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District Governor
Eric Kaler

Volume 7 Issue 19 – November 14th, 2019

“Making a Difference in our Local and Global Communities”

President
Alexander “Alex” Kanamu

The strength of our Club lies in its members

Life, Health and Rotary
In Masindi, Uganda
Service Above Self – Making a Difference

Editor – PP Geoff Horvath

Veterans Day
Veterans gives Americans the opportunity to celebrate
the bravery and sacrifice of all U.S. veterans. However,most Americans confuse this holiday with Memorial
Day, reports the Department of Veterans Affairs.
What's more, some Americans don't know why wecommemorate our Veterans on Nov.11. It's imperativethat all Americans know the history of Veterans Day sothat we can honor our former service members
properly.

known as 'Armistice Day.'" As such, this new legal
holiday honored World War I veterans.
In 1954, after having been through both World War II
and the Korean War, the 83rd U.S. Congress -- at theurging of the veteran’s service organizations -amended the Act of 1938 by striking out the word
"Armistice" and inserting the word "Veterans." With theapproval of this legislation on June 1, 1954, Nov. 11
became a day to honor American veterans of all wars.

A Brief History of Veterans Day

Veterans Day, formerly known as Armistice Day, wasoriginally set as a U.S. legal holiday to honor the endof World War I, which officially took place on
November 11, 1918. In legislation that was passed in
1938, November 11 was "dedicated to the cause ofworld peace and to be hereafter celebrated andRotary – 114 Years of Service to the World!

In 1968, the Uniforms Holiday Bill ensured three-day
weekends for federal employees by celebrating four
national holidays on Mondays: Washington's Birthday,
Memorial Day, Veterans Day, and Columbus Day.
Under this bill, Veterans Day was moved to the fourth
Monday of October. Many states did not agree withthis decision and continued to celebrate the holiday on
its original date. The first Veterans Day under the newlaw was observed with much confusion on Oct. 25,
1971.

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World War I veteran Joseph Ambrose

Finally, on September 20, 1975, President Gerald R.
Ford signed a law which returned the annual
observance of Veterans Day to its original date of Nov.
11, beginning in 1978. Since then, the Veterans Day
holiday has been observed on Nov. 11.
The difference between Veterans Day and Memorial
Day
Memorial Day honors service members who died inservice to their country or as a result of injuries incurred
during battle. Deceased veterans are also
remembered on Veterans Day but the day is set aside
to thank and honor living veterans who served
honorably in the military - in wartime or peacetime.

President Eisenhower's letter to Harvey V. Higley,
Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, designating him
Chairman, Veterans Day National Committee
The White House Office
October 8, 1954
Dear Mr. Higley:
I have today signed a proclamation calling upon all of
our citizens to observe Thursday, November 11, 1954
as Veterans Day. It is my earnest hope that all veterans,
their organizations, and the entire citizenry will joinhands to insure proper and widespread observance of
this day. With the thought that it will be most helpful tocoordinate the planning, I am suggesting the formationof a Veterans Day National Committee. In view of yourgreat personal interest as well as your official
responsibilities, I have designated you to serve as
Chairman. You may include in the Committee
membership such other persons as you desire to selectand I am requesting the heads of all departments andagencies of the Executive branch to assist theCommittee in its work in every way possible.
I have every confidence that our Nation will respondwholeheartedly in the appropriate observance ofVeterans Day, 1954.
Sincerely,
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
Military.com | By Ho Lin

President Eisenhower signing HR7786, changing
Armistice Day to Veterans Day. From left: Alvin J. King,
Wayne Richards, Arthur J. Connell, John T. Nation,
Edward Rees, Richard L. Trombla, Howard W. Watts

RI President: Mark Daniel MaloneyDistrict: Eric Kaler
Asst. Dist. Govt: Sonya Mendez
Club President: Alex Kanamu
PP: Lilette Subedi
President Elect: Keoni Ahlo
Exec Secretary: Alison Kanamu
Recording Secretary: Jackie Barnes
Treasurer: Kate Butts
Sergeant-at-Arms: Dr. Carver Wilcox
Asst. Sergeant-at-Arms: Austin
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Jo Anne Nishigaya – Guest of Alison Kanamu
Alésia Au – Guest of PP Doc McKenzie
Doc Lynn GoyaIs Rotary a charity?
Financial structure. The Rotary Foundation is organized
as a public charity operated exclusively for charitablepurposes and governed by a Board of Trustees.
The operations of Rotary International, a member
organization, are overseen by its Board of Directors.

