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| EDITORIAL || DECEMBER 2007 - ISSUE 63 |5 THE VOLUNTARY WORLDWhat motivates someone to volunteer? By Shaun Grech9 A CHANGE OF LIFEMarica Mizzi interviews life coach John Di Lemme .13 LADY OF THE SEACharles Camenzuli on Sue Rossi’s achievements in the sailing world.17 PERFECTLY PRECIOUSJo Caruana on which gifts are remembered for years to come.21 MARATONA 2007Details on this year’s fundraising event.22 EUBrenda Azzopardi on those toy-safety regulations this season.24 HOME FOR CHRISTMASDr. Gonzi on his childhood Christmas memories.27 A LUNCH FOR ALL SENSESLunching at Le Meridien’s Villa Brasserie31 NUTRITIONPart 2 of our informative articles about food labelling. By Cliff Sultana.33 DOCTOR’S PAGEDr. John Cutajar tells us what’s good and bad about antibiotics.36 LIFE BITSBits on Life & Living.37 DRIPPING IN BLINGMake a mega impact wearing gold says Noemi Zarb.39 KNOW YOUR TURKEYGloria Mizzi gives us her tips for cooking turkey and recipes for a different Christmas lunch.43 CROSSWORDTry your luck in our special Christmas crossword.45 TVFrederick Zammit on the all new entertainment programme ‘Move It’.46 RADIOEric Montfort meets ‘Fost il Familji’s presenter Gemma Sirol on inspiration for herprogramme and true meanings of Christmas.| EDITORIAL |Christmas comes… and beforewe know it, it’s gone! We’rehappy to sign off the year withnone other than Prime MinisterLawrence Gonzi, who shareshis experiences of Christmaspast and who, together withhis lovely wife Kate, wishes ourreaders all the very best for thefestive season.It’s wonderful to watch kids’faces light up at the prospect ofyet another Xmas present to unwrap – and Jo Caruana gets to meetsome friends to see what their all-time favourite Xmas presentwas and why it remained etched in their memory. On anothernote, Shaun Grech met up with a couple of volunteers who feelchallenged by what they do, and are more than happy to do theirbit for society.An interesting topic to tackle at the dawn of the New Year,Marica Mizzi meets life coach John di Lemme during a seminar, andtalks about the lasting impression he made as he challenges ourlives, past and future. Who knows what 2008 will bring?What we know is that we will be back, and with more featuresup our sleeve, we promise you a good family read. We’ve already letGloria Mizzi out of the ‘goodie’ bag!!All of us at Life & Style wish you, our readers a happy, healthyChristmas & New Year.Charlotte Stafrace, EditorContact me : life&style@media.link.com.mtCover Dr. & Mrs. Gonzi, photographed by Paul Mizzi at the Fotografer.Editor Charlotte Stafrace – life&style@media.link.com.mtPublisher Media.link CommunicationsMarketing & sales manager Claudette PaceAdvertising Manager Charles Zammit MooreDesign Antoinette Micallef – Box DesignPrinting Europrint Ltd.ContributorsCharles Camenzuli, Eric Montfort, Frederick Zammit, Charlotte Stafrace,Dr. John Cutajar, Cliff Sultana, Noemi Zarb, Shaun Grech, Jo Caruana,Marica Mizzi, Brenda AzzopardiLife&Style, Media.link Communications Co Ltd,Triq Herbert Ganado, Pietá, PTA 1450Tel. 25965 ext. 232/317/407/522 · Fax 21240261E-mail sales@media.link.com.mt · www.maltarightnow.comLife&Style is not to be sold separately. It is published monthly and isdistributed free with il-Mument. Life&Style is protected by the laws ofcopyright. No part of the magazine can be lifted or copied without the priorconsent of the publishers.Publication date: 9 December 2007L&s | DECEMBER ’07 3
| ISSUES |The Voluntary WorldChristmas is approaching with speedy perseverance. For some, it is a call forcelebration, partying and presents. For others, it is about doing some yearlygesture of good will. The cliché phrase of Christmas is ‘about being nice topeople’, in the minds of many means dropping a few coins into an anonymousbox or slipping a note in an envelope, sometimes destined to placespreviously unheard of. Frequently, little is known about the client groupsthese organisations work with, whose faces remain confined to the occasionaltelevised images during fund raising events and telethons. Not much isknown about the people behind these organizations, often the invaluablecomponents of the voluntary organization machine. In this issue, ShaunGrech speaks to two young people about their experiences as a volunteer,their perceptions about the nature of this very special type of work, and whatmakes voluntary work an incredible experience where time is key, and passionthe drive.Name: Pamela Kerr / Jean Pierre GauciAge: Pam: 27 / JP: 22Profession: Pam: Assistant Psychologist / JP: Law Student, University of MaltaVolunteer Position and name of Organisation: Pam: Teacher - Angela House /JP: National Coordinator – European Network Against Racism and Founder ofnew organisation PfCHow long have you been volunteering, where, and howoften?Pam: I have been volunteering for the past 2 years invarious organizations. I mainly do this once a week.Presently I am doing this at Angela House.JP: I spent the past 4 years engaged in work withAmnesty International Malta on a daily basis, pluscoordinating the European Network Against Racism(ENAR). I also spent some 5 summers doing voluntarywork with poor children in Egypt.What is the nature of your work as a volunteer?Pam: I teach movement classes.JP: Human rights activismWhat motivated you to start volunteering?Pam: The idea of voluntary work had been brewing inmy mind for quite a long time and I always seemed tohave an excuse why not to do it. It is hard to explainexactly what motivated me because it is something Ifind very intrinsic.JP: Wanting to “be the change I wanted to see”What were your expectations when you startedvolunteering , and were these met?Pam: I did not have any expectations at all.I personally believe that as soon as you haveexpectations you lose the concept of voluntary work.JP: Satisfaction. I’d say there were trying times, but ingeneral I would say they have been met.L&s | DECEMBER ’07 5
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