A cerimônia de abertura foi presidida pela princesa Chulabhorn Walailak Akra Rajakumari e contou com a palavra do presidente do Rotary International, Kalyan Banerjee. Em sua fala, permeada de vários exemplos edificadores da atividade rotária em diversos países, o presidente Kalyan Banerjee destacou a Fundação de Rotarianos de São Paulo como “a maior obra do Rotary International na área educacional”. Por meio de fotos, mostrando a infraestrutura das diversas unidades da Fundação e alunos em atividade, o presidente reforçou o caráter abrangente da instituição por oferecer educação em vários níveis e atender crianças surdas. With the presence of Renata Souza Houpillard, secretary of the presidency, who coordinated all the Foundation’s participation in the event, the booth, traditional meeting point of Portuguese language Rotarians, was visited by Rotarians around the world - some motivated by the reference of President Kalyan Banerjee to the work in Brazil, the Foundation displayed information about their educational projects through material in five languages. The visit of the former presidents of Rotary International Bichai Rattakul, Luis Vicente Giay, Mateo Armando Caparas and organized and summoned by the DRI José Antonio the president 2012-2013, Sakuji Tanaka was a matter of great Figueiredo Antiório, was marked by the meeting with honor for the Fundação de Rotarianos de São Paulo. The various several former directors of Rotary International and plenary sessions counted with world renowned speakers, the former presidents of the region, Luis Vicente Giay including Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize in 2006, and Frank Devlin. The meeting ended in an atmosphere founder of Grameen Bank and Rajashree Birla, general of celebration and appreciation by the high-level director of the Aditya Birla Group, present in Brazil through discussions which will continue in Lisbon in 2013, at the Novelis S/A. The traditional Latin American Breakfast, 104th Convention of Rotary International. 9
Newsletter of the Presidency nº99
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