On the 14th of January 2017, the Rotary Club of Kuala Lumpur
DiRaja organized the annual Interact Leadership Training Seminar in Wesley
Methodist School Kuala Lumpur (International). The purpose of this event was to
prepare the new leaders of each interact club from District 3300 to take the
lead to serve the community and their own respective schools. The seminar was
also to provide the new Interact leaders with some important tools that they
can acquire to lead their clubs in providing excellent service to their schools
and community.
As our
school’s Interact Club was the one hosting the event, the board members of the
club came early to school to prepare the tables for registration, arrange the
chairs in the hall, and to station ourselves at different areas to guide the guests
to the hall. We also introduced ourselves and interacted with the Interactors
as we were guiding them to the hall. The Interactors from the other schools
came from 8.30 a.m. onwards and the registration began then. The Rotarians came
about 9.00 a.m. and although we started the event later than expected,
everything still ran smoothly.
Firstly,
we had an ice breaking session by the Rotaractors. We had to mingle with
different people and find out interesting facts about them. It was a good session
to get to know each other and make new acquaintances. After that, we sang the
national anthem, 'Negaraku' and the Interact Song. Next, we had our roll call
to acknowledge the presence of the Rotarians and Rotaractors as well as the
different schools that had attended the event. Right after that was the opening
address by the Youth Service Director, Rtn. Hardeep Singh. He addressed the
opening of the seminar and we were excited to receive whatever that was in
store for us throughout this event.
After Rtn.
Hardeep Singh's address, the President of the Rotary Club, Rtn. Datuk Uwe
Ahrens gave a speech, explaining what was Rotary and Interact all about. He explained further about the good work that we
did recently and the positive impact it had to the misfortunes. In relation to
Rtn. Hardeep Singh's earlier address, he stressed that we prioritize our
academics as students before attending to our Interact duties. He also said
that everyone will experience failure at least once, and the importance of that
failure is to learn from it.
Before the next
speech, the Vocational Service Director, Rtn. Rajendra congratulated us on a
successful effort at the Christmas Wish Tree Project hosted by the Rotary Club
last year. By the end of the project, the public had sponsored around 590 gifts
for children in 21 different homes. Each club was presented a cash token for
our contribution to the project.
Following the
Presidents speech, the Past District Governor Dato' Jimmy Lim introduced us to
the Rotary Foundation. The Rotary Foundation is a non-profit corporation that
supports the efforts of Rotary International to achieve world understanding and
peace through international humanitarian, educational, and cultural exchange
programs. It is supported solely by voluntary contributions from Rotarians and
friends of the Foundation who share its vision of a better world. The
Foundation was created in 1917 by Rotary International's sixth president, Arch
C. Klumph, as an endowment fund for Rotary "to do good in the world."
It has grown from an initial contribution of US$26.50 to more than US$1billion.
It has one of the largest and most prestigious international fellowship
programs in the world.
The first
workshop session we had was based on the roles of the positions that we hold in
the club. These workshops were coordinated by experienced and trained Rotarians
who are currently holding a position in the board of directors of the Rotary
Club. The teacher advisors also had a workshop session by the Rotarians on how
to advise and control the club. The workshop session we had was really
beneficial for us as we realized that each and every position in the club plays
an important role and although everyone has their own roles to play, we still
have to help each other out.
All of us were then
gathered in the canteen again to have our lunch. After that, all the
Interactors were gathered back into the hall. The event was continued with the
presentation of the different roles played in the club and their
responsibilities. Each Interactor that had to present did a very good job
explaining their roles and responsibilities in the club. The Rotarians praised
the Interactors again for really using this time to gain information of the
roles we had to play for the club. They were very happy with the progress that
we made and thanked us all for attending this event. It was a very beneficial
event and we were glad that we could all make it. We hope that we will play our
roles in the club well and be a role model for the rest of the Interactors in
our respective schools.