Rotary International District 9100

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Rotary International District 9100

• GROUP STUDY EXCHANGE - 2003
• - GHANA, TOGO BENIN -
• to District 5960

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Ernest Fianko ODAME-ADAMS

• Co-Owner/ Director of Sonic Control Engineering
  Services Limited
• Engineer
• 61 years Old
• Married
• FIVE Children
• FOUR Grand Children

• Rotarian since 1981
• PRESIDENT in 1988/89
• Governors Representative
• CHAIRMAN, District Assembly and Conference
  Planning Committee
• Asst. GOVERNOR 2002/03
• PAUL HARRIS FELLOW

Ghana
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Benin
Ghana
Seth Kwesi YEBOAH
Dr. Francine AMETONOU
THE TEAM
Dr. Denke-DENKE
Theresa SEKOH
Ghana
Republic of TOGO
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Ernest Fianko ODAME-ADAMS
The Odame-Adams Family
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MAP of AFRICA
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MAP of AFRICA showing WEST AFRICA
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Brief History of ROTARY IN AFRICA

• 1921 - First Club Chartered in Apartheid South
  Africa
• i.e. 16 years after PAUL P. HARRIS had founded
  Rotary
• European Settlers must have made this possible
• 1921 - 1939 Eight more African Countries
  received Rotary

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Brief History of ROTARY IN AFRICA- the next EIGHT

• COUNTRY YEAR
• Egypt 1928
• Morocco 1929
• Algeria 1929
• Zimbabwe 1929

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Brief History of ROTARY IN AFRICA- the next EIGHT
Continued

• COUNTRY YEAR
• Kenya 1930
• Tunisia 1935
• Sudan 1937
• Senegal 1939

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History of ROTARY IN WEST AFRICA
There was a lull for 17 years, before
Rotary Clubs in,

• Cote D Ivoire - Chartered 1956
• Cameroun - 1957
• Ghana - 1958 (post Colonial era)

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History of ROTARY IN WEST AFRICA
Rotary Club of Accra

• Sponsored other Clubs outside Ghana-
• Rotary Club of Kano
• Rotary Club of Lagos
• Rotary Club of Ibadan
• Rotary Club of Lome, Togo

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History of ROTARY IN WEST AFRICA
Growth Dev. of Rotary in West Africa
R. I. PRESIDENT-ELECT JONATHAN MAJIYAGBE

• Was District Governor of this District at one time

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District 9100
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14 COUNTRIES FORM DISTRICT 9100

• COUNTRY LANGUAGE YEAR CLUBS MEMBERSHIP
• Senegal French 1939 7 221
• Cote DIvoire French 1956 18 372
• Ghana English 1958 17 539
• Mali French 1961 3 121
• Sierra Leone English 1963 2 57
• Liberia English 1964 1 36
• Benin French 1965 6 197
• Niger French 1967 2 57
• Togo French 1968 8 222
• The Gambia English 1978 2 55
• Burkina Faso French 1984 7 181
• Guinea Conakry French 1985 2 52
• Cape Verde Portuguese 1992 3 79
• Guinea Bissau Portuguese 1992 1 17

77 Clubs 2206 Members 700 Paul Harris Fellows
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DISTRICT 9100
DISTRICT PROJECTS

• Championed the POLIO ERADICATION programme
• MALARIA PREVENTION - 2002-03 Rotary year - So far
  50,000 Impregnated Treated Nets (ITN) distributed
  in 10 of the 14 Countries
• HIV/AIDS Education Programmes have been discussed
  at District Conferences and most Clubs have
  adopted this for their programmes

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ROTARY in GHANA
PROJECTS
Rotary Continues to impact positively in Ghana

• Donated Dental Equipment worth 1.0 million to
  the University of Ghana Medical School
• Donated Kidney Dialysis Machines and Computers to
  leading Hospitals
• A Rotarian, Professor Mastaldi, a renowned
  Plastic Surgeon, from the U.K., was in Ghana for
  several years to help set-up, train and start the
  unit.

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ROTARY in GHANA
PROJECTS
Rotary Continues to impact positively in Ghana

• Reconstructive Plastic Surgery and Burns Unit was
  built for the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in
  Accra. Funded through R.I. Funds contributions
  from some Clubs in the United Kingdom.

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ROTARY in GHANA
PROJECTS
Rotary Continues to impact positively in Ghana

• Hundreds of bore Holes to provide clean drinking
  water for rural communities - with Matching
  Grants from Clubs in the US UK.
• Coordinated all N.I.D.s throughout the
  immunisation programme
• Distributed 480 wheelchairs donated by The
  Wheelchair Foundation to the needy - 280 more
  expected

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ROTARY CLUB OF TEMA. GHANA
CLUB HISTORY

• Chartered October 1964

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ROTARY CLUB OF TEMA. GHANA
CLUB PROJECTS

• Medical Outreach programme for the Kpone fishing
  village for six days a week for two years - with
  Member Doctors
• Helped build a Clinic for the Kpone community
• Dental and other equipment later provided by a
  Canadian Club

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ROTARY CLUB OF TEMA. GHANA
CLUB PROJECTS

• Books Distribution Project - since 1996 With the
  Brothers Brother Foundation of Pittsburgh, USA,
  distribute new books from various publishing
  firms in the US to Institutions - Basic Schools
  to Universities and Public Libraries -

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ROTARY CLUB OF TEMA. GHANA
CLUB PROJECTS
- Books Distribution Project -
Books Distribution Ceremony
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ROTARY CLUB OF TEMA. GHANA
CLUB PROJECTS

• Has built the Tema Rotary Club Centre -
  Comprising a Community Library, a 400 seating
  capacity Hall and Five Classroom Block for the
  training of the Physically challenged - project
  about 70 complete

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ROTARY CLUB OF TEMA. GHANA
CLUB PROJECTS
Tema Rotary Club Centre - Frontage with Bust of
Paul Harris
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ROTARY CLUB OF TEMA. GHANA
CLUB PROJECTS

• Five Classroom Block for the training of the
  Physically challenged -

Classroom Area - Wide View
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ROTARY CLUB OF TEMA. GHANA
CLUB PROJECTS
Tema Rotary Club Centre - Community Library

• Funded with RI Matching Grants and funds from
  Clubs in UK, Germany and Belgium

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ROTARY CLUB OF TEMA. GHANA
CLUB PROJECTS
Tema Rotary Club Centre - Community Library
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ROTARY CLUB OF TEMA. GHANA
CLUB PROJECTS
Medical Outreach programme - Oral Health
General Screening -
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ROTARY CLUB OF TEMA. GHANA
CLUB PROJECTS
Medical Outreach programme - Oral Health
General Screening -