1Er Malagasy Governor Lions Club by Hotel ★★★ Restaurant Coco Lodge.
Historical milestones of the LCI.
En 1917, Melvin Jones, an old Chicago businessman 38 years, offers his local business club members to exceed their considerations purely professional to commit themselves to improving their community and the world in general. It receives the approval of his group, the Business Circle of Chicago.
After that he got in touch with homology groups to the four corners of the United States, a constituent Assembly is organized the 7 June 1917 in Chicago, in Illinois in the United States. This new Group took the name of one of the invited groups, the «» Association of Lions Clubs », and a national convention is held in Dallas, in Texas in October of the same year. A constitution, of the Statute, targets and a code of conduct are approved. The rest is history.
As we approach the 100th anniversary which will be held in 2017, It's time to look back at our long and proud tradition of service and the many achievements of our association and Lions around the world.
1917 : Melvin Jones and other Chicago businessmen founded the Lions Clubs to improve the quality of life of the community.
A Malagasy pharmacist was elected Governor of the district 403 B2 of Lions Club. The celebration of the centenary of the club to service falls within its mandate.
Masud Mirza Zahid Rafiq, a pharmacist-old Malagasy 68 years, between in the history of the Lions Club. He was elected Governor of district 403 B2 for a year, becoming the first Malagasy to hold this role, in this district. Madagascar, The meeting, Maurice, Mayotte, Djibouti, Comoros are countries whose deals. His predecessors were a Mauritian and a reunion.
« The Malagasy already had the opportunity to steer the Lions Club, but since the geographic division of the districts, established in 2014, where the district 403 B2 was named for the administration of the islands of the Indian ocean, This is the first time that this governance allocated US », has explained Tiana Ahmad, charge of Public Relations with the district 403 B2.
Centennial.
A heavy task will wait this Malagasy Governor during his tenure that began July 1 2016 and ends the 30 June 2017.
Indeed, This mandate is associated with the celebration of the centenary of the Lions Club International. Accompanied by his wife, This Lion member of the Lions Club Antananarivo since thirty years account make it a great success. In any case, « It promises a full humanistic and exhilarating challenges mandate », According to his close associates.
The ambitions of the celebration of the centenary of the club include the maximization of the beneficiaries of the social activities of the Lions Club, namely the preservation of sight, the fight against hunger, the protection of the environment and to the youth service. «District will decide on activities to be undertaken during this centenary., but they will not dismiss these axes », us says its spokesperson.
Fidy Nirina Rafiq comes to be installed during the last International Lions Convention in Fukuoka to the Japan, the 30 June. It will be hosted, at Ivato international airport, the 16 July 2016.
by Hôtel★★★ Restaurant gourmand Coco Lodge Majunga.
