DAR ES SALAAM CENTRAL CLUB OFFERS 1 ACRE LAND TO HISANI ORPHANS

Lions Club of Dar es Salaam Central visited Hisani Orphanage at Mbagala Maji Matitu in Dar es Salaam on 30^th October 2011. The activity was in support of the orphans whose dormitories recently suffered from a major fire breakout that left them homeless.

Kigamboni Legislator Dr Faustine Ndugulile expressed his satisfaction over the help given to orphans by the Lions and praised President Lion Shakil’s initiative. The Club also offered one acre land for a new orphanage. ZC Lion Babul congratulated the Club members for such a noble activity.


The pictures hereunder indicate one of the rooms destroyed by fire that broke out and children in prayers.

7BILLION + CLOCKED TODAY

A world of 7 billion poses many challenges: in fighting poverty and disease, in securing education and sustainable livelihoods and in mitigating climate change. But this milestone for humanity can also be seen as an opportunity to renew our commitment to work individually and together for a better world.

A campaign spearheaded by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), called 7 Billion Actions, seeks to inspire change that will make a difference by highlighting positive action by individuals and organizations around the world. You can read their stories or add your own at 7billionactions.org

Predicted population growth scenario

1VDG LION KIWANUKA WELCOMES DG LION SHARMA AT ENTEBBE, UGANDA

DG's arrival at Entebbe on his first leg of visitations to Uganda. He was met by the 1st VDG Lion J. W. Kiwanuka, Lion Valeria, Zone 9 Chairperson Lion Geoffrey Mwesigwa, Region Chairperson Lion Dr. Mercy Ntangaare and Lion Titus Sewanyana. 

PROUD TO BE OF SERVICE SAY PWANI LIONS DURING WSD

1.5 Million Trees to Be Planted in Kenya by Aga Khan Development Network and Lions Clubs International

Nairobi, Kenya October, 19, 2011 – The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) and Lions Clubs International (LCI) today committed to planting 1.5 million trees in Kenya. The United Nations has declared 2011 the International Year of Forests.

The pledge was made at a tree planting ceremony in Nairobi City Park attended by the Lions Clubs International President Wing-Kun Tam, Prince Hussain Aga Khan and Hon. Noah Wekesa, Kenya Minister for Forestry and Wildlife.

"We are not just emphasizing tree planting, but tree growing," said Prince Hussain Aga Khan. "The long-term stewardship and husbandry of trees should be seen as creating viable assets for farmers and communities. We see sustainable tree growing having a significant impact on both poverty alleviation and the environment."

Lions Clubs International President Wing-Kun Tam welcomed the partnership, saying, "Trees help the environment by providing an array of benefits, including more oxygen for humans and homes for animals. I believe this partnership will change the landscape of our communities for the better within just one year."

WORLD SIGHT DAY OBSERVED BY DAR LIONS FRATERNITY AT JANGWANI GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL

Lions Club of Dar es Salaam fraternity observed World Sight Day on 22^nd October 2011 at Jangwani Secondary School. The event was organised under the auspices of Mzizima Club. The District Convenor for Sight First Lion Shanti Shah felt honoured by being able to proactively enhance the great occasion. He, however, lamented on the dismal attendance by fellow lions from other clubs. He thanked Mzizima Club to have ardently carried out the services and appreciated support of Pwani Club to have been there where the need was.

About 900 students including 80 disabled were registered for screening that commenced at 8am. Lion Shanti confirmed that screening would continue the following week so that all students received the desired refraction and treatment. The camp noted at least 70% of student to have refraction errors. 3 Optometrists and 2 Teachers together with 12 Lions from Mzizima Club and 6 Lions from Pwani Club worked tirelessly during the occasion. Free medicine and spectacles were dispensed to students who were found in need.

The School Board Chairperson Mr. Mohamed Lacha appreciated the assistance given to his school. He said, “such support will grow with the students so that the country would harvest the benefit.” The School Headmistress Mrs. Doriye thanked the Lions and requested further support to rehabilitate toilets for the disabled.

The Convenor for the camp, Lion Kapasi was thankful to all members to have assisted in the organisation and giving out the necessary services. To quote Mzizima President, “my club has dedicated members who are always ready to deliver.”

The camp was also graced by 2VDG Lion Willy Ndesanjo, RC Lion Hyder Gangji, RC Lion Habil Khanbhai, DO Lion Naeem Dar, ZC Lion Babul, ZC Lion Zahira and DO Lion Nimira. The Lions in action were: Kapasi, Kudrati, Shanti, Habil, Salemwalla, Sadikot, Muzu, Talib, Mushtaq, Hatim, Pratish, Talib, Sara, Rizwan, Zahira, Natu, Shabnam and Jayesh.

