The President of Rotaract Club Sofia Mr. Dimiter Mandradjiev participated in the meeting of the Rotary Sofia International family (Rotary club, Rotaract club, Interact club) with the District-Governor of D2482 Mr. Plamen Minev as he visited the Family on Dec 9 2009 (19:00) at Arte Hotel in downtown Sofia city.

After a board meeting with the members of the Board of Rotary and the presidents of Rotaract and Interact, the DG met with the members of the Clubs and made an outstanding speech. He started by stating that he is proud that the Sofia International Rotary Club has progressed for 1 year to have sponsored and formed 1 Rotaract Club and 1 Interact Club. The DG expressed his gratitude to Mrs. Sara Skags-Dimitrova, member of Rotary Club Sofia International, for her devotion and work on the realized project in Montana municipality hospital where Rotary Club Sofia International together with its partners from Rotary Club Oklahoma, thankfully to the American Red Cross, provided a donation worth around USD 250 00 of medical supplies and accessories. Also than kfully to the Austrian Red Cross and the America for Bulgaria Foundation who supplied the easy transportation to Montana of the goods. Mrs. Sara Skags-Dimitrova was personally awarded with a special Rotarian female scarf for this initiative.

Afterwards the DG made a presentation of the 3 district projects which are to be realized nationwide. In the education sphere the project is called “Business hour” and aims to provide practical knowledge from Rotarians and Rotaractors to students in schools and universities in order to show how the economy of Bulgaria works. In the health sphere the project which is now proposed concerns screening and making research on the Bulgarian men for prostate cancer. The project will be partly funded by the Rotary Bulgaria family and if there is a negative diagnose then the patient will be provided with information and support on his medical-road-map to the curing of the problem. The third project is in the sphere of informing the public of what Rotary does and in order Rotary to open itself to more people who help the ones in need. The project is called “Goodmaker” and is going to be realized together with the foundation “Good maker”. The project aims to show to the public which are the people who do good things and help the ones in need and also Rotary to unite with these people.

The meeting continued with the express of gratitude from the DG Mr. Plamen Minev for the efforts and the realized projects and initiatives by the Rotaract Club Sofia International. “I have witnessed a couple of projects with the support or fully realized by the Rotaract Club Sofia International and I wish to say that the work and results are marvelous“, said Mr. Plamen Minev. He then added “One very big initiative, to my opinion the most international and successful initiative, done by Rotaract Club Sofia International, together with the help and support of Rotary Club Sofia International, is a project which I had the honor to attend and witness in July – the Sofia International Model United Nations in Sofia city, where your Rotaract President, our friend Mr. Dimiter Mandradjiev and Ms. Paola Ivanova had a very leading role in the organization and the successful implementation of the project. I wish to tell you all that your young friends from Rotary have a very huge and great potential. Keep it and develop it for the benefit of the work and projects you undertake.“ Mr. Dimiter Mandradjiev said in a humor way that “this is for the time being” and on the spot both the DG Mr. Plamen Minev and Mr. Stoian Kuchukov disagreed by adding “You are not right 😉“, after which Mr. Dimiter Mandradjiev thanked by saying “You are influencial“. The DG Mr. Plamen Minev also thanked that there is an Interact club and expressed his hope that it will work hard. Later Interact Club made a presentation of their planned program of activities for the next months. The DG Mr. Plamen Minev gave a high mark and said that will like to welcome the work done for the establishment of the second Interact Club Sofia International in the Anglo-American School.

The DG presented a realized project – the new website of District 2482. The website gives the ability to manage the communication between the clubs in a new way and also brings all Rotarian projects on 1 arena. “We will get to know now what Rotary Bulgaria really is!“, said the DG Mr. Plamen Minev.

In the end the presidents of Rotary, Rotaract and Interact as well as the President Elect Mr. Iain Greive received special awards for there work so far from the DG Mr. Plamen Minev and expressed his willingness to support the activities of the clubs.

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In the “Report from Rotaract” point on the agenda, Mr. Dimiter Mandradjiev presented what has been done the previous couple of weeks and presented the couple of initiatives for the next 2-3 weeks. He invited all Rotary members to come to the team-building of Rotaract and Rotary in Plovdiv city. Also he proposed Rotary to logistically assist in the Christmas Trees project that is going to be implemented. Afterwards Ms. Sarah Skags-Dimitrova made a donation of BGN 20.00 for a project for 45 clothes driers that are going to be bought by Rotaract Club Sofia International. The project was also presented.

The Rotaract Club Sofia International wishes to once again thank Dr. Julia Nikolova for her important help for the SOFIMUN idea.

The meeting finished with group photos.

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