Beer and Burger Night supports water supply to remote village in Laos

Posted by Peter Roaf on Jul 14, 2017

The 1,133 people living in the remote village of Ban Xiengda, in northern Laos, must trek 1.5 km downhill to retrieve whatever water they can carry back uphill to their homes. With the village population expected to triple within five years, the supply of water is more important than ever.

Peter Podovinikoff lines up to pot the red ball in the side pocket

Through a request from local district water and hygiene authorities to the Rotary led Adopt A Village In Laos program, the Rotary Club of Ladner has undertaken to lead an international service project of Rotary to develop a CDN$45,000 water delivery system for the village with the participation of other clubs in Rotary District 5040.

A Beer and Burger Night fund-raiser for the project, at the Royal Canadian Legion in White Rock, drew 30 Ladner Rotarians and friends on July 13, 2017.

The Ladner Rotary Beer and Burger Night on July 13 raised $1,500 for the Ban Xiengda water project, which will include a dam similar to the one seen under construction at another remote village in Laos (top left). Activities included rounds of pool, a silent auction, toss your loonie closest to the bottle of wine and draw for a water filter to be delivered to a Laotian village in the name of the winner. The water project committee of Sandra O’Keeffe, Diana Cabott Nimsick, Dawn Rutledge, Beau Brennen, Mike Storey and (not seen) Kathy Storey explained the need for the project and the fund-raiser. Watch for more fun water project fund-raisers. For more on the water project and Adopt A Village in Laos **>>click here>>**



Many thanks to the sponsors and donors
Bridget Jacob Chu Wu/Sterling Sentinel Group Dawn & Beau Brennen Doug Gaetz/Delta Funeral Home Diana & Leo Nimsick	Julia Common, Hives for Humanity Lindsay Eldridge, Nurse Next Door Mike & Kathy Storey, Ideal Door Patricia Sibley Sonia Baron	Ray Moschuk, The Co-operators-Moschuk Insurance Agencies Inc. Sandra O’Keeffe
Special "Thank You" to White Rock Legion