Derek Conselva

Hawaii Rotary YouthFoundation (HRYF)
Oli – No Chant today

Seek out deserving students for the 2020 HRYF
Scholarships program.
PP Geoff gave an update on the 2020 HRYF
Scholarship program. As the President of HRYF, he willbe speaking at other clubs soon.

Recognitions for the week ending November 17th,
2019.
Outside D5K
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Within D5K
IPDG Win Schoneman – RC of Honolulu Sunset
Janine M. LeGrand – Guest Speaker – RC of
Masindi, Uganda
PP Bruce Fink – RC of Pearl Harbor

Doc Carver Wilcox celebrated his Birthday today,
November 14!

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annual vacation kept growing, starting with Alex andAustin going, then Alison, Lexi, Ashton, and other family
members. This year, on a whim, they drove toDisneyland for a couple of days.

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Doc Carver Wilcox gave a HI $5 for his birthday
today!
Jo Anne Nishigaya gave a HI $5 for Alison Kanamu
inviting her to our meeting. Jo Anne is visiting from themainland and is a former member of our club! It wasgood seeing her again!
PP Charlie Duncan gave a HI $5 for finally making ameeting! It was good seeing Charlie again!
Alison Kanamu gave a HI $5 for all of us who keep
the club running in their absence.
IPDG Win Schoneman gave a HI $5 for the upcoming
work day at Ho'ōla Nā Pua. Honolulu Metro is unable
to make it, so Win is looking for help in clearing someland so they can build a pergola on Nov 23rd. He also
attended his 50th school reunion.
Kate Butts gave a HI $5 for PP Doc McKenzie andJackie Barnes making dictionary deliveries today.
Janine M. LeGrand gave a HI $5 for our club inviting
her to tell us about her mission and ministry in Uganda.
PP Bruce Fink gave a HI $5 for visiting us and for thekind reception he received and for our hospitality.
President Alex gave a HI $20 in appreciation for ourmembers taking over and running the meeting in his
absence.

Austin Kanamu contributed $10 to the club for the
recent family trip they made to Las Vegas attending
the 2019 SEMA Car Show. For the past few years, thisRotary – 114 Years of Service to the World!

President Alex added to this by telling us that it was a
fun trip because Alison booked the hotel in advance,
which was next to Disneyland parking lot, so all they
had to do is walk across to the parking lot, pick up the
shuttle and ride on to the park. That meant that they
didn’t have to get up early to drive the family to thepark. Another bit of information Alex shared with us
was, it is so nice having older kids, because they cantake care of themselves, leaving Mom and Dad more
free time together. For that, Alex contributed $10 tothe clug.

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If you're between the ages of 12 and 30, you may beinterested in joining one of our service clubs for young
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NoneNov 21st – Sheryl Yoshimura & Kamila Bernhard –Special Projects Manager & Dietitian – Wahiawa
HealthDec 5th – Traci Takehara – Donor Recruitment andAccount Manager, Hawaii Blood BankJan 9th 2020 – Ron Mizutani – CEO Hawaii FoodbankfMcDonalds before the Golden Archesq

Nov 23 – Ho'ōla Nā Pua work day
Dec 12 – Al Wonder Christmas party

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Janine M. LeGrand

Health-Education Ministry in Uganda“ I B ELIEVE T HAT EVERY RIGHTIMPLIES A RESPONSIB ILIT Y; EVERYOPPORT UNIT Y, AN OB LIGATION;
EVERY POSSESSION, A DUT Y.”
John D. Rockefeller Jr.