RC Lion Habil carrying out refraction.

UN DAY 24TH OCTOBER - PWANI CLUB CELEBRATES

Pwani President Lion Sara at the Display Booth with fellow exhibitors

Lion Sara and Lion Natu meet and greet UN Resident Rep(3rd from left), Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and international Cooperation (Centre) and Kenyan High Commissioner (Right) at the UN Day Exhibition booth.

LEO CLUBS FORMATION IN REGION A: BY RC LION HYDER GANGJI

Dear Club leaders,

This is to inform you that a meeting was held with relevant district officers on Wednesday, 12th October, 2011 to discuss the formation of Leo clubs in Region A.  

It was agreed as follows:

 

1) To encourage all the  Clubs in Zone 1 & 2  for sponsoring at least one Leo club during this Lionistic year.

2) Club members should be requested to encourage their children to join Leo clubs. Amani club has succeeded to take this initiative to form a Leo club .

3) Schools should be approached for forming Leo clubs in schools /  or enrol students to form Leo clubs

4)  Club presidents should appoint a Leo coordinator who will work with the Distict officers in forming and sponsoring Leo clubs. 

5)  The club Leo coordinators from all the clubs will form a joint committee headed by District chairperson Tz for running and guiding the Leo clubs 

 

Dear leaders , 

It is high time to look forward and form Leo clubs in the fraternity, it is one of our Lionistic obligations to encourage these children to have the spirit of 'WE SERVE' who can be trained to become future Lions. i  request all the clubs in Zone 1 & 2 to fully support this vision of forming LEO clubs in Region A.

 

Clubs are requested to submit the name of Leo coordinator from their respective club to the District Chairperson Lion Hussein Nagri at earliest .

 

With Lionistic regards 

Lion Hyderali. Gangji

Region Chairperson

Region A 

 

    

  

WORLD SERVICE DAY AT FRATERNITY LEVEL HELD ON 9TH OCTOBER - PWANI CLUB REPORTING

PWANI JOINS WORLD SIGHT DAY CELEBRATIONS AT REGIONAL LEVEL ON 13TH OCTOBER 2011

WORLD SIGHT DAY AT JANGWANI SCHOOL on 22ND OCTOBER

The World Sight Day will be held at fraternity level at Jangwani Secondary School. It is intended to organise an Eye Camp. The details are:

JANGWANI GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL along U. N. Road,

DATE :  SATURDAY 22nd OCTOBER, 2011

TIME : 8 AM TO 5 PM

The camp will be sponsored by Lions Club of Dar es Salaam Mzizima under the banner of LIONS FRATERNITY OF DAR ES SALAAM.

There will be 3 Optometrists to conduct the refraction. Free spectacles and medicines will be given to those found in need.

All Lions within the Dar fraternity are requested to be present during the event and join hands to serve.

LION SHANTI SHAH

DISTRICT CHAIRMAN - SIGHT FIRST

TREE PLANTING AT BUYUNI BY AMANI CLUB

Towards meeting the Lions international goal - The Lions Millennium Tree Campaign, Lions Club of Dar es Salaam Amani carried out a robust tree planting activity at Buyuni Primary School, Chanika.

The Convenor for Tree planting Lion Kaushik mentioned that 100 trees were planted at the school and thereafter a fellowship program was convened. Lion Shenaz Norey, the Club President appreciated the support given by all her members and lions from the fraternity.

The Chief Guest during the occasion was RC Lion Hyder Gangji. In attendance were the Zone Chairperson Lion Babul, PMCC/PDG Lion Majid Khan, District Chairperson for Environment and Tree Planting Lion Mushtaq Shah, other District Officers and club members.

LCIF INSISTS THAT YOU - Tell them about Your Tree Planting Project

Every month throughout the year, LCIF will report the progress Lions are making in planting a million trees around the world.   Be sure to tell LCIF about your project and the number of trees your club has planted by completing the monthly Lions Club Service Activities Report. 

  

INNOVATIONS SAY IT FROM THEIR HEART

Removing clothes from our closets that were no longer useful to us, was highly a dull job. The thought of giving away our clothes and providing donations to the cancer patients and the other unwell children at the Muhimbili hospital, not just fastened this dull job, but brought about some enthusiasm of carrying it out. 

