District 1130 Honorary Secretary's Pages

20/05/08: Dear Governor of the Rotary in London District, I am a member of Rotary Club Pisa Pacinotti, Pisa (Italy) and a University Professor of Telecommunications (teaching in both Pisa and Rome Universities).
I'm planning to make a short visit to my Colleagues of Imperial College of London for some days at the end of June or the beginning of July, traveling to London together with my wife (medical doctor at Pisa University hospital) and our daughter. Since our daughter is 14, I wonder whether you know Rotarian members in London having a daughter as old as the mine (to possibly meet during our journey in London). Furthermore, if she likes, she could also be our guest at home in Pisa, Italy, for a period during school holidays. Sincerely yours, Gaetano Giunta E-mail address: giunta@ieee.org Prof. G. Giunta, Department of Applied Electronics, University of ROMA TRE
Via della Vasca Navale, 84 00146 Rome, Italy. +39 0655177004 Fax: +39 0655177026

13/06/08 I am the daughter of a German Rotary Member (Club # C000011634; Name: Bentheim (Grafschaft), District 1850, Name of member: Wilhelm Strohm). From October to December 2008 I am invited to visit the London School of Economics as an Academic Visitor. Thus, I am currently looking for housing in London. Therefore, I am kindly asking you whether there is any possibility to distribute my request to any of your London Rotary members? Your help would be greatly appreciated. If you require any additional proof of my father's association with Rotary I am of course able to provide whatever you might request! Thank you very much for your help and time. Sincerely, Christiane Pott (née Strohm). Dr. Christiane Pott, Institut für Unternehmensrechnung
und -besteuerung Universitätsstraße 14-16 D-48143 Münster Tel.: 0251/83-21961 Fax: 0251/83-21824. christiane.pott@wiwi.uni-muenster.de www.wiwi.uni-muenster.de/iub/

18/05/08. Dear Governor Colin Mathews, Subject: Humanitarian support.

My name is Uri Zeiger and I am D.G.N. for district 2490 (Israel) for 2009/10. I am a member of Rotary Club Maalot-Monfort.

Maalot is located 25kms from the Lebanese border in the north. I have been asked to help a young girl's mother in finding accommodation for two weeks in London area while the daughter is hospitalized for an eye operation. I enclose a letter describing the case. I hope that you may be able to find Rotarians in your district who will be kind to either accommodate the mother or find a place for her to stay that will not be too costly. Yours in Rotary, D.G.N. Uri Zeiger.

Humanitarian request from Israel: Sent to the District Governor:

There are very few medical institutions in the world where R.P is treated or where research is taking place to improve on treatment and thus being able to help these young patients. One such place is Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, England under the uspicies of Professor Anthony Moore. I have been in contact with the hospital, and Professor Moore has shown interest and agreed to see Shavit, for a consultation and hopefully will able to help her.

Shavit and her mother, Batya, are going to London on Wednesday 25/6 till Wed 10/7. Her consultation with Professor Moore is on Thursday 26/6. The hospital requested that they stay in the U.K for 14 days, in case there is further treatment or tests involved after the initial consultation. Below is a link to an article about the disease and the work at the hospital (in Hebrew): http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3536693,00.html#n

Shavit has 3 siblings all of whom are in sound health. Her mother, Batya works for the Ma'alot Tarshicha Local Council as a secretary in a primary school. Her father, Shlomo, works as a hired worker.

The parents are obviously determined to do whatever it takes to help Shavit and hope to find the treatment suitable to slow down the onset and development of this condition.

At the moment they are having to finance the travel expenses (flight for Shavit and her mother to London) and the cost of being in London for 14 days as well as the very costly hospital fees.

We would like to know if you know of rooms with basic amenities available (shower) at a reasonable price in London where they can stay during their two weeks as hotel fees are very high in London, and especially

at this time of the year - the summer season. We would really appreciate any help in this field. You can contact Batya directly -Cellphone - 052 5420428 or at home 077 9249844. I really appreciate you willingness to try and help the family. I am sure you can understand the stress they are under and their determination to save their daughter's sight. Thanking you in advance. Beth Isaacs - (just a friend of the family) Beth & Dave Isaacs Kibbutz Tuval. Contact: Zeiger@012net.it

My son, Bennani Adil Patrick, who has a twin nationality, namely Moroccan/Swedish, has for the last three years been studying in France. The first two years in an intensive preparatory course which prepared him for a competitive exam to enter an aeronautical engineering school. He is this year doing his first year of three years of aeronautical engineering and has in view to go on to do masters.

He is very interested in passing a one month internship in the England to improve his English skills. We are in search of a family on an exchange basis i.e. a family who can take full charge of our son during a period of one month, either the month of July or the month of August. In exchange, we can do the same i.e. take full charge of a student wanting to improve his Arabic or French skills.

I request you to please send this message to the clubs of your district. I thank you for your kind assistance and wait in anticipation of a positive response. Best Regards, Jalal Bennani, Address : 33, Zenkat Béni M'Guild, VN Meknès MOROCCO

Tel mobil: 00212.61146692 Fax : 00212.35510361. é-mail : bennanibj@yahoo.fr