Euro-Asia Committee - Lions Clubs International - MD 112 Belgium

Minutes of Seminar / Workshop / MeetingFriday September 7, 20122.14 Euro‐Asia Committee10:15‐11:45 ROOM: 213/215 2nd FloorCHAIRPERSON PDG Renato Sambugaro MD 108 ItalyVICE‐CHAIRPERSON PCC Elien Van Dille MD 112 BelgiumSPEAKER Lion Edwin de Boevé MD 112 BelgiumSPEAKER Lion Duptho Rinzin Dorji D 322 F Kingdom of BhutanSECRETARY Lion Patrick Raes MD 112 BelgiumPARTICIPANTSAllLANGUAGEEnglishPROGRAM CHANGES, IF ANYMINUTESWelcome word by President1. PROJECT OF POLAND DELEGATIONLions club of Krakau start project song festival non professionals in November next year fordisabled people2. ROBERTO TROVARELLI – new website of this committee ( see website intro attached )Facility activities of committee, coordinate, collect info, Promote dialog, add info, easymanagement5 areas:‐ home‐ Presentation of committee‐ The committee ( members – delegates – how to contact)‐ Services ( requests – proposals – what has been done till now )‐ Blogs ( communication )NEXT STEPS: add more info, activate blogs, more info3. JURGEN PIFFER AUSTRIA LIONS EISENACH – helping children in NepalTogether with Lions Wartburg GermanySmall school in Nepal, support ( accommodation, medical, material, water, )15 childrenNext steps: create farm for self supportVisit to Lions Katmandu next year to increase collaboration4. RUTH DE BRUYN – Netherlands Indonesian collaboration ( presentation attached )Promoclip ( attached )PowerPoint presentation ( attached )GOAL: promote friendship between Lions Nepal and Holland – material help‐ Organization

‐ Activities: very important support for medical care, together with authoritiesFundraising on Indonesian fair ( 10 days – 180 lions of Holland present – lottery ) +fundraising dinner‐ Feed back‐ www.slni.nlpromote other lions clubs to participate in help5. SO.SAN ( presentation attached )Solidarity health organizationWHY: coordination of work of Lions doctors all over the world where help is neededNon profit organization,QUALITIES:‐ Continuity:‐ Security – insurance‐ Planning – careful study beforeStarted in Ravenna 2003, 2007 became “permanent multiservice district “More than 70 missions till now over a lot of countriesWorking with all kind of medical experts, doctors and nursesAlso training for local staffFinanced by voluntary contributionsCONCLUSION: support people in need is target, bring health to those who need it, WESERVE6. DYNAMO INTERNATIONAL – EDWIN DE BOUVE LIONS BRUXELLES CENTENAIRE (presentation attached )NGO specialised in street workGive protection, education, support to everybody who lives in street50 countries involvedOBJECTIVES‐ Professional approach , people who gives help have to be very professionalStreet work training institute in Lisbon, setup un 2012‐ Finding solutions, networking‐ Coordination national and international – organizing meetingsPublications and guidesCollaboration with Vietnam since 2000‐ Platform for street workers‐ Contact with authorities‐ Training for street workers‐ Info for all people‐ Youth campsCHALLENGE‐ International meeting 2013 Philippines‐ Develop new platforms in AsiaProposals:° program for financial support for street workers in Asia° partnership with local Lions clubs7. MANUELA LOTT – PHOTO SAFARI 2012 ( presentation attached )

Project district 111 OM GERMANY from children for children, for and with Lions clubsChildren from 10 to 12 took pictures from all day lifeSponsored cameras,24 pictures from each of 6 locations, so 144 picturesTravelling exhibition started march 2012, convention 111 MO, 2 weeks later conventionIsrael, now travellingBrings clubs closer together, reason to talk about Lions, promote Lions, also cultural aspectas exhibition for young and oldPublic relation, close together with newspaper, television, social mediaWas in Israel, Addis Abeba, Bethlehem, bank offices, schools, parliaments, maybe verysoon in Bundestag Berlin, after that Hamburg Convention, ……Edited in a bookBREAKVISIT AND SPEECH OF MR. TANN – PAST INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENTLIONS OF THE WORLD = WE SERVE although different language, culture,Very important is networking, always finding the right partner8. BHUTAN – ELIEN VAN DILLE AND DUPTHO RINZIN DORJICountry in Himalaya, 600.000 peopleHappiness very important, more than financial, professional situationLIONS CLUB OF DRUK THIMPHU BHUTAN, started 2010, now 23 members,Support local people who needs itBLIND SCHOOL with support of Belgian Lions in Khaling, 2 and a half day drive away fromcapitalSupport for material and trainingRESOLUTIONS