Saturday was spent at an orientation meeting with the current fellows and our host coordinators who are all local Rotarian’s. It was great to finally meet my host councillor who talked to me about his current work in putting together school bags full of books and resources for local children who experienced the worst of the recent floods in the City. We were given an overview of Rotary in Thailand and an inspiring talk by Mr Bhichai Rattakul, an 86-year-old former Rotary International President and former Thai Foreign minister (among many other things). It was Mr Rattakul who started the Peace Fellowship in Thailand and it was a humbling experience meeting such a well-respected, humorous and insightful elder of Thai society.
The first group photo of the whole group.
Practical Peace 
I love Bana’s face in our group pic!
So far so good Enda, Are you going to post a copy of the report you did on the conflict here? You know how supportive we will be and we wont in any way tear it to bits. Kilkeel GR finished on Thursday, some nice presentations. looking at the possibility of linking it to the ASB work starting thursday week.
All the best for now
Sean
Cheers for the update mate. Was wondering how the group went! Glad you survived without me! Sorry I didn’t end up leaving the systemic conflict book but thought it would be good reading for out here.
Tell everyone in the office I say a big hello!