Keeping with fast-food restaurants, when/where was
the first McDonalds opened?

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Janine is a 57-year old single missionary serving with
SAMS (The Society of Anglican Missionaries and
Senders) doing health work in Masindi, Uganda, East
Africa. She is a graduate of Kapiolani Community
College with an AA in Medical Assisting and of The
University of Hawaii at Manoa with a BA in Zoology
and a Professional Diploma in Secondary Science
Education. She also attended Fuller TheologicalSeminary studying Cross-cultural Health Care for 1
year with a GPA of 3.92.

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She has been high school science teacher both in Japan(US DoDDS) and at Sacred Hearts Academy on Oahu.
She has also worked as a Certified Medical Assistantfor Kahu Malama Nursing and as a veterinary lab techand veterinary assistant, as well as having been solecare-giver for her father for many years.
Janine has served as a full-time cross-cultural
missionary with SAMS since April 2008, serving for 1
year as a Missionary and Community Health Advisor,
then for the last 10 years as the Diocesan Health
Coordinator for the Diocese of Masindi-Kitara in
Uganda. She is responsible for health activities in theentire Diocese and coordinating with otherorganizations - both within and outside Uganda inareas relating to health. Most of her work focuses on
preventive measures such as clean water, nutrition,
sanitation, malaria prevention, and helping people getaccess to quality clinical care. She helps organize theUgandan side of medical outreaches with US medical
teams, which come 5-6 times a year from several
organizations, mostly OneWorld Health. She alsoteaches at the Diocesan Training Centre educating
church leaders in training to be good examples ofhealthy behaviors and to be a resource to theircommunities. She helps ensure quality care at the local
health center serving as a Medical Bureau Medicines
Management Supervisor and doing quality control
assessments. She even has a program to help ensure
church workers preaching the Bible have reading
glasses, so they can study the Bible and be more
effective in their work, since reading glasses are still
scarce where she works.
Janine is a new member of the Rotary Club of Masindi
and is excited to be part of Rotary. The local Rotaryclub is involved with a number of health activities - suchas participating in a Cancer Run to raise money for thenational referral hospital’s cancer ward, local
community health days, and Janine is even working on
a plan for a possible Maternal-Child Health Rotary
program to help get high-risk pregnant mothers to beable to deliver near where emergency obstetrical careis available.

Janine at a Club meeting

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Janine lives by herself on a small home farm in Masindi
with a cat, three dogs, five sheep, two cows, andnumerous chickens, though she employs some workers
to help her on the farm and with security. She grows avariety of fruits, vegetables, and herbs. Janine enjoys
cooking, reading, and helping people in many ways. In
addition to Rotary, she is also a member of theChristian Women’s Fellowship and The Order of theDaughters of the King.

MasindiBefore getting into her presentation, Janine told us that she
was born in California, but lived most of her life inKane’ohe, which is on the Windward site of Oahu, Hawaii.
In a couple of years, Uganda will be the longest place she
has lived.
Janine has lived there for 11 years as a missionary, sent by
Calvary Episcopal Church, Kane’ohe, in 2008, working for
the Society of Anglican Missionaries and Senders (SAMS),
helping the people of Masindi improve in health.
Uganda is located in East Africa and is about the size ofOregon. Masindi is located in western Uganda, about 4hours travel time north of the capital city Kampala.

Uganda is a nation of children. Children from 0 to 14 yearsof age make up 48% of the total population. The medianage for Uganda is 15.9 years of age! The life expectancy
is 56.3 years of age. Mostly due to health and other issues.
English is the official language taught in schools and isimportant for commerce and daily life. Educated people
speak English, but at the village level, many don’t.
The Masindi-Kitara Diocese, where Janine works, is adiverse region made up of more than 50 different tribes
and well over 60 different languages.

