Maternal and Child Health Month

Welcome to the Global Kalinga e-Rotary Club for the week of Sunday, April 3 through Saturday April 9, 2016. We are an Internet based Rotary Club based in Quezon City, Philippines with core groups of members in Southern California and elsewhere. We serve our local and nearby communities as well as projects in the Philippines.

Inspiration

“Don’t eat anything your great-great grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food. There are a great many food-like items in the supermarket your ancestors wouldn’t recognize as food.. stay away from these” ~ Michael Pollan, an American author, journalist, activist, and professor of journalism at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.

Rotary 4-Way Test

Of the things we think, say or do: 1. Is it the TRUTH? 2. Is it FAIR to all concerned? 3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? 4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?”

By building your team's self-esteem and encouraging them, the entire team becomes stronger.

Sing-Along Song—Hallelujah

Take your time and sing-along (wherever you may be). "Hallelujah" was originally composed by singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen and released in 1984. Still living, he is a musician from Canada, who is known for richly structured, soulful, poetic songs exploring the depths of despair, broken love, and politics - all of which often laced with religious imagery drawn from his Jewish background.

The song as Cohen wrote it is rich with references to Jewish Scriptures, combining references to King David and Samson and their tragic romances. The song’s meaning is vague, and numerous interpretations have been garnered. It speaks of spoiled love and has a myriad of religious, romantic, and psychological dimensions. Its breathtaking beauty is unquestionable. Source: http://hubpages.com/entertainment/The-Origin-and-History-of-the-Song-Hallelujah

Fine Master

Traditionally, Rotary clubs have Fine Masters who are responsible for collecting fines/happy dollars. The clipart to your left is our e-club Fine Master. Do you have happy dollars, a birthday, an anniversary, a promotion, opening a new business, new car, new child, new grandchild, etc. Please feel free (and perhaps obligated) to click on our Rotary FineMaster button to your right.

The minimum fine is $3.00 to ensure a sufficient amount to take care of the PayPal fee. The purpose of the fines can be viewed by clicking on [View Fines/Happy Dollars] from the [Weekly Meetings] main menu

Program—Maternal and Child Health Month

April is Rotary's new Maternal and Child Health Month.

Rotarians improve access to essential medical services for mothers and their children. These efforts are aimed at reducing the number of children under age five who die each year because of malnutrition, inadequate health care, and poor sanitation – a figure that is currently estimated at 7 million.

According to another estimate, more than 80 percent of maternal deaths can be prevented with access to reproductive health services and trained health care workers. Our members provide education, immunizations, birthing kits, and mobile health clinics to support these causes. Women are taught how to prevent mother-to-infant HIV transmission, how to breast-feed, and how to protect themselves and their children from disease.

​We have two videos. The first is Rotary Int. Projekt Improvement of Maternal Health/Fistula, providing safe motherhood in northern Nigeria. The project is run by Nigerian, German and Austrian Rotarians.

The second is Doing the Right Thing. Doing the Right Thing showcases USAID's efforts to reduce the impact of the disposal of expired or damaged contraceptive commodities on the environment and communities. Previously, such commodities were disposed of by burning in an open area. Through the Ghar Ghar Maa Swasthya project, USAID supported a local healthcare waste management agency, Health Care Management Foundation -- Nepal (HECAF) to undertake a one-time disposal of expired or damaged public health commodities including condoms, oral contraceptive pills and injectable contraceptives. In order to minimize the environmental impact of this disposal, HECAF used a 'no-burn' approach following guidelines developed by the World Health Organization (WHO). Non-hazardous waste (e.g., condoms and packaging materials) was recycled. For hazardous waste such as oral contraceptive pills and injectable contraceptives, HECAF followed the WHO protocols for encapsulation in order to reduce the likelihood of the waste contaminating the environment.

Club Business

Remember our monthly meeting on April 17 from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. at Harbor Prime, 1300 S. Harbor (at Orangethorpe), Fullerton.

Be sure you review the Bylaws for our e-club. We need to approve it by our meeting on April 17.

Finally, is anyone interested in going to Pechanga Casino bus trip?