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Reporter Eric Greenwood
recaps
Highlights of the meeting of Tuesday, August 14
The
meeting of Tuesday, August 14th, was called to order
by Prez-Elect Chris Boland who was the substitute de jour for
President Pisani. After
a rousing folk tune by our guitar strumming minstrel, Doc Marsh;
Kristina Server a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar reviewed
her year of study in Peru during 2005-2006.
She was sponsored by the University Rotary Club, and was
hosted by the Chacilla de Estante Rotary Club which has ten
members and is part of Rotary District 4450 in Lima, Peru.
Kristina
attended the Universidad Peruna Cayetano Heridia in Lima for
graduate studies in Public Health and Public Policy.
Heath is defined by the World Health Organization as “a
state of complete physical, mental, and social well being and
not merely the absence of infirmity or disease.”
Kristina adds that “health is an integral component of
daily life and reflects the social system and environment in
which one lives.” It
was the wide view of the importance of health the captured
Kristine’s interest in health and public policy and led to her
decision to study its implications in Peru. According to Kristina’s
research Peru faces a number of public health challenges
including:
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High
rates of maternal and infant mortality and malnutrition.
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Lack of clean
water and sanitation.
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High rates of
infectious diseases such as TB.
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Poor
environmental health.
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Limited access to
medications.
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Insufficient and
unequal human resources and financing.
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Difficulties in
implementing health policy.
During
Kristina’s year of study, she also did field work in very
remote jungle area communities where she was asked to become
god-mother to a 15 year old Peruvian.
These experiences led to a number of lessons learned
through Rotary’s Ambassadorial Scholarship Program which
Kristine noted as including:
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We must
continually strive to help others and look at structural systems
and our actions that affect people in adverse ways.
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Fight for
human rights – the basic right to live – the right to health
– the right to live with dignity, pride, and peace.
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The power
of one – the ability to impact just a single life .
Anna
Faoro, who is Rosa Faoro’s older sister, and is herself a
German exchange student that
Woodinville Rotary sponsored during 1996-1997.
Anna recapped her academic and professional career since
her return to her homeland.
She completed an apprenticeship at a major German media
company as well as earning a business degree.
Recently, she received a significant promotion as was
selected to manage the production of a weekly print newspaper,
the Wochenblick, which
is distributed to 700,000 households in eleven metropolitan
cities. Lastly, she presented the club with a 15 year old dessert
wine for the upcoming auction.
Gabriella
(Gabby) Wright, who Woodinville Rotary is sponsoring as an
outbound exchange student to Ecuador, reviewed her upcoming
departure in three days. She
is enthusiastic about upcoming yearlong study abroad. She was
accompanied by her grandmother.
Prez-elect
Chris reminded the membership to bring premium wine for the
wine barrel collection. Wine
master Jay Soloff suggested that Charles Shaw’s infamous “$2
buck Chuck” missed the premium distinction and we should seek
quality vintages that are available from the Woodinville and
Northwest wine community.
Following
the “flirting tax” imposed by Sgt at Harm, Doc Marsh, on
John Hughes, Steve Dolan
and Bill Schin
k; the meeting was adjourned.
Newspaper magnet
Anna Faora (exchange student 10 years ago) belted out
a Rotary ditty with Gordy Green.
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Rotary
ambassadorial scholar Kristina Server took us on a
travelogue to Peru and the Amazon country |
Lake
Washington High School junior Gabby Wright was enthused
about her exchange year in Ecuador. |
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Snappy's
Foto Corner
Aug. 14 |
A
fig from Grace
As
sweet as Alexis "soon-to-be" Fiske
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No white marble for Evan
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