Friendship Without Borders

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Activities 2024 – 2025Friendship Without Borders

October 24, 2024

Bonding Friendship with IW Branding

Mrs. Abeer Dajani – Chairman of District 95 (Egypt & Jordan) threw a
lavish dinner with live music on the terrace of the Intercontinental
Hotel in Cairo overlooking the great Nile River and the fascinating
beauty of Cairo city on September 24th, 2024.

Mrs. Dajani meant to start the IW year with positive friendship bonding
between District Board members, National Representative – Samia Aboul
Fotouh, IIW Board member – Iman Bashari, PIIW Board Directors of
District 95, Past National Representatives, Past Chairmen 95, all
Presidents of Egypt & Jordan clubs, and all IW attendees held posts or
are now holding current posts, as well as the wife of the Jordanian
ambassador in Cairo.

Also, the Chairman keened publishing the IW logo on napkins and on
souvenir gifts. The attendees were 83 delegates, and all of them enjoyed
the beautiful songs of the band in an ambience of joy and happiness.

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Activities 2023 - 2024Friendship Without BordersIWC Of Amman Activities

October 16, 2023

Visit of Bombai Past IIW President Club D314 to Amman

On the occasion of Mrs. Manisha Bhargava, the past President of “Bombay Hanging Garden D314,” visit to Jordan, Mrs. Nuha Asfour, the President of the Inner Wheel Club of Amman, graciously extended an invitation for breakfast at the Four Seasons Hotel on Monday, October 9, 2023. The event was attended by Mrs. Nahla Qubain, the National Representative for District 95 Egypt and Jordan, as well as members of the Club and its administrative committee.

Mrs. Nuha Asfour warmly welcomed the esteemed guests and conveyed her gratitude for the opportunity to meet and get acquainted with IW Hanging Garden Bombay represented by Mrs. Manisha.

During this gathering, both clubs, the IWC of Amman and the Hanging Garden Bombay, exchanged their respective flags as a symbol of extending hands of friendship, forging bonds, and nurturing the enduring spirit of camaraderie. In the spirit of goodwill, symbolic tokens were exchanged between both.

A special highlight of the event was a celebratory cake to Mrs. Nahla Qubain, marking her recent appointment as the National Representative for D95 Egypt and Jordan, and commemorating her first participation in an IWC of Amman event.

The Inner Wheel Club of Amman takes this opportunity to convey its heartfelt best wishes to Bombay Hanging Garden D314, underscoring the shared vision of “Shining a Light Around the World.”

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Friendship Without BordersInner Wheel Club of AmmanInner Wheel Club of PetraInner Wheel Club of PhiladelphiaIWC Of Amman ActivitiesIWC Of Petra Activities

October 10, 2023

environmental preservation activity for the International Day of Peace for Inner Wheel Clubs

In activation of the International Day of the Deaf, which was celebrated on September 15, 2023, the members of the Innerwheel Club of Mansoura , headed by Mrs. Shadia Al-Ashry, on September 18, visited the Nedaa Association for the Rehabilitation of Hearing Impaired Children, which is one of the club’s sustainable projects, and they made a donation amounting to 10,000 pounds. May God always enable us to continue the path of goodness and giving.

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Activities 2021 - 2022Friendship Without Borders

May 6, 2022

The high light of my visit to Egypt and Jordan with family was the evening I spent with the IW members of Egypt and Jordan district 95. Hanaa Elsadat the vibrant webmaster of the district communicated with me when I mentioned to her of my tour. Thank you Hanaa for being so supportive and inviting me to your exclusive Ramadan meal. I felt your extraordinary, vibrant and friendly manor in that evening of friendship and fellowship. I take this opportunity to Congratulate you on receiving the most prestigious Margaratte Golding award. On behalf of Inner Wheel Club of Colombo I wish your club and your district all the best and wish you more strength and energy to continue your precious service to the needy.

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Activities 2021 - 2022Friendship Without Borders

May 6, 2022

Friendship without borders

Promoting Friendship is one of IIW aims.

