A visit from the Rotary Club of Cherkasy, Ukraine

At our evening meeting on 29th March, we had two very special guests attending from the Rotary Club of Cherkasy in Ukraine. A few days before this meeting they contacted our fellow club member Brendon advising that they were in Manchester and wished to come and visit our club.

The guests, Nataliya Shcherbinina their new club secretary who is taking over from Nina, and Chris Ashley her husband, were made to feel most welcome. They enjoyed our evening dinner and after our speaker Anthony Fletcher had finished his talk, our club President Linda presented Nataliya with our club banner. Nataliya then kindly gave her club banner to us along with a box of individual packages of Borsche ingredients to which water and meat are added, for us to try ourselves at home. This food is supplied to the soldiers on the front for meals to make, which are quick, easy, hot and nourishing. She also gave us a box of Ukrainian chocolates which were later handed out to members along with the borsche at the end of the meeting. 

They returned to Ukraine on Saturday 1st April taking with them a photograph of the entire group of members and partners who attended the meeting, with us holding the Union Jack and the Ukrainian flags.