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The Dove

fficers and Committee ChairsY 2015-16

NGELITA E. CASTROesident

P MARCIA C. SALVADOR

ecretaryA PERPETUAL RIVERAeasurer and President-ElectAROLINE K. BARCINALuditor

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PP Eui Bong JUNG, OMD teracy PP ARMELIA O. BAGAIN

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outh Servicehair PP MARCIA C. SALVADOR

FERNANDO M. DELGRA, JR. ocational Servicehair PP EUI BONG JUNG, OMD ternational Understandinghair PP EUI BONG JUNG, OMD

IN IL “David” KIM he Rotary Foundationhair PP EUI BONG JUNG, OMD

CP LEONIDES S. RESPICIO ublic Imagehair IPP MARITES L. NEPOMUCENO

und Generationhair IPP MARITES L. NEPOMUCENO

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portshair IN IL “David” KIM

PP PEDRITO M. CONDENO pecial Projectseace & Conflict Resolutionhair CP LEONIDES S. RESPICIO

FERDINAND VALBUENA CC in Dona Juana Elementary Schoolhair IPP MARITES L. NEPOMUCENO

FERNANDO M. DELGRA, JR.nd-TB in Quezon Cityhair PP MARCIA C. SALVADOR

PP EUI BONG JUNG, OMD ANGELITA E. CASTRO

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O f f i c i a l e - N e w s l e t t e r o f t h e R o t a r y C l u b o f H o l y S p i r i t

26 January 2016 Rotary Club of Holy Spirit Club No. 69935 RI District 3780 Philippines Vol. VIII No. 29

Congratulations to Emelinda Palattao, past presdent of Holy Spirit, who has been honoured by

Rotary for Vocational Service Excellence

PP Linda Palattao receives the D3780 2016 Paul Harris Vocational Excellence Award trophy of re

nition from District Governor Rey David on stage. Justice Rodolfo Palattao, PDG Dan Espinosa, WAngel Castro and three RCHS officers PP Beth Sy, PP Marites Nepomuceno and PE Peth Ri

(standing partly hidden behind them) witness the event. Rtn Percy Zabala took pictures of the eve

Congratulations to our awardees!

Rotary International District 3780, incelebration of 2016 Vocational Ser- vice Month, honoured and recognized last January 23rd twenty-fiveawardees for having used and stillusing their expertise, experience and

resources to help the needy and less

privileged, and at the same time,lowing high ethical standards in exercise of their business and prosions.

Statement from PDS Mar ReyOverall Chairman of The 2016 GoWheel Awards Night

Let’s all help curb Global Warming

From FB post by DS Arnel Abrenica. Tha

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Rotary Golden Wheel Vo-cational Service Awardees

. Atty. Darlene Marie B. Berberabe -

Government Corporate Finance RC Dili-

man Heights &

RC South Triangle

. Lt. Gen. Jeffrey F. Delgado, AFP -ational Defense & Security RC Camp

guinaldo

. Dr. James Go Dy - Business & Medi-

al Tourism RC Araneta

. Dr. Florimond A. Garcia - Health &

urgery RC Timog

. Robina Gokongwei-Pe - Trade &

ndustry RC Diliman Heights

. P/Director Gen. Ricardo C. Marquez -

ublic Order & Safety RC Camp Crame

. Isabelita P. Mercado - Environment –

Renewal Energy & Waste Management

RC QC

. Maria Benita Ochoa Regala - Archi-

ecture & Design RC Biak na Bato

. Jose Luis M. Oquiῆena - Community

evelopment RC Kagitingang Cubao

0. Atty. Teodoro C. Pascua Education –

echnical Vocational RC Loyola Heights

1. Piolo Jose Nonato Pascual

Culture & Arts RC Bagong Si-

angan

2. Antonio M. Tuviera - Enter-

ainment Production RC SFDM

Paul Harris Vocation

Excellence Awardee1. PP Benjamin Tan Alonzo - C

metic Surgery RC Timog

2. DGN Nestor T. Borromeo - M

agement Consultancy RC New M

East

3. PP Rene M. Cantos - Tradin

Timog

4. PP Paul Angel J. Galang - A

tecture RC Loyola Heights

5. PP Bernadette Herrera-Dy -

munity Service RC South Triang

6. PDG Hermogenes D. Jarin -

pital Administration RC Diliman

7. PP Nicanor F. Jorge - Sports

Cubao

8. PDG Mario R. Nery - Human

ian Works RC New Manila Heigh

9. PP Daniel A. Ongchoco - Ed

tion – Information Technology RNew Manila Heights

10. IPDG Samuel D. Pagdilao, J

Peace & Order RC New Manila E

11. PP Emelinda C. Palattao -

School Administration RC Holy S

12. PDS Pastor M. Reyes, Jr . -

gal Practice RC SFDM

13. Rtn. Juan P. Sanchez, Jr . -

Medical Practice RC SFDM

Congratulations to the 2016 Vocational Service Excellence Awardees

From FB post by DS Arnel Abrenica. Thanks.

