ROTARACT is a service club for young men and women ages 18-30 who are dedicated to community and international service. Rotaract clubs also focus on leadership and professional development activities. Current membership exceeds 184 000 in more than 8000 clubs worldwide. University-based clubs consist of undergraduate and graduate students who meet on campus. Community-based clubs consist of young adults om various backgrounds, regardless of their professional or academic status.FFounded in 1968, the name Rotaract is derived om Rotary International and their mooos is Fellowship through service. Individual Rotary clubs sponsor Rotaract clubs and offer guidance, mentorship and support making the Rotaract clubs a integral part of the Rotary International family.The purpose of Rotaract is to provide young adults with the opportunity to enhance their knowledge and skills that will assist them in professional and personal development

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The Rotary Theme for the current year is “Light up Rotary”,it comes as no surprise then that the Rotarct,Interact and Rotary Clubs have doubled their efforts by not only promoting service above self, but also making sure their positive acts are well publicised .As you read the newsleeer you will appreciate the significance of the past quarter in that it coincided with the celebrations of 120 years since the City of Bulawayo aeained City status.Under the Guidance of President Sara andand her team the club has continued to strive to reach greater heights, achieving its Phase one targets for the renovations at its long term project(page 4).We were also fortunate to receive the First visit by the DRR to our city (page 11 & 7).The Four Clubs have also intensified efforts to build beeer relations by partnering in variouse projects such as the Breast cancer awareness walk (page 10).The Public Relations team is also happy to report that we have succesful-ly launched the website for the club (the first to do so in Bulawayo) at www.rotaractbelmont.org. ladies and Gentlemen on behalf of the Rotaract club of Belmont I present to you the second edition of the second volume of the Belmont times.Happy readingPrinceprincebango@rotaractbelmont.org

Car Track Zimbabwe approached our club with a proposal of holding a joint Golf Day fundraiser. The intended beneficiaries would be the Matopos Rhino Initiative and another project of our choice. In view of our strategic goals we nominated John Smale children’s home. The Golf Day was held on the 11th of October at Bulawayo Golf Club and was well attended with more than 72 players and vari-ous companies that came on board to advertise. The handing over part of the proceedes to the Matopos Rhino initiative coincided with the World Rhino Week and was very fitting given the importance of Rhodes Matopos National park in the rhino conservation efforts. TheThe funds would go towards repairing the southern section of the fence bordering the Whovi River to better protect the wildlife by restricting access to them.

The golf day was an outstanding success, and we received enough money to complete phase one of our project which was targeted at the restoration of the primary structures at the home particularly reinforcing the physical electrical and securi-ty featiures of the home. Thanks to the hard work of the team at Car Track we were able to purchase 1. Electricals (switches, sockets, light bulbs, electrical cables, fluorescents) this is sufficient to repair and fit all electrical systems in the home. 2. 25 Door handles and paint 3. We also got donations for 20 brand new doors and 15 fluores-cent lights All these items were handed over at a ceremony at the home on the 22nd of November and are awaiting fitting by the Depart-ment of Public Works

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A Photocall on the occassion of District Rotaract Repre-sentative Nkonde Chola’s visit to Bulawayo

Rotaractors on a visit to John Smale Children’s Home

A Photocall on the occassion of District Rotaract Repre-sentative Nkonde Chola’s visit to Bulawayo

Rotaractors on a visit to John Smale Children’s Home

Coinciding as it did with celebrations to mark city of the Bula-wayo attaining 120 years, more than 100 athletes participated in-cluding winners Sharon Tavengwa and George Majaji in the women and men’s categories respectively having won in the last edition of the race where both athletes walked away $500 richer in the race which was sponsored to the tune of $7 120.A Special first courtesy of Assistant District Rotaract Represen-tative Dennis Chitewe from the Rotaract club Of Belmont became the first Rotaractor in the history of the event to partic-ipate and complete the entire 30km marathon.The event wouldn’t have been such a resounding success with-out the generous efforts of Savannah Tobacco, First Mutual, ZB Bank, Premier Service Medical Aid Society and Engen Pe-

A Survey of the 1979 Harvard MBA class found that

Only 3% had written goals and plans,13% had goals but they weren’t in writing,84% had no goals at all,Asurvey conducted on the same class 20 years later foundThe 13% of the class who had goals, but did not write them down was earning twice The 13% of the class who had goals, but did not write them down was earning twice the amount of the 84% who had none, The 3% who had written goals were earning, on average, ten times as much as the other 97% of the class combined. This leads me to the Question “Have you set clear goals for your future and made plans to ac-complish them?Have you written them down?”

