DG John Glassford brought two of the international keynote speakers from the District Conference in Griffith to our meeting today.
These two women from Kenya were inspirational at the conference, and in the shorter timeframe at our meeting, they were more relaxed, and entertaining.
Jane Mberia is a successful CPA in Kenya, works for Continental reinsurance Limited as Head of Finance, and also is responsible for Strategic planning. Jane travels extensively, climbing mountains, making friends and is heavily involved in Rotary. She had ten years involvement in Rotaract, followed by ten years in Rotary. Her district covers four countries, and she has been Country chair for Kenya.
Jane has two children - two sons aged 6 and 8.
Tracy Ochieng met Fred Loneragan and John Glassford when she was about 12 yo, in 2011 when the Rotarians visited a school in the Mathare slum in Nairobi. She made an immediate impression when she welcomed the Rotary guests from Australia, and earned the support of the Australian visitors to get through high school.Now at university in Nairobi studying Journalism, Tracy has hopes to start a Foundation to help children from slums, that she will call "Tracy's 200"