May 2nd Speakers Rod Beadle and AJ Both, Engineers without borders
AJ Voth and Rod Beadle are members of the Chicagoland Professionals Chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB). EWB is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, charitable organization that provides design and construction services for a wide variety of infrastructure improvement projects throughout the developing world. AJ and Rod has served as team members and project leaders for water, wastewater, stormwater, bridge and solid waste assignments in Africa, Central America, South America, Central Asia and the Caribbean. AJ is a member of the St. Charles Breakfast Rotary Club and Rod is a member of the Wheaton Rotary Club. Check out their website http://ewb-usa-chicago.org
The St. Charles Breakfast Rotary Club is partnering with the Rotary Club of Usula, Honduras to submit a Rotary Global Grant application to construct water improvements for the village of Armenta, Honduras. It is a village of about 2,500 people, located in the foothills of mountains northwest of San Pedro Sula. The current, primary need is for water distribution enhancement. The village has a water supply shortage resulting in homes typically receiving water only one day a week. Our goal is to partner with other Rotary clubs to raise $20,000 and be able to receive matching dollars from the districts and RI that would bring us to $70,000. This would allow us to make a significant difference in the amount of water the community can receive. they would go from receiving water once a week to receiving water on a daily basis. So far, we have partnered with the Evanston Lighthouse Club, Wilmette Club, St. Charles Lunch Club and Wheaton Club to raise $11,500 towards the goal.
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