RUZAIK FAROOK
COLOMBO : The “Rotary International District 3220” “Rotary International District 3220” is honoured to organize its first ever virtual “Rotary District Conference” for the year 2020/2021. The Conference is scheduled to be held on the 26th of June from 9.00 am, via Zoom.
The event will further be graced by the presence of the Rotary International President, Rtn. PHF. Holger Knaack, alongside a stupendous lineup of revered and awe-inspiring dignitaries that have triumphed eminently in all walks of life. The proceedings of the day are a vastly exhilarating and enlivening agenda comprising incentivizing words of wisdom, entertaining performances and countless pursuits that is bound to keep its audience on the edge of their seats throughout the day.
The organizing committee, recognized as “Brave Titans – the comrades in service” has persevered consistently to ensure that the event’s spectators cherish the finest experience possible. The conference, labelled as “The Call of the Phoenix” aspires to reignite the sparks of hope to engage in “Service above Self” despite the obstacles we are prone to face as one humanity.
The Rotary Movement was founded in 1905 based upon the vastly profound ethos – “ Service above Self ”. Since its inauguration, the movement has grown exponentially to sustain up to 35,000 members clubs worldwide, with a membership of 1.2 million Rotarians.
The Rotary International District 3220, Sri Lanka and Maldives, is acknowledged as a profusely distinguished and eminent district in Rotary International. The consistently imbued devotion and perseverance of every individual in the Rotary International District 3220 to “Serve above Self” reinforces its esteemed stature.
The succeeding year has been a staggering and arduous, globally impacting the citizens of nations around the world. Facing a global pandemic and the impediments associated with it has been a grappling battle that the world encountered together, hand in hand and side by side.
The phoenix is a phenomenally prodigious creature that is recognized for its idiosyncratic ability to meet one’s end and reintegrate it’s life by being reborn in its very ashes. The challenging nature of the prevailing world may be interpreted as a symbolic representation of mankind persisting among its ashes. Yet, there always reigns a silver lining, and the “Rotary International District 3220” has chosen to rise from the ashes through “The Call of the Phoenix”.
