PP Karoli shares about Rotary awareness during the first fellowship of the year.

He started with a joke he had heard on CBS FM’s Sports Programme Kaliisoliiso. “ A parent of the bridegroom, gave his son advice on his wedding night. “ My dear son if you want to be a responsible husband, you must be aware that marriage is like a vehicle. The moment one tyre gets a problem, the vehicle can’t move on. son have you understood? ‘yee taata’ the son replied adding that the message, I have got is that I should always have a spare tyre” the whole club burst into laughter.

Now I would like to get two opinions, one from SSS, what does the word awareness mean?

SSS: To get to know when something is done and you are aware of what can happen

Karoli: Is there any vernacular proverb to that effect?

SSS: Ekijja omanyi- Kinyaga bitono (fore warned is fore armed)

Karoli: In Rotary when we talk about awareness we simply interested in those norms that we would like the community to understand. what are those values and ideals Rotary stand for. What is that a man in Kisoro would like to appreciate about Rotary? Unless we shared the values what Rotarians stand for we shall operate like a white elephant project amongst a community that does not understand what we do. If a roof like this one fell on us, guys outside there would comment that a roof collapses on drunkards, not knowing that we are Rotarians of substance. Yet we have to improve on the standards of living of our disadvantaged members of society.

If I may ask what are those six areas that we are focusing on as Rotarians as we talk now? The first one Frank. Incidentally these are millennium development goals.

Yes PP SSS how many of your neighbours are aware that you are a Rotarian?

SSS: They are many simply because they have seen Rotarians coming to my home for a home hospitality and I explained to them.

It would be very difficult for any one of us to mentor a person when he or she does not  know the values that we cherish. Rtn. Moses what are those issues that you would focus on to convince a new Rotarian? In response Moses talked about the object of Rotary.

Ow’omutima Owen, how can the object of Rotary assist you to explain the avenues of service? In response Owen said “Am listening”

He went on to ask other Rotarians to relate the various parts of the object of Rotary how they relate to the five avenues of service.

President KIBUM what is that makes the New Generation an outstanding avenue of service? She answered by saying that the members of the New Generation are going to be Rotarians tomorrow to take over the mantle of Rotary.

It was such an interesting fellowship.