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ROTARY CLUB OF BABANGKOK
First Rotary Club
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January-February 2021
90th Anniversary celebrations by Rotary Club of Bangkok This year RC Bangkok celebrates its 90th Anniversary with several activities running through the year. President Abdullah Alawadi is the main mover and shaker -- planning projects and contacting all daughter clubs, sister clubs and others in Thailand to contribute to make this a truly joint effort. 17th September, the first Rotary meeting in Thailand (then Siam) RC Bangkok held a merit making ceremony at Wat Pathum Wanaram where we gave monks a list of all past presidents who have passed away so that the merit can be passed to them. Then at the club meeting we reminisced about holding the ‘First inception meeting of a Rotary club in Thailand and where we go 90 years on’. On 10th October some 150 Rotarians in our District led by DG Somsri Mekthon came together to plant medicinal trees in Princess Mahachakri’s Herbal Garden in King Rama 9 Park. Our Interactors and Rotaractors came to help plant trees that morning. With so many hands 209 trees were planted in record time and we had time to tour the Park and observe the Rotary Emblem and the Music Pavilion which were built at our 60th Anniversary. This was a unique project as contributors came from all parts of our District including Myanmar and Cambodian clubs. Main projects were being funded through Global Grants, while crowdfunding was used for three ambitious projects, and regular projects that our club repeats every year were funded through Club Fundraiser on 28th November, the Charter Night. Thus we developed Global Grant 2119358 for Training HIV/AIDS home care workers and volunteers of Non-Government Organizations in Thailand. This project had a total budget of $34,375 USD or 1,100,000 baht. GG 2119124 Kidney Disease Prevention and Treatment at King Mongkut Memorial Hospital, Phetchaburi Province seeks to train patients in preventing kidney disease