ILTS 2017

On the 19th of August 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 build leadership in each and every Board of Directors of each interact club from District 3300 to grow up to be better individuals to serve the community and in their own respective schools. The seminar also provides the new Interact leaders with knowledge on how to manage the club and also how to perform well to serve the club with their own respective abilities.


As our school’s Interact Club was hosting the event, the board members of the club came early to school to prepare the Dutton Hall for the event to be carried out. After the preparations, we guided the Interactors to the hall. We also introduced ourselves and mixed around with the other Interactors. They arrived from 8.30 a.m. onwards and the registration began. The Rotarians arrived at 9.15 a.m. and although we started the event later than expected, everything still ran smoothly.

We kick started the day with an ice breaking session organised 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.

After that, Rtn. Sandeep Singh the organizing chairperson addressed the opening of the seminar and we were excited to receive whatever that was in store for us throughout this eveAfter Rtn. Sandeep Singh's address, the President of the Rotary Club, Rtn. Ajmal Khan gave a speech about 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 unfortunate people. In relation to Rtn. Sandeep Singh's earlier address, he stressed that although Interact Club is important, but we always have to put our academic first. He also said that family is also equally important as our studies. Do not neglect our family because of Interact Club.

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 as we help complement each other well.

After the session, we then gathered in the canteen again to have our lunch. After that, all the Interactors returned back to Dutton Hall. The event was continued with the presentation of the different roles played in the club and their responsibilities. Each of them did a great job explaining their respective jobs. 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.