International Programs for 2015-2016
Posted on Sep 29, 2016
The Rotary Club of Calgary allocated a total of $315,000 to international projects in 2015/16. This was supplemented by additional amounts from fund raising activities and donations to the projects undertaken by the World Community Services Committee of the club. In total, 31 projects were undertaken around the world. For a copy of the annual report and information on how these funds were leveraged to have an impact of over $1.7 million click on this link.
Here is the list of organization we donated to:
- CAWST – 50,000C
- Guatemalan Literacy – 8000 US – RI GRANT of $464,292 for this multi-club project
- Liberia – Honey Truck – 21,500 C
- Curly Galbraith Scholarship Funds – 5000 C
- Shelter Box for Syrian Refugees – 10,000 C
- Cambodia Video – 6882.90C
- Guatemala Schools – 20,000C – (Calgary West)
- Uganda Water Project – CAWST Support – 5000US
- Cambodia – Days for Girls – 500C (71 kits and training)
- Honduras Microcredit - 10,000C –(Calgary West)
- Vietnam Vocational Training Team (Travel for Team Leader –Calgary North) – 1133.02C
- Panama First Aid Equipment for Ambulances – 3000US
- Kalisizo Uganda School Computers – 6333US
- Freetown Sierra Leone Robotics Computer Kits – 15,000US
- Uganda WASH – CAWST Travel Costs for Support of the WASH program – 10,000C
- Maya Devi Hospital India X-Ray Machine – 10,000C (Calgary Centennial)
- Ghana Agriculture – 10,000C –(Bill Davis Request – Rotary Club of Pasadena, Texas)
- Syrian Project – Mentoring & Supplies – 10,000C – RECEIVED A DISTRICT GRANT
- Child’s Future – Cambodia – 48,500C – RECEIVED DISTRICT DDF AND CANADIAN GOVT. GRANTS – Total project now $309,173US Grants and donations also received from West, Centennial, South, Chinook, East, and Sarcee
- Potable Water – Philippines – 5250US – RECEIVED DISTRICT GRANT - DDF
- Guatemalan Community Library – 6921US
- Water for La Guajira Columbia – Addition of 5625US (our project with Calgary South) – DISTRICT DDF GRANT RECEIVED
- Rotaract Club – Travel to Honduras for Committee Members - 1500C – Barb Young (Rotaract)
- Travel for Francis Kyaluzi from Uganda – 2617.68C
- Girls on the Move Atsikana Pa Ulendo Secondary School – lab equipment and supplies – Malawi - $10,000C
- VTT Team – Cerebral Palsy – Vietnam – 2500C RECEIVED DISTRICT VTT GRANT - Centennial, South, Chinook and Lethbridge East also received grants in support of this project.
- African Book Project - Read Uganda – 763.96C
- International Peace Park Symposium - $2500C – (Matched by Calgary Foundation)
- Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan – School kits for 6 high schools – $18,000C