22nd July 2015 - Born to be Free

Mark Little gives a passionate talk about about the issue of child slavery still in the world today!


 We hold an online "Speaker Meeting" every Wednesday evening at 19.30 BST [GMT+1 London] online using video conferencing from Zoom Cloud Meetings - to join us simply use: Rotary E-Club of East Anglia's Weekly Zoom Meeting, https://zoom.us/j/470985565

Meeting: Thursday 16th July - Wednesday 22nd July 2015

President's Prattling ...

  Last Thursday I visited the Rotary Club of Norwich and met up with two enthusiastic "20 somethings" whose energy was boundless. They were inspiring to say the least because all of this energy is being channelled into doing good in the community and encouraging other young people to join together to make a difference. it left me feeling proud of Rotary and encouraged that we are a solid organisation with ordinary people doing extraordinary things.

The other heartening thing is that as we start the new Rotary year we have only lost a couple of founder members who have found even an eClub challenging with the other pulls in their life. They have left on good terms and we wish them well and they will always be welcome.

it is important in the next few months to seek to find out what you want the club to be like and what we can all do to strengthen our purpose and enjoyment.

Club Happenings ...

Exciting times for our younger members - Becky is looming up towards becoming a mother. Keiko has started to work for Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations in Japan, providing info on hunger. Chihiro is doing an internship until the end of September back in Japan and seol has just been over to enjoy her graduation ceremony for her studies at the UEA.

A new year in rotary means that we can thiink about the things we want to achieve ... please make comment at the end of this page :-)  

This Week's Speaker ... 22nd July

We had a most pasisonate and thought provoking talk from Martk Little, who set up the Rotary Action group on child slavery and he takes us through a harrowing journey of what is happening to vulnerable children and adults in this difficult area.


Slavery from Martin Brocklebank on Vimeo.

for more information on RAGRAGS on facbook go to http://bit.ly/racsrag 

Child Reach has produced a video called "Sold" highlighting the plight of this issue .... 

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Based around a poem by Simon Armitage, another short film gives a chilling insight into the horrors of child trafficking. Every year, worldwide, an estimated 1.2 million children are "trafficked" into prostitution, domestic slavery or other exploitative labour. >> https://youtu.be/ayg8NriNEdU   


Time for Rotary ...

Nigeria marks polio-free year, raising global eradication hopes | Reuters

Nigeria marked its first year without a single case of polio on Friday, reaching a milestone many experts had thought would elude it as internal conflict hampered the battle against the crippling disease.  It means the country could come off the list of countries where polio is endemic in a few weeks, once the World Health Organization (WHO) can confirm that the last few samples taken from people in previously affected

This week, we can also add to the meeting a short video introducing Rotary International’s president for 2015-2016, Ravi Ravindran of Sri Lanka. Prepare for some rather stunning views of this beautiful country while hearing an open and inspiring message from this impressive Rotarian.


Time to Enjoy ...

A bit of amusement for dial phones [can you remember these?]
 



Time to Learn ...

What is bit.ly? - Bitly - The Power of the Link

we often want to share a URL [the bit in the address bar at the top of your browser] but find it is long and clumsy. Using Bitly means you can shorten that URL and copy & paste it into any communication like email, tweets, Facebook posts etc .... once you are used to it you can sign up to bitly.com and edit the bitly short URL to suit your needs .. watch out for this next time.

 

If you have a morsel then let me know and i will add it - you can make comment below

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Here is a list of the upcoming speakers:

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      more A captivating story from Keith Tovey about his family involvement when Coventry was bombed and a Peace Concert in November 2015

      16th September 2015 - Club Meeting

      more This week was meant to be a talk on Sex, Death Violence & Cruelty, looking from an unusual historical perspective and source.

      9th September - Community First Responders, Jacqueline Whipp

      more One of our members steps in to talk to us about the work of CFR

      2nd September 2015 - Allan Berry - member story

      more Member Allan Berry shares a bit about himself and what he gets up to in Rotary

      26th August 2015 - Pakistan is getting there - Aziz Memon

      more Tonight Aziz Memon, Chairman of the Pakistan Polio Plus Committee and is speaking to us from Pakistan about the work being done to eradicate Polio in Pakistan

      19th August 2015 - The Kings Arms reclaimed - John McGorty / Abby Panks

      more How a social enterprise venture resulted in a pub being owned by the village of Shouldham in Norfolk UK

      12th August 2015 - Child Reach International - Tom Law

      more Great insight into the work of Child Reach International

      5th August 2015 - Wobbling Through Africa

      more Rob Lindegger shared his ambitious 25,000 Km cycle ride across Africa.

      29th July 2015 - Evolution of Rotary in Afghanistan

      more Luke Beer IPP of the Rotary Club of Kabul City talks about his club and working in Afghanistan

      15th July 2015 - Running Across The Sahara

      more The Marathon de Sables is one of the toughest challenges a runner can make - 150 miles across the scorching desert.

      8th July 2015 - Give Peace a Chance

      more Give Peace a Chance - Pat Webb, District Peace Officer

      1st July 2015 - Happy New Year

      more No Speaker for this week

      24th June 2015 - Confessions of a Radio Host

      more Confessions of a Radio Presenter 24th June 2015

      17th June 2015 - Heaven's Above

      more Heaven"™s Above! By Canon Bob Baker "“ a light hearted look at the work and life of a country rector

      10th June 2015 - The Importance of Foundation

      more TRF - what is it and why is it important? speaker Steve Munns

      3rd June 2015 - Members talk

      more "About Me" - speaker Martin Brocklebank

      Previous Clubhouse Weekly Meetings

      more An archive of our asynchronous weekly meetings

      Previous Clubhouse Weekly Meetings

      more An archive of our asynchronous weekly meetings

      Rotary Community Corps

      more Ever heard of Rotary Community Corps? No! - neither had I Rtn. Tim Mason explains what it is all about

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