Two years ago, U.S. Rotary members in Maine set out to improve the education system in Bikaner, Rajasthan, an Indian city near the border of Pakistan.
The Rotary Club of Kennebunk Portside chose Bikaner because club member Rohit Mehta was originally from the area and had connections there. Mehta put the club in contact with Rotarians in India to provide desks for four government-run schools.
But when community leaders returned with a request for more desks, the Maine Rotarians decided they had to think bigger. The Rotary Foundation had rolled out its new grant model, which required that the...
Enjoying calm winds and peaceful Pacific waters, Seung Jin Kim dove off his 43-foot sailboat, the Arapani, to swim with some dolphins nearby. The serenity that day near the equator was a stark contrast to the 60 mph winds and 23-foot waves he had to fight around Cape Horn, the southern tip of South America. But Kim, a veteran sailor and member of the Rotary Club of Seokmun, in Chungcheongnam, Korea, expected such challenges when he set out in mid-October on a 25,600-mile journey around the world. In addition to fulfilling a lifelong dream, Kim is using the trip to raise awareness and funds...
After the first cases of Ebola reached Liberia's capital, Monrovia, last June, local Rotary members feared that the city's limited health care system wouldn't be able to contain the highly infectious, often-deadly disease.
Those fears were realized when infections quickly multiplied, underscoring the speed with which Ebola can spread in an urban center. It was the first time the hemorrhagic fever had threatened a major city since it erupted in West Africa last March.
Now, after months of crisis-level response, and with the number of new cases declining, club members are looking to the long...
Despite his longstanding interest in polio eradication, polio was not on Joe Pratt's mind as he prepared for a mid-April 2012 climb of Mount Everest, the highest mountain on earth. But that changed in late 2011, when the resident of Nottingham, New Hampshire, USA, participated in a polio immunization project in Pakistan with fellow Rotary member Steve Puderbaugh.
Moved by the efforts of the Pakistanis to battle the crippling disease, and by the vulnerability of the young victims, Pratt reset the focus of his climbing adventure. Pakistan is one of three countries where polio has never been...
Members of the Rotary Club of San Francisco Evening meet at a wine bar after work, share a social outing, and promote all their activities on social media like Meetup and Facebook.
As the first evening club in the city, it has attracted many young professionals from Silicon Valley tech firms whose work schedules keep them from joining a more traditional club that meets for breakfast or lunch. But more than that, the evening format has helped the club grow by 30 percent since it received its charter in mid-2013.
Danielle Lallement, who was its charter president, says the club has been...
We were given a lesson on how to improve a terrible situation. Prior to 2002, crimes against children were handled at the Police Station, by (unwilling) detectives and cases were not consistently followed up on.
Due to the stress of a courtroom appearance, 90% simply went unreported. An updated system called the Zebra Child Protection Centre was launched at that time using a facility away from the crime and bureaucracy of the Police Station. Councilors and assistance is available. For children who can't go home, a back pack is supplied with toiletries, underwear and, as our club has helped; pajamas.
A short, disturbing film was shown, depicting three situations where Zebra is important.
It made us appreciate coming from loving homes. 1000-1300 cases a year is the case load.
Bob Hassel, CEO, 25 year veteran of the Edmonton Police Service.
This 'hands-on' project has now been fully subscribed. If you have not already done so, please download the three page PDF instructions, complete page 3 and return to Vincent Campbell at your earliest convenience.
Our Club has secured Tuesday May 19 as a Community Project day and a good number of our members have signed up to work on a house construction in the 'Neufeld Landing' area of the city's south west.
For that reason, the regular lunch meeting has been canceled. For those of you who are physically unable to volunteer to work on the project, you will not be required to make up the meeting.
Posted by Stephan Jansen van Vuuren
on May 02, 2015
Recently, President Stephan presented a cheque in the amount of R50,000 , or about $5,000 to the New Hope School in the Pretoria area of South Africa.
The school aims to support children with special learning disabilities and the project was adopted by our club as part of our International projects.
Press release to the Pretoria Newspapers:
"New Hope School was privileged to host Dr Stephan Jansen van Vuuren, President of the Rotarian Club Edmonton [Strathcona] in Canada, and members of the Rotary Club of Pretoria at the school on 25 March 2015. The aim of the visit was to hand over a cheque of R50 000.00 from the Canadian Rotarians to the school that will be used to address the critical needs of needy learners. Guest also visited the newly upgraded junior playground. The upgrading was paid for by donations received from friends, family and Rotarians that attended the funeral of Jan van Zyl, old mayor of Pretoria and enthusiastic Rotarian last year
New Hope School is a non-profit organisation and one of the largest schools for special needs education in the country. For more than forty one years, since New Hope School opened its doors, we have been providing the highest quality teaching for learners with cerebral palsy, permanent physical disabilities, metabolic disorders or syndromes, traumatic brain injuries and specific learning difficulties. Learners of any religious persuasion, any socio-economic background and any race are welcome at the school. Key components to our success include in-depth knowledge and understanding of all our students, adaptability in order to meet changing needs and a truly committed staff. We understand that success criteria will vary between learners and it is our duty to ensure that all learners will be met and supported at their own level to enable them to reach their potential.
The logistical and operational requirements of a school such as New Hope are significant. As the support received from the Gauteng Department of Education is not sufficient to address the needs of the school, our governing body has to employ additional teachers, therapists, assistants and facilitators to ensure quality education to every learner from Pre-Primary to Grade Twelve and in the Skills Phases of New Hope School. As the state only pays for a portion of the staff employed at the school, the rest of the funding needs to be generated from fundraising events organised by both teachers and parents, school fees and donors exclusively."
FLTR Dr Stephan Jansen van Vuuren, President of Rotary Club Edmonton Strathcona, Mr Ray Harley, Mr Ys Visser and Mr Claude Matromatteo of the Rotary Club Pretoria and Mr Dawie Harmse principal New Hope School.
- Human feet have 52 bones, accounting for one quarter of all the human body's bones.
- Feet have 500,000 sweat glands and can produce more than a pint of sweat a day.
-The acid in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve razor blades. The reason it doesn't eat away at your stomach is that the cells of your stomach wall renew themselves so frequently that you get a new stomach lining every three to four days.
- The human lungs contain approximately 2,400 kilometers (1,500 mi) of airways and 300 to 500 million hollow cavities, having a total surface area of about 70 square meters, roughly the same area as one side of a tennis court. Furthermore, if all of the capillaries that surround the lung cavities were unwound and laid end to end, they would extend for about 992 kilometers. Also, your left lung is smaller than your right lung to make room for your heart.
-Sneezes regularly exceed 100 mph, while coughs clock in at about 60 mph.
-Your body gives off enough heat in 30 minutes to bring half a gallon of water to a boil.
WANTED – Flag planters, sales & marketing personnel
The 2015 updated brochure is now posted in the files section of the Canada Flag site page.http://tinyurl.com/FlagProg
This important club fund raising initiative needs your help! We currently generate close to $19,000 per year (less expenses) from our “Canadian Flag Program”. Your ideas about how to retain current clients and grow the business would be welcomed.
If all our “able bodied” members were to generate or continue to maintain a small manageable customer base close to home, it would enable us to continue this program. Existing large customer client routes also need to be maintained as best we can and your help would be appreciated for these accounts.
Maintenance of existing physical inventory is ongoing and new flags, poles & holders have been ordered. A reasonably accurate list of current clients has been produced. Your thoughts & offers of assistance, where needed, can be communicated via e-mail to our chairperson Dennis. email: freeman5@telus.net He is looking forward to hearing from you soon.
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