 The Rotaract Clubs in Egypt are all classified under
District 2450, the same district number as the Rotary Clubs.
District
2450 covers 10 countries in western Asia, northern Africa and
the Middle East.
The first four Rotaract clubs in this entire region were in Egypt,
represented by the Rotaract Clubs of Al Mansoura which was formed in 1968,
Cairo chartered 1 January 1972, and both Alexandria and Heliopolis on 21
June 1972.
The idea of forming the district 2450 started at the end of 1977,
the reason for this idea was the increase in the number of clubs, as the
number changed from 5 to 7 clubs which were (Mansoura, Cairo, Giza,
Heliopolis, Alexandria, South Cairo and Tanta).
Also the idea of forming El–Shams club was accruing, as Mr. Mustafa Fayez
Mansour who was very interested with Rotaract activities had been chosen
responsible for the Rotaract clubs in the district.
Eng. Mootaz Al Motassem was responsible for collecting the clubs and an
arrangement had been made to form D2450.
The 1st Phase of forming D2450 was arranging a meeting for all the clubs
and strengthening the connection between them and exchanging their different
projects.
The 1st meeting between the clubs was on 23 December 1977 at Al–Ahram
Newspaper, and then a Conference took place on 3 February 1978 to launch
D2450 and the 1st representative was chosen.
After that, joint trips and projects followed and the image of ROTARACT
started to shape in front of all the clubs.
Conference Recommendations:
1. Organizing join projects between clubs in order to strengthen the
relations between the members.
2. Submitting a suggestion to Rotary International to study the possibility
of raising the membership age limit to 30 years or allowing the members who
reached 28 years to be a consulting committee in order for the members to
benefit from their experience.
3. Writing news about Rotaract in Rotary Magazine.
4. Setting 1st Friday of November 1978 to organize the 2nd RAC Meeting in
Al-Ahram Newspaper Building.
At June 2011 there are 40 Rotaract clubs in
Egypt |