For most people, housing is pretty basic. Most homes are
made from reeds, much and thatch. Because of the material
used, these homes have to be rebuilt on a regular basis.
The goal is to build or own a permanent home that doesn’t
have to be rebuilt multiple times. Some build their own
permanent homes with brick and cement (cement is kind of
expensive) or mud as mortar, with a tin roof.
The Rotary Club of Masindi recently built a brand-new
house for one of the needy families in Masindi. The cost of
this project was entirely donated by Masindi Rotary Club
members. They also gave items to help furnish the home.

The largest employer in the Masindi area is Kinyara Sugar,
which is foreign owned.

Firewood and charcoal combined constitute the main fuelfor cooking for 96% of the families of Uganda. Most cooks
use the “3-stone method” with a grill balanced on the threerocks to cook.

Cane cutters make a little over $2 per day, but have to pay
for transport to/from the fields, so go home with about$1.75 a day.
Most people are peasant farmers with no jobs. They survive
by selling extra crops for salt, soap, and hopefully school
fees, and when needed, medical care. Most people haveno cash or banked savings, but may have chickens or crops
they can sell. Richer people may have cows. Mostly, people
rely on help from other community members when big
expenses come up such as medical expenses, weddings,
burials, etc. If someone needs money, he will ask hisneighbor. If the neighbor has the money or goods, he will
give it. In turn, when that neighbor needs money, the moneyor goods are given without question.
While almost all Ugandans are poor, there are always a
few who rise above the crowd economically. Those whocare about service over self and agree with the 4-Way test
may choose to become Rotarians.
The Masindi Rotary Club has 21members plus manyInteractors, sometimes there are more Interactors at a
meeting than Rotarians! Don’t forget, about half of the
population of Uganda are children!

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About 86% of houses don’t have handwashing facilities suchas a sink and running water.
The religion breakdown of Uganda is as follows:••••

Protestant – 42%(Anglican – 35.9%
Pentecostal (4.6%)
Catholic – 41.9%
Muslim – 12.1%
Other – 0.9%

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Christianity has been described as “a mile wide and an inch
deep.” People go to church then later to a witchdoctor forhealing, love or cursing another. Janine had to let one ofher staff go because she had a curse put on a coworker.
Child sacrifice is still practiced on occasion. In one instance,
the church members showed up at church to see a dead childthat had been sacrificed on the altar. The people or family
responsible were never found.
Janine then provided some health facts.
• There are only about 0.009 physicians to 1,000
patients• The risk of major infectious disease is consideredvery high. They have been successful in keeping
Ebola from entering Uganda from the neighboring
Democratic Republic of Congo, where they had an
epidemic. About 4 cases were caught at the borderand the people were turned back. The scary thing
about Ebola is, it is just as contagious after deathas in a live person. They have special burial squads
that bury the bodies of the victims. One problem is,
Muslims have strict burial customs, so family
members will come, steal the body and bury itthemselves in accordance with their customs.
• Every month on average 4 in every 10 people
suffer with illness or injury. Most will not be able tosee a doctor.
• There are a lot of cases of malnutrition among theyoung.
In Uganda, there are many tropical diseases not normallyfound in the U. S. Malaria is the number one killer in
Uganda, followed by respiratory and diarrheal illness.
While not as high as in the surrounding countries, Uganda
also has HIV/AIDS. In Uganda, HIV is normally spread
between men and women. The segment of the population
where HIV is spreading most rapidly is actually married
couples.

Rotary in Ugunda
The Rotary Clubs all over Uganda participate in a Cancer
Run to raise money for the cancer treatment center at
Kampala. The Masindi Rotary Club actively participated inthis event.

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National and International Rotary programs also involve
vaccination programs such as Polio immunization andholding blood drives.

Why is Janine in Uganda?
•

Her passion is to share the love of Christ in atangible form through working to improve health• Improve health through education on (one of thesix areas of focus):• Clean Water• Sanitation• Nutrition• Malaria prevention• Improve access to quality clinical care
• Working with church leadership to strengthen themand have them provide good examples of healthy
behaviors.
Some of the things Janine is doing is working with short-term
medical teams, primarily with OneWorld Health.

