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style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=325 style='width:243.75pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:white'>Vocational Service Update<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=200 style='width:150.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:white'>Rotary International<br> <br> March&nbsp;2011<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> <!-- header end --> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <!-- left column start --> <td width=360 valign=top style='width:270.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 7.5pt'> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=353 style='width:264.75pt;mso-cellspacing:0cm;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='background:#F0F5FA;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#555555'>Welcome to the&nbsp;March edition of the Vocational Service Update, designed to keep you informed about the latest developments with vocational service worldwide and provide useful information and resources to enhance your Rotary club and district vocational service projects. Comments and suggestions for future issues are welcome at <a href="mailto:vocationalservice@rotary.org">vocationalservice@rotary.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; display:none;mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=353 style='width:264.75pt;mso-cellspacing:0cm;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td style='background:#3C64A0;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt'><strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:white'>International Women s Day, 8 March</span></strong><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='background:white;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>The theme of <a href="http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/10793571:13177499807:m:1:995487746:2CAA0EA0AA98FC63D1E6C8DFF0217057">International Women s Day</a> this year is  Equal access to education, training, and science and technology: Pathway to decent work for women. Inequality and gender discrimination affect women around the world, but women s economic and social development is vital to achieving gender equality as well as achieving more even and effective development in the most underdeveloped countries. The goals of International Women s Day echo the <a href="http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/10793572:13177499807:m:1:995487746:2CAA0EA0AA98FC63D1E6C8DFF0217057">UN Millennium Development Goal</a> to promote gender equality and empower women. <br> <br> <em>Mandali Milk Cooperative Society in Nani Amreli, India</em></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>The Rotary Club of Rajkot, Gujarat, India, established a milk cooperative in a nearby village and employed low-income women to maintain it. The women sell milk from a Rajkot dairy at the national dairy board s recommended price and keep a percentage of the proceeds. The work group has become a <a href="http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/10793573:13177499807:m:1:995487746:2CAA0EA0AA98FC63D1E6C8DFF0217057">Rotary Community Corps</a> with 58 charter members.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>This project received a 2009-10 Significant Achievement Award. Find more information on the Rajkot club s <a href="http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/10793574:13177499807:m:1:995487746:2CAA0EA0AA98FC63D1E6C8DFF0217057">website</a>. </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; display:none;mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=353 style='width:264.75pt;mso-cellspacing:0cm;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td style='background:#3C64A0;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt'><strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:white'>World Community Service and Rotary Volunteers programs update</span></strong><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='background:white;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>The RI Board agreed at its November meeting to phase out the World Community Service and Rotary Volunteers programs, effective 30 June 2011. This decision was made in light of the priorities of the revised RI Strategic Plan and the need for an overall shift in the way Rotary International administers its programs, moving to a  resource and support model. The goal of the new model is to expand resources in a way that helps clubs connect and partner with greater ease, leading to an increase in the number and scope of significant international service projects. </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>RI staff will be developing and enhancing resources to foster connections for international service projects, fellowship visits, and international volunteer opportunities. This will include augmenting the current Rotary Friendship Exchange program.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>Developments will be shared on the RI website and with Rotarians appointed to serve in 2011-12 district leadership positions. </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; display:none;mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=354 style='width:265.5pt;mso-cellspacing:0cm;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td style='background:#3C64A0;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt'><strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:white'>Districts 6560 and 9200 sponsor a vocational training team to Uganda </span></strong><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='background:white;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>Districts 6560 (Indiana, USA) and 9200 (Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda) organized a team of 12 pediatricians from the Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis to travel to the Uganda Heart Institute at Mulago Hospital in Kampala. The team performed lifesaving heart surgeries and taught hospital staff surgical and postoperative techniques. This was the Riley Hospital team s third mission as part of an initiative called Our Hearts Are in Uganda, dedicated to improving care for children with congenital heart defects. The initiative, launched in 2008 by the <a href="http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/10793575:13177499807:m:1:995487746:2CAA0EA0AA98FC63D1E6C8DFF0217057" target="_blank">Rotary International District 7490 Gift of Life Foundation</a> and Rotary clubs in District 6560, is designed to be turned over to the Uganda Heart Institute in 2014.