Inner Wheel Club Butterworth’s Mentors visit of their Mentees in the month of February
Inner Wheel Club of Butterworth
21, 23 & 25 February 2023
The Inner Wheel Club of Butterworth (IWC Butterworth) decided to adopt District 330’s Inner Wheel Care and Education (ICE) project in 2019 while still in its Charter term. The present mentors had training under Rotary Education Fund (REF)’s Anthony Pinto in a joint project with the Rotary Club of Butterworth (RC Butterworth)’s members.
IWC Butterworth’s first mentee Bawanisri Rajasagaren was given her first stipend in the club’s second year of operations in 2020 and second mentee Arvianna Niaga was absorbed into ICE in 2021 while third mentee Cassandra Phua was taken on in 2022. During the COVID-19 Pandemic, the mentoring was done solely via virtual platforms.
Mentors President Datin Santhi Sundara and Charter President Lucy Barrock visited Bawanisri on 21st February 2023 at her home to discuss issues important to her and to listen to the challenges she faces her in school. Mentors Aasha Nambiar and Lucy Barrock made similar fact-finding visits for the first time to Cassandra’s and Arvianna’s houses on the 23rd and 25th February 2023 respectively.
All the mentees get RM200 monthly through the generosity of IWC Butterworth’s members. The students are aged between 15 and 17 years in age and from financially challenged backgrounds but they possess good attitudes towards their studies and the visits by the mentors were indeed very fruitful.
~ R Sharmni