The Case for the Love Committee of the RCKN

 

A Love Sub-Committee of the Membership Committee for the Rotary Club of Kampala North? What exactly is that? Is it really part of Rotary business? Don’t Rotarians already have enough love at their homes or with their Anns and Andies? What more is there to offer? Are we encouraging relationships within the clubs? What exactly is going on?

In most home settings, the mother tends to bear the weight of running the family. With the exception of the single parent led families, most of the mothers will be seen running to take children to the hospital, buying food, rushing to pick the dry cleaning, or washing dishes at night, etc. In some cases, they will also have extended families to look after and might be involved in other social causes – be it mother’s union or rotary. As a result, often times, the mothers will neglect their own health and self-promotion because they are taken up with looking after the rest of the family and the world. Similarly, one can argue that the members of Rotary Club of Kampala North are like mothers in society. They are often involved in making the lives of others – and society better. They attend various meetings, visit projects, rush to attend to emergencies, sit for hours to come up with new projects and ways of resolving the challenges around them, and in the process, often ignore themselves and those dearest to them

It is for this reason that a love sub-committee of the membership committee of the Rotary Club of Kampala North was formed. This is targeted at tending to our own members, by ‘applying bandages to our wounds,’ or ‘placing a cool cloth on our feverish bodies,’ etc.  The love committee complements the Club’s efforts to follow up on its members, especially those whose attendance of fellowships is inconsistent or who have failed to pay membership fees, amongst others. The committee, which is led by the amiable M.D. Petwa Rwamushoro, seeks to cause us to ‘stop and smell the roses.’ 

In support of the efforts of the Family of Rotary Committee, the Rwamushoro Committee helps us to re-visit those members who were last visited when they were being inducted into the club or who last hosted a home hospitality. It is our hope that our membership shall feel loved once again and considered as valuable members of the Club and not mere statistics in the wider Rotary International fraternity

We love you all

Daniel R Ruhweza

Chair, Membership RCKN