Limassol Amathusia Club Rotaractos attends RYLA Rhodes

Our Club is committed to provide the tools, opportunities and stimuli for its members to develop their leadership skills
Commited to the above, our Club arranged for our member Mohamed A. Fahmy to attend the district 2470 RYLA held in Rhodes, Greece between 28th-30th October 2011.

Mohamed during the RYLA activities

Mohamed delivering a presentation

Other than the development of the leadership and personal skills of the member, this helped in extending of the Club's International Network and creation of Rotaract frienships.

The Organisers sent to us and the sponsoring Rotary club very positive comments about Mohamed's participation in the programme.

Mohamed was presented with the Banner of the Rotary Club of Rhodes

What is RYLA

Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) is a leadership program coordinated by Rotary Clubs across the globe. Young people (usually Rotaractors) are sponsored by Rotary Clubs to attend such events, in line with the Rotary goal of investing in New Generation and the Rotaract goal of deveoping professional and leadership skills.

Participants are chosen for their leadership potential. The format of the various RYLA events vary, but commonly take the form of a seminar, camp, or workshop to discuss leadership skills and to learn those skills through practice. Rotary clubs and districts select participants and facilitate the event's curriculum.
RYLA aims to:

• Demonstrate Rotary's respect and concern for youth;
• Provide an effective training experience for selected youth and potential leaders;
• Encourage leadership of youth by youth;
• Recognise publicly young people who are rendering service to their communities.

RYLA programs usually cover the following core topics:

• Fundamentals of leadership
• Ethics of positive leadership
• Importance of communication skills in effective leadership
• Problem-solving and conflict management
• Rotary's purpose and service to the community
• Building self confidence and self-esteem
• Elements of community and global citizenship

Rotaract supports the Arts

During the first week of October (1-7th), Limassol hosted the Open House Festival.

The Festival featured a number of performances by world renouned artists.

Recognising the importance of our city hosting such international events but also emphasising the importance of artistic refinement, our Club supported this event assisted in the event's promotion.

Team Building Fun

The club had a fun and full of action day at Santa Marina Retreat on Sunday 2nd October 2011.

The members tried their skill at Archery, Wall Climbing and Sky Trailing!

This teambuilding event was aimed at building trust and bolsterering friendships between members and the integration of new members into the Rotaract spirit