My tour of Egypt and Jordan with family had a totally different aspect and a value when I knew that I’m going to meet most of the IWCs District 95 Egypt & Jordan members, including the district committee. Thank you very much, my friend Ghada Rahmy, along with Ashnadelle Hilmy Mortagy and Hanaa Elsadat, for inviting me to your very exclusive Ramadan meal on the 14th of April at Cairo Automobile Club. It was an honour for me to be with you all and witness firsthand the great friendship and fellowship among the members of IWCs District 95 Egypt and Jordan, which was extended towards me too. I must thank the District Chairman Hala Hagrass along with the rest of the district dignitaries for extending the hand of friendship to me and to my district. I can treasure the pleasant memories of exchanging flags, gifts, and numerous photos taken with these friendly, fun-loving members. The experience of the traditional Ramadan meal with great company followed by a very enjoyable dancing session made me feel very much at home and left me with sweet memories to last a lifetime. As the ISO of Inner Wheel Club of Colombo and a goodwill ambassador of the District 322 I conveyed the friendly greeting messages sent to me from District Chairman Sharmila Cassim, DISO Nirmala Wijayawardana Raphael and my club president Denise Abeyeratne to the district 95. I hope the bond made between district 322 Srilanka and District 95 Egypt and Jordan will last for years to come.

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Friendship Without Borders

May 5, 2022

FRIENDSHIP WITHOUT BORDERS

As members of Inner Wheel we are privileged to connect with each other and spread the rays of friendship and service around the world to make this world a better place.
It was a great pleasure for me to virtually exchange club pennants with a distinguished member Reem Nazih, the ISO of D95 Egypt & Jordan and a member of the Board Committee.
Thank you so much dear Reem for extending your friendship to foster international understanding between our two countries. On behalf of Inner Wheel Club of Wattala I extend my best wishes to you and your District every success in all future endeavors.
Sweenitha Fernando
ISO
Inner Wheel Club of Wattala
District 322
Sri Lanka🇱🇰

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Friendship Without BordersInner Wheel Club of SphinxIWC Of Sphinx Activities

March 31, 2022

IWC of Sphinx , Friendship without Boarders, 2022

Inner Wheel binds up people with friendship and service and as an ISO, I am so delighted that i have got the opportunity to make friends with hundreds of most energetic and supportive people within Inner Wheel.

Getting to know, exchange club pennants and discussing of club activities, etc… virtually with this lovely, lively, energetic and friendly Hanaa Elsadat / Webmaster of D95 of Egypt and Jordan and member of IWC of Sphinx was such a great moment for me.

On behalf of IWC of Ja ela Kandana my wishes go out to Hanaa and her club for an eventful IW year of 2021/22.

Dayani Emmanuel

ISO Ja ela Kandana

District 322 Sri Lanka

May be an image of 1 person and standing

May be an image of 1 person and outdoors

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Activities 2021 - 2022Friendship Without BordersInner Wheel Club of Alexandria Sporting ClubIWC Of Al Alexandria Sporting Activities

March 31, 2022

IWC of Alexandria Sporting, Friendship without Boarders

It was such a pleasure getting to know, exchanging club pennants and discussing club projects, etc…with most friendly and energetic Nevine Abdel Rassoul, Past President and at present the Correspondent of IWC of Alexandria Sporting- D95 Egypt and Jordan

On behalf of IWC of Ja ela Kandana, I would like to wish Nevine and her club a successful IW year of 2021/22.

DayaniEmmanuel

ISO Ja ela Kandana

District 322 Sri Lanka

May be an image of 1 person, standing and text that says "INNER WHEEL CLUB JAELA KANDANA. SRI ANKA"

May be an image of 1 person, standing and outdoors

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Activities 2021 - 2022D95 News 2021-2022Friendship Without BordersIWC Of Alexandria East Activities

January 27, 2022

IWC of Alexandria East Twinning Protocol with IWC of Ilioupolis Greece, 2022

On January 22nd, 2022 Inner Wheel Club of Alexandria East D95 Egypt and Jordan signed a Twinning Protocol with Inner Wheel Club of Ilioupolis District 247 Greece.

The event was on zoom with the presence of Presidents and members from both clubs.

