Vocational Service is one of the original Rotary Avenues of Service and most Rotary clubs have a Director of Vocational Service. Rotary Sunrise replaced this position with a Literacy Director several years ago.

 

Vocational Service is perhaps the most difficult Avenue of Service to define and explain. Dictionaries define vocation as “ a job that you do because you feel it is your purpose in life and for which you have special skills” or as “a strong feeling of suitability for a particular career or occupation”.

 

It is further defined as “a person’s employment or main occupation, especially regarded as particularly worthy and requiring great dedication” and as a “trade or profession”.

 

Marco Calleja, CAIA
Chapter Executive  – CAIA Cayman Islands | CAIA Member since 2010

Marco Calleja, CA, CAIA has been a CAIA member since 2010 and played an active role in the foundation of CAIA Cayman Islands. Marco’s current role is Partner in EY’s Wealth and Asset Management sector - Financial Service Office (FSO). Marco has over 13 years of experience of which the last 9 years working with alternative investment managers, hedge funds, private equity and wealth management clients. Marco is currently responsible for financial statement assurance engagements for large hedge funds, emerging manager funds and private equity funds across a vast array of investment strategies investing in a wide spectrum of asset classes, as well as working with investment managers’ organization control environments and SOC reporting. Marco also works with clients in an advisory capacity on regulatory compliance and hedge fund operational matters.

Marco graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree, majoring in finance and accounting, from the University of Melbourne in Australia. Marco also holds designations and licenses with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA) and the Cayman Islands Society of Professional Accountants (CISPA).

 

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Jeffrey Goddard, CAIA
Chapter Executive – CAIA Cayman Islands | CAIA Member since 2011C

Jeffrey Goddard, CAIA has been a CAIA member since 2011 and is a founding member of the CAIA Cayman Islands chapter.  Jeff is currently an Associate Director at ManagementPlus Group, a boutique firm which provides Fund Governance and additional services to alternative investment funds. Previously, Jeff served as a Vice President of Business Strategy at State Street Alternative Investment Solutions in New York and the Cayman Islands.  Jeff also served as a Vice President at Goldman Sachs in New York and the Cayman Islands where he worked for 9 years in various progressive Investor Relations, Treasury Operations, Client Onboarding, and Product Development roles.

Jeff holds an MBA from Manchester Business School in the UK and a post-graduate certificate in International Management from McGill University in Canada. Jeff is also an Accredited Director (Acc.Dir.) from the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA) of Canada and a Member of the Cayman Islands Directors Association (CIDA).

 

• To nominate someone to the Board you need to be a member in goodstanding (i.e. your dues need to have been paid);
• The incoming president can also nominate those who they would like to see serve on their board; or
• A club member (in goodstanding) can nominate another club member but, this person will have to agree first before their name is put forward and they too need to be a member in goodstanding;
• Once all names have been proposed, the nomination will need to be seconded by another member of the Club and the name is then added to the slate. For two weeks this process is repeated;
• At the 4^th meeting of the election cycle, the actual election is held. If there are nominations from the floor then there will be a ballot. If there are no nominations from the floor, a motion will be made to accept the slate put forward, a request will be made for a seconder, and then there will be a vote on the motion;
• Members present at the meeting will vote and if a member are absent from that meeting, they can submit their vote via email.

I was always committed to maintaining high standards of instruction and took every available opportunity to further qualify or professionalize through study. I obtained the Cert. Ed. in Educational Management & School Supervision, followed by a scholarship awarded by the Government of Trinidad & Tobago to complete my B.Ed. in Education Administration graduating with First Class Honors in 2003. Not one to remain idle, I was short listed for Graduate Scholarship consideration by both the Neal & Massy Foundation and Madeline Fulbright Committee while beginning the interview process for administrative openings. During this time I completed my M.Ed. in Education (Overseas Schools) with a focus on Instructional Technology from Framingham College, Massachusetts in 2005. I was particularly pleased to graduate with a near perfect GPA considering I taught full time and tutored daily on evenings while studying.

