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ROTARY CLUB OF NICOSIA – ASPELIA District 2450 Club 31029

ROTARY YEAR 2010-2011

Contents I Introduction by President Caterina Kalavas II The Board of Directors III Financial Report IV Aspelia Scholarship Fund V Projects

The start of the Year

Change over Ceremony Friday 25th of June 2010 PP Michalis Avraam and P Caterina Kalavas

Board of Directors 2010-2011 and PDG T. Karakannas, DDG G. Televantides, AG Dincer Cagin

BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Caterina Kalavas Immediate Past President PP Michalis Avraam President Elect Katerina Nicolaidou Vice President PP Masis Der Parthogh Secretary Eleni Zapiti Treasurer Carol Xenophontos Membership Director PP Savvas Omorphos Rotary Foundation Director Friedrich Vogel Public Relations Director Louisa Coudounaris Club Administration Director Pia Ceder Service Projects Director Amal El Khoury Sergeant at Arms Patrick Elston

Treasurer: Carol Xenophontos BUDGET 2010

• 11 €

INCOME Balance of CCRCC brought forward from 2009-10 4262 Subscriptions (approximately) 10250 Interest Received

• District reimbursement
• 14512

EXPENSES Website operation and maintenance 300.00 Postages stamps and others 100.00 Telephones 100.00 Donations, Subscriptions and other 300.00 Public Relations and Publicity (for Rotary Club projects) 500 Yearly book, reports & others (Binding in hard copy) 500.00 Hospitality Rot. Officials and Speakers 800 Miscellaneous €200.00 Payments to rotary international 1460 Payment to District 2450 534 Payment to Cyprus Rotary 155 Paul Harris Rotary foundation 3360 buying of banners 250 color printer 300 projector 300 Rotaractors and Interactors 1500

• 10659

Balance carried forward 3853 All expenses will be paid against receipts.

BUDGET

• Speakers

Club Administration Committee

Rotary Club Nicosia Aspelia

Speakers 2010/2011 2 July Speaker - Dr Manfred Lange – "Aspelia environmental project" 16 July Speaker – Jullien Deruffe, French Embassy - “The financial crisis and the fate of Europe” 3 September Speaker - Mr. Sakis Theodosiou - "Green Dot, recycling in Cyprus" 24 September Speaker – Dr Areti Demosthenous - “Turkey: Current social and political issues” 8 October Speaker: Xenia Schneider, Sommelier: "Small wineries in Cyprus" + Wine tasting 15 October Speaker – Dr Despo Pilides (Department of Antiquities Nicosia) - “Excavations at St George Hill (former PA.SY.DY) in Nicosia” 22 October Speaker – Ambassador Johnny Young, USA - "The Catholic Church in the USA and migration" 29 October Members profile day – Nitsa Kiliaris – : “Iridodiagnosis: Prevention and Therapy of Chronic Disease” 5 November Speaker - DDG George Papaleontiou - "Rotary in Cyprus and the district" 12 November Speaker- PP Stavros Makris, Chair of (Cyprus) Rotary Foundation

Committee 2010/11 - "Rotary Foundation"

26 November Speaker - Barry Kyriakou from People Achieve - "Engaging the passion"

14 January District Governor 21 January DGN Kevork Mahdessian - "Eradication of Polio" 4 February

Marios Mavrides, Chair, Department of Accounting, Finance and

• Economics. European University Cyprus – Cyprus Economy

11 February

• Dr. Alexandros Antonaras, MCQI CQP, PMP, Director,

Consultancy Unit, University of Nicosia: "Business ethics" 25 February Dr Theodoros Voukides, Plastic Surgeon - "News on plastic surgery, Women only?" 11 March Fantinos Hadjimitsis, Cyprus Trainer: "How to improve your Rotary meeting/membership 18 March Friedrich Vogel, "Impressions of Incredible India" 8 April Antonis Petrou, Marine biologists – New Marine migrants from the red sea – corals of Cyprus 15 April Walter Bopp "The Geneva issue" 6 May Professor Gościwit Malinowski, President of the Faculty for Classical, Hellenic Studies and Philosophy at the University of Wrocław in Poland - "Cyprus in Polish universities" 20 May Professor Nikolaos Chatziliades, professor of General Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ioannina University. "Metal Ions in Biological Systems-Bioinorganic Chemistry" 3 June Demosthenis Severis. "40 years of Rotary life"