Article by Bhekani Khumalo

“If you do not have goals for yourself, you’re doomed forever to work to achieve the goals of someone else.” — Brian Tracy 

Any road will get you there, if you don’t know where you are going” – Lewis Carroll

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month is an annual international health campaign organized by major breast cancer charities every October to increase awareness of the disease and to raise funds for research into its cause, preven-tion, diagnosis, treatment and cure. The campaign also offers information and support to those affected by breast cancerOctober is considered cancer awareness month in many countries including Zimbabwe. Thus it is no surprise the four clubs in Bulawayo namely Belmont, Bulawayo, Matopos and National University of Science and Technology where involved in conjunction with the Cancer Association of Zimbabwe, Edgars Stores, and Fazak.To this end the Rotaract clubs held a sponsored walk from Pick and Pay Hyper in the city center to Mabut-weni gardens in Matshemhlophe. The walk was an exceeding success with more than 200 people attended helping to raise a significant con-tribution to the Cancer society and successfully raising awareness on this deadly disease.The initiatives primary aim was to raise awareness and reduce the stigma of breast cancer through education on symp-toms and treatment.

To cap off a succesfull day the clubs &3D Events hosted a Breast Cancer Awareness cocktail party dubbed “The Pink Sensation at Horizon Bar and Restaurant on the same evening where presentations where made to educate the public on the importance of early detection which is associated with higher long-term survival rates.higher long-term survival rates.

APhotocall on the occasion of DRR Nkonde Chola’s visit to Bulawayo De-cember 2014

The Bulawayo clubs were honoured to host District Rotaract Rep-resentative Nkonde Chola ( Rotaract Club Of Ndola-Zambia) on his vist to Bulawayo .The DRR kicked of his visit with a review of the reports presented to him by the Presidents at a meeting hosted by the Rotaract Club of Bulawayo.Their sponsoring club The Rotary Club of Bulawayo South also happened to be have sponsored the Rotary club of Ndola more than sixty year ago thus itit was only fifiing that they host him on his first visit to the city.In his speech he touched on the importance of aligning club projects with the rotary areas of focus which are Peace & Conflict Preven-tion/Resolution, Disease Prevention & Treatment, Water & Sani-tation, Maternal & Child Health, Basic Education & Literacy and Economic & Community Development.With close to a decade’s experience in the Rotaract family DRR Nkonde’s advice lest an in-delible mark on his audience which include Assistant Governor’s Nhando and Mwamuka om the Rotary clubs of Bulawayo south and Belmont respectively.The DRR spent the following two days touring the projects that the Bulawayo Rotaract clubs have been undertaking in the current year and pledged to continue to be available to provide guidance and support in the coming months.Lastly he encouraged rotaractors to continue to plan and pprepare for the District Conference to be held in the resort town of Livingstone ,Zambia at the end of April.

John Smale is a government funded home that cares for orphaned children by providing shelter, guidance, clothing and food. The children range in ages, with some in primary school and most being high school aged. John Smale which is located in Barharm Green is conveniently close to three high schools (Montrose Girls High, Hamilton Boys High School & Founders High School) and two primary schools (Barharm Green Primary School & Henry Low Primary School) making education easily accessible for all the children in the home.

WeWe have embarked on an ambitious project which we will be taking on for the next couple of years. We would like to see an improvement in the lives and livelihoods of orphans and vul-nerable children and as such we will be making concerted effort to repair and rehabilitate infrastructure at JOHN SMALE HOME. We will also continue with the career guidance as well

as step-up the food security aspectAs has become tradition, On the 7th of Decem-ber we held a Christmas party for the children .A departure from the formal atmosphere of the club meetings, the day was full of fun and laughter as we interacted ,played games and cooked lunch for the children .To get a better understanding of their lives we were taken by thethe children around the home to see the vari-ous projects that they engage in to supple-ment their livelihoods, these included their garden abundant vegetables if all sorts (from cucumbers to lettuce), a chicken pen and a some rabbits .The enthusiasm of the children and dedication they show in carrying out their chores and making every effort to look out for each other was quite heartwarming.The day ende with the children putting on a variety show showcasing their talents from singing to

poetry. Members of the club contributed and solicited

for the groceries, and all in all we received, 1 .donations of foodstuffs for the preparation of

the Christmas lunch ‘2. Snacks (Biscuits, sweets, chips and bananas

)3. Cooking oil and sugar

4.Clothes and other artifacts5. Puzzle games 6. Sanitary wear 6. Sanitary wear

Stationery donations Earlier on in the quarter we made a donation of a few textbooks for a prize giving at Komayanga Secondary School near Nkayi and also donated statio-nery i.e. exercise books, pens, pencils, sellotape and covers to the Riverside stimulation school which both schools used as part of their prizing giving

gifts for the children.

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