ROTARY SPORT INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT, DR ‘TUNDE ADELAKUN, WAS ON THE MOVE A
COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, ALL THE WAY IN KIGALI, RWANDA IN EAST AFRICA, ATTENDING A ROTARY
SPORTS FESTIVAL THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER JOINTLY BY ROTARY SPORT AND ASSISTED BY
OTHER LOCAL ROTARY CLUBS IN THE EAST AFRICAN CITY.
THE SPORTS FESTIVAL, WHICH WAS AT THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF KIGALI RWANDA (ISKR)
WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED, WITH PARTICIPANTS TAKING PART IN MANY SPORTS ON SHOW ON
THE GROUNDS.
HIGHLIGHTED BY THE PRESENCE OF SPECIAL GUESTS, UK HIGH COMMISSIONER TO RWANDA,
ALISON THORPE AND NIGERIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER IN RWANDA IBRAHIM ZANNA, EACH OF
WHOM GAVE A SHORT ADDRESS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF SPORT IN FOSTERING UNITY, THE AIM
WAS ALSO TO COLLECTIVELY JON HANDS AT RAISING FUNDS FOR A CANCER CHARITY IN KIGALI
WHICH WAS IN NEED OF AN UPLIFT IN ITS TRANSPORT SERVICES (TRANSPORTING NEEDY
CANCER PATIENTS FROM THEIR HOMES TO THE TREATMENT CENTRES WITH EASE).
RS INT’L PRESIDENT DR TUNDE ALSO SPOKE AT THE EVENT, HIGHLIGHTING THE NEED FOR
SOCIETY TO EMBRACE SPORT, NOT JUST AS COMPETITION BUT AS A TOOL FOR DEVELOPMENT
AND WELL-BEING, WHICH WILL AUTOMATICALLY REDUCE THE RISKS OF CATCHING DEBILITATING
DISEASES BY MAKING HEALTHY LIFESTYLE CHOICES.
BRAND NEW ROTARY SPORT GLOBAL AMBASSADOR AND FORMER RWANDA NUMBER ONE
TENNIS STAR JOSELYN UMULISA GAVE A MOVING SPEECH, SHARING HER STORY ON HOW TENNIS
HELPED HEAL THE EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL WOUNDS OF THE EFFECT OF THE RWANDA
GENOCIDE, THUS HIGHLIGHTING WHAT SPORTS CAN DO IN PEOPLE’S EVERYDAY LIVES.
A HUGE FLUX OF PEOPLE TOOK PART IN FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, TENNIS COACHED BY
JOSELYN, PICKLEBALL, CRICKET AND FENCING.
A DAY OF GREAT FUN IN KIGALI, WHICH WILL BE REPLICATED IN BASINGSTOKE ENGLAND ON 12
JULY AT THE CRANBOURNE SCHOOL PREMISES.
DR TUNDE’S COMMENTS: “WHEN I VISIT THESE PLACES AND SEE THE SMILES THAT SPORT PUTS
ON FACES OF MANY, REGARDLESS OF THEIR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR ANY DIFFERENCES, IT
GIVES A HUGE SENSE OF SATISFACTION AND REKINDLES THE DESIRE TO KEEP DOING WHAT WE
ARE DOING BECAUSE THE RESULTS WILL BE THERE FOR ALL TO SEE IN THE NOT-TOO-DISTANT
FUTURE.
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