Dragging the big black bags did not seem a burden to our shoulders having known the intention of carrying out the activity, which was indeed to reach out to the needy in society. Our hearts were at one end, content to be given a chance to serve and on the other hand extremely touched by what our bodies shivered to see. Plasters covered not just three quarters of the bodies of some but fully covered them from head to toe. A small child of a year and few months old in this condition made us feel how fortunate we are to have what we possess today, our health. How must the poor child be bearing all that our eyes refused to witness, we wondered. One required strength to be next to the child who has endured the deep tolearnce and been through all the compulsion with no fault at all. Being burnt in porridge, made it not just difficult for the small baby to appreciate the gift of sight and to view the world around him at such a tender age, temporarily, but having his mouth covered with plaster made it difficult for him to feed as well. Another child with a similar condition tried to put on a smile on her face as she noticed our presence in the ward room. Feeding on the banana gave her great pleasure, but the sign of discomfort appeared on her face, having just her eyes, nose and mouth visible from the rest of her body. The food and clothes next to her were a reason to her happiness, that her mother could tell of, as like the other women, she blessed us too.

The greatest gift one can give to the other is the gift of time. Looking for donations for this particular day and letting out our clothes from the closets early in the morning was definitely not a fruitless task we carried out, but one that brought about the pride to serve, prayers and one that lit the faces of most of the patients and their parents with smiles, joy and hopes for a better future. In the process of distributing the clothes, we came across many children with different kinds of illnesses, some suffered from cancer, while one child's body did not have the ability to maintain its position in a straight normal manner, but curved itself. Feeling the ache in ourselves, it was impossible to imagine how hard the life of this poor child must be. Yet again, in the process of rendering our services, a child of about 10 years of age awoke from his sleep with the chattering sounds of the other children and their mothers in the ward, by our presence. The child could not swallow his saliva as normally as we can, but uses a large bowl to do so, as though it were a water tape running continuously. In doing do, the child turned towards us, as if watching with a keen eye and taking note of all that was happening around us. Many patients in bed with illnesses we have never heard of made us realise how our few moments cherished the lives of those who need us the most in society.

What made our Sunday special was the successful activity that we were a part of and that we enjoyed to have carried out despite the circumstances of our everyday lives. To bring about life in the world of those who need our contributions, we make ourselves satisfied in a spiritual manner, we learnt. After having met the children, some of which who are still very young babies, we learn to be very appreciative to the world around us, live and enjoy each moment as though this moment will not return again, serve with an intention of bringing light to the lives of other people and create awareness in them that they are cared about in the society of both the rich and the poor, serve with a smile and not with the feeling of disgust and arrogance. Being a part of the Lions Club, Dar-es-Salaam has instilled in us a great sense of motivation. "You are not the momentary whim of a careless creator experimenting in the laboratory of life. You were made with a purpose" Og Mandino. Apart from all the purposes and priorities in life, one of our aims is to provide services, just as the motto of the Lions Club states, "We serve"

Thanks

Prospective Lion Mumtaaz

PEACE POSTER BY DAR MZIZIMA CLUB - DISTRICT RECORD OF 8 SCHOOLS

Lions club of Dar es Salaam, Mzizima organised a Peace Poster Contest with the able expertise of the Club Convenor Lion Seifi Nagri. The Mzizima Lions brought together 8 schools and spent time with their teachers to advise them on the 

Contest regulations and above all the robust theme of "Children Know Peace." 

As rightfully pointed out by Lion Seifi, "it's the promotion of art in schools and spreading of peace that matters most."

The following schools participated:

 1. Heritage Eng Medium Primary School

 2. Bahari Primary School

 3. Genesis Primary School

 4. Kimwani Primary School Chanika

 5. Dar Independent School

 6. Academic International

 7. Kibangu primary School

 8. Usambara Primary School

The students form the above schools contested on 22nd of September 2011 at Academic International School. Club members witnessed the occasion.

The judges appointed to qualify presentation and oversee winners were Mr. Ernest Mtaya and Mr. Frank Yutaro, both professional art teachers. 

The presentation took place at Alliance Francaise on 8th October. 12 Lions from Mzizima participated and awarded the winners with various prizes. All participants were also awarded with a token prize. 

Mzizima Lions spent a total of 36 hours during the event and spent 1,000,000 TShs.

Report by Lion Mustafa Kudrati

Secretary Mzizima Club

  

THE ARTWORK:

CHARITY WALK TO MARK WSD BY MWANZA VALENTINES

Dear Lions and Friends Greetings,

LIONS CLUB OF MWANZA VALENTINE organized a CHARITY WALK on 9^th October 2011 to commemorate WORLD SERVICE DAY. The Success of this walk was because of the efforts of Valentine members and their sponsors.

The Walk commenced from Mwanza Sports club at 8.00 a.m. and covered a distance of about 2KM.  More than 80 people walked and graced the event. Chief guest of the Event Lion Pravin Shah, RC Lion Jashmina Mistry, ZC Lion Jagdish Mehta, District Officers, Senior Lions, Leos, Rotarians, School Teachers, Students, Children and Babies participated enthusiastically in this event along with members of Lions Club of Mwanza Valentine.

By picking the plastics and litter which was thrown on the road Valentines showed a message to the public to Keep the City Clean.

