PHILIPPINE ROTARY GROUP VISITS NORTH NORFOLKA Rotary group from the Philippines - hosted by members of Cromer and Sheringham Rotary Club - has just spent a week in North Norfolk. The week was the first of a four week intensive tour of East Anglia as part of a unique Group Study Exchange programme. The team, led by a lawyer Rotarian and former Rotary district Governor in the Philppines, was made up of four young professionals, selected from hundreds of applicants, to benefit from the different culture, traditions and heritage of another country. The 12 hour daily programme took in visits to different Rotary Clubs, events and places of interest but, in particular, provided an opportunity for the team to spend time with their counterparts learning how a similar job is done in the UK. Highlight of the week was a get-together at The Dormy House Hotel, West Runton attended by over 60 Rotarians and friends. Here, each of the team introduced themselves with visual presentations covering a different aspect of life in the Philippines. One member is a schools' counsellor during the day and became a well- known radio disc-jockey in the evenings. One of the two girls is the Information, Education and Communications Specialist for a government-funded electrification project in a remote and poor region in Mindinao in the far south.
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Rotarian, John Dunsire, who described the week as a unique experience for both hosts and
visitors. "With their enthusiasm and old-fashioned courtesy rarely seen these days,
they have made friendships which will last for years", he said. More details from: Alan Caine 01263 577636 |
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@ Sheringham Community Paper - Issue 100 - 8 May 2009
