Tuesday 12 June 2012

Diamond Lalji IIMSAM NEWS NEW YORK





IIMSAM Photos: Shows Left to Right: IIMSAM Director Mr. F. Lwamba, Signing the Guess Book H.E. Mr. Diamond H. Lalji, Mr. D. Fundi Tech-Director and Staff & Guest.


6/6/2012 Kisumu, Kenya: The IIMSAM staff at H.R.H. Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Alnahyan Spirulina Feeding Center Kisumu – Kenya today ceases this opportunity to register their heartfelt gratitude as they (we) acknowledge with special regards and thanks for your initiatives taken last year.Today the 5th


June 2012 marks exactly one year from the time of your visit to our Centre.
GENERAL COMMENTS FROM THE IIMSAM STAFF: “We the staff at the centre felt moments of joy/happiness were shared as we gave a brief on how we had utilised your donation. Your inspiring words that day as captured in our visitor’s book to quote ‘’Excellent – Keep it up. All the best” left us in the spirit of an encouraged and a motivated IIMSAM workforce rearing to go despite shortcomings, and chronic funding of the IIMSAM organisation as a whole though some being difficult conditions and challenges hard to overcome. We wish however this day to equally share with you observations from our notable achievements at the conclusion of this one year period today.....First and foremost, we want to acknowledge and offer special thanks for your contribution to the Centre the period. It is through your donation that we managed to undertake some crucial pending operational/administrative activities but notable the construction of the only concrete basin serving the Centre now... We want to make it laud clear to all that you made our year because.. it is this concrete basin that has been our pillar in making us remain functional and strong on our mandate hence endeavour to continue with our humanitarian bound mission and duty of feeding the needy on Spirulina food nutrient....


“There are people in the world so hungry that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread” "Hay personas en el mundo tan hambrientas que Díos no puede a parecerles a ellos, salvo en la forma de pan" “Gandi una volta disse: ci sono persone nel mondo cosi' affamate che Dio puo' apparire a loro solo in forma di pane “ Il y a des gens dans le monde qui sont si affamés que Dieu ne peut leur apparaitre que sous la forme d'un pain."
"زبخ لکش يف لاإ مھل رھظت نأ نکمی لا الله ةمحر نإ یتح ،ملاعلا يف اعوج نوروضتی رشبلا نم ریثک كانھ"


Mahatma Gandhi IIMSAM NEWS CIRCULAR IGO/000011/ Public Information Outreach-Unit • New York 6th of June 2012

A GREATEFUL STAFF AT THE IIMSAM H.R.H. SHEIKH ZAYED BIN SULTAN ALNAHYAN SPIRULINA FEEDING CENTER KISUMU – KENYA GIVES THANKS TO THE SPECIAL ENVOY-ADVISER OF THE S.G. & GOVERNMENT LIAISON TO THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA. H.E. MR DIAMOND H. LALJI, FOR ASSISTING THE CENTRE WITH HIS GENEROSITY OF BUILDING CONCRETE SPIRULINA BASIN THAT INCREASED THE ABILITY FOR THE CENTRE TO CULTIVATE SPIRULINA WHICH RESULTED IN SAVING ADDITIONAL LIVES IN THE PAST YEAR SINCE ITS CONSTRUCTION A YEAR AGO.






“the beneficiaries have equally lauded our efforts which have helped them improve and or restore their health hence contribute to their achieving a healthy body status and eventually reaping the benefits of living a quality life. This is a shower of blessings to you and your good works hence a contribution to IIMSAM’s concrete deeds and good image in Kenya. This is a memorable day held in our minds in the highest esteem with special reference to the period in view to which we dedicate our time in sharing the achieved successes however little bearing in mind that you were a key player in making these achievements a reality...We have a deeply rooted belief down our hearts that this is only but a sign of the beginning of the many such occurrences in future, with such a team spirit intended to yield abundant positive results for IIMSAM”. THE IIMSAM SENIOR & GENERAL STAFF.

Comments by the SG Amb. Maradona “My sincere gratitude to our Sp. Envoy H.E. Mr. Diamond Lalji... and his continue advocacy and support of our mandate...his goodwill gesture not only serves as an example to emulate by others but it is just the beginning of modernising our facilities to further the output of our Spirulina production to be able to meet the ever increasing demands for Spirulina in benefit of the local population who are in need of its benefits in fighting many illnesses including the number one killer in the world malnutrition.”

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For information media • not an official record

IIMSAM AT A GLANCE: Accredited as an Inter-governmental Observer to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (Under ECOSOC Resolution 212/2003 5th of March 2003). IIMSAM is an Autonomous Inter-Governmental Treaty Organisation mandated by an International Convention Agreement to disseminate Spirulina as an instrument in fighting severe malnutrition worldwide. IIMSAM is registered under the United Nations Treaty Series No. 37542-37543, dated 12th June 2001; in accordance with the Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations. IIMSAM-Headquarters., New York. N.Y. U.S.A.


OVER 2+ MILLION BENEFICIARIES HAVE BEEN SERVED UNDER THE IIMSAM SPIRULINA DISTRIBUTION PROGRAMMES ACROSS THE WORLD IN THE FIGHT AGAINST ACUTE MALNUTRITION AND HUNGER:
IIMSAM`s remarkable accomplishments despite its extremely limited resources and the apathy of the international community towards Spirulina as a vehicle to alleviate the number one killer in the world Malnutrition. IIMSAM advocates the need to synthesize the UN Community and other International relief organization on the benefits of Spirulina that was declared by the United Nations World Food Conference of 1974 as the best food for the future.

