District Governor Grant Daly delivers his speech during his recent visit at the Benoni Country Club. Members of the Rotary clubs of Benoni, Benoni Van Ryn, Benoni Aurora, Boksburg and Boksburg Lake were present.
The visit by Grant Daly (DG) and his wife, Nadine (DG Ann), was hosted by the Rotary Club of Benoni, at the Benoni Country Club.
Members of the Rotary clubs of Benoni, Benoni Van Ryn, Benoni Aurora, Boksburg and Boksburg Lake were present.
Daly touched on several subjects pertaining to the international organisation.
“Membership in the district has declined; to counter this, we have to look at the social health of our clubs and we need new clubs in areas where Rotary is not represented,” Daly said.
“We have to embrace programmes aimed at bringing more youth into Rotary.
“Additionally, we have to develop leaders within our clubs, in order to remain dynamic.”
Dubretha Oosthuizen (left) and Gail Wilson from the Rotary Club of Benoni Aurora.
Pam Daniell (left) and Joyce Hogg, from the Boksburg Lake Rotary Anns.
Gale (left) and Alfie Moffatt, from the Rotary Club of Benoni Aurora, are seen with Margeret Pappas (Rotary Club of Benoni).
Gwyn Westcott (left) and Angela Norris, from the Rotary Club of Benoni Aurora, with Elaine Stathacopoulos (Boksburg Lake Rotary Anns).
Adele Lockyer (left) with Ian (president) and Charmaine Williams, from the Rotary Club of Benoni.
Sharol and Rajen Naidoo. Sharol is one of two people who were newly inducted into the Rotary Club of Benoni on the night.
Heidi Tucker (left, Rotary Club of Benoni Aurora president), with Noel (Rotary Club of Boksburg president) and Sherryl Wauchope.
Sylvia Knoop (left), Frank Capcan and Angelique Kotze. Kotze is one of three people who were inducted into the Rotary Club of Benoni Aurora on the night.
Sandra and Deon Roberts. Deon is one of two people to be newly inducted into the Rotary Club of Benoni on the night.
Kelvin and Noleen Morton.
Michele Choromanski (left), Nicky Savvides (Rotary Club of Boksburg Lake president), Elsa Venter and Joy Savvides.
Sylvia Knoop (left) and Heidi Tucker (president), from the Rotary Club of Benoni Aurora, are seen with Linda Stokes and Lynda Milligan van Eeden, from the Rotary Club of Boksburg Lake.
Ray and Sonia Booth, with Grace van Zyl (past president), from the Rotary Club of Benoni Aurora.
Ronel Davidson (left) and Pamela Hull, from the Rotary Club of Benoni Aurora.
Uwe Fischer (left) and Martin Westcott, from the Rotary Club of Benoni Aurora. Fischer is often involved with Aurora, but is from Germany and belongs to a Rotary club called Schwäbischer Barockwinkel Thannhausen.
Members of the Willowmoore High School Interact Club, a subsidiary of the Rotary Club of Benoni, were also present on the night. Seen here are: Nerissa Muthayan (left, president) and Radhiyyah Lorgat (board member).
Noleen Morton (left) and Sandra Roberts.
Angelique Kotze and Frank Capcan. Kotze is one of three people who were inducted into the Rotary Club of Benoni Aurora on the night.
Cheryl Gallagher (left, Rotary Club of Benoni Van Ryn president) and Cheryl Jennings.
Three members of the Rotary Club of Benoni Aurora’s Rotaract club were inducted into Aurora. They are the first three in the district to carry dual membership, as they will remain involved with Rotaract. Seen here are (from left): Grant Daly (District Governor), Robyn Begemann (inductee), Sylvia Knoop, Angelique Kotze (inductee), Heidi Tucker (Rotary Club of Benoni Aurora president), Nikita Caloca (inductee) and Grace van Zyl (Rotary Club of Benoni Aurora past president).
Nikita Colaco (left), Catarina dos Santos and Morgan Darmbrough, from the Rotary Club of Benoni Aurora’s Rotaract Club. Colaco was newly inducted as a member of the Rotary Club of Benoni Aurora on the night.
Deon Roberts (left) and Dr Yves Mutiri. Roberts is one of two people who were inducted into the Rotary Club of Benoni on the night.
Nadine (District Governor Ann) and Grant Daly (District Governor).
The Rotary Club of Benoni inducted two new members on the night. Seen here are (from left): Ian Williams (president), Deon Roberts (inductee), Grant Daly (District Governor) and Sharol Naidoo (inductee).
Russell Whitburn (left) and Brian Ancient, from the Rotary Club of Benoni Van Ryn.
Daly announced that the eradication of polio, a global project spearheaded by the World Health Organization (WHO), Rotary International, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), is nearing completion.
He further elaborated on the relevance of six areas on which Rotary must focus:
•Providing clean water and sanitation across the world
•Promoting peace in war zones: “Which we see in South Africa in the shape of university protests and service delivery issues”
•Strengthening communities through basic education
•Ensuring the health of mothers and children, especially during and after pregnancy
•Fighting diseases, such as HIV/Aids and tuberculosis
•Growing local economies in poverty-stricken areas.
In addition to Daly’s visit, the Rotary clubs of Benoni and Benoni Aurora inducted two and three new members, respectively.