After this Charity Walk, Chief Guest, RC, ZC, District Officers, Guests and members planted various varieties of fruit plants. 

We are very thankful to the 2 media Channels Barmedas TV and Mwanza Satellite for covering and telecasting the entire activities of the day.

I sincerely thank all the sponsors for their earnest contributions. A good part of the fund raised  will be used for Cataract operations for the needy.

Finally I would like to say that we could not do what we do without the donors. We and those “We Serve” will deeply appreciate all the donors’ generosity.

Thanks and Regards

Lion Pushpa Shekar

Club President

Lions Club of Mwanza Valentine

WHO PAYS

WORLD SERVICE DAY AT MUHIMBILI HOSPITAL BY DAR LION FRATERNITY

Dear Club Leaders & Fellow Lions in the fraternity

RE:  We Did it

  

I am extremely grateful to all Lions for successfully participating at the 8th Oct Lions World Service Day.

The event organized jointly by the clubs in the Region A in the fraternity of Dar es salaam on 9th Oct at Muhimbili National Hospital saw distribution of items like juices, cakes, bread, biscuits, fresh fruits, sweets, clothes, body lotions etc to more than 1800 patients  with participation of 92 Lions and volunteers. The 92 Lions with their families and friends  did not only give services  but provided spirit of joy, fellowship and satisfaction.

The Unity and fellowship shown in this event will encourage the clubs in Zone 1 & 2 to organize more such events that utilize the able guidance from the District convenors and chairperson at all times. The guidance and leadership shown by the District Convenor Lion Talib Yusufali and District Chairperson Lion Natu Bhardvaj needs salutation and recognition. This has set an example for other district officers to emulate.

The presence of leaders including 2nd Vice District Govenor, Past District Governors, Region Chairperson Region B,  Zone Chairpersons and District officers at the event was a great encouragement.  A very big ASANTE SANA  to them from the fraternity.

I also wish to thank and congratulate  all the club leaders and members in Region A for a remarkable activity with anticipation  for same spirit for the cause of  'WE SERVE" , 

With heartiest Congratulations to all. 

Lion Hyderali. Gangji

Region Chairperson, Region A

NEW CLUB IN THE OFFING PARTICIPATES DURING WORLD SERVICE DAY AT MUHIMBILI HOSPITAL

Ms. Mumtaz and her fellow friends joined Lions Club fraternity on Sunday the 9th of October 2011 at Muhimbili Hospital to carry out service for the needy, She said that they were looking forward to become a fully fledged LIONS CLUB OF DAR ES SALAAM INNOVATIONS.

They ardently distributed clothes and sweets, at the Children's Ward, to about 240 children who were suffering from various illness including severe burns. Their contribution to the activity amounted to 750,000TShs.

They also participated in putting together various packets of gifts that were brought by fraternity Lions. Their gesture and diligence has indeed created a remarkable memory for the  services rendered. 

The Lions are proud of you all and welcome you to join the den at the very earliest.

GRAND BANQUET IN HONOUR OF INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT LION DR. WING-KUN TAM

A Grand banquet has been organized in honour of our International President &

Honorary Counselor of Kenya to Hong-Kong & Macau, Lion Dr. Wing-Kun Tam

in Mombasa.

The Banquet Details are as:

    Day & Date: Friday 21^st October 2011

    Time: 7.30pm – 8.00pm SHARP

    Venue: Whitesands “Baraza” Banquet Hall

    Dress: Strictly Formal

    Charges: Kshs: 1400/-

    Entertainment: Performance by “Fun A Team”

Entry will be by CARD ONLY 

Dr. Tam arrives in Mombasa on Thursday 20^th October in morning with his

International Team and other dignitaries from our District.

Lion Members wishing to join our International President for his visit to Coast

are most welcome. We have arranged accommodations at the Sarova Whitesands Beach Resort & Spa. The rates are as under:-

Ø Single Standard Room : Kshs: 9000/-

Ø Single Sea Front Room : Kshs: 11,500/-

Ø Single Palm Room: Kshs: 12,000/-

All the above rates are on Half Board basis.

Accommodation will be done on first come first serve basis due to high

Tourist season. For Banquet cards and accommodation please contact tamer of the organizing committee and his co-convener:

1.     Lion Zainul Dar: gigi@africaonline.co.ke - +254-725-931007

2.     Lion Harshad: harshad.galoria@finabank.com - +254-723-709324

Dear members, Mombasa Lions requests you once again to come and join them

for a fellowship and experience the warm hospitality of “MOMBASA RAHA”.

Please confirm your attendance latest by 18^th October 2011 to make adequate

arrangements.

Yours Sincerely in Lionism.

Lion Tasneem Dar

Cabinet Secretary.