OneWorld Health comes and does free outreach 4-5 times
a year. Janine is involved with choosing sites, coordinatingwith the churches to prepare the facilities and organizes
translators, training church leaders on what needs to bedone, and supervising training for their prayer teams thatserve with the medical team.
Her training teams and she visits sites starting one monthahead, where they train on how to prepare well for a shortterm medical team’s visit.
In addition to all this, Janine does a lot of medical
recordkeeping that needs to be done to meet government
reporting demands.
She facilitates in many ways
OneWOrld Health teams and other short-term teams likethose doing blood pressure screening.
One of her missions is to keep church leaders healthy. Here,she provides first aid for a major gathering of church
leaders form her diocese. She also teaches health courses
to people training as Lay Readers. Lay Readers are a very
important part of the church since a pastor may have manychurches over a wide area, making visits rarely. These
courses help prepare the Lay Readers to lead churches andbecome good examples for healthy living in theircommunities, and to be able to share health information
within their community.
Students learn such things as avoiding and managing simple
health problems. Things she has taught include basic firstaid, CPR, preventing Vitamin A deficiency, malaria

prevention, avoiding and managing diarrhea nutrition andidentifying/helping malnourished babies, etc.
They lack modern training tools, so for her CPR class, theyused a jerrycan for the body and a succor ball for the head.
The resistance on the jerrycan was just right for compression
the training.
Another program Janine started and participates in isproviding free reading glasses to church leaders, so they
can read the Bible. If they didn’t have these glasses, theywould not be able to teach and lead worship within theirchurches.
Technology has not fully reached Masindi yet, so cell phones
are crucial to survival. Transportation is one of the
difficulties living in that area, so communications regarding
trips or rides to the hospital, etc., are sent using text
messaging on cell phones.
Jeanine uses this method to regularly send out short healthmessages to over 300 churches. They church leaders in turnare to announce these messages to their congregations
during Sunday services. These messages have to betranslated as needed. Potentially, these messages could
reach more than 50,000 people on a regular basis.
Janine will be heading back home soon. She enjoyed visiting
our club. We will have to have her back again!

Monrovia Airport, CA(Go to our Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/groups/9628629737
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The End Polio Now Piggy Bank, was passed around for
the END POLIO NOW Contest, which started on October 1st
until November 30th. We collected $40 today!
Members are encouraged to designate their money to thiseffort.

Ace of Hearts
PDG Win Schoneman and Kate Butts

No Ace of Hearts today.

Answer to this week’s Questions
Patrick McDonald opens the first Airdrome restaurantat the Monrovia Airport in California in 1937.

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Pineapple Princess Jackie Barnes

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PP Bruce Fink and PDG Win greeting eachother

PDG Win and Janine

Greetings and stimulations!

Guest Speaker and Rotarian Janine M. LeGrandA Joyful Alison Kanamu – Happy to be back!

Two treasurers finally meet – Jo Anne Nishigaya and Kate Butts

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PP Bruce and Janine setting her display of Uganda art

PP Charlie Duncan – Happy to be back!
Beautiful Uganda paintings

Pineapple byDerek Conselva is happy to be here!
PDG Win getting a fantastic lunch provided by Marian’s
Catering

Doc Lynn Goya meeting PP Bruce Fink

Special Hat

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The doctor is in the house – PP Doc McKenzie

Members and guests enjoying the meeting

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Austin Kanamu

Doc Carver Wilcox HI $5 for his Birthday

Our Find Dining Pig!

President Alex – Just made it!

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Derek Conselva giving a HI $5

Jo Anne Nishigaya giving her HI $5

PP Charlie Duncan getting out his HI $5

Alison Kanamu giving her HI $5

PDG Win giving his HI $5

Kate Butts giving her HI $5

Janine LeGrand giving her HI $5

President Alex giving his HI $20

President Alex receiving a recognition award for ourparticipation in the End Polio Now Program

Janine telling us abut her mission in Uganda

Exchanging business cards

PP Bruce Fink giving his HI $5

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Club Banner exchange

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