Laico Regency Hotel

12.30 - 2.00 p.m.

Speaker: TBC

PRESIDENT’S

CHRISTMAS PARTY

Sunday, 18th Dec 2016 President D. Githanga

Residence

“We can teach children to love. We can

teach them to respect themselves and

others. We can teach them to set goals

and work toward them. And in return,

they can pass on these life-affirming

values to the next generations.”

— Address to 1995 President’s Conference on

Family Values and Community Service,

Chicago, Illinois, USA

THE WEEK

IN

REVIEW

Rotary titbits from the desk of PDG Yusuf

In 1989-90 when I was the Rotary District

Governor, I had to write my ‘Governor’s

Monthly Letter and post it. Amongst other

things, we had no emails! Since we had

French speaking countries in the District, I

managed to do a French section as well in

my Letter.

The reluctance to read Rotary material was as prevalent then as

it is now. To keep my readers amused & interested, I added a

paragraph at the end of every Letter & true to my medical

background called it the Valium Corner. The very first Letter

carried the following dose of Valium, taken from Andy Capp

cartoon in the Nation newspaper.

Andy Capp received a telegram saying, ”Mother in Law died.

Please advise whether we should bury her, cremate or embalm.”

“Do all three. Take no chances!” Replied Andy Capp.

PROJECT HAND UP HEALTHY AFRICA: A NEW DIRECTIVE USING PUPPETS

ATTENDANCE

NOV 17, 2016

MEMBERS PRESENT - 17

MAKE UPS - 9 | 72.22%

After more than a year of educating children

about HIV/AIDS using puppets, project HAND

UP, a global grant project comes to a close this

Rotary year. In October, a Rotary Foundation

cadre visited the project to carry out an audit

on the programs, finances, record keeping,

progress and plans under the project. Several

interviews were contacted with project

partners and two live shows staged as part of

the demonstration for the audit.

To ensure sustainability of the project, the

team leader, Rtn. Darren Collins from Rotary

Club of Desoto has along the life of the project

trained several young Kenyans on education

through puppetry and it is our belief that this

will ensure children in other areas will receive

this valuable education. Last week, the team

completed a second training event, sponsored

in part by a generous grant from The Rotary

Foundation. Together, the project crew of

puppeteers taught classes on puppetry, creating

object lessons, and building stages. Guest

lecturers spoke on HIV/AIDS and comedy

script writing. After 16 hours of training - we

had many new graduates!

Big "thank you" to Africa Digital Media

Institute, LVCT Health, Kenya Institute of

Puppet Theatre, #Rotary Club of DeSoto, Ro-

tary Club of Nairobi, and "Rotary the World

Over" for your contributions. The final two

training sessions will be coming in the next

few months. Our gratitude to Rtn. Darren who

has worked tirelessly to ensure the success of

the project and our Past President Eric Krystal

for the support provided to Rtn. Darren and

his team of volunteers.