Membership

Director: PP Savvas Omorphos Members: PP Andreas Ladas, Alexandra Matsis

• Aim to Sustain Members
• Induction of 3 new members
• New Classifications

• Fellowship Events

Club Administration Committee

Club Administration Committee

• Fellowship Events

Rotary Foundation

Director: Friedrich Vogel Members:Nazo Davidian (Vice chair), PP Andreas Ladas, Anita Papakyriakou Goran Svensson

• The club is 100% sustaining member of the RF
• Contributing 100 USD/member since more than 5 years
• The club secured one District Simplified Grant for the Dyslexia project
• Exceptional representation at the 2nd Cyprus Rotary Conference,

30-31 October 2010, 1st club in Cyprus with the best Attendance This year we are giving 5 PHF. We got 3 of them on Rotary Foundation date with double recognition points thus saving the club $1500.

Mega project Community Environmental Project

"Clean Cyprus" “Let’s make Cyprus a Cleaner, Greener Place”

Chair: Manfred Lange

Launch of the Project. Gala Dinner at Presidential Palace, under the auspices of the 1st Lady of Cyprus and in the presence of the DG

Service Projects

Community Environmental Project

"Clean Cyprus" “Let’s make Cyprus a Cleaner, Greener Place”

Chair: Manfred Lange Gala Dinner at Presidential Palace, DG Assem Abdel Razek, P DG Doros Ieropoulos and Egyptian Ambassador with his wife Excellent Media coverage Gala Dinner at Presidential Palace Rotarians, their families and guests

Community Environmental Project

"Clean Cyprus" “Let’s make Cyprus a Cleaner, Greener Place”

Community Environmental Project Reforestation

In collaboration with the Forestry Department of Cyprus The second environmental project was the tree planting in the wider Nicosia area, Athalassa Forest, near the buffer zone.

Service Projects

Community Project Drive to the Left

Chair: PP Sotos Demetriou ‘Drive Left’ is a road safety project initiated by Rotary Club of Nicosia-Aspelia in collaboration with the Traffic Dept of the Cyprus Police. Launch of the Project Press Conference Larnaca International Airport 4 September 2010

Service Projects

Community Project Drive to the Left

• Thousands of PVC

Plastic Stickers with suction cups, have been printed and distributed for application to the car dashboard thus reminding drivers of this rule.

• Excellent Media

coverage 3 TV stationﾕs main news and press coverage

Distribution of adhesive notices by Rotarians and Rotaractors Larnaca International Airport 4 September 2010

Service Projects

Vocational Projects

Chair: Loucas Vryonides

DYSLEXIA BI-COMMUNAL PROJECT

Launch of the Project Press Conference 4 September 2010

DYSLEXIA BI-COMMUNAL PROJECT

Dyslexia awareness booklet for Cyprus 1. Cyprus Dyslexia Association wrote the booklet 2. Rotary Club of Nicosia – Aspelia, coordinated the project, translated the booklet into Turkish and printed 2000 copies in Greek 3. The Turkish Cypriot Dyslexia Association (KKDD) worked on the Turkish version and organised the distribution of the booklet 4. The Rotary club of Nicosia Sarayionou embraced the project and printed and distributed the Turkish translation 5. Fund raising by the Rotary clubs 6. Excellent media coverage in TV news 2 TV Live Programs 1 Radio Program and press coverage

Vocational Projects

Vocational Projects

DYSLEXIA PROJECT “TRAIN THE TRAINER” 2010

Club Trainer: PP Marianna Trokoudes

• Training workshops for parents and teachers who handle or

encounter Dyslexic children, October-November 2010.

• Initiative taken by Nicosia-Aspelia and Nicosia Sarayonu,

representing all the 19 Rotary Clubs in Cyprus.

