Club President S. Zaki Hossain met with the Rotary District 3281 (Bangladesh) District Governor Khairul Alam in Dhaka. They discussed and finalized the Club's first Global Grant project in partnership with the Rotary Club of Dhaka Banani. Also present at the meeting were Charter Members of the Club Dr. Maksud Chowdhury and Dr. Shamim Begum. The District Rotary Foundation Chair PDG Hafizullah and the Rotary Fiscal Agent in Bangladesh PDG K.M Zainul Abedin were also present.
Under the Global Grant Project, approximately 1,100 primary school teachers will be provided with training in Math, Science, and English. Students will also be provided with encouragement for learning via student Clubs. The project will cost $34,000 and will be spread over three years. Two local Clubs in Bangladesh and 3 Districts in the US are also contributing partners in the project. The project will be implemented by the NGO Volunteers Association for Bangladesh (VAB) which has had extensive experience in Teacher Training in Bangladesh.Among other matters, also discussed at the meeting, was a follow-up Global Grant Project with the Rotary Club of Dhaka Kawran Bazar, at which the Charter President of the Club Ahmed Farooque inquired about details of the project. The proposed project envisages health monitoring of groups of Children across Bangladesh over a period of three years. Dr. Maksud Chowdhury and Dr. Waseem Hafeez presented details of their project. More follow-up discussions will be held on this matter in the coming months.
. It is so appropriate that at the beginning of the month, the Club has its first Paul Harris Fellow. In less than a year of existence, this is a great step forward in helping make the world a better place for all. 
Great News!. Our Club's first District Grant-funded Community Project has just been approved. It is an important achievement for a club that is not even a year old. 
23rd August 2019. An important day for our 8-month-old Club. President S. Zaki Hossain and his team were installed by District Governor Mahbub Ahmad for a 2-year term. Among the new Club Officers were Sam Rahat-Muqtadir (CEO, Town MD) as Vice-President and Dr. Nazrul Islam as Executive Secretary. Mati Pal continues as Treasurer, as does Rahat Hossain, (CEO, Pintail Coffee) as Membership Director. Immediate Past President M. Nurul Alam is the new Club Rotary Foundation Director, while Tabin Ahmad stays on as Technology Director.
District Governor Mahbub Ahmad paid his first official visit to the Club on Sunday 14 July. Addressing the members, the Governor provided a brief history of Rotary and highlighted the 2019-20 Theme “Rotary Connects the World”. He shared the Rotary vision and asked members to involve their families and help grow Rotary.
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The HeritageNY Rotary e-Club had the second largest contingent at the District Team Installation on Sunday 23 July, at the picturesque American Yacht Club in Rye, NY. The bright sunny day heralded not only the beginning of the new Rotary Year and a new District Leadership Team, but also the beginning of the first full year of our new fledgling club.
Crowning the HeritageNY group's presence was the outstanding presentation by one of the youngest Rotarians present. Raaid Ahmad, Head of Data Science and Analytics of the Blockchain Group at Facebook and the son of incoming District Governor Mahbub Ahmad and District First Lady Bina Ahmad, spoke about how Rotary can get the younger generation interested in Rotary's Service Above Self motto. He presented a new look at the 4-way Test and demonstrated how it can be made more appealing and relevant to the new generation. He said we can all be together in service without sacrificing the original core values and core principles of Rotary. He highlighted the example of MIcrosoft - how it became relevant again as the leading business entity by taking stock of the changes that had taken place in its world and rethinking and retooling its business model - all without sacrificing its original core product.
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