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>For additional information and photos, read the <a href="http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/10793576:13177499807:m:1:995487746:2CAA0EA0AA98FC63D1E6C8DFF0217057">travel log</a> kept by the Riley Hospital vocational training team. </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>Vocational training teams are included in the <a href="http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/10793577:13177499807:m:1:995487746:2CAA0EA0AA98FC63D1E6C8DFF0217057">new grant structure</a> under The Rotary Foundation Future Vision Plan.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; display:none;mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=355 style='width:266.25pt;mso-cellspacing:0cm;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td style='background:#3C64A0;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt'><strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:white'>Vocational service speech by Trustee Ashok M. Mahajan</span></strong><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='background:white;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>At the 2009 Intercity Forum in Mumbai, India, Rotary Foundation Trustee Ashok M. Mahajan gave a speech titled  Vocational Service  As I See It. He described vocational service as  empowering men and women to end their own hunger and urged Rotarians around the world to take part in this effort. <a href="http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/10793578:13177499807:m:1:995487746:2CAA0EA0AA98FC63D1E6C8DFF0217057">Read the complete speech</a>.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; display:none;mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=355 style='width:266.25pt;mso-cellspacing:0cm;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td style='background:#3C64A0;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt'><strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:white'>A graphic look at the critical health care worker shortage</span></strong><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='background:white;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>The British newspaper the <em><a href="http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/10793579:13177499807:m:1:995487746:2CAA0EA0AA98FC63D1E6C8DFF0217057">Guardian</a></em>, in association with World Health Organization s <a href="http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/10793580:13177499807:m:1:995487746:2CAA0EA0AA98FC63D1E6C8DFF0217057">Global Health Workforce Alliance</a>, created a useful <a href="http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/10793581:13177499807:m:1:995487746:2CAA0EA0AA98FC63D1E6C8DFF0217057">graphic tool</a> to compare the 57 countries identified by WHO as having the worst health care worker shortages. A shortage, which is defined as fewer than 23 health workers per 10,000 people, negatively affects all aspects of a community, but especially maternal and infant mortality. Rotary clubs and districts can help improve access to and quality of health care in the most affected countries by supporting health workers and clinics.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; display:none;mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=352 style='width:264.0pt;mso-cellspacing:0cm;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='background:#F0F5FA;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#555555'>Does your Rotary club have a successful vocational service project to share? Do you have any comments or suggestions for future editions of the Vocational Service Update? Send them to <a href="mailto:vocationalservice@rotary.org">vocationalservice@rotary.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <!-- left column end --><!-- right column start --> <td width=224 valign=top style='width:168.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm'> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=200 style='width:150.0pt;mso-cellspacing:0cm;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td style='background:#3C64A0;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:11.25pt; text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:white'>Vocational Service Resources<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='background:#F8F7EF;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 7.5pt 3.75pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:12.75pt'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><a href="http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/10793582:13177499807:m:1:995487746:2CAA0EA0AA98FC63D1E6C8DFF0217057">An Introduction to Vocational Service <br> (255-EN)</a><br> <br> <a href="http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/10793583:13177499807:m:1:995487746:2CAA0EA0AA98FC63D1E6C8DFF0217057">Community Assessment Tools</a><br> <br> <u><span style='color:blue'><a href="http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/10793584:13177499807:m:1:995487746:2CAA0EA0AA98FC63D1E6C8DFF0217057">Search Rotary Club Service Projects</a><br> <br> </span></u><a href="http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/10793585:13177499807:m:1:995487746:2CAA0EA0AA98FC63D1E6C8DFF0217057">Volunteers