 

My degree led me to consider wider opportunities and I took up employment in August 2006 to work for the Government of the Cayman Islands. Presently, my post chiefly entails delivering Instruction in ICT to primary aged pupils across the Cayman Islands. Upon request, I have conducted workshops and training sessions for teachers in house and at the National education conference level.

 

I am a proud Rotarian involved in several of my service club activities. I am particularly concerned with raising standards of Literacy in the Cayman Islands through various school initiatives and promoting Rotary though Social Media.

 

On the weekend of September 25^th through 28^th, 11 volunteers travelled from Grand Cayman to La Ceiba, Honduras to provide medical services and donations to the needy residents of Las Mangas & El Pital, two Guaruma communities within the Rio Cangrejal watershed.  The volunteers consisted of 6 Sunrise Rotarians (Dr. Jeff, Dr. Ecke, Nurse Hazel Brown, Rachael Windhaber, Wendy Koll and Pat Steward), one Rotarian from Central (Carl Brown), Dr. Jake Low-Beer & his partner Lizzie (HSA ophthalmologist), and Nurses Sharon and Rosie (HSA).  We were joined by a family member of Nurse Sharon’s, a La Ceiba resident, who assisted with translations.
 

Along with required drugs and medical equipment, we also transported 22 suitcases and 11 very heavy cases of hand luggage filled with clothing, shoes and toothpaste generously donated by many Sunrise Rotarians.
 

Saturday morning we were collected from our accommodations at 8:30 am and delivered to Las Mangas, where the main Guaruma office is located.  Drs. Ecke & Jefferson were situated in the community activities building as was our temporary pharmacy, manned by Nurse Rosie.  Dr. Jake (who kindly stepped in due to the unavailability of Dr. Mani) was set up separately in a darkened room (the only one with air conditioning!) The doctors saw easily 125 – 150 patients on that first day.  Hazel, Carl, Rachel, Wendy and Pat spent the morning organizing and then distributing donations.  A lesson learned from last year was to control which person had already received a donation, either shoes, clothing or toothpaste/brush by marking their hands to indicate they had been seen before.  The children were so excited to receive new clothes, the children’s toothbrushes and for the very lucky ones, new shoes!  President Christine donated 50 beanie babies which were hugely popular (hence the necessity of marking the children’s hands!).  We worked from 9:00 am until noon, took a short lunch break and continued on until 3:00 pm.  When our shift was over, the Guaruma students presented a slideshow of their activities and accomplishments over the past year and several students introduced themselves, telling us how long they had been in the program, what it meant to them and how it had changed their lives.  They presented a short dance routine and then delivered us back to our hotel where we recovered from a hot and exhausting day.

 

Day two was a repeat of the previous day however the location had changed.  El Pital, is a further 8 – 10 kms down a dusty, pot-holed and in some places extremely muddy road.  Again the doctors had long lines and donations were distributed.

Over the course of the two days, the doctors saw approximately 225 patients some requiring immediate specialized treatment.  Thanks to the generosity of one of our Sunrise Rotarians, two sisters are now receiving laser photocoagulation treatments in La Ceiba in order to save their sight.  This treatment was deemed extremely time sensitive as the sisters would have been blind within two months had it not been performed.  Several patients were diagnosed with cataracts however a US medical team will be in Honduras in April and will provide that treatment free of charge.  Dr. Ecke has identified 19 children/young adults requiring tonsillectomies, 3 patients in need of ear surgery and 2 in need of nasal surgery.  Ongoing discussions locally and in Honduras are occurring to determine the best way to provide the required surgeries for these patients.  Dr. Jeff saw a variety of illnesses and disbursed many doses of anti-fungals, anti-inflammatories, antibiotics, etc.
 

One patient arrived on Sunday with her own medical issues and expressed concern for her mother who was unable to travel to El Pital.  The Guaruma truck was sent to collect her however when she arrived Dr. Jeff determined that she was suffering from a serious cardiac event and was rushed to the hospital in La Ceiba without further treatment.
 

 

Rotarian Rachel sorting donated clothing

 

Rotarians Hazel and Carl assisting the kids

Persons in need of medications

 

Dr. Uli ready for work!

Dr. Jeff hard at work