THREE TO KATHMANDU

With only one week remaining, the ISAAME Forum in Kathmandu, Nepal is likely to attract hundreds of Lions from India, South Asian countries, Africa and Middle East countries. So far three delegates from Sub District 411B (Tanzania-Uganda) have confirmed their bookings for Kathmandu.

The three top and senior Lions are: District Governor Lion Wilson N. Ndesanjo; Past District Governor and current District Officer for LCIF Grant/International Relations & Cooperation, Lion Kamal Joshi;  and practicing attorney lawyer in Tanzania, currently District Officer for constitution and by-laws issues Lion Jessie Mnguto. By the time this story was blogged, we did not get any other names.

The recent announcement by International Director Lion Sangeeta Jattia, appealing for donation to "light a house in Nepal" has met with positive reaction from some clubs in Tanzania. A total of US$ 2,120:00 has been pledged and the Cabinet Secretary Lion Kishore Simzia has confirmed receiving some of the pledges. He has strongly reminded the clubs concerned to forward their pledged amount to the Cabinet Secretary and then for onward arrangements to the Governor.

International Director Lion Sangeeta Jattia has launched the campaign "light a house in Nepal" to assist promotion of literacy in Nepal by requesting at least 8 US$ to provide solar electricity to school pupils. Due to mountainous terrain in Nepal, many houses have

International Director Lion Sangeeta Jattia has called for donations to help literacy campaign in Kathmandu, the venue for ISAAME Forum. The campaign is now popularly known as "light a house" by donating at least 8 US$ per house with a minimum donation of US$100. Individuals or clubs will be officially recognized at the form.

not receiving electricity supply.

The names of the clubs and the amount pledged will be announced later, after confirmation by the Cabinet Secretary Lion Kishore Simzia.

Governor Wilson Ndesanjo is expecting to leave for Tanga on Friday for club visitation to Lions Club of Tanga. From Tanga he will drive to Arusha where he will be visiting three clubs there.

In a telephone interview, the Governor said that by the end of deadline, not all clubs had filed their monthly reports and hence, his office was not aware of the activities being carried out by a good number of clubs. He reminded the club secretaries and chairpersons to be very punctual  and serious about reporting monthly reports without fail. 

He congratulated the efficient clubs for keeping up with their duties. 

Story by Abdul Hai