Kenya in Prague

Rotary club at our place

2. 9. 2025

At the September meeting of the club, we were visited by Mr. Petr Javořík, a long-time member of the Rotary Poděbrady club, and the current president, Ms. Natallia Makovik. The guests took advantage of the initiative of our club member Z. Ilinčevová and her lecture at their place in Poděbrady.

We introduced each other to our programs and framework activities, saying that we would be happy to continue the previous good cooperation, which was interrupted for several years due to the existential problems of the Rotary club in Poděbrady.

Representatives of the Rotary Poděbrady club will continue to attend our "Glass of Wine" event for the public. They expressed the hope that we will again help them with their annual event of visiting students from abroad in the summer of 2026 when they visit Prague. Unfortunately, we had to end the friendly atmosphere due to time constraints for the organizational arrangements of our large event celebrating the 30th anniversary of the founding of our club.

30th anniversary of SI club Prague Celebration

September 12th – 13th, 2025

43 participants from various European SI clubs accepted the invitation to our celebration. On Friday, September 12th, the Mayor of Prague, Mr. Bohuslav Svoboda, received us at his residence on Mariánské Square. After a toast and a small snack, we were able to enjoy the beautiful halls on the 1st and 2nd floors of the building accompanied by a guide.

On Saturday, September 13th, we met in the unusually designed gardens below Prague Castle, which have been part of UNESCO's monuments since 1992. Ing. Arch. I. Truxová, head of the NPÚ, introduced us to the history of the historical gardens, then journalist J. Matyášová highlighted the role of women in society. After snacks, visitors could go on an individual tour of the gardens.

In the evening, King John of Luxembourg and his wife, Elisabeth of Přemyslid, welcomed us to the renovated Minorite monastery in the Old Town. History is written here in every place where both of the forementioned rulers actually stayed at the beginning of the 14th century. The gala dinner was held in a festive spirit, including the symbolic lighting of 4 candles, greetings from representatives of individual SI clubs, and musical accompaniment by the Solideo ensemble. We look forward to the contact we have established with the director of the HELAS agency, Mrs. H. Kohoutová, which could open the gates of the monastery for further events.

We believe that all of our guests were satisfied with our celebration and will be happy to return to Prague.

Club meeting Praha - Brno

 May 16. - 17., 2025

This weekend, after a long time, we met up with the sisters from Brno halfway in Pardubice, where we visited the local monument Automatic Mills together, among other things. And even though the weather was not entirely kind to us, our meeting was joyful. We hope that this will become a beautiful tradition.

We donate to those in need

Our annual social event "A Glass of Wine", held on November 27th, 2024 with dear guests actress M. Steinmasslová and choreographer Z. Prokeš, brought us not only a pleasant evening, but also financial profit, which we decided to donate to 2 places - traditionally to our friendly institution ACORUS in the amount of CZK 36.550, and to Mrs. Rabinská, whose appartment was severely damaged by the floods in September 2024, in the amount of CZK 36.200. We wish both of them good use.