11 March 2015: Beth Murphy -What Tomorrow Brings: Film on Razia Jan's Zabuli Education Center in Afghanistan
Members present were Janice Brown, Sara Collins, Candace Cramer, Sue Heller ,Walter Heller, Nancy Jacobs, Michael Johnson, Joe Kelley, JD Miller, Bart Nuboer, Joan Powers, Judy Price, Robert Price, Sandra Schipul, Janet Schmitz, Lucille Sorrentino, Jack Stebe, Mimi Svenning and Bernie Westerveld.
Guests present were Karen Kelley, Beth Murphy, Scituate TV, several Scituate residents and several members of other Rotary clubs from Duxbury, Plymouth, and others.
SCITUATE , MA ROTARY CLUB MINUTES
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2015
6:30 P.M. OPENING
6:35 P.M. SALUTE TO FLAG BY JOE KELLEY
6:40 P.M. PRAYER BEFORE MEAL BY JOAN POWERS
Rotary’s four way test was said, led by President. News about up-coming events were discussed. The March 22nd Veteran’s dinner at St. Luke’s Hall, discussed. Cooks will be ready, etc. Good Neighbor fund in Marshfield was discussed by Mel. Fuel assistance will be coming to Scituate he mentioned. Also, March 22nd in Marshfield, they’ll be a fund raiser for three restaurants in Brant Rock area, who were hit hard by the storms of this winter.
We over 38 people in attendance, several from Sunrise Rotary Club in Plymouth, and several from the Duxbury Club. We thank them for coming to hear Beth Murphy our guest speaker.
Dinner break and then Beth spoke how good things have been happening, and that she is excited getting things done for her next project. Beth thanked the Sctuate Rotary club and the Duxbury Rotary club for the initial grant to get her projects underway, also for the school to be built. 500 girls are now attending the school in Afghanistan. Every grade thru seven has two classrooms. They have grown from 5 classrooms to l4! She said it is difficult to get teachers for the school, but if the teacher’s get married they don’t come back to teach. A lot of family responsibility the teachers there have.
Transportation: they have a van with a driver who picks up the girls. Total of a two hour drive each day. Beth mentioned that the film “What Tomorrow Brings” will be seeing the school thru the eyes of two girls. Beth says the film is 85 minutes long, but she plans to cut it down for different sources. No day is easy at the school, but the girls are determined to learn and enjoy it. Protection at the school comes from town’s people. They have a 24/7 guard at school. Education is taking hold in that community she said. English is being taught in kindergarten . Nice talk Beth. Then she opened it up for Q&A.
Meeting closed at 8:l5 p.m.
