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By Kefiloe Kajane

The Rotary Club of Maloti has officially welcome Maud Boikanyo as the very first Mosotho woman to be elected District Governor (DG).

She was sworn in at a ceremony held at the Royal Palace on June 20. She officially assumed office as DG on July 1, the start of the new Rotary year.

In her acceptance speech, Boikanyo said she accepts the honour bestowed upon her by her Rotary District 9370 and Rotary International. She mentioned that she is reminded that the position of District Governor actually places one in a position of service to Rotarians, Clubs, District, the entire Rotary Movement, which includes the communities they serve without asking, expecting and hoping for any personal returns, but a satisfaction and gratitude from doing good.

When laying down her plans as the Commander in Charge this Rotary year, Maud mentioned the polio plus plan which she said this is no time to abandon or lessen efforts and resolve to see to the demise of the wild polio in the whole world.

“We need to innovate for further fund raising to support our plight to contribute to the world effort. Communication Channels for meetings, training and greater club interactions in the District. District to explore a lessened burden on members and clubs to communicate on online.

“Facilitated membership drive at district level in support of Club efforts. This is in recognition of the great effort on the ground in enlisting members annually, which is more often negated by a greater loss on the other hand. The requisite support will avail clubs the capacity to handle retention skills and improve member satisfaction. Rotary Visibility and relevance to our communities is another area we shall pay attention to,” she said.

She further indicated multi club service project scale up in addressing some cross cutting issues in the district, in particular water and sanitation issues, Health in Rotary Family Health Days, and Education and Literacy projects.

Boikanyo noted that the challenges COVID-19 brings not only upon Rotarians but upon the whole world; nonetheless, she said there is a silver lining in all this debacle, for one, the induction ceremony was attended by more people virtually than it would have been if it was not broadcast live.

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