The Rotary Club of Wa has conferred honorary membership on Dr. Hafiz Bin Salih, the Upper West Regional Minister, for his dedication to public services towards the development of the region.
Mr Peter Maala, the Upper West Regional Coordinating Director, received the membership citation on behalf of the minister at a handing over ceremony of the club in Wa last Saturday.
Speaking at the ceremony, Rotarian Frank Owusu Debrah, Assistant Governor (AG) of Rotary District 9102, said honorary membership was conferred on individuals who had shown public spirited service.
He said honorary members could attend all Rotary Club meetings and made contributions but did not have voting rights, and thanked the minister for his commitment to public service.
He said rotary service projects for the 2021/2022 rotary year would prioritise empowerment of the girls as directed by the Rotary International (RI).
He said those projects could be in any form that could inure to the empowerment of the girl child such as literacy and hygiene education.
Rotarian Debrah added that in the 2021/2022 rotary year they would be working under the theme “Serve to Change Lives”.
He indicated that the leadership of the District 9102, which comprised of Ghana, Benin, Togo an Niger, was also resolute to charter 10 new clubs within 2021/2022 rotary year.
The AG commended Rotary Club of Wa for its impact on the lives of the people by giving the people the opportunity to have access to good drinking water, quality education and other services they provided.
“I believe that within the short period that you have been in place as a club, you have done a lot to impact lives and communities around the region and beyond”, he said.
Rotarian Sylvester Dery, the Immediate Past President (IPP) of Rotary Club of Wa, says despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the club successfully executed its projects to alleviate the plight of the beneficiary communities.
He said the interventions were in the areas of water and sanitation, education and health among others.
They included drilling and mechanisation of three boreholes at three communities in Daffiama-Bussie-Issa District, Jirapa and Nandom Municipality, in partnership with the Rotary Club Winsor-1918 in Canada valued at $12,500.00 and on-going drilling and mechanisation of 12 boreholes and construction of 28 micro-flash toilets in some districts in the region under the “Florence Oregon” project at the cost of $60, 160.00 among others.
Rotarian Dery said the club had also planned to donate medical equipment from “Project CURE”, with the Lawra Municipal Hospital and the Wa Catholic Diocesan Health Service to receive a container each of the equipment valued at $400,000.00 per container.
“I am equally grateful to all members of the club and our rotractors for the various roles you played in opening opportunities for the less privilege. Our services are really changing lives as per this year’s theme “Serve to change lives”, he added.