{"id":24293,"date":"2025-06-15T17:27:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T17:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=24293"},"modified":"2025-06-15T17:28:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T17:28:37","slug":"inner-wheel-district-911-reaffirms-commitment-to-humanitarian-service-at-annual-general-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=24293","title":{"rendered":"Inner Wheel District 911 Reaffirms Commitment to Humanitarian Service at Annual General Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The Inner Wheel District 911 has reiterated its commitment to selfless service by providing immediate succour and relief to the less privileged and the needy in society.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The outgoing District Chairman, Adenike Sodipo, made this known at the 2024\u20132025 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the District, held at the Rotary Centre, Ladoke Akintola Street, GRA Ikeja, Lagos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">She expressed delight at the honour of leading the Club and pledged her continued support to her successor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">While giving an account of her stewardship at the event, Sodipo noted that the Inner Wheel made a remarkable impact in the lives of many during her tenure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">According to her, the District carried out regular medical interventions, including eye surgeries, girl-child advocacy, and awareness walks to educate the public on the club\u2019s contributions to society.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Speaking on behalf of some awardees who were absent at the event, Dr. Basirat Giwa stated that the recognition reflected the Inner Wheel District\u2019s collaborative efforts in providing humanitarian service.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">She noted that eye problems, such as cataracts\u2014which the District had intervened in several times\u2014are often age-related and unavoidable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Dr. Giwa also emphasized the need for specialists such as ophthalmologists in the District and commended Dr. Wole Kukoyi of Rotary District 9111 for donating part of his hospital in Otta for humanitarian purposes, especially to aid the poor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">She added that many patients with eye conditions benefited from the subsidized surgeries, which are typically expensive in government hospitals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The Inner Wheel is an international women\u2019s organization focused on friendship and community service. Founded in 1924 in Manchester, England, by Margarette Golding, it has over 100,000 members in 3,895 clubs across 103 countries. It is one of the largest women\u2019s voluntary organizations globally. Affiliated with Rotary International, it promotes friendship, personal service, and international understanding.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Inner Wheel District 911 has reiterated its commitment to selfless service by providing immediate succour and relief to the less privileged and the needy in society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24295,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[10865,9056,10864,9584],"class_list":["post-24293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-metro","tag-annual-general-meeting","tag-commitment","tag-humanitarian-service","tag-inner-wheel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24293"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24293"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24296,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24293\/revisions\/24296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}