Aga Khan Foundation

 

 

Chairperson:                President Gerd Wengler

National Anthem:         Peter Masson

Grace:                        James Burchell

 

Attendance: 15 including our guest speaker

 

Gerd - The President’s party will be held on August 22. Please respond to the invite if you have not yet done so.

Gerd - Our luncheon meeting on September 9^th will be replaced by a dinner meeting. This is a trial to see if it will better accommodate our members’ schedules.

Gerd: -the key to access the Rotary box (for materials used during our weekly meetings) has been replaced with a combination lock. The secret code was shared with meeting attendees.

David S - The Foundation Walk will be held on September 20^th. Registration will begin at 8AM. We are seeking sponsors so please advise if you have potential candidates.

Dave H - We have a replacement for Julia’s activities on the Renewal Campaign

Gerd - We have received a membership application that will be reviewed at the next board meeting

Donna - The first Community Services meeting will be held on Sept 2; location forthcoming.   

 

Marbelous Draw:  Won again by the Wengler-Muschet consortium!

 

SAA - Dave Hardy fined anyone who is not participating in the upcoming Ribfest this weekend. He then solicited Happy Bucks from the group as follows:

 

Our Guest speaker this week was Asif Pradhim, who is part of the Speakers’ Bureau with the Aga Khan Foundation. They meet with different groups to educate local communities about the non-for profit’s activities. The Aga Khan Foundation was established in 1967; the Canadian arm (AKFC) was established in 1980. AKFC is a registered Canadian charity and an agency of the worldwide Aga Khan Development Network, a group of development agencies with individual mandates that address social, economic and cultural dimensions of development. Active in 30 countries, these agencies share a mission to improve living conditions and opportunities for the poor, without regard to their faith, origin or gender.

 

Asif has an educational background and shared his experiences in Chitral, a town near the Afghanistan/Pakistan border. He discussed the fact that educators in the region are committed to developing young minds, regardless of the limited training materials available to them – the focus is on active learning and the ability to stimulate a child’s learning.

 

“Education is the most powerful force you can use to change the world” – Nelson Mandela

 

 

Asif's presentation can be heard on the following link:

 

Conclusion: Gerd concluded the meeting by wishing everyone a happy weekend holiday

 

Next Week’s Program: Ride to Conquer Cancer, Speaker: Danny Cassidy