Resources </a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; display:none;mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=201 style='width:150.75pt;mso-cellspacing:0cm;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td style='background:#3C64A0;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt'><strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:white'>Celebrate Literacy Month</span></strong><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='background:white;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>March is Literacy Month, a time when Rotarians are encouraged to use their talents and resources to raise awareness about literacy issues in their communities and around the world. Consider organizing a community discussion about literacy and ways to improve it in your area. Your club could also sponsor a literacy project, providing fundamental skills and new opportunities to some of the nearly 800 million people around the world unable to read and write.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>For ideas on how to establish a school-based literacy program in your community, read <a href="http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/10793586:13177499807:m:1:995487746:2CAA0EA0AA98FC63D1E6C8DFF0217057">Every School a Star: A Literacy Tool Kit</a>. Also, consider partnering with the <a href="http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/10793587:13177499807:m:1:995487746:2CAA0EA0AA98FC63D1E6C8DFF0217057">International Reading Association</a> or the <a href="http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/10793588:13177499807:m:1:995487746:2CAA0EA0AA98FC63D1E6C8DFF0217057">Dollywood Foundation s Imagination Library</a>, which have cooperative relationships with RI. </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'><a href="http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/10793589:13177499807:m:1:995487746:2CAA0EA0AA98FC63D1E6C8DFF0217057">Learn more about RI s relationships with these organizations.</a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:13.5pt'><em><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>Literacy and vocational center established in the Philippines</span></em><span style='font-size:10.5pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'><br> The Rotary Club of New Manila Heights, Quezon City, Philippines, established a literacy and livelihood center to serve 6,000 women, out-of-school youth, and people in need of job assistance. The center offers free information technology and trade courses year-round as well as career guidance, job placement, and microcredit and entrepreneurship development services. In the first year, 40 percent of participants found jobs. The club collaborates with the local government, nonprofits, and businesses to manage the center, and each provides expertise and financial or in-kind contributions.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>Find more information about the center on the club s <a href="http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/10793590:13177499807:m:1:995487746:2CAA0EA0AA98FC63D1E6C8DFF0217057">website</a>.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='display:none; mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=200 style='width:150.0pt;mso-cellspacing:0cm;mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td style='background:#3C64A0;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:11.25pt; text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:white'>Calendar<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='background:#F0F5FA;padding:3.75pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'> <p style='line-height:12.75pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt'><br> <strong>March - Rotary Literacy Month</strong>&nbsp;<br> <br> 7 March<br> Itzhak Perlman's Concert to End Polio in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Tickets are available at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra <a href="http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/10793591:13177499807:m:1:995487746:2CAA0EA0AA98FC63D1E6C8DFF0217057" title="http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/10191265:12825603594:m:1:1403172071:E9AB4F6F58F9517F0F8BCD4CC927F440blocked::http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/10191265:12825603594:m:1:1403172071:E9AB4F6F58F9517F0F8BCD4CC927F440">website</a>.<br> <br> 8&nbsp;March<br> International Women's Day (UN)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:12.75pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>22 March<br> <a href="http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/10793592:13177499807:m:1:995487746:2CAA0EA0AA98FC63D1E6C8DFF0217057">World Water Day</a> (UN)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:12.75pt'><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>April - Rotary Magazine Month</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:12.75pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>7 April<br> <a href="http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/10793593:13177499807:m:1:995487746:2CAA0EA0AA98FC63D1E6C8DFF0217057">World Health Day</a> (WHO)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:12.75pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>25 April<br> <a href="http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/10793594:13177499807:m:1:995487746:2CAA0EA0AA98FC63D1E6C8DFF0217057">World Malaria Day</a> (WHO)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='line-height:12.75pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>28 April<br> <a href="http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/10793595:13177499807:m:1:995487746:2CAA0EA0AA98FC63D1E6C8DFF0217057">World&nbsp;Day for Safety and Health at Work</a> (ILO)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; 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