Covid -19: Rotary district governor applauds Rotarians for giving back
She said Rotarians are not rich people as proclaimed by society, it all about the spirit of giving back to society in an effort to improve the lives of the needy people.
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The District Governor Rosetti Nabbumba has commended Rotarians for their contribution to the fight against COVID-19 by improving the lives of disadvantaged people.
"As Rotarians we should continue building numbers so as to strengthen our capability to support disadvantaged people to live a better life.Though we make small contributions if we increase members we can make a bigger impact on society."Nabbumba said.
Nabbumba said during the lockdown due to COVID-19, Uganda received about sh. 1.2 b from Rotarians that was used to buy sanitizers, facemasks and other health-protective gear. She applauded Rotarians for their continuous support despite Covid-19.
Nabbuma made the remarks during the hand over of items worthy sh. 1.2m to St Henry Primary School in Kampala recently.
Among the assortment items, include computers, textbooks, furniture, digital printers and digital blackboards among others.
She said as Governor she takes care of 180 Rotary Clubs operating in Uganda and Tanzania who have already collected Sh734b ($200m) awaiting to be allocated to projects which are beneficial to the society.
She said Rotarians are not rich people as proclaimed by society, it all about the spirit of giving back to society in an effort to improve the lives of the needy people.
The President of Muyenga Sunset Rotary club, Florence Lule said members should subscribe to Rotary International since it's an international organization that brings together people from different disciplines like business and other professionals.
Lule said the support they give in form of humanitarian service if put into good use, will bring peace to the entire world. She explained that they are a non-partisan and non-sectarian organization open to all people regardless of race, gender, or political affiliation.
She inducted seven new members into the club saying the growth in membership will strengthen their ability to serve.
Dowser Katamba from Pricewaterhousecoopers commended the role played by Rotarians in society who identified the school that benefited from the support.
"I would not imagine that such a school exists in an area surrounded by rich people without being attended to. I was indeed touched when I came to access whether there was need to support the school,"Katamba said.
He advised the Rotary club to go for bigger projects, which bring more players on board so that they can make a bigger impact.
Hatilda Namugga the headmistress said the school was started in 1991 by Rev. Father Swaz Muller with only five pupils in 1991.Namugga said the school currently has over 250 pupils this number would have been more if it was well facilitated.
Namugga said the pupils come from the slums around Muyenga with very poor families that engage in petty income-generating activities that cannot enable them to pay school fees promptly.