Rotary Club of Beijing

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090113_bulletin.pdf

Sergeant-at-Arms Gilbert welcomed visiting Rotarian:
- Ms. Helen Boyle, from RC of Inner Wheel, Northwick, London, England
And visiting guests:
- Mr. Anders Poon, guest of Rtn. Gilbert
- Mr. Isaac Wu, guest of Rtn. Gilbert
- Ms. Janice Tan, guest of Rtn. Gilbert
- Mr. Curt Bergstrom, guest of Rtn. Gilbert
- Mr. Jean Van Wetter, guest of Rtn. Alan Babington-Smith
- Mr. Mark Powell, guest of Rtn. Vicky Wong
- Ms. Elalne Wong, guest of Rtn. Rita Yang
- Mr. Chin Ching Yap, guest of Rtn. Kevin Fong
- Mr. Brian Griffin, guest of Rtn. Charles Lagrange
- Ms. Yang Mei, guest of Rtn. Sunny Cheng
To put us in the mood, Rtn. Peter, our photographer, took some nice pictures of the Chinese New Year decorations in the lobby of the Kempinski Hotel, where we have our luncheons!

Reports & Announcements
President Kevin reminded members that Y.K Chen, RI Special Representative, will be visiting our Club and will make a presentation at next weeks meeting (January 20th). President Kevin encouraged members to come along to the meeting as it will be a good opportunity to meet and talk with Rtn. Chen.
President Kevin also reminded members of two upcoming dates: January 27th (the last Tuesday of the month) is the second day of Chinese New Year Holiday and the weekly meeting will held as a fellowship meeting. President Kevin encouraged members who are in Beijing during the holiday time to come and join the fellowship meeting.

Speaker’s Program
Introduced by Rtn. Charles Lagrange, Mr. Jean Van Wetter, Country Director of Handicap International, made a presentation about his organization and its mission.
After graduating from the Solvay Business School in Brussels in 2000, Jean Van Wetter has worked for 4 years as management consultant for Deloitte Consulting in Brussels. He then decided to change his career path to work in the humanitarian and development sector. Handicap International, an international humanitarian organization based in Brussels, first recruited him as project manager for its mission in Cambodia where he spent 3 years managing various projects in the field of disability prevention. In 2007, he was appointed as China country director to represent the organization in China and coordinate the disability prevention and rehabilitation projects run by the organization in different provinces of the country.
His presentation entitled “Disability in China – Experience of Handicap International” explained the plight of handicapped people in China and left members with a positive impression of the good work and hope that Handicap International has brought to many handicapped people living in China.
PE Rtn. Henry Wang thanked Jean for his presentation and expressed that he believed that all members were deeply moved by what they heard about the work of Handicap International in China.