Bishop Grant Young from Man to Man Enterprise Inc. was the speaker at the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor North Luncheon on September 13, 2018.
Bishop Grant described, "that Man to Man Enterprise Inc. is a community based non-profit organization that promotes healing, education and empowerment to men marriages, healthy images for son's and daughter's and serves as a support to healthy relationships with our fellow man"
With so many issues in the world, economic pressures, poverty, single parent homes, violence sicknesses and the core of these is a huge lack of men!
According to statistics because of a lack of education, no family structure, fatherless children, the result of these are overcrowding in our judicial systems and many other physiological pressures that plague our society.
A look at alarming statistics would cause anyone to awake to seeking answers that would help provide healing to fallen and most valuable asset to society is Man!
There is no question that children who grow up in a fatherless homes have a much greater risk of major challenges in life than those who grow up with a father in the home.
Consider just a few questions:
Incarceration Rates: Young man who grow up in homes without a father are twice as likely to end up in jail as those who come from traditional two parent families
Suicide: 63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes. (Source: What Can The Federal Government Do To Decrease Crime and Revitalize Communities? from the National Institute of Justice, 1998, Pg 11).
Behavioral Disorders: 85% of all children that exhibit behavioral disorders come from fatherless homes.
High School Dropouts: 71% of all high school dropouts come from fatherless homes.
Juvenile Detention Rates: 70% of juveniles in state-operated institutions come from fatherless homes.
Confused identities: Boys who grow up in father-absent homes are more likely than those in father-present homes to have trouble establishing appropriate sex roles and gender identity.
Criminal Activity: The likelihood that a young male will engage in criminal activity doubles if he is raised with out a father and triples if he lives in a neighborhood with a high concentration of single parent families. (Source: A. Ann Hill, June O'Neill, Underclass Behaviors in the United States, CUNY, Baruch College, 1993)
After looking at such staggering statistics we must have a working plan for men to revive, rehabilitate and ultimately create responsible males in our society if we are to have hope for the next generation of upcoming male fathers, husbands and mentors.
Above information was given to the club by Bishop Grant in his brochure called "Man to Man Enterprise Inc.: Men Helping Men Reach Their Destiny" "It takes a Man, To Make A Man".
Bishop Grant also talked about, their largest fundraiser which is schedules for October 12, 2018. It is a Sponsors & Supporters Banquet at The Ann Arbor Regent Hotel. Click Read more for invitation.
Before Bishop Grant's talk, President Joyce presented Diane her Paul Harris +1 Award.
Arlene Golembiewski, Executive Director & President of the Sherbo Foundation of Sierra Leone was the speaker at Rotary Club of Ann Arbor North's Luncheon on September 6, 2018.
Sherbro Foundation uses all volunteers with the mission of helping rural Sierra Leone move from poverty to self-reliance through education and economic empowerment.
The Ann Arbor Rotary Club contributed $10,000 and coordinated grant contributions from six other Rotary Clubs: Ann Arbor North, Dexter and Ypsilanti in Michigan; plus Cincinnati, Wilmington, N.C. and Pune, India. Rotary District #6380 and the Rotary International Foundation provided matching funds for this two-year global grant. This grant has provided:
The goal is to fund education savings accounts opened for newborns, which parents can continue grow with their own savings. By the age of twelve, a child will have money for their secondary school education. While fruit trees mature, orchards are inter-planted with annuals crops of rice, couscous, corn and vegetables for short term operating income.
The chiefdom records births of newborns and prepares affidavits to exchange for government birth certificates. Government birth registration doesn’t reach this inaccessible rural area. CCET-SL facilitates securing legal birth certificates for these babies.
Parents of newborns will receive fruit trees to grow for income they can save for their child’s education, reviving an old tradition with a modern goal.
The grant has created seven forest preserves to protect drinking water sources, wildlife and trees to benefit of future generations. These will be the first locally organized preserves in Sierra Leone, as Bumpeh Chiefdom strives to protect its all-important natural environment and counteract climate change.
Arlene said, "Thanks to our grant this project has done all this great work."
This is an invitation from Ayo's Village to invite any Ann Arbor North Member to the 10th Anniversary of our joint venture called the Micro Finance Project in Nigeria with Rotary Club of Gbagada.
Rotary Club of Ann Arbor North Foundation received $18.72 from 05/01/18-07/31/18.
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