BRIARCRIER
March 11th , 2011, Friday Noon, Recreation Building, Briarcliff Manor NY ROTARY CLUB
TODAY IN HISTORY
1888 – The famous blizzard began in the northeastern U.S. resulting in some 400 deaths.
MEETING LEADER – Julio Salazar
PLEDGE Sy Yuter PATRIOTIC SONG – Sy Yuter PRAYER – Paul Rosen
HAPPY THOUGHTS – Ken – Families of earthquake and Tsunami, Dean – Happy it is Friday, Eric – Hawaii, Lent, Bob Amsterdam– to eye doctor, Mark – NY times realtor, Paul R, Antonnia and Shelley.
ANNOUNCEMENTS -
SPEAKER AND SUBJECT – Dr. Rolande Hodel on Drug Production in Camaroon, Africa
SUMMARY OF TALK
In Camaroon, Africa, the mission is to support Africans to produce drugs. Their vision is an Africa which is free of HIV – Aids. Camaroon is one of the worst places in Africa to produce the needed drugs. Labor is cheap and the people are bilingual, English and French. They are using an expensive machine to put pills into blister packs. The people don’t die of Aids, but their immune systems are suppressed and they die of meningitis or tuberculosis. The aim is to produce drugs locally to fight these diseases.
Dr. Hodel has been given a plot of land in recognition of her efforts.
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