ROTARY CLUB BALI NUSA DUA
District 3400/No.79571
Meetings every Thursdays 12.30 – 14.00 pm
NIKKO HOTEL AND SPA
BULLETIN MARCH 11, 2010
ATTENDANCE:
14 Rotarians attended. For details please refer to below List of Attendance
LEAVE:
Please refer to below List of Attendance.
APOLOGIES:
01. Keith Bell 02. Monty Brown 03. Michael Burchett 04. Jose Luis Calle 05. Axel Kneip 06. Jean-Charles Le Coz 07. Frank Liepmann 08. Jean Philippe Petit 09. Carlos Vinas
ROTARIAN GUESTS & VISITORS
Guests: John Nijman, WA (guest of Werner Gulba), Monica Lusser, Switzerland from Foundation Future for Children (guest of Jon Zuercher)
Guest speakers:
Eni Pilianingsih, Rotaract Bali Nusa Dua, International Service
Dr. Denise Abe MD, Public Health Consultant East Bali Poverty Project
ANNOUNCEMENT, REPORTS
President Martin Smyth opened the meeting by welcoming the guests and visitors and thanking the members for their attendance. He then asked the board and floor to present or raise points of common interest.
Mercia Inkiriwang
Informed that a training seminar for Future Vision Pilot will be held in Bali on 17 April.
Jo Rosarius
Reported that finally the Paul Harris Fellow medals had been received
and handed them out after the meeting. For details who was awarded with what level of PHF medal please go to the RI website under member access, link The Rotary Foundation-Club Recognition Summary.
Ari Murti
Informed about a festival to be held in June were environmental friendly products will be presented. The festival’s organizer is Prof. Dr. Wirawan who hopes for participation of the Rotary Clubs in Bali.
Eni Pilianingsih
On behalf of Rotaract Bali Nusa Dua gave an update on their activities in March and reported the financial result of the Charity Dinner of
5 February.
Activities:
1. Sunday, 6 March 2010 => Mobile Library at Nusa Dua Beach
2. Sunday, 14 March 2010 => Plant 1000 Mangrove at Serangan Island at 3pm
3. Friday, 19 March 2010 => Have visitor from Australia to help with skin problem
4. Sunday, 21 March 2010 => Coral Conservation at West Bali National Park
5. Sunday, 28 March 2010 => Permanent Library at Petang Village
Financial report from Charity Dinner:
Funds raised: IDR10.750.000,–
Donation to SLBB from painting auction: IDR4.950.000
Total money in bank: IDR 21.701.211
Dr. Denise Abe
is a US trained physician living in Ubud. She gave a presentation on public health in Bali, emphasising specifically the poorer eastern regions. She is engaged in the East Bali Poverty Project (EBPP) and the Humanitarian Foundation for Mother Earth (YKIP).
In her estimate 70 % of illnesses and ailments in the poor regions of Bali are self induced rooted in lack of information, cultural behaviour, lack of hygiene, lack of nutrients and minerals. To alleviate this situation improvement in the public heath sector must be made. Here the focus should be on education, training of doctors and nurses, raising of awareness, change of behaviour, knowledge transfer and empowering of woman.
As a sample on basic awareness and information programmes Dr. Denise Abe presented cartoons style drawings with simple sketches illustrating causes of problems and the community-based solutions.
On questions from the floor on the subject Mobile Clinic and Puskesmas Dr. Abe stated:
Working with and supporting existing public structures (like Puskesmas) is beneficial over establishing own systems which may be perceived as a rival organization.
From her experience with a mobile dental clinic a mobile medical clinic may lack effectiveness as the staffing, maintenance and provisioning with medical supplies can not always be provided and funded as required. If there are roads (on which the mobile clinic relies) patients can always be brought to a clinic on a motor bike or other means.
President Martin Smyth thanked Dr. Denise Abe for her interesting presentation and closed the meeting at 14.10.
BIRTHDAYS IN MARCH
14th, Keith Bell
Raffle:
Tickets for IDR 420.000 were being sold. Priti Kapur won a fine bottle of wine brought by past winner Risto Poskiparta.
Past winners owing prizes are invited not to further delay their contributions.
Fines:
Fines of IDR 70.000,–were being collected.
Next meetings/events
18.03. 2010 Community Service Committee, 11.30
Luncheon Meeting, 13.00
25.03. 2010 Luncheon Meeting, 13.00
