Chartered: 17 February 2003 Meeting Wednesdays 18.30 hrs IVTB House, Pont Fer, Phoenix Issue N 23 - May 2008 Rotary Year 2007-2008 Website: www.rotaryphoenix.com BOARD MEMBERS 2007-2008 President : Ghislaine PEROVIC Immediate Past President: Georgina RAGAVEN Vice President and Director of Club Service Projects: Shekhar CONHYEA President Elect: Shakun JUGMOHUN Secretary : Tanuja RAOJEE Treasurer: PP Raj RAGAVEN Director of Club Administration : PP Kirk VARADEN Director of Rotary Foundation - Gary GOWREA Director Public Relations - Nitish GOBIN Sergeant-at-Arms: Rajesh RAMLOLL PAST PRESIDENTS 2002-2003 Raj THACOOR 2003-2004 Raj RAGAVEN 2004-2005 Vidhu MADHUB-DASSYNE 2005-2006 Kirk VARADEN 2006-2007 Georgina RAGAVEN The Rotary Club of Phoenix is particularly proud of May 2008, since we implemented successfully two major projects namely a joint Donation with Batimex to the Foyer Sans Domicile Fixe Belle Rose and we raised Rs 224,000 during a Fund Raising Diner at Domaine Anna. We also had the pleasure to meet the President of Rotary International during a Cocktail at Plantation Hotel on 20 th May 2008. Congratulations! Vice President Shekhar and Mira became the proud parents of little Angel Yanahita Larah on 24 April 2008. Photo Souvenir : Foyer Sans Domicile Fixe Belle Rose - 14 th May The Joint Project of Donation of Tiles, Karcher and Kitchen Utensils was officially celebrated on 14th May 2008 among representatives of CARITAS, Batimex (Mr Mike Höfer - General Manager, Mr Ismael Affejee - Senior Manager and the Interior Designer Didier Ohis) and the Rotary Club of Phoenix members. The Foyer Sans Domicile Fixe is home to some 40 streetdwellers in the region of Quatre Bornes and provides shelter at night to those unlucky men who have either been rejected by the society and/or their family or struck by ill fate. The Rotary Club of Phoenix and Batimex have donated tiles worth Rs 50,000 including installation in the Foyer Bathroom as well as one Karcher and some Kitchen Utensils. The President of the Rotary Club of Phoenix, Ghislaine Perovic, proudly said this year, the theme of Rotary Internatonal is Sharing and we are very happy to make a difference in the lives of the members of the Foyer SDF at Belle Rose. Birthday Wishes Happy Birthday to PP and Treasurer Raj Ragaven: 1 st May, Rtn Rajiv: 2nd May, and PADG Jean Claude: 24th May Rotary Club of Phoenix Newsletter Issue no 23 Page1 May 2008
May 14th: Inauguration of Joint Donation of Tiles, Karcher and Kitchen Utensils with Batimex Rotary Club of Phoenix Newsletter Issue no 23 Page2 May 2008
May 30th: Fund Raising Event at Domaine Anna The members of the organizing committee are proud to have met the challenge entrusted to them by the Club to organize a Fund Raising event and what more, exceed the target set initially! Well done to the Organising Committee under the chairmanship of Rtn Leckram. President Ghislaine expresses her satisfaction and pride with the success of Fund Raising event. Well done Team, we raised Rs 224,000! Thank you all for a very special evening, thanks for your participation and for being part of the winning team - a team that matches actions to words : class, style, fun, efficient, effective, friendly, dedicated. Above all thank you all for believing that we can make a difference - and we are good at it. We also wish to thank our ex-rotarians who supported the fund-raising event, namely, Vino, Chandru, Fareed and Vidhu. Our Fund Raising event was also successful thanks to our long list of sponsors. We wish to thank each one of them for their indirect contribution to the various community projects that our Club will implement in the months to come. 1 ABC GROUP 18 MAURITEL 2 AFRASIA BANK 19 MOPIROVE LTD 3 ALTIMA LTD 20 OXENHAM & CO 4 BEACHCOMBER 21 PANAGORA MARKETING 5 BELLE MARE PLAGE 22 PERSONAL SERVICES LTD 6 BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (MTIUS) 23 PHOENIX BEVERAGES GROUP 7 CASH & CARRY 24 PPP PIPING SYSTEMS LTD 8 CHARTERED BROKERS LTD 25 QUALITY BEVERAGES 9 COPEX GROUP 26 SHELL 10 DOMAINE ANNA 27 STATE BANK OF MAURITIUS LTD 11 G TECH - GOUPILLE 28 STAR KNITWEAR GROUP 12 HAREL MALLAC BUREAUTIQUE 29 STUDIO ELEVEN 13 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES 30 SWAN 14 LA SENTINELLE GROUP 31 THOMAS COOK 15 LEAL & CO LTD 32 TOTAL 16 MAUREL & CO 33 TOYOTA (MAURITIUS) LTD 17 MAURITIUS HOUSING COMPANY LTD We have organized a raffle during the diner and many tickets were sold thanks to the dedication of our various members and the generosity of the corporates. The winners for the various interesting prizes donated by our sponsors are: Prize Winners 1 st I TV 29in from Cash n Carry Andrew Ragaven 2 nd 1 FujiFilm Digital Camera from Harel Mallac Bureautique Jaessen Ramen 3 rd 1 Motorola W510 camera from Mauritel Sailesh Ramsahye 4 th Dinner for 2 at Victoria Hotel from Beachcomber Patrick Koo 5 th Dinner for 2 at La Citronnelle Restaurant Belle Mare Plage Bimal 6 th 1 Cordless phone from Gtech Goupille Angela Liu Kiat Rotary Club of Phoenix Newsletter Issue no 23 Page3 May 2008
May 30th: Fund Raising Event at Domaine Anna Acknowledgment: Pictures taken by Rtn Shaheel Rotary Club of Phoenix Newsletter Issue no 23 Page4 May 2008
May 30th: Fund Raising Event at Domaine Anna Acknowledgment: Pictures taken by Rtn Shaheel Rotary Club of Phoenix Newsletter Issue no 23 Page5 May 2008
Acknowledgment: Pictures taken by Rtn Shaheel Rotary Club of Phoenix Newsletter Issue no 23 Page6 May 2008