Steve Rutledge, Rotarian with the Whitby Sunrise Club in Ontario presented on the Adopt A Village in Laos (AAVIL) organization. They provide rural villagers of Laos with permanent water supplies, water filtration, toilets, and educational support. To date, they have raised over 6,300 water filters, servicing almost 32,000 rural villagers, constructed permanent water supplies to 21 villages, completed 12 school construction projects, built over 40 banks of toilets and provided education support to students who could not afford to go to school. There is still a lot of work to be done in a country still recovering from the deadly "secret war" of the 60's and early 70's.
We also congratulated club member Nancy Tan on her next Paul Harris Fellow recognition!
