前受獎人獎頒發給全球社區義工

Alumni award honors global community volunteer

from: Rotary World-2003/05

 

 

 吉姆．克理斯丁遜

Jim Christianson

　

 

克理斯丁遜(James Christianson)已被提名為扶輪基金會前受獎人人道服務獎 (Alumni Service to Humanity Award)的得獎人，因為他的義工服務足跡遍及全球。他是美國明尼蘇達州鵜鶘湍流(Pelican Rapids)扶輪社(5580地區)的社員，將於6月1-4日在澳大利亞布理斯班的國際扶輪年會期間接受該項榮譽。

James Christianson, whose paths of volunteer service have crisscrossed the globe, has been named the recipient of The Rotary Foundation Alumni Service to Humanity Award. A member of the Rotary Club of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, USA (District 5580), he will accept the honor during the RI Convention in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 1-4 June.

克理斯丁遜第一次擔任扶輪義工是與一群由20名扶輪社員組成的國際團隊一起，於1986年開始在秘魯興建一所學校。他在1988年帶領一個較小的後續任務團隊到同一地點去服務。他在1991年到塞內加爾擔任扶輪義工，以支持一項保健、防飢及人道(3-H)飲水計畫，並協助執行他的地區的世界社區服務計畫(WCS)來興建一所學校。

Christianson first served as a Rotary Volunteer with an international team of 20
Rotarians who began constructing a school in Peru in 1986. He led a smaller follow-up team to the same site in 1988. As a Rotary Volunteer in Senegal in 1991, Christianson served in support of a Health, Hunger and Humanity (3-H) water project and helped implement his district's World Community Service (WCS) project to build a school.

克理斯丁遜也在1993年率領5580地區的團體研究交換團到中國訪問。此外，他更七次自掏腰包回到秘魯去，幫助執行興建學校、小型代貸款、動物畜牧、以及企業管理等計畫。最近，他領導了一個配合獎助金贊助的活動，要翻修利馬最大的孤兒院之一

Christianson also led a District 5580 Group Study Exchange team to China in 1993. In addition, he has returned to Peru seven times at his own expense, to work on school construction, microlending, animal husbandry, and small business management projects. Most recently, he has been leading a Matching Grant-sponsored effort to renovate one of Lima's largest orphanages.

克里斯丁遜幫助他人的心，以及能說9種語言的能力，使得他很容易和各種年齡及背景的人建立關係。在鵜鶘湍流，他協助波士尼亞、拉瑪(Roma)、以及索馬利亞難民解決各種需求，這項服務非常重要，因為在這個社區裏有25%的人口在家不說英語。

Christianson's heart for helping others and ability to speak nine languages enable him to connect easily with people of all ages and backgrounds. In Pelican Rapids, he assists Bosnian, Roma, and Somali refugees with a variety of needs - a vital service in a community where 25 percent of the population speaks a language other than English in the home.

什麼樣的因素促使這個義工老兵不停地服務他人呢？

What drives the veteran volunteer to ceaselessly serve others?

克理斯丁遜說：「只要一跳下服務的水流，你就會不停的游；你沒有時間去想為什麼要跳下去。我有過導師，而且還繼續發現新的導師。大多數都比我年長一代。我跟著他們游，很少花時間回顧在內心裡面是誰在游泳。」

"After the initial plunge into the waters of service one just keeps swimming; one doesn't have time to think about why one jumped in," says Christianson. "I have had and continue to discover mentors. Most are one generation ahead of me. I swim in their wake, seldom taking time to look back to see who is swimming in mine."