Dénouement...

It has been a year since I was elected as the president of the Interact Club of KISU, and my time has finally come to an end. It is bittersweet to let it go, but I am glad that the Club legacy will remain at the school. This blog will be updated by the new members of the Interact Club from now onwards.

I would like to thank everybody who contributed to the club in any way during my period of presidency. I am so grateful for all that the Interact Club of KISU has given me and everything I was able to achieve. Never will I forget to engage Rotary, and change lives.

Ingrid

Interact Club of KISU President 2013-2014

 

Rotary Cancer Run 31st August 2014

Rotary Club will be hosting the 2014 Cancer Run on the 31st of this month! 

The proceeds from this event will go to the construction of a cancer ward in Kampala, so make sure you show some support by taking part! 

It will be at 7:00 AM at the Kololo Airstrip on the 31st of August (as mentioned earlier) 

You are free to choose between the following races: 5km; 10km; 21km. 

The charge is only 10,000/=! 

See you there!! 

Quick announcement

The Interact Club of KISU will be taking some action as soon as exams are over, as Rotarians should strive to be the most educated, ambitious, well rounded and the perfect role model for all.

Meaning club sessions will resume once the exams are done. Good luck everyone!

Who we are and what we've done so far...

The Interact club of KISU (2013-2014)

The Interact club of KISU was founded by the director of public relations at the Rotary Club of Kasangati, Mrs Sophie Bamoweraki, in September 2013. Since then the club has prospered from having only two Interactors to over twenty active members. Initially the Interact club collaborated with a teenager named Josephine, a sickle cell anemia patient in rural Kampala. Her father passed away from the disease when Josephine was younger, and her mother had recently lost her job. Through organization and conduction of several fundraisers, the club was able to raise over 1 million Ugandan Shillings which was used to purchase a crutch, medication, shoes (specially designed for her as her right leg was four centimeters shorter due to her medical condition), and enabled Josephine to get a general check up as well as an X-ray scan of her hip. Although this was a small-scale project, there was nothing small about Josephine and her mother’s smiles of gratitude. 

In October, the Interact club of KISU had their very first opportunity to work as an arm of the mother club, The Rotary Club of Kasangati. The Interactors had the chance to aid the community by assisting in the public sales and healthcare sectors. It was a touching experience especially because the Interact club of KISU encompassed several future doctors and they were able to get a glimpse of their potential career. Another prestigious event the members of the Interact club of KISU were able to attend was the Rotary International Presidential New Generations Africa Conference 2013. The Interactors were blessed enough to be able to exchange a few words with the Rotary International President Mr. Ron Burton and his wife, Mrs. Burton. The conference gravitated around the theme of empowerment and it was a poignant event which deeply touched many Interactor’s hearts. 

The Interact club of KISU, evidently, was gaining momentum and developing more courage and knowledge to tackle down larger projects, which led the club’s collaboration with Sir Apollo Kaggwa Memorial Primary School Manyagwa Gayaza- a local primary school with a deficit in fundamental resources such as notebooks and pencils. The president of the Interact club of KISU then bowed to provide them with the equipment needed to allow the pupils to soar. Interactors worked together to conceive completely revolutionized fundraisers such as “movie night”, as well as selling roses on Valentine’s Day. Ultimately the club was blessed with over 1million Ugandan Shillings (again!), in addition to the 100USD the district chair of Uganda and Tanzania donated to aid the club’s success. 

On March 17^th, the club members were finally able to hand over the resources which had been purchased for the occasion, which included 2 netballs, 2 footballs, 1 world map, 1 pump, 2 javelins, 100 boxes of crayons & coloured pencils, 2 shot-puts, a tape measure and 315 custom-designed notebooks. 

They say that what you give is what you get, I, as the president of the Interact Club of KISU can only hope that the tremendous effort that the Interactors of KISU have put into the projects will fulfil their lives with nothing but blessings and pride to be an excellent ambassador of the International Action Club. 

