The meeting was highlighted by a vocational talk from Rotarian Margaret “Margie” Grainger, she talked about how she was confronted with people in need during her stay in Thailand, and how she sold all her belongings to start the ‘Hand2Hand Foundation’. She also explained our club’s ongoing projects: ‘Dreambox Project’, ‘Collection Containers Of Used Clothes’ and ‘The Eyeglass Project’.
Other highlights from the meeting included:
Rotarian Alexandra gave an update on the ‘Live Love’ workshops for social workers at the Human Help Network’. Rotarian Trevor gave a report from the T-shirt sales at the 3350 District Conference. Rotarian Udo Schrieber of the Rotary Club of Nongkhem visited, as did the following non-Rotary members: Aharon Cohen with wife, Naresh Chander, Deo Kumar Singh, Nnamdi Samuels, and Rotarians Mary Kelly and Tong Feng. President Niels Colov explained the Attendance rules of Rotary and also presented Membership Certificates to Rotarians Jahangir and Harjeet. The next meeting will be on Monday 4. April, 18.30 pm and will have an interesting guest speaker Khun Saranporn “Ta” Taweemongkonchai talking about the ‘Children of the Forrest’ project on the border between Thailand and Myanmar.