IIMSAM recognizes that hunger and malnutrition are a major impediment to sustainable development, and reaffirming that reducing hunger is a primary target of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals #1.

IIMSAM is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments. For more information about IIMSAM and its work visit: www.iimsam.org


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Rotary Club of Nairobi


Club News


Added on July-11-07

Handover Speech by President Diamond Lalji

Thursday, 5th July 2007 Grand Regency Hotel





Immediate Past President Diamond Lalji is presented with a gift
from the 2006-07 Board by immediate Vice President David Githanga.

Fellow Rotarians, friends and guests, today, I officially lay down my executive responsibilities as your President.

But first, I would like to start by saying something very simple. Thank you.

Thank you for a great year. Thank you for a year that I got to know all of you.

Thank you for a year that I got to know more about Rotary from a very practical and pragmatic way.

Thank you all for, giving me the extraordinary privilege of leading the Rotary Club of Nairobi for the past one year.

Thank you for the honour of being your president and the wonderful journey we have travelled together.

With your talents and dedication we have unquestionably lived the 2006-07 Rotary motto - Lead the Way.

Friends, the last one year has made me more certain than ever of the inner strengths of Rotary and Rotarians. We serve as a beacon for good ethics. A beacon of hope, to the less fortunate in society.

And special gratitude to the 2006-07 Board. I thank them, for the dedication and competence they have brought to the service of our club and Rotary. You have indeed led the way for Rotary.

And certainly, thank you to our supporters and sponsors who supported our various projects.

A very big thank you to my family for their immense support. Special gratitude to my wife Naseem for her constant encouragement. She has been the rock my strength for the past one year. Thank you Naseem.

Much appreciation to my son Shahid who successfully managed my business interests for the past one year. Thank you for holding court.

And of course to my daughter Shelina currently in the UK whose regular words of encouragement and support through emails and phone calls served as a much needed booster in my Rotary journey as President.

My appreciation too to the administrative backup that kept the Rotary wheels running. Thank you to my Assistant General Manager at Trident Insurance Mrs. Manju Naul, my secretaries Dorothy and Rachel and Kevin.

Last but not least on behalf of the club we wish to thank the General Manager of the Grand Regency Hotel Mr. Timothy Kagambi for their efficient support and wonderful hospitality. Timothy and his team served us well even at our whims.

When I sat down to reflect on my one year as the President of the Rotary Club of Nairobi I realized I look a lot older. That's what being the leader of the largest club in this part of the world does to you!

In coming President James, don't be scared! Anyway, I have also become wiser through close interactions with all of you.

My dear friends, my one year has left a lasting influence and a deep imprint in various aspects of my life which I will briefly share with you.

The 2006-07 Board was the driver of a car that is the Rotary Club of Nairobi while club members were the passengers who decided where it should go, and by what route, and how fast.

In short, we learnt consultation and engagement resulting in a fulfilling closeness with members.

Courtesy of our club's rich diversity, I have in different ways seen members live our core values of commitment, care, humility, friendliness, trustworthiness and responsiveness. Thank you.

And based on our common ideals and shared respect in Rotary, I have learnt how to be a better Rotarian.

Again, our vibrant multiculturalism ensures we all serve Rotary in different ways, but are united under a common platform of Service Above Self.

As we hand over to the new Board, the 2006-07 Board takes pride in our hard work which have not only benefited the entire club but also the society we serve through our shared efforts.

Friends, we take great pride in this and the results are clear for all to see. Certainly, the club has moved a notch higher, but it was you members who helped us make it a reality.

The 2006-07 Board hands over a confident and rejuvenated club. A club transformed by the joint and collective will of its proud members.

We have definitely lived our mission and implemented high impact service projects in education, health, with the youth and elsewhere while members enjoy each others fellowship.

Somebody asked me the other day how I feel about leaving and to paraphrase Ronald Regan who on his departure said "parting is such sweet sorrow."

And I will say it again parting is such sweet sorrow.

I have also been asked if I have any regrets. Well, I do. As in any large organization, I have had my fair share of challenges.

But these challenges have assisted in forging, a satisfying new closeness with all members, as it is not how much you do, but how much love you put in what you are doing.

Once more, it's been the honor of my life to be your president. So many of you have written to me in the past few weeks to say thanks for a great year. But I could say as much to you, as I am most grateful for the opportunity you gave me to serve you.

Fellow Rotarians, we must continue to work together to lessen and eliminate the problems of society whilst having great fellowship and fun.

In line with our vision we should remain the leading Rotary club in Kenya and the District where dynamic members enjoy bringing great benefit to their community.

In ending, my friends: We did it. We made a difference to the club and society. We made the club stronger.

We made the club vibrant and we have left it in good hands. President James Mwangi and the 2007-08 Board, we believe in you and you have our unconditional support.

My final words to President James Mwangi is that the Rotary Club of Nairobi is a castle of hope. A castle of hope not only for members but society.

As I mentioned a while ago, we are a beacon of hope James and in line with the 2007-08 motto 'Rotary Shares' please go ahead and share this wonderful fraternity to all and sundry.

Share the good deeds that Rotary has done and continue to do.

Again, fellow Rotarians and guests, from the bottom of my heart, I want to express to you the gratitude I feel.

Thank you and farewell. Good-bye, God bless all of you.

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