From FB post by PDG Sam Pagdilao. Thanks

From FB post by PP Bernadette Herrera-Dy. Thanks.


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RC Holy Spirit presence at the D3780 2016 Rotary Golden Wheel Awards Nigh


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19 Jan 2016. Environmentalist inspires Holy Spirit to care for anprotect trees and make them important landmarks

To support the environment protection cause espoused by the club, RCHS invitedMr Caloy Gubat, former Technical Di-rector at the Department of Environ-ment and Natural Resources (DENR)

and presently Lay Coordinator, Envi-ronmental Protection Program of Cari-tas Novalicihes, as guest speaker atthe club meeting last 19 January 2016.

Mr Gubat presented DENR’s HeritageTree Program which aims not only topreserve and conserve indigenous/endemic trees but also to involve theparticipation of the community andother stakeholders in the caring andprotection of the identified HeritageTree. According to Mr Gubat, a heri-tage tree is any healthy native or en-demic, exotic, rare, threatened and en-dangered tree with a minimum girth(circumference) of 100 cm. Initiallyidentified as a potential Heritage Treeis the decades-old acacia tree at theDon Antonio Heights park, and possibly the tall trees lining Holy Spirit Drive.

Further study will be made on the adoption and implementation of the Heritage Tree Program by RCHSWhen implemented, the program will be another opportunity for promoting the public image of Rotary .

This acacia tree, estimated to be over 50 years old, is a distinctive feature of theDon Antonio Heights park located a few meters away from the Don Antonio Heightsclubhouse where RC Holy Spirit meets regularly every Tuesday at 7:00 PM.


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26 January 2016 27th Meeting - Fellowship Night

4 Burgers Café, Holy Spirit Drive

7:00 – 8:00 Assembly & Dinner8:00 PM

Congratulations to PP Linda Palattao for Paul Harris VocationaService Excellence Award for school administration.

Quick updates

Global Grant Human Milk Bank Update. Care seekers program - new activities

Annual Checkmate tournament update

D3780 TB testing January 31, 9am at Don Vicente St.

RCC organizational meeting at DJES on January 30, 1 pm

Oriental medical mission Payatas February

RCHS Rotarians and Korean volunteers led by PP Dr Bong to visit &provide Oriental medical service and disaster relief goods for resi-

dents of Mangyan community in Baco, Mindoro Oriental Feb 24-25. Annual Medical & Dental Mission sponsored by SM Founda-

tion on March 12

Prospective sister club agreement with RC Makati - Century CityD3830

Announcements

MidCon at Fontana at Clark on Feb 5-7

Discon on April 14-16 , Baguio City

ROTCEN clinic is open every Thursday 1-3pm

Fellowship

ROTARY CLUB OF HOLY SPIRIT

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THE DOVE of RC Holy Spirit D3780

19 January 2016The Rotarian February 2016

SELECTED ONLINE PUBLICATIONS FOR ROTARIANS Click front page to view contents

ROTARY LEADER

January 2016

A little history . . .THE FIRST VOCATIONAL EXCELLERECOGNITION PROGRAM IN D3780 WAS CONCEPT ALIZED AND INPLEMENTED IN 2011 DURING THE TEOF DG JESS CIFRA & SILVER PRESIDENTS. (Click onimage to the read the story, original concept behind, andlist of 14 eminent awardees.)

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Rotary’s founder, Paul Harris, believed that serv-ing humanity is ―the most worthwhile thing a per-son can do,‖ RI President-elect John F. Germsaid, and that being a part of Rotary is a ―great op-

portunity‖ to make that happen.

Germ unveiled the 2016-17 presidentialtheme, Rotary Serving Humanity , to incoming dis-trict governors on 18 January at the International

Assembly in San Diego, California, USA.