Ingrid Saito

Rotary International President

In an affluent society no useful distinction can be made between luxuries and necessaries - J.K. Galbraith

Interactors (green uniform) with the KISU interact treasurer, vice president and president posing with The Rotary International President Mr Ron D Burton and Mrs Burton

On Tuesday, the 5th of November, The members of International Action (Interact) club of KISU
were able to attend the Rotary International Presidential New Generations Africa Conference
2013. Over 3000 Interactors, Roteractors and Rotarians from as far as China and the United
States of America gathered at Hotel Africana to discuss and debate imperative issues like the empowerment
of the youth, the breakdown of cultural barriers and eradication of diseases, among
other controversial topics.
We live in one of the most youthful nations in the world where around 30% of the population are
under the age of 9. It is then only natural and vital to reinforce the power, voice and education that
young people of this generation deserve. The conference primarily gravitated around the theme of
empowerment, and we came to know that we do not only hold the key to the future, but the key to
the present- the NOW. We were also blessed enough to spend a few minutes with the Rotary International President 2013-14, Mr.
Ron D. Burton and Mrs. Burton.
It was a touching experience for the members of the KISU Interact club, and we were overjoyed to partake in such a prestigious conference.
We will definitely be”engaging Rotary and changing lives” and aspire to be the best ambassadors of Interactors.

-Engage Rotary, Change lives-

Handing over... 2

From left to right: Sylvia (Josephine's mother), Ingrid (KISU interact club president) and Ms Catalina 

After the mole day bake sale on October 22nd, we were able to raise 800,000 Ugx which we handed over to Sylvia on the next day. 

The KISU interact club raised over 1million Ugx for Josephine and her family throughout this term, and we have decided to keep in touch with her but s\move onto another project, which is still undecided.

We want to thank Ms Catalina for helping us with the bake sale and Sylvia for coming all the way to KISU and collaborating with us. 

-Engage Rotary, Change lives- 

Engaging Rotary

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.- Helen Keller

The KISU Interactors had their very first opportunity to work in collaboration with The Rotary Club of Kasangati on Saturday, the 12th of Octorber 2013!

^(from left to right) Nathan, Sadiq, Mahdi, Karan, Zara, Anthony, Shahinaz (Interactor), Siddiquah, Edoardo (KISU Interact Club vice president), Ingrid (KISU Interact Club president), Naomi, Sandra (Interactor), Albert, Mrs Sophie B (KISU Interact Club patron)

The Rotary Club of Kasangati was celebrating Health Day on this day and the Interactors had the chance to help out their Mother Club by assisting the sales and the medical care section. The Interactors seemed to be inspired by the skilled Rotarians and here are some photographs from the occasion: 

 ^Albert with the local kids at the Bazaar 

^Edoardo (left, KISU Interact Club vice president) and Karan, filling syringes. 

^(left to right) Anthony, Zara and Naomi at the medicine counter.

 ^Albert taking the blood pressure of a patient. 

 ^Anthony writing the names of the patients. 

 ^Sandra (Interactor) assisting the sales section.

 ^Mahdi (right) and Sadiq assisting the sales section. 

^Nathan taking care of the finances.

^Ingrid (KISU Interact Club president) with the local kids. 

^Siddiquah helping at the medicine counter.

^Ingrid (Interact Club president), Mahdi and Nathan at the sales section.

^Edoardo (KISU Interact vice president) 

^Edoardo (KISU Interact Club vice president) with Siddiquah and Sandra (Interactor) 

^Ingrid (KISU Interact Club president)

On behalf of all the Interactors I, Ingrid, would like to thank the Rotary Club of Kasangati for hosting us and allowing us to participate in their activities. Many volunteers seemed to be inspired and I can only hope that we can work collaboratively again in the future. 

On another note, I hope that the Interactors have a wonderful midterm holiday and have enough time to prepare for the impending bake sale on mole day! :)

-Engage Rotary, change lives-