Rotary Club of Vacoas

Pre 2007


    Heman Guness Creativity Award

    The award is named called the Heman Guness Creativity Award, in remembrance of Heman Guness, a charter member of the club who passed away at a very young age of 42 years.

    The competition was open to students of Forms VI in Mauritius and Rodrigues. They were required to write an essay writing on "Ethics- based on the Four Way Test"

    The winners were:
    First Prize: Sandy Mariaye, Loreto College, Quatre Bornes,
    Second Prize: Nejran ALLYBOKUS,
    Notre Dames College
    Third Prize: Neville RAMCHURRUN, Universal College.

    Reading project

    The Club has a long association with the Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia. Trainees from the ECU held a reading project for children in a three schools and donated books to the schools.

    Interview Skills

     One of the regular projects of the Club, in association with the University of Mauritius. It aims at helping young university graduates to develop interview skills. This project got the support of the Pro-Vice Chancellor, Professor Ameena Fakim-Gurib and was at its 5th edition in 2007. The speakers were Mrs Su Lin Onsiong, DCDM, Mrs Ramlackhan, Rogers Group, Mr Raj Maudho, Senior Chief Executive, Prime Minister's Office.

     

    Reading project to Celebrate the World book Day.

    Rotary Club of Vacoas associated with the trainees of the Mauritius Institute of Education to hold a whole day reading project to celebrate the World Book day at Score Jumbo, Phoenix. It was attended by about 300 children. Read full story on http://www.mieonline.org

    Adoption of Henrietta Government School- needy students

    Road Map of Vacoas

    Vacoas-Phoenix were the only Urban area in Mauritius that did not have an official Road Map. This project took a long time to complete and the map was finally donated to the Municipality of Vacoas-Phoenix. Now it is displayed at the Municipality and some prominent places in Vacoas-Phoenix area.

     

    Donation of ICT facilities for William Huntley Pre-Primary School

     The Club sponsored the opening of the William Huntley Government School in 1994, named after the RI President William Huntley. Ever since the Club has been regularly sponsoring the school. This year it donated a computer, printer and proposes to provide a training of the personnel to use ICT facilities in the school. The donation was attended by the Chairman of the Pre-School Trust Fund, Mr Sahadew and the |District Governor, Randhir Ramloll.

    Reading project

    The Club provided the reading materials for a reading project started by the Mauritius Institute of Education at the Pandit Sahadeo Government school. This is a continuation of the project of the Edith Cowan University and the reading materials have been partly donated by the ECU, Western Australia.

    Charity Walk

    Charity Walk to support some of the forth coming projects. Children with muscular dystrophy, extension of Oncology Department (Waiting room of Cancer Outpatients) at the Candos Hospital and continued sponsorship of needy children of Henrietta Government School.

    Family Day

    Day out for Rotary members and their family.

    Rotary values the family and strives to get all the family members involved in its projects and activities.

     

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