―I believe everyonerecognizes the oppor-tunity to serve Rotaryfor what it truly is: not

a small opportunity,but a great one; anopportunity of a life-time to change theworld for the better,forever through Ro-tary’s service to hu-manity,‖ said Germ.

Rotary membersaround the globe are

serving humanity byproviding clean waterto underdeveloped communities, promoting peacein conflict areas, and strengthening communitiesthrough basic education and literacy. But nonemore important than our work to eradicate polioworldwide, he said.

After a historic year in which transmission of thewild poliovirus was stopped in Nigeria and all of

Africa, Germ said we are closer than ever to end-ing polio.

―We are at a crossroads in Rotary,‖ he added. ―Weare looking ahead at a year that may one day beknown as the greatest year in Rotary’s history: theyear that sees the world’s last case of polio.‖

Last year’s milestones leave just two countries, Afghanistan and Pakistan, where the virus still cir-culates. Polio would be only the second humandisease ever to be eradicated.

When that moment arrives, it’s ―tremendously im

portant‖ that Rotary is ready for it, said Germ. ―Wneed to be sure that we are recognized for thatsuccess, and leverage that success into morepartnerships, greater growth, and even more ambitious service in the decades to come.‖

Germ, a member of the Rotary Club of Chatta-nooga, Tennessee, USA, encouraged attendeesto return to their clubs and communities andspread the word about Rotary’s role in the fight foa polio-free world.

―People who want to do good will see that Rotaryis a place where they can change the world. EveRotary club needs to be ready to give them thatopportunity,‖ Germ said. Enhancing Rotary’s image isn’t the only way toboost membership. ―We need clubs that are flexible, so our service will be more attractive toyounger members, recent retirees, and workingpeople.‖

He added: ―We need more willing hands, morecaring hearts, and more bright minds to move ouwork forward.‖ —————————————-

Download 2016-17 theme logo & material

By Ryan HylandRotary News18-Jan-2016

Incoming Rotary International President John F. Germ announce

2016-17 presidential theme, Rotary Serving Humanity

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SELECTED SPEECHES DELIVERED AT THE 2016 INTERNATIONAL ASSEMBLY Click image to watch and be inspired by the eloquent speakers

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By Evan Burrell

The question we face almostfrom the time we are old enoughto talk is ―What do you want to

be when you grow up?‖

It’s a question most often put tous by our parents, teachers, andfriends. When we are young, weare content to keep our answerspretty vague or even whimsical.When I was 10, I wanted to be aCowboy Astronaut Zookeeper!!Sometimes I wish I was one, ifonly to see the look on the faceof Rotarians who ask me what

my vocation is.

The word ―vocation” gets bandied about quite a lot inRotary circles. When I saw the word for the first time insome dusty old Rotary manual, I thought to my-self “someone keeps misspelling vacation” !

Vocation really means “a calling,” a strong desire tospend your life doing a certain kind of work or occupa-tion.

Vacation and vocation don’t have to be that far apart if

you are doing what you love. Honestly, I think a lot ofpeople confuse the word vocation with what we actuallydo to earn a buck. But vocation really means ―a calling,‖a strong desire to spend your life doing a certain kind ofwork or occupation. In other words, spending your lifedoing what your mind and heart feel called to do.

When you’ve found your calling, you know it. You aredriven by a passion that fills your life with fulfillment andsatisfaction. And it’s that kind of passion that drives Ro-tary members to celebrate serving through their voca-tion.

Someone who has a gift for fing things and working with thhands might be passionate abobuilding. They might use th

vocation to build outdoor toilto improve hygiene in a thworld country with help from flow Rotary members and a grafrom the Rotary Foundation.

A person whose gifts are in etrepreneurship and who is pasionate about working at hommight use their vocation to d

velop web projects to assist dabled people in their local co

munity.

Whatever your vocation or true calling is, Rotary chelp you grow and develop as a person, and reach yofull potential.

Your unique gifts and talents can be applied to Rotaservice. And in Rotary, you can find opportunities thallow you to exercise your talents and use your capabties to the fullest extent possible.

Ultimately, whatever your vocation or true calling is, R

tary can help you grow and develop as a person, areach your full potential. And that is something wwould all like to accomplish, isn’t it?

About the author: Evan Burrell is a meber of the Rotary Club of Turramurra, NSouth Wales, Australia, and a formmember of Rotaract. He has been volved with Rotary since he was 18 aserved Rotaract in almost every capapossible before joining Rotary. He c

rently manages social media for Rotary Down Under , Rotary regional magazine of Australia.

