Dinner for a Cause - with guest speaker Nicole Sicard (Mayaa World)
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05 Nov 2019 |
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 Discovery Bay
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For the past few years, the members of the Rotary Club of Discovery Bay have been committed to support Nicole Sicard and her NGO Mayaa charity.
After being nominated at Rotary International's "The One" Humanitarian awards, she could raise enough funds to build a brand new center in Nepal, to help provide quality education to the children in need.
On April 15th 2019, Mayaa Center held its Opening Ceremony in Kathmandu, together with members from the Rotary Club of Discovery Bay, the French Consul General in Nepal and Mayaa team and students.
THIS IS THE STORY that she wants to share with us during this meaningful evening on Nov 5th. We hope you can join us!
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About Nicole Sicard:
Native of France, Nicole Sicard arrived in Hong Kong in 1964, at age 29.
She taught biology in various schools in Hong Kong until her retirement in 1998.
During her years of teaching, she created "free evening classes to provide education to migrant workers with the help of some of her students.
She also set up some community projects to help children with disabilities, especially the visually impaired. In 1996, Nicole Sicard received the "Best Teacher of the Year" award. To this day, she remains the only non-Chinese teacher to have received this award in Hong Kong.
In addition to teaching, she has traveled a lot throughout Asia.
She went to Laos, for example, to help refugees fleeing the bombing campaign during the Vietnam War.
She also tutored children from the Tibetan Children’s Villages in Dharamsala, India.
She also traveled to the Philippines (Palawan 1978-1984) and Mongolia (2001 to 2010) where she got involved in charity work.
Since her retirement in 1998, she also got involved with the Nepalese association Concern, which aims to provide education to street children.
In 2011, she created with her friend Sarbendra Pachhai, Mayaa Nepal, which took over the activities of Concern.
In 2016, she founded Mayaa Hong Kong, not only to raise funds for Mayaa Nepal, but also to help the underprivileged children of Hong Kong. Soon after it’s creation Mayaa Hong Kong was given the status of an NGO with Chapter 88 tax exemption advantages.
Mayaa France followed in 2018 also with the aim of raising funds. Thus, Mayaa became Mayaa World to reflect the global reach.
They firmly believe that by giving a good education to all children, the future generations will bring prosperity to themselves and to the country
- Dinner Cost : HK$300 (by cash), to be collected at the door
- Dress Code: Business Attire
- Language : English only
- Reserve your seat: contact us
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All guests and visiting Rotarians are most welcome to join us, so please refer to our calendar for up to date meeting details.
Help us SHARE this invitation within your networks: the more people we reach, the more we have a chance at effecting real change!
Feel free to contact us for any question you may have.
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About our Monthly Dinners:
"Friendship constitutes an enrichment of life" - Paul Harris.
All members from the Rotary Club of Discovery Bay enjoy monthly dinners and occasional fellowships with colleagues and friends, in casual settings. We all have the same goal in helping the less fortunate and serving the community.
We target to perform services projects both in local and international communities and support the Rotary Foundation.
New members are always warmly welcomed to join the Club, as many of our members are frequent travelers.
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