{"id":44270,"date":"2021-08-30T14:39:24","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T14:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/new-president-of-rotary-club-kigali-doyen-pledges-smooth-implementation-of\/"},"modified":"2021-08-30T14:50:11","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T14:50:11","slug":"new-president-of-rotary-club-kigali-doyen-pledges-smooth-implementation-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/new-president-of-rotary-club-kigali-doyen-pledges-smooth-implementation-of\/","title":{"rendered":"New President of Rotary Club Kigali-Doyen pledges smooth implementation of community development projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Karema made the pledge on 22nd August 2021 as she took over from the outgoing president, Sarah Doukour\u00e9 hailing from Ivory Coast.  <\/p>\n<p>Rotary Club Kigali-Doyen was established 55 years ago.  <\/p>\n<p>Karema has previously served as the head of funds mobilization department at the club.  <\/p>\n<p>Speaking to IGIHE, Karema revealed that she will draw attention to promoting charitable activities funded by the organization.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNormally, members of Rotary International are experts with different backgrounds. Some of them are entrepreneurs or work with different institutions. It is therefore our responsibility to bring them together and consolidate efforts towards common goals to conceptualize and implement projects beneficial to the community,\u201d she said.  <\/p>\n<p>Karema explained that the organization seeks to raise approximately Rwf30 million from members and other donors to execute different projects aimed at impacting the community within which they operate.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have several projects to in the pipeline.  For instance, we started building hand washing facility for students last year complementing efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19.  We also have a project to plant trees to contribute to environment preservation efforts, prevent erosion and plan to subscribe vulnerable residents for community based health insurance,  support teen mothers and hospitals to acquire medical supplies during times of COVID-19 among others,\u201d she noted.   <\/p>\n<p>Karema pledged to work with other clubs to execute a number of mega projects and increase Rotaract clubs. <\/p>\n<p>The outgoing president, Sarah Doukour\u00e9 revealed that last year\u2019s activities prioritized interventions to people affected by COVID-19.   <\/p>\n<p> \u201cI would like to call upon members to maintain acts of benevolence to members of the community and remain committed to changing the world into a better place to live in,\u201d she advised.  <\/p>\n<p>Rotary Club Kigali-Doyen plans to increase members from 36 to 46 this year. <\/p>\n<p>Rotary club is an organization purposed to bring together businesses and professionals to provide humanitarian services and providing support in addressing problems facing the world by combating illiteracy and poverty, contributing to the provision of safe water, handling disputes and fighting disease.<\/p>\n<p>Rotary Club International was established 116 years ago. It is currently comprised of 1.2 million members from 200 countries.<\/p>\n<p>In Rwanda, the organization has 157 members from seven clubs including Rotary Club Kigali Doyen, Mont Jali, Musanze Murera, Butare, Gasabo, Kigali-Virunga and Bugoyi Ibirunga.<\/p>\n<p>These clubs get new leaders every year on rotational basis.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-39343 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/bamwe_mu_banyamuryango_ba_rotary_bari_bitabiriye_igikorwa_cy_ihererekanya_bubasha.jpg\" alt=\"Rotary Club members positing for a photo after the handover ceremony.  \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-39342 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/39-ry6b7688photo.jpg\" alt=\"Karema Carole was recently appointed the President of Rotary Club Kigali-Doyen. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-39345 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/carole_karema_yavuze_ko_mu_byo_azibandaho_ari_ukongera_abanyamuryango_b_iyi_club_kugira_ngo_ubufasha_itanga_bugera_kuri_benshi.jpg\" alt=\"Speaking during her inauguration, Karema (in the middle) revealed that she will draw attention to promoting charitable activities funded by the organization.  \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-39344 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/carole_karema_ahabwa_ububasha_bwo_kuyobora_rotary_club_de_kigali.jpg\" alt=\"Eddy Sebera represented the outgoing president at the handover ceremony.  \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-39346 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/rotary_club_de_kigali_yakiriye_n_abanyamuryango_babiri_bashya.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-39347 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/yagiyeho_asimbuye_sarah_doukoure_utabashijie_kuboneka.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-39348 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/eddy_sebera_niwe_wahagarariye_sarah_doukoure_mu_gikorwa_cyo_gutanga_ububasha_ku_muyobozi_mushya.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Karema Carole who was recently appointed the President of Rotary Club Kigali-Doyen has pledged to work hard to oversee and ensure successful implementation of development projects aimed at changing lives of members of the community. } <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-44270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44270\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44270"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=44270"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=44270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}