Our guest speakers on Feb. 14, 2011, were Rotarian Bob Black and Ginette Landry.
They both gave an excellent presentation to help explain what they are doing in Africa. They had a great slide show, as well as several statistics about the entire mission and all aspects of the trip in general...
Africa has close to 1 billion people, 12.6 million of which are in Zambia, 1 Million of the 12.6 are orphans because of Aids.
In Zambia, English is the primary language. Mining is a big part of the industry/economy. They are the 4th largest miner of copper in the world. Zambia is famous for Victoria Falls. Mwandi, a village of 7,500 people, has 1100 orphans.
Bob is going to help with building huts, and Ginette will work at a local hospital. Bob gave out a handout with information on the mission and the cost to build shelters. They have a building for “OVC” (orphans & vulnerable children), and 100 children attend each day. The goal of this Ma & Pa mission is to build 24 huts per year.
There are four main projects for the United Church of Zambia Mission, so they have a lot to do. Paula and Dan Vanzyl have been there on behalf of this mission since 2004 and are going to be there to host Bob and Ginette. Bob asked our Club to support their mission with a donation of $1,000. This will build more than one sizeable two-room hut.
Our Club has $1200 in the budget for International projects that has not been spent, and on Feb. 21st, Bob and Ginette returned to accept a cheque!