What do we mean by vocation, anyway ?Posted by Rotary International on Rotary Voices, 14 January 2016

Obstetricians from England use their vocational skills to train medi-cal staff on emergency care for pregnant women and newborns aspart of a vocational training team to India in 2013 organized byDistricts 1120 and 3240.

This is the complete Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) revised fourth edition, as supplieelectronically by the US Dept. of Labor. Under each of nearly 1,000 occupational categories tinclude specialized fields of engineering, medicine & health, law & jurisprudence, education,agriculture, social sciences, religion & theology, for examples, there are Professional, Technic

and Managerial types of work in each of those fields.

In a typical size Philippine organization, there would be about 100 or more specific job titles.

We have found the DOT to be an indispensable reference for our practice in the field of compensation management at the Makati-based managementconsulting firm where the undersigned used to be connected as a principal.

Although all vocations and occupations are viewed as “useful” in Rotary, in all private and non-private organizations including conceivably the RI, somejobs are worth more than others as reflected in the differing compensation brackets for job holders. As a general practice, jobs and positions are first evaated and ranked according to content (Importance to the organization, difficulty, work conditions), then priced considering job market trends. Actual com

pensation received by employees holding similar jobs would vary according to seniority, performance and other personal factors. By RP Salvador, RC Holy S

January is Vocational Service Month in Rotary

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A radical approach: what leads people to join armed groups By Frank Bures, The Rotarian, February 2016

From the February 2016 issue of The Rotarian

There is a particular sound a gun makes when it‟s being shot at you. First you hearhe bullet break the sound barrier with a crack. Then you hear the bang of the gunbeing fired. That is the sound Rotary Peace Fellow Will Plowright heard while in thenorthern Syrian city of Aleppo in 2013. At the time, the city was divided among theSyrian government, the Free Syrian Army, the Islamic State, the Nusra Front, and a

ew al-Qaida members.

Plowright was in Aleppo to conduct interviews for his Ph.D. on armed groups andheir motives. He found some reliable handlers through journalist contacts and madehis way to the city. One day, his handlers drove him to old Aleppo, part of which wascontrolled by ISIS. There, Plowright sat in a local ISIS center, black flags hanging allaround, guns leaning against the walls. For several hours he talked with a com-mander, a tall, bearded, broad-shouldered man in his mid-30s. Together they sat onhe floor, drank tea, and ate small snacks. Occasionally the soldiers peppered himwith questions about his country, who he was, and what he was doing.

I met people who took up arms after their family had been killed or sometimes afterheircommunity had been attacked. One fighter in Syria told me that after his family waskilled in a bombing, he felt he had no choice but to join the nearest armed group,

since no one else was coming to help him,” Plowright says. “We think they‟re psy-chopaths, they‟re evil. But people in armed groups, they‟re still people, just in horri-bly, horribly abnormal situations.” For two weeks he made his way around the cityrom group to group, interviewing leaders of the Free Syrian Army, the Nusra Front,and the former Syrian Islamic Liberation Front before a fragile truce broke down, andhe sound of gunfire told him it was time to leave.

By the time he arrived in Syria, Plowright had been traveling for many years, eversince he finished high school and left Vancouver, B.C., where he grew up, to travelo England where his parents came from, then to Australia, and on to South Americaand Africa. “I realized that I was addicted to traveling,” he says. “But the kind ofraveling I was doing wasn‟t doing anything to address the suffering and poverty Isaw in those places. I wanted to keep traveling but also work in a way that wasactually productive for people other than myself.”

Plowright went back to school to study political science, then earned a master‟sdegree in conflict studies from the London School of Economics and Political Sci-ence. Meanwhile, he kept traveling and volunteering with organizations such as WarChild Holland and the Darfur Australia Network. He worked with former child soldiersn Uganda and on HIV/AIDS projects in Swaziland. In Peru, he helped set up aschool for street children run by Developing World Connections, a nongovernmentalorganization founded by several Rotarians.

As he learned to work in the field, Plowright became fascinated by what motivatedarmed groups, which became the focus of his doctoral work at the University ofBritish Columbia. Over the next few years, he started interviewing the leaders ofsuch groups about their use of child soldiers in Uganda, South Sudan, and otherplaces. In northern Myanmar, he spent several months talking to leaders of themany groups fighting the government: the United Wa State Army, the Shan State

Army, the Mon National Liberation Army, the Karen National Liberation Army, andothers.