• Aiming to assist the Dyslexia Associations of the two

communities.

• External funding from the Small Grant Programme of the

“Engage” project executed by the NGO Support Centre and the Management Centre and sponsored by the UNDP-ACT.

• Active participation of Dyslexia Associations of the two

communities.

• Follow up by small bi-communal informal meetings of

both the Greek and Turkish Cypriot parents and teachers.

Service Projects

COMMUNITY YOUTH PROJECTS

Chair: Rena Papaioannou

PEDIKI STEGI FOSTER HOME

Painting

RC Nicosia Aspelia & Rotaractor club Nicosia Aspelia in collaboration with Dulux 20 November 2010

Service Projects

COMMUNITY YOUTH PROJECTS

Chair: Rena Papaioannou

SECRET SANTA

During Christmas time members proceed with donations in

• rder to purchase gifts for needy children according to their

wishes This year gifts were offered to:

• Pediki Stegi - Children’s foster home
• Boys Hostel in Aglantzia,
• Boys Hostel in Latsia,
• Girls Hostel in Engomi.

Service Projects

International Projects Chair: PP Sotos Demetriou

To offer support to the needy children in Gaza Strip especially for those suffering from chronic diseases or who are orphans. Sponsorship through the Children’s Relief Foundation (CRF) Aspelia is organising Fund raising International Emergency fund - ongoing project

• Shelter Boxes

Shelter Box is a global Rotary Club project which relies entirely on public donations, and responds instantly to disasters all around the world, we feel a responsibility to contribute in it. Aspelia is now buying 2 shelter Boxes

• Disaster Relief Task Force - Terrorist attack in Alexandria Egypt

Immediate response to the above by sending $500 to help heal and rebuild. Fund raising: Donations by 2 companies.

Hope for Gaza Children

Chair: Stefan Peter

Chartering by our DG on 15 September 2010 Gala Dinner Presidential Palace

INTERACT CLUB

We had the Chartering of our 1st Interact club at the American International School in Cyprus ( AISC) on A 3 members subcommittee undertook the training and the Rotary awareness. Involvement in the Aspelia Environmental Project in Collaboration with “Green Dot” The school was one of the 2 schools that received 40 Recycling bins for paper/Carton and PMD worth 1984 Euros and a composting donated by Blars – Business links and representation services Mr Loizos Afxentiou

PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE

Director: Louisa Coudounaris The current PR Director, in pursuing her duties of the office, aims at the following:

• The overall promotion of Rotary Image and Rotary principles
• The promotion of the Club so as to reflect a positive image

leading to: 1. Enhanced respect for Rotary/Club within the community 1. Enhanced recruitment of quality new Members

PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE

Director: Louisa Coudounaris

Media coverage to December 2010

TV Main News, Radio and life TV Programs - Internet - Satellite

• Drive to the Left project – A Road safety project
• Environment – Gala Dinner and about the project
• Dyslexia bi communal project “awareness booklet”
• Dyslexia Train the Trainer project
• Other coverage:

1. Alzheimer’s project 2. Painting at Pediki Stegi 3. Ambassador Young’s presentation at Lunch Meeting 4. Eating Disorders Center – candidate future project

Drive Left Campaign Press Conference at Larnaka airport Ant1 T.V. Channel Main Evening News 4/9/2010

Drive Left Campaign Press Conference at Larnaka airport Sigma T.V. Channel Main Evening News 4/9/2010

Dyslexia Awareness Campaign Rik1 T.V. Channel Morning Program “7 10” 7/10/2010

Dyslexia Campaign Rik2 T.V. Channel “BIZ EMEIS” Bi-Communal Program 22/10/1010

• P. Caterina Kalavas RC Aspelia, PP Dervis Baha RC Sarayonu,

Stefanos Dimitriou Cyprus Dyslexia Association & Tulin Aker Turkish Cypriot Dyslexia Association

We thank you for your attention and we wish all the best to the new Aspelia Board

President Caterina Kalavas and the Board of Directors