My introduction to Rotary came at the age of three when my father joined the Rotary Club Of Vacoas chartered in 1991.

As a kid, I remember how I enjoyed accompanying my father on different occasions, particularly when the Club organized xmas parties for orphans or less fortunate children of the community. The outings to various places of interest gave me the opportunity not only to discover the country but also to appreciate it better. I found much pleasure in participating in such activities as we got to know others and make new friends, while having a better understanding of life in general.

I became a Charter member of Rotary Club of Vacoas in 1991 with the desire to serve the community. Rotary also gives you the possibility to establish close friendship with people whom otherwise you might have never met or ever known. During my years in Rotary I have had the good fortune to reap a rich harvest of some very good friends. These remains one of the greatest assets of my life.

Technological developments are affecting our everyday life. The future is anybody’s guess. Let me tell you about a few inventions and products that will keep you amazed and be in your homes in a very near future.

by Past President Prem HURRYNAG- GSE Leader 2002-2003,District 9220

Charter President Jan Nathoo

The quest for happiness is in the very constitution of ma. That is why, from the most depraved man to the vulnerable saint, everybody consciously or unconsciously organises his whole life towards attaining that state of well being which would give him the highest feeling of self fulfillment.

In fact, trying to be happy is to attempt to live our life in such way that there is complete harmony between our thoughts, actions and deeds. And that of course presupposes the existence of a strong will. To the extent that will-power is absent or is weak, however, an individual can only be a passive victim to the vagaries of his mind and the urges of his senses. Whatever initial superficial pleasures he may be derived from giving free rein to the wavering of his mind and from indulging in his senses, before long these bring in their train manifold miseries on varying degrees.

Edith Cowan Trainees teaching in a school in Mauritius

 The Edith Cowan experience of teaching English language in the Mauritian primary schools (Abridged version)

Oomandra Nath Varma, Senior Lecturer, Mauritius Institute of Education (Immediate Past President-2003-04)

Dr. Marion Milton, Senior Lecturer, Edith Cowan University, Western Australia.

First printed in: Ways of Knowing Journal, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2002. University of Brighton publication, UK.
Also in Modern English Teacher, Vol 11, No. 4, U.K