International Projects

The decision to build a permanent water supply in this rural village was due to the issues caused by their river changing direction.  The river came from a mountain and changed direction to around the other side of the mountain. It happened during the first year of Covid.  Since then, there has been a lot of planning and fundraising in advance of the project’s start date. With everything in place, the pipe was ordered, after 3 long years of waiting. It took about a month to receive it, but the villagers were pretty excited, knowing that their dreams were coming true. Next, the villagers transported sand, gravel, cement on their backs or by tractor to the river dam site.  Others stayed back to make the wood forms for the dam.  The dam was left to cure before pouring the huge cement lids to cover the compartments that would contain various sized stones to filter out any river sediment from entering the pipe.

 

Concurrently, many of the villagers laid over 4km of pipe from the dam site to the edge of the village.  This was required to get water to the location of the soon-to-be built water tank, where cement could be prepared.  The burying of the pipe would occur later.  The kids certainly enjoyed it. The ground was levelled and prepared. The rebar was cut and tied to form a solid base, and walls were built to hold the cement. The almost finished water tank (curing before the cement lids were placed) also contained compartments to further filter the water before entering smaller pipes needed to run to the various taps in the village. And we have water with plenty of pressure!  The water engineer poses, showing off the achievements. No water project is considered complete without the transfer of the inaugural pipe wrenches to announce the transfer of all assets to the village, followed by certificates of thanks to our team.

 

The Rotary Club of Scarborough through the Rotary Club of Eglinton is proud to support this hospital in its construction of a rehabilitation unit and conducting outreach training for people who are in need of therapy after an injury or difficult birth. The hospital’s mission is to enhance the lives and livelihood of thousands of people requiring physical therapy and rehabilitation so they can lead healthy productive lives. The hospital is located in the northern part of Zimbabwe and serves a population of 250,000 people. The hospital attends to 100 000 patients a year (300/day).  The current rehabilitation capacity is limited to treating patients in 2 crowded rooms. 

 

The hospital’s activities benefit the population below

The Rotary Club of Scarborough is proud to have contributed to the upgrading of a Maternity and Child Care Centre in Uganda.

                                              

 

A Global voice for Autism partnered with the Rotary Club of Scarborough to provide care and education to Autistic children after the earthquake. The club received thank you letters with photos and two heartwarming success stories. A child started to communicate vocally for the first time at age 7 after working through pointing and some basic signs. He then started saying his first words and his family was so happy. Another child who had been self injuring by biting himself, has had this behaviour reduced to less than three instances per week in the last two weeks. Such exciting news to share by another happy family.