Across the Globe - Africa/Middle East
Israel
BNI Bounding in Israel

MISGAVE celebrating first birthday

Members and Visitors in line

SAVYON Members and guests at the 4th birthday

Israel's BNI chapters experienced two hectic weeks. A young chapter, MISGAVE, celebrated its first year, and a more mature group, SAVYON, celebrated its fourth year. On top of attending weekly morning meetings, we held workshops on "Power Teams" and "Seven Habits of Highly Effective BNI Members." We also held the BNI Israel Annual Conference, attended by over 250 members and guests. During the event, we handed out the "Chapter Member the Year Award." Awards and accolades abounded: we acknowledged the executive team and members who helped us host the event. All in all, it was an exciting and rewarding visit to a well-run region, which is growing by leaps and bounds, thanks to the hard work of Yarden Noy and the Executive Team.

Submitted by Sam Schwartz, Executive Director - BNI Northern Virginia,
National Director - BNI-Israel, BNI-Hungary, BNI-Romania


Zimbabwe
Givers Gain in Zimbabwe

BNI Zimbabwe held two very successful events this year.

In February 2006, BNI Chiyedza Chapter raised a total of Z$35,385,000.00, which they donated to The Center, a charitable organization which looks after AIDS orphans.

On March 31st, 2006, BNI Zimbabwe hosted a Charity Golf Day which raised Z$600million in cash and goods worth Z$200million. The event was the first of it's kind for us. Because it was such a success, the organizing committee has agreed to hold the same event in October 2006. The beneficiaries will be a children's home and an old people's home in Zimbabwe.

Submitted by Daphne J Banga, Coordinator, BNI-Zimbabwe