One morning, Plowright arrived at an outpost perched on a mountainside deep in therain forest. Across the valley, the government troops were visible. When he walkednto the small bamboo structure and sat across from the commander of one groupighting the government, a six-pack of Heineken was put on the table in front of him.

I said, „No thanks. In my country we don‟t drink beer in the morning.‟ But I could tellmy translator didn‟t translate that. Then he said to me, „I think you should drink it.He‟s being very nice to you, because they don‟t even drink beer here. They drinkocal spirits. He went out of his way to get you beer. And it‟s not just him. The otherguys want to drink. You‟re the guest, and in their culture if you‟re not drinking thenhey can‟t drink, and this is their day off.‟”

So Plowright dutifully reached across the table, thanked the commander, cracked open his beer, and the interview began. As he listened to their side ofstory – the group was an ethnic minority persecuted by the government – he beto see the logic to it. “These meetings are interesting,” he says, “because you geunderstand people and why they are fighting. They might be doing something don‟t agree with, or that you might not do yourself, but when you hear their storyfind that they are often normal people.”

Back in Vancouver, as Plowright assembled his findings, one thing became c“Armed groups care very deeply about how they‟re portrayed and what people tof them internationally,” he says. “They want to be seen as legitimate. In terms ouse of child soldiers, many armed groups around the world take the issue serioand are trying to remove child soldiers from their ranks in order to increase tinternational legitimacy.”

Around the same time, Plowright learned of the Rotary Peace Fellowships andplied. He was accepted, and he spent three months in the summer of 2014 at Clalongkorn University in Bangkok, taking classes, meeting other fellows, and learabout peace initiatives across the world. “Being connected to the network of Rofellows is amazing,” he says. “Within your own group you get to meet some incrble people, but they also connect you to the network of all the Rotary Peace lows.”

Not long after leaving Bangkok, Plowright parlayed his NGO experience into a joDoctors Without Borders in Afghanistan, where he ran a training program at an 8person hospital in Helmand province. Last November, he returned to Chulalongfor the peace program‟s 10th anniversary. There, he spoke to other Rotary fellabout his research on what leads people to join armed groups.

“When you use a term like radicalization, it‟s connected to the idea of being brwashed, like someone else has tricked that person and made them think these cal, crazy things,” Plowright says. “But what usually happens is that the percomes to believe those things for reasons that from their point of view are prrational.”

In most conflicts, he says, it‟s rare to meet people who are forced to fight or who

fighting purely for material gain. That is why peace talks are so complicated: Tmust offer the different groups a space in which their grievances are addresSeeing things from the other side is key not only to researching conflicts, buending them as well. This is a line Plowright has walked often.

“It‟s a little nerve-wracking when you‟re interviewing people who others havecused of being war criminals,” he says. “But a lot of them have tragic stories. Solost their whole family to their government. It‟s hard to hear someone‟s story that, even if you don‟t support the group they‟re fighting for. They‟re still humThey still suffer. In a lot of ways that‟s the scarier part, because there aren‟t msters and bogeymen in the world. It‟s normal people who do these horrible things

By Frank BuresThe Rotarian1-Feb-2016

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Foundation honoree creates opportunities for the poorBy David Sweet, Rotary News, 8 January 2016

For her work to mitigate extreme poverty around the world,Susan Davis has received many honors. But the 2015-16 Ro-tary Foundation Global Alumni Service to Humanity Awardhas special significance.

―It feels like a circle of completion,‖ says Davis, who was aRotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholar in 1980-81, doinggraduate studies in international relations at Oxford Universityin England. ―Rotary invested in me when I was young, andnow is celebrating the harvest.‖

A decade ago, Davis co-founded BRAC USA to advance themission of BRAC -- Bangladesh Rehabilitation AssistanceCommittee -- the world's largest nongovernmental develop-ment organization, which was founded after Bangladesh’s

partition from Pakistan in the 1970s. The U.S. branch is dedi-cated to fighting poverty and to creating opportunities for thepoor in Africa and elsewhere.

Fulfilling that mission hasn’t been easy. Davis’ work has beendisrupted by floods, cyclones, earthquakes, and war. Evenworse was the sudden and deadly Ebola epidemic in 2014 inWest Africa.

