GSE Team from Bangladesh

May 20 - The GSE Team comes from D3280 in Bangladesh. There are 5 members in the team, 1 Rotarian. Fawzia Naazm, Asst. District Governor and 4 members of the team who are not Rotarians (as is the rule for GSE teams). GSE means Group Study Exchange. It is a program for non-Rotarians from age 25-40 who are professionals in the their field. One is a pharmacist for an industry, one is a UN employee, one is a bank executive from the largest bank in their district and one from a university.The GSE Team arrived in Phoenix 2 days ago after a 40 hour trip! Our club is the first presentation for them. As for Bangladesh, their leadership has a history of women in influential places. Since 1991, ALL their Prime Ministers have been women. They are the 4^th largest Muslim country in the world; they have 6 seasons of weather: summer, monsoon, autumn, late autumn and winter and spring; they have improved maternal health vastly in the last 25 years; largest mangrove forest in the world and where the Bengal tiger originates; beautiful white sandy beaches that are among the worlds’ most beautiful; they have the highest number of peace-keepers in the UN and finally, they are the 11^th happiest country in the world!