Our recent activities
as reported in the April 2018 Navan Nugget
Navan Lions February meeting turned out to be quite fascinating. We had a visit from members of the Cumberland Lions Club, inducted two new Lions – Rachel Grattan and the rev, Margo Whittaker, and had a very interesting guest speaker in Kaes Rahman. Kaes is originally from Bangladesh and we met him during our Christmas party at the Amica home n Blackburn Hamlet – where Kaes was managing the event for us. We found out that Kaes is the principal organiser of a charity called the “La Vie foundation. This foundation works in two complementary ways. It gives Canadian High School students the opportunity to teach oral English speaking skills to Bangladeshi students and in Bangladesh the charity works I three principal ways.
Empowerment of female minorities - around 2% of the population is considered as minority groups: namely, Christians, tribes, and aboriginals. They tend to be neglected by the state and by society at large. La Vie protects them through the provision of logistics for Income Generation Activities such as distribution of sewing machines and provision of training.
Supporting children’s education. La Vie aims to reduce the primary school dropout rate from 24% to 7% in village schools in targeted minority areas by 2025. La Vie will do this by provision of school supplies such as books, notebooks, pencils, sports accessories, school bags and dress, clothes, shoes etc.
Dealing with environment issues and climatic change: At present Bangladesh retains approximately 6% of its forest land - which is alarmingly low. The country needs to increase its forest land by a factor of 6 for a sustainable future; La Vie helps through the distribution of plants for reforestation. In addition they have been helping to reduce emission s by supplying 'Bandhu Chula' (friendly cooking burner) in targeted villages. These burners consume only 10% wood in comparison to conventional village cooking burner s. La Vie claims to have helped 10,000 people in 100 villages – we think that’s impressive.
We were all very interested in the work of this charity and have added it to the list of organisations we support. If you are interested - please take a look at their web site https://www.laviefoundations.org
And for our next order of business – the Bradley cup. Navan Lions will be providing the food for the day. So do come and support the Bradley cup – and especially the team from Navan – hopefully they will win this year!! Go Navan Go……
Lion David Grattan
Empowerment of female minorities - around 2% of the population is considered as minority groups: namely, Christians, tribes, and aboriginals. They tend to be neglected by the state and by society at large. La Vie protects them through the provision of logistics for Income Generation Activities such as distribution of sewing machines and provision of training.
Supporting children’s education. La Vie aims to reduce the primary school dropout rate from 24% to 7% in village schools in targeted minority areas by 2025. La Vie will do this by provision of school supplies such as books, notebooks, pencils, sports accessories, school bags and dress, clothes, shoes etc.
Dealing with environment issues and climatic change: At present Bangladesh retains approximately 6% of its forest land - which is alarmingly low. The country needs to increase its forest land by a factor of 6 for a sustainable future; La Vie helps through the distribution of plants for reforestation. In addition they have been helping to reduce emission s by supplying 'Bandhu Chula' (friendly cooking burner) in targeted villages. These burners consume only 10% wood in comparison to conventional village cooking burner s. La Vie claims to have helped 10,000 people in 100 villages – we think that’s impressive.
We were all very interested in the work of this charity and have added it to the list of organisations we support. If you are interested - please take a look at their web site https://www.laviefoundations.org
And for our next order of business – the Bradley cup. Navan Lions will be providing the food for the day. So do come and support the Bradley cup – and especially the team from Navan – hopefully they will win this year!! Go Navan Go……
Lion David Grattan
Entertaining or hosting an event?
We may have what you need!
We may have what you need!
The Lions Club has 38 (96” X 30”) wooden tables and 185 plastic stacking lawn chairs that it is willing to rent out for personal or community events. For personal use the tables are available for $3.00 each for up to a week and the chairs for $1.00 each for up to a week. Special deals can be made if you are using them all or they will be used for community charitable events.
The Club also has a popcorn machine, an 18” X 36” propane griddle and a wheel chair available for a suitable donation.
For more information or to make reservations, contact Lion Fred Hyde at 613-835-3331 or fredhhyde@gmail.com
The Club also has a popcorn machine, an 18” X 36” propane griddle and a wheel chair available for a suitable donation.
For more information or to make reservations, contact Lion Fred Hyde at 613-835-3331 or fredhhyde@gmail.com
