With other charities pulling their support for Guaruma, our club becomes its sole supporter, and much of International's budget, $10,000, is being spent to keep the project alive. Director Pat is hoping to get an Inter-American grant from the U.S. and Bob Ketron's club in the U.S. is looking into helping as well. In the meantime, we are supporting the co-ordinator of the program with her monthly stipend of $230 USD per month in order to keep the project running. Teaching the youth and keeping them in school for half days, five days a week for a cost of $100 a month, has resulted in keeping youth in the community and away from the drug cartels. So far income in Guaruma has come from a small internet cafe and some eco-tourism tours. 

 

Other International projects are centered in South Africa, Malawai, Thailand and Philippians. 

        

Zone 34 is holding a video promotion to celebrate the 100^th anniversary of the Rotary Foundation. They would like stories about when Rotary became real to us, or we became true Rotarians. Grab your phone/tablet or even video camera and tell them about that special time in 60 secs. They will put the best Zone videos together as a 100 minute sequence, and hopefully it will be shown in Atlanta. Contact Faye Lippitt or Hazel Brown with your ideas.