―I wasn't sure how to protect our staff and clients and accom-pany these vulnerable communities out of this tragic situa-tion,‖ says Davis, who served as BRAC USA’s president andchief executive officer until her departure this month. She

quickly contacted Ebola experts and connected them withBRAC USA’s representatives in affected countries. ―I lostsleep and cried with each death,‖ she says.

Two of those deaths were particularly painful. Ophilia Dede, aBRAC credit officer in Liberia, and her husband succumbed tothe virus, leaving behind a little girl. Davis helped set up ascholarship fund for her education.

But she doesn’t allow such painful experiences to deter her.

―The urgency of the need and the tangible opportunitiesmake a difference keep me going,‖ she says. ―And I habeen blessed by seeing two big ideas — microfinance asocial entrepreneurship — take root globally.‖

From 1987 to 1991, Davis championed microfinance wh

working as a program officer with the Ford Foundation Bangladesh. She developed a consortium that raised $1million, increasing the availability of microloans in Bangdeshi villages to 44 percent from 5 percent, she says. Thoudebates endure over how much credit microfinance shoureceive for the country’s progress, conditions in Bangladehave improved significantly: According to The Economist, expectancy in the country rose from 59 to 69 during a 20-yespan ending in 2010.

Davis also is co-author, with journalist David Bornstein, of tbook ―Social Entrepreneurship: What Everyone Needs Know.‖ And she is involved with Ashoka, a nonprofit orgazation that supports social entrepreneurship; as a directshe oversaw its expansion to the Middle East, North Africand Central Asia.

A resident of New York City, Davis is widely recognized her work in the field of international development. She wappointed to the board of the United Nations Fund for Interntional Partnership in 2012, is a member of the Council on Feign Relations, and has served on the boards of the GrameFoundation, the Sirleaf Market Women's Fund, and the Acan Women's Development Fund USA.

Davis has come a long way from the small town in southweLouisiana, USA, where she grew up. The Rotary scholars

provided her first opportunity to live abroad. She believes thher Oxford experience allowed her to be taken seriously, acredits it with helping her land a job with the Ford Foundatio

Perhaps most importantly, says Davis, that Rotary-sponsoryear gave her an entirely new perspective on power and prlege.

―Oxford was larger than life in my imagination,‖ she reca―But when I became a part of Oxford and got to know tdons and the students, I realized that, whether rich or powe were all just human beings and all of us were vulneraband full of imperfections.‖

Davis will be honored at the Rotary International Conventiin Korea in June.

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Susan Davis shares a photo with school children in Pakistan. Davis co-foundedBRAC USA to advance the mission of BRAC -- Bangladesh RehabilitationAssistance Committee -- which is dedicated to fighting poverty.

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Need a great education project ?By Quintin Wodon, RC Capitol Hill and Lead Economist at the World Bank, 12 January 2016

Last month, I had the pleasure of serving as anessay judge for a great program that strength-ened the writing, research, and presentationskills of hundreds of high school seniors in theWashington D.C. area. The College and CareerSenior Challenge, organized by the non-profitOne World Education, is a great example of anon-profit working collaboratively with a publicschool district to achieve wonderful results forstudents. My club is thinking of putting togethera global grant to expand this project, and wouldove the support of additional clubs, so let meexplain how our effort works.

The essay competition at the Martin LutherKing Library was the culmination of an inten-sive two-month training program that involved all2,300 high school seniors in the D.C. school system. The

students were coached and led through exercises de-signed to improve their writing and research skills.Teachers selected two dozen finalists for the competi-tion. These were not necessarily the best students intheir schools, but those that had worked the hardest andshown the most improvement. You could feel the energyn the room as the students walked across the stage, oneby one, to make their presentations.

The students had exactly two and a half minutes to talkabout an issue they care about. They tried to convincetwo dozen judges of their particular point of view on the

ssue. The judges listened carefully, and rated presenta-tions on the quality of the student’s argument, the evi-dence they used to make their argument, the organiza-tion of their presentation, and their stage presence.

What’s great about One World Education and similarprograms is that they involve the community. The pro-gram is implemented in public and charter schools byteachers. But it also relies on volunteers to mentor stu-dents, serve as judges, or help wherever needed. Threeother members of my club helped, and our club and dis-trict provided the scholarships for the winners, with at

east one from each participating school.

Such programs are very much needed in Washington,D.C. Although the United States has had one of theworld’s most skilled workforces, there are concerns thats slipping. And the District of Columbia continually rankstoward the bottom of national assessments of educa-tional progress. There are many reasons for the weakperformance of students in D.C., not least of which ispoverty. But programs like this one are sending the mes-sage that we can do something to turn this around.

