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Shefali Mehta QSM, BEM & JP and Interplast

Last week we were privileged to have Shefali update us on Interplast in Asia Pacific; she is an absolutely amazing woman with a huge heart and a work rate to match and as I said in my introduction she is a Rotarian Pocket Rocket! After migrating to New Zealand in 1997, Shefali joined Auckland Harbourside the following year and the Club hasn’t been the same since. She has served on many committees and when President in 2012-13, the Club raising $107,000.00 for Starship and Auckland Medical Research. She is hugely active in the wider community and was awarded a Queens Service Medal in 2016 for services to the Indian Community along with everyday activities as a JP and Deputy Chair for Global India New Zealand.

Rotary Foundation Newsletter

Hola from Cass

This month has come with changes, new perspectives, positives and negatives, pros and cons, decisions and growth. I feel as if I continue to grow month to month and even week to week.

I changed families this month and am now in my third and final family. This has bought all sorts of emotions. I’ve moved in with the family of one of my really good friends from school, Josefina, into her apartment. I now live two blocks from school so can have a decent sleep before school. I also know I’m very adjusted to living here, because if I don’t feel like putting on shoes I’ll just walk to school in my crocs and socks! In the family there are the two parents and an older sister who’s 24. Straight away I felt very comfortable in the house and in this family and I have things I didn’t even know I was missing. They say “I love you” to each other all the time, and the energy and love in the house is so warm and it is refreshing to be a part of. With my host sister Jose, it’s working really well as we have different groups of friends and also friends in common, which means we don’t spend TOO much time with each other. We’ve written a list of things we want to do together in Cordoba, and the family are taking me to the mountains next weekend.

Digital Light it up for Polio

Posted by George Wilson

A group of Dedicated Rotarians met at Aotea Square in the City to support the live screening of a" Digital Light Up For Polio “which screened at 11.00 am last Saturday 16th November. The film covered off the 5 Reasons why we need to rid the World of this dreadfully debilitating disease and one if it came back in force like the Measles has could cause a major world health disaster.

District Corner - The Allied Health Training Activity

The Allied Health Training activity to be held in Kiribati during May 2020 (dates to be confirmed) will run alongside a surgical team visit who are travelling to Kiribati through the generous support of another donor. This will be the second allied health training activity to Kiribati following an inaugural visit in May 2019. The program will be delivered at the Tungaru Central Hospital in Tarawa, Kiribati.