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Posted by Shirley Hulin on Feb 03, 2017
Bianca has been active in global humanitarian work for over 15 years, she is now positioned to take her engagement to the next level as a Rotary Peace Fellow. Primary professional and personal interests include: Central Asia; Islam & the West; Ethnic Conflict Intervention; Justice & Reconciliation; Poverty & Radical Islam. She has lived in Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, Spain and Kenya. Meeting in The Hub at Cal Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, CA with Rotary Peace Fellow, Bianca Neff (l) and former Atascadero, CA DG (2014-2015), Loretta Butts. Bianca is also the founder and Ex. Director of Petra Peacebuilders. Bianca and Loretta are working to help other Rotary Peace Fellows graduates to become more involved in their local Rotary Clubs for support & understanding of the work Peacebuilders are doing worldwide.
PDG Brenda Cressey from Paso Robles who is now on the Rotary International Board for the Foundation spoke about the gifts we contribute to help our local and global neighbors. We as Rotarians are doing humanitarian work every day in the world. Our Polio project remains our top project followed by clean water & sanitation projects, global projects that are sustainable as on-going projects for the citizens we are trying to help. Brenda spoke about a wheel chair project she was privilege to be a part of, how a young man carried his grandfather in the room to receive a wheel chair, the smile on the grandfather's face, his hands raised up in the air to praise God, the tears in the eyes of the Rotarians, the tears streaming down the face of the grandson. This man's life was changed in that moment, as well as the boy, the family, the Rotarians that witness the joy & the life changing moment. This is Rotary.