GSE team Club Visit
Posted by Bill Bourlet
The Group Study exchange team from district 3860 in the Philippines came to visit today.
We have had them with us for the last two days on a cultural and vocational exchange.
Elvie Eullaran-Albano was the team leader and she started the talk from her home club of some 30 all women club. They are an evening club and often bring in the kids.Sometimes they even let their husbands in.
She is a Lawyer as is her husband. She has 4 kids.
Her Mother is a Rotarian as is brother and sister in law.
They have 7,000 Islands with a population of 92 million.
Melanie Severino is a News Anchor with the ABS broadcast network.
She told us the Philippines has a long history and was first colonised by the Spanish then more recently the Japanese and since the second world war the Americans who have given us our freedom she said. She host a local news show every day for 30 minutes that is broadcast in her local language. All the main news she reads in English. All her shows are available via the Internet. These are often watched by the overseas workers.
Alvin Concha is a family doctor. He is married and has two kids. 5 and 2 years old. He works in a 400 bed hospital, which is also a training Hospital. They have a kidney transplant unit.
He teaches classes there.
He loves his Karaoke.
R.J. Madamba works for the American President shipping line. he runs the local branch. He is in management which means he is in sales. He is married with two kids, 13 and 8.
He ships large containers around the world. Many Bananas and pineapples. Many coconut products as well. They also export electrical items such as phones as well as copper.
90% of all phones made in the world have some Philippines products in them.
You can follow them on their daily blog from the district page.