Today, as the Rotary year dawns upon us, The Rotary Club of Maloti is proud to officially welcome Ms Maud Boikanyo as the very first Mosotho woman to be elected District Governor (DG). The sound of DG Maud has a very nice ring to it.
DG Maud was sworn in at a ceremony held at the Royal Palace on the 20th June 2020. She officially assumes office as District Governor today 01st July 2020, the start of the new Rotary year.
In her acceptance Speech, DG Maud said she accepts the honour bestowed upon her by her Rotary District 9370 and Rotary International. She mentioned that she is reminded that the position of District Governor actually places one in a position of Service to Rotarians, Clubs, District, the entire Rotary Movement, which includes the Communities we serve without asking, expecting and hoping for any personal returns, but a satisfaction and gratitude from doing Good.
When laying down her plans as the Commander in Charge this Rotary year, DG Maud mentioned the following:
- POLIO PLUS Plan: This is no time to abandon or lessen our efforts and resolve to see to the demise of the wild polio in the whole world. We need to innovate for further fundraising to support our plight to contribute to the world effort.
- Communication channels for meetings, training and greater club interactions in the District. District to explore a lessened burden on members and clubs to communicate online.
- Facilitated Membership drive at District level in support of Club efforts. This is in recognition of the great effort on the ground in enlisting members annually, which is more often negated by a greater loss on the other hand. The requisite support will avail clubs the capacity to handle retention skills and improve member satisfaction.
- Rotary Visibility and relevance to our communities is another area we shall pay attention to.
- Multi Club Service project scale up in addressing some cross cutting issues in the District, in particular Water and Sanitation issues, Health in Rotary Family Health Days, and Education and Literacy projects
DG Maud noted the challenges COVID-19 brings not only upon Rotarians but upon the whole world; nonetheless, she said there is a silver lining in all this debacle, for one, the induction ceremony was attended by more people virtually than it would have been if it was not broadcast live. Therefore, she said in the words of some Economists, 3 Key phases of a crisis response are: RESPOND, RECOVER, THRIVE!