Vale Rotary Global Scholar Katie Scrantom

On her final visit to the Club, after nearly 12 months here, Global Scholar Katie Scrantom said her sad farewells. Now moving to Northern Spain, she thanked Rotary for the wonderful opportunity she had been given, the Belfast Club in particular for her reception and guidance and the help and support from PPs Bryan Johnston and Derek Baxter - shown right at her last Rotary Club visits, at Dungannon and Londonderry respectively, in August. Loudly applauded she ended with a very tearful goodbye! We wish her well.

Addressing the Club, Katie outlined her degree work at QUB. She has now completed her Dissertation for Masters in Art, Peace and Child Psychology, her special area of work being child development and she concentrated on using art to build special bridges in society and to give children confidence to establish good relationships. This had involved her interviewing 10 children from a broad ethnic background in Dungannon and she related some interesting comments by the children.