‏Abu Chulliyode ‏JEDDAH — As a result of the phenomenal growth of Toastmasters clubs in Saudi Arabia, the lone District 79 was reformed into two districts and the Toastmasters leaders have elected Distinguished Toastmaster Rashid Ali Rawther, past program quality director and lt. governor marketing, as the first director of newly created District 104 covering western, southern and northern regions of Saudi Arabia. ‏“By having two Toastmasters Districts in Saudi Arabia, the Saudi club members are lucky that they can now send two district champions instead of one from next year onwards to the international arena to compete for the coveted title of World Champion of Public Speaking,” said DTM Joey Villaneuva, past District 79 governor. ‏DTM Ali is a product of Abdul Latif Jameel Talkmasters Club and its past president, founding president of Jeddah Malayalam Toastmasters Club and past president of OMG Advanced Toastmasters Club. He served clubs, area, division and the district in many leadership roles. He was instrumental in constituting many Toastmasters clubs in the Kingdom and also in promoting Arabic and other regional language clubs. Under his tenures as district lt. governor marketing and program quality director, he received special recognition from Toastmasters International for his outstanding performance. ‏The newly created District 104 comprises of 135 clubs including Arabic, Urdu, Malayalam, Tamil, and Tagalog language clubs apart from English, aligned under 38 Areas and 11 Divisions. The mission of the district is to “build new clubs and support all clubs in achieving excellence.” ‏The Toastmasters clubs provide a supportive and positive learning experience in which members are empowered to develop communication and leadership skills, resulting in greater self-confidence and personal growth. ‏Toastmasters International is a non-profit organization and world leader with an envisioned future to be the first-choice provider of dynamic, high-value, experiential communication and leadership skills development. ‏The organization has more than 352,000 membership. Members improve their speaking and leadership skills by attending one of the 16,400 clubs in 141 countries that make up their global network of meeting locations.