Varayame had his last operation, and very successful, to remove his feet on 23 August - in fact it went so well he bypassed ICU and went straight back to his room. He is in plaster to the thigh and will be going back to family in Auckland very soon where he will have the plaster on for another week. As soon as he has properly healed he will be fitted with prosthetics at the Auckland Limb Centre. This process will take at least 6 to 8 weeks and it is hoped he will return home to Fiji around the end of November.
This is a project of Rotary Oceanic Medical Aid for Children and the Rotary Club of St Johns Inc to restore this young man to health and his ability to walk again - for more information about ROMAC go to www.romac.rotarysouthpacific.org in the first instance.
Foir an additional article about Varayame on his arrival go to http://stjohnsrotary.blogspot.com/2011/05/club-provided-support-and-family.html
Tuesday 30 August 2011
Cleaning up the (yachting) field
Breaking news
Andrew McKenzie, the current awardee of the StJohns Rotary Yachting Scholarship has "cleaned up" the field in Kingston.
The scholarship was set up by the club over 12 years ago to help fund promising young sailors to their first international regatta - the CORK regatta in Kingston, Canada. All these awardees have excelled and some have gone onto Olympic competition. The scholarship is now administered by Yachting New Zealand. Most of these sailors compete in the Laser Radial section but there have also been a couple of board sailors.
Andrew McKenzie, the current awardee of the StJohns Rotary Yachting Scholarship has "cleaned up" the field in Kingston.
The scholarship was set up by the club over 12 years ago to help fund promising young sailors to their first international regatta - the CORK regatta in Kingston, Canada. All these awardees have excelled and some have gone onto Olympic competition. The scholarship is now administered by Yachting New Zealand. Most of these sailors compete in the Laser Radial section but there have also been a couple of board sailors.
Saturday 27 August 2011
A wedding
A unique wedding in the Rotary world, in New Zealand at least, was held last Friday when our very own Ambassadorial Scholar Wesley Johnson and his fiancé Elyse Collins were married in St Stephens church in Ponsonby, followed by a reception held at the home of Michele and Eddy Mann. The bride looked stunning in a short white dress, and the groom had polished up quite well too! Many thanks to Brenda and all the many others who helped with this event and made it the great social success it was, enjoyed by all present.
Friday 12 August 2011
On top of Africa
Congratulations to (Tensing) Mary-Ann on reaching the sumit of Mount Kilimanjaru in Tanzania last Friday, at 5,895 meters, no mean feat!
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