After hearing both the National Anthem of the two countries ,Mrs. Nadia Mohy El Din PlWC of Alexandria East and Mrs. Penny Alexatou PIWC of Ilioupolis Greece gave a speech of welcome and congratulations .It was our pleasure that Mrs Mona Aref PP of D95 Egypt and Jordan attended also the signing of the protocol.

It was a joyful event demonstrating the true IW spirit of friendship without borders .

We would like to thank our colleague Mrs Amel Shabaan for her efforts with the president of Ilioupolis club Mrs Penny Alexatou to come up with the above mentioned Twinning .

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D95 News 2021-2022Friendship Without Borders

January 21, 2022

IIW President’s Message on the IIW Day , News, 2022

52nd INNER WHEEL DAY – 10th JANUARY 2022

IIW PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

After the first Meeting held on November 15th, 1923 at a Cooling room at Herriot’s Turkish Baths, 27 Rotary wives held a second meeting at the Social Club in Lower Mosley Street, Manchester, and officially formed the Manchester Club, President Mrs Margarette Oliver Golding and Mrs W.A. Nixon as first Secretary and Treasurer.

The objects of the Club would be to foster friendship and encourage personal service.

Excerpt from the Minutes of the second Meeting on January 10th,1924:

“The name of the Club to be the Inner Wheel”.

“Meetings to be held on alternate Tuesday and to continue throughout the year”.

The meeting marked the commencement of Inner Wheel!

The first District IW No 5 was formed in 1928, the Association was born in 1934 and 36 years later Mrs Helena Foster, IIW President 1969/70 had the brilliant idea to suggest to hold Inner Wheel Day annually on January 10th.

She wrote a letter to all Club Presidents asking them to link together in action on January 10th to extend service and friendship.

This year 2022 , the 98th Inner Wheel Year, the Inner Wheel Day will be the 52nd since its creation.

Sharing the initiative taken by my predecessor Helena, the second IIW President, in my capacity as the 54th IIW President, I sent a letter to National Representatives, Districts and Non Districted Clubs, asking them to support, in the first ten days of January 2022 ending on the date of the Inner Wheel Day, the “Wheel Can Cerv” campaign launched by the Association of Inner Wheel Clubs in the Philippines Inc. to help eradicate cervical cancer , thus honouring the first priority of my Presidential Theme “Pink First”: Women’s Health.

“Women helping Women” will then result in

“Women saving women”

But what I have just written to you was possible thanks to the farsightedness of our Founder Mrs Margarette Oliver Golding, the wife of a Manchester Rotarian, a capable business woman, a great philanthropist and an excellent speaker. She worked for Inner Wheel from 1923 until 1939, the year of her death, after having seen the 100th Club formed. Since 2000 her name has been honoured by the inauguration of the Margarette Golding Award, in the form of a floral brooch, a marguerite, given to Inner Wheel Members or Members of the general public for highly commendable service on a regular basis in the community, implying personal sacrifice for the benefit of others. It was decided at the 11th Convention in Stockholm in 2000.

The merit of Mrs Golding was to breathe life into a new organization, to guide it through its formative stages and to see it solidly established.

On June 17th 2014 an Asteroid was called “Golding” and dedicated to Margarette thanks to the Club of Torino Europea District 204 Italy.

In April 2010, when I was the 26th Chairman of District 206 Italy, with a few Officers and husbands belonging to my District I visited the IWC of Manchester, the Founder Club, a visit that I considered as a pilgrimage that every IW member should make once in her life.

Some photos taken at the Manchester Club’s meeting during which I addressed a speech to the Club’s President and Members are enclosed in attachment. From a photo held in a picture frame on the table, Margarette was looking at the attendants to constantly remind all of us about the main objectives of Inner Wheel: Friendship, Personal Service, International Understanding.

Two more photos are enclosed: one at the previous IIW Office in Sale and another one taken in 2019/2020, when I was IIW Board Director, under the plaque showing the site where the IW Founder Club of Manchester held its first meeting on January 10th, 1924.

I hope this flash-back will encourage you to visit the Founder Club on the occasion of the Convention which will take place in Manchester in May 2024, during which also the Inner Wheel Centenary Year will be celebrated.

Happy 52nd Inner Wheel Day 2022!

In friendship

Ebe Panitteri Martines

IIW President 2021-22