Does the program work? The available data sugg

that it does. An overwhelming majority of students ported improvements in terms of their ability to makclaim; provide research to support their claim; prestheir argument in writing, analyze data, create an outlcreate a draft; establish a research plan; and revise thessay.

Assessments by university professors of the qualitystudent writing before and after the program also sgest gains.

The program is innovative in the way it develops s

dent’s research and writing skills. Evaluations of OWorld Education programs suggest they also imprstudent self-confidence, and help prepare students college or career writing.

If you are interested in learning more about the prograor joining forces with our club, contact me at the RotaEconomist.

Have a great service project story? Send to [email protected]

About the author: Quentin Wodon is a lead economat the World Bank. He holds Phin economics and in theology religious studies, and has taughuniversities in Europe and the UHe is a member of the Rotary Cof Capitol Hill, in Washington, Dand is involved in several innovaglobal grants. He is also authothe Rotarian Economist blog.

Students and teachers from one of the participating schools

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The Object of RotaryFirst formulated in 1910, the Object of Rotary is to encour-age and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy

enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:

FIRST. The development of acquaintance as an opportunityfor service;

SECOND. High ethical standards in business and profes-sions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupa-tions, and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as anopportunity to serve society;

THIRD. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotar-ian's personal, business, and community life;

FOURTH. The advancement of international understanding,

goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business

and professional persons united in the ideal of service.

5 Avenues of ServiceBased on Object of Rotary, the Five Avenues of Service areRotary’s philosophical cornerstone and the foundation onwhich club activity is based:

Club Service focuses on strengthening fellowship and en-suring the effective functioning of the club.

Vocational Service encourages Rotarians to serve othersthrough their vocations and to practice high ethical stan-dards.

Community Service covers the projects and activities theclub undertakes to improve life in its community.

International Service encompasses actions taken to ex-pand Rotary’s humanitarian reach around the globe and topromote world understanding & peace.

Youth Service recognizes the positive change implemented

by youth and young adults through leadership development

activities, service projects, and exchange programs.

The Four-Way TestOf the things we think, say or do

Is it the TRUTH

Is it FAIR to all concerned

Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER

FRIENDSHIPS

Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned

ROT RI N’S PLEDGE

I am a RotarianI will always uphold the TRUTH.

I am a Rotarian

I will always strive to be FAIR

in all of my dealings with my fellowmen.

I am a Rotarian

I will always endeavor to build

GOODWILL and UNDERSTANDING

in my community,

among my countrymen

and people of all nations.

I am a Rotarian

I will always seek to promote

the greatest good

for the greatest number of people

in the spirit of ROTARY SERVICE.

I am a Rotarian

I will always uphold

the Rotary International Motto,

SERVICE ABOVE SELF.

Principles that Guide Rota

Rotarian Code of Conduct

As a Rotarian, I will

1. Act with integrity and high ethical standards in my personal and professional life

2. Deal fairly with others and treat them and their occupations with respect

3. Use my professional skills through Rotary to mentor young people, help those with special needs, andimprove people’s quality of life in my community and in the world

4. Avoid behaviour that reflects adversely on Rotary or other Rotarians

Watch songwriter Jerry Mills sing ome Join Us online by clicking on this link.

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Holy Spirit D3780

About THE DOVE

THE DOVE is the official newsletter ofthe Rotary Club of Holy Spirit, RotaryInternational District 3780.

The digital publication features―hyperlinks or web-links‖ which make ita true electronic newsletter/e-bulletin.

Distribution:

THE DOVE is published in 3 ver-sions: printed, digital PDF, andonline.

PDF version sent by email tonearly 1,000 addressees, Rotari-ans and non-Rotarians in the club,in the district, in Philippine Rotaryand outside including RI.

Posted on social media networksand groups

Printed copies for meetings

First issue of THE DOVE: 4 June 2009(Vol I, No. 1)

Editorial team:

Marcia Salvador - Editor

Ric Salvador - Asst Editor

Contributors

Address: Don Antonio Clubhouse,Holy Spirit Drive, Quezon City PH

“Rotary is fellowship. Real fellowship is frank, spontaneous, full of warmth, and ifyou want to gauge its depth you will findthat it is the difference between „Mister‟ and„Bill‟ — „Reverend‟ and „Jack.‟”

Frank L. Mulholland - Rotary International President 1914-15
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