Another Global Grant is Approved

Global Grant approved for the Kirua Clinic

The Alliston club has received  $30,000 from Foundation which, together with $12,000 from six clubs, means that the Foundation global grant is worth $42,000.  This grant has been awarded in order to provide equipment for the Kirua Public Clinic, Tanzania, to improve maternal health and birthing along with HIV testing.  The clinic serves a community of 20,000 people close to the Kilema region. 
The 2012 Tanzanian team’s money will pay for materials to repair the clinic prior to the equipment being shipped, sometime probably in March 2012. 
Measurements that will be taken by the clinic personnel are expected to indicate an improvement in the birthing of healthy babies and fewer mother deaths.  Measurements should also indicate more people being tested for HIV/AIDS and treatment of the same at the HIV/AIDS clinic.  This clinic was built in 2007-08 with a lot of Rotary money and sweat equity from Alliston and District 7070 Rotarians, together with our partner CACHA.
Our partners in the Kirua clinic project are the Rotary clubs of Bradford, Cobourg, Etobicoke, Markham Sunrise, and Quinte Sunrise.