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IWCPI NATIONAL INDUCTION

I will live a lifetime." She added that in this Inner

n her inaugural address, IWCPI National
President, Ma. Pamela de Guzman, said
their commitment to the Inner Wheel creed, but this
that the new theme, Lead the Change, was a Wheel Year 2020-2021, members must renew
reminder that in this rapidly evolving technology- time with a new rallying cry "Lead the Change." The
driven age, people, separated by vast oceans, could word change, she said, was genuinely challenging
communicate with each other through the wonders with different interpretations and meanings for each
of the internet. Yet, still, a majority of the world's one of us. She also said that real change had to
population lives in poverty, crime, hunger, drugs, happen for the better, especially in these uncertain
and racial hatred. There are tremendous unmet times of COVID-19.
challenges in every community, and it is our task in
Inner Wheel to begin meeting challenges, even if For Inner Wheel year 2020-2021,
we have to face them one at a time. We should National President Pamela de
start by educating people because ignorance Guzman's vision and goals
remains the number one roadblock to progress. As meant going back to basics
the Scriptures say, "Give a man some fish, and he and on to the "new normal”.
will live for a day. But teach him how to fish, and he She outlined them as follows:

• Work as a team with respect and local government units
commitment • Consider adopting a community and
• Enhance and promote our focus its needs on food through urban
Organization’s public image gardening, shelter, health, and
• Retain Clubs memberships and target education
positive membership goals • Take time to seriously review our
• Charter new clubs with vibrant organization’s history, vision, mission,
members core values, traditions, best practices,
• Support IIWS social projects for the and protocols
care of women and girls • Conduct fora of different topics that
• Initiate new and creative club activities will help the members and the
which can attract new members community cope with new ways of
• Conduct community projects focused working in this time of the pandemic
on addressing and mitigating the • Embrace and put into practice the
effects the pandemic like livelihood Inner Wheel motto of friendship and
projects and care for the environment service.
• Strong partnerships with other non- • Continue our NDP/ECOSOC and UN
governmental organizations and projects

She also said that one of the highest satisfaction in The virtual induction and
life was creating something you truly believed in. handover ceremonies ended with
a raffle with cash prizes to the
Change makers should winners. It was viewed by more
than 2,000 to date. The event still
Lead the Change now runs at the Inner Wheel Clubs of
Philippines,
Inc.'s
official
the
for a better world. Facebook page and the YouTube
channel.
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