Rotary SafeWater Plus Honduras Update and Travel Opportunity
Waconia-West Carver Rotarians:
Thank you for your generous support of our District SafeWater Plus Honduras global grant project. The Waconia-West Carver Rotary Club contributed $1,000 to the project. The leverage on your contribution was $7.40 per $1.00 invested. Your contribution resulted in providing $7,400 of good in the world. Please share this information with all of your club members. Thank you.
Thank you for your generous support of our District SafeWater Plus Honduras global grant project. The Waconia-West Carver Rotary Club contributed $1,000 to the project. The leverage on your contribution was $7.40 per $1.00 invested. Your contribution resulted in providing $7,400 of good in the world. Please share this information with all of your club members. Thank you.
Waconia-West Carver Rotarians:
Thank you for your generous support of our District SafeWater Plus Honduras global grant project. The Waconia-West Carver Rotary Club contributed $1,000 to the project. The leverage on your contribution was $7.40 per $1.00 invested. Your contribution resulted in providing $7,400 of good in the world. Please share this information with all of your club members. Thank you.
Brief Project History and Status Update
SafeWater Plus Honduras will bring safe water, sanitation and hygiene education to 16 communities in western Honduras. Honduras is one of the poorest countries in the world, and half of the population in the targeted area does not have access to safe water. The global grant project is a collaboration between the Santa Rosa de Copan Rotary Club, Rotary District 5950 and World Vision (WV). Three Rotarians from District 5950 traveled to Santa Rosa de Copan in March 2013 to develop relationships with our collaborating partners, needs assessment and to evaluate sustainability. The global grant application was approved by The Rotary Foundation (TRF) and District 5950 in September 2013. The total cost of the project is $800,000, with $400,000 from Rotary and a $400,000 match from World Vision. Thirty two Rotary clubs have provided $118,000 of funds toward the project.
The project is about 50% completed and should be fully completed by spring or early summer of 2016. A group of 15 people from District 5950 traveled to Honduras in late March 2014. The group included 8 Rotarians from 5 Rotary clubs, 4 spouses and 3 teenage daughters. We had a wonderful trip, and spending that time with the 3 teenage daughters, and hearing their reflections during the trip and again a few months later, really enriched the experience for all of us. The Santa Rosa de Copan Rotarians and the World Vision Honduras staff have been amazing partners on this project. I am very much looking forward to spending time with them again next spring. Attached are a few photos from the past two trips, and a couple of photos from this year showing completed work.
Travel Opportunity
We are planning a trip to Honduras for April 3 to April 9, 2016. This is a Sunday to Saturday, and there are several high schools that have spring break that week. It would be awesome if we have some teenage or young adult children or grandchildren of Rotarians join us on this trip. We will spend time with Rotarians from the Santa Rosa de Copan Rotary Club and employees from World Vision Honduras. We will spend several days visiting communities and schools in Western Honduras that are included in this project. We are planning on spending one night and one day at Copan Ruins the end of the week. This is an opportunity to learn about another culture, be in relationship with our collaborating partners and see and hear first-hand the impact we can have on the lives of others.
There will be a meeting on Sunday December 6th at my home in Golden Valley. We will gather at 6:30 pm for networking and social time. The meeting will start at 7:00 pm and we will plan on being done around 8:00 pm. All are welcome to stay after for networking and social time. There will be appetizers, snacks, beer, wine and non-alcoholic beverages. If you would like to attend the meeting email me to RSVP and then I will email you with more specific details including address.
We have room for up to 14 people on the trip. Spouses, significant others and children/grandchildren over age 15 are very welcome to join the group. There is also an optional opportunity to extend the trip beyond April 9th, either together or separately. There were 5 of us that extended for 3 days at the end of the 2014 trip, and had a very nice time with a couple of days of outdoor adventures. If you are interested in going on the trip but are unable to attend the meeting on December 6th feel free to email or call to express your interest and get more information.
It will be a few weeks before we know the cost of the trip, but here is some information for perspective. World Vision will put together a package for us for Sunday to Saturday. On the last trip in 2014 that package cost was $1,467 per person for dual occupancy and I think it was about $200 more for single occupancy. The package included lodging; meals; ground transportation; water/snacks; SOS coverage; interpreter; WV trip leader's international flight; and WV trip leader's in country expense. I just took a quick look at airfare online and it looks like it is currently around $1,000 to $1,100. Bummer as my airfare in 2014 was only $600. I am sure there are many more questions, and look forward to seeing a group of Rotarians on December 6th.
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Steve Solbrack
Rotary 5950 District Membership Chair - 2015-16
St. Louis Park Noon Rotary Club
Thank you for your generous support of our District SafeWater Plus Honduras global grant project. The Waconia-West Carver Rotary Club contributed $1,000 to the project. The leverage on your contribution was $7.40 per $1.00 invested. Your contribution resulted in providing $7,400 of good in the world. Please share this information with all of your club members. Thank you.
Brief Project History and Status Update
SafeWater Plus Honduras will bring safe water, sanitation and hygiene education to 16 communities in western Honduras. Honduras is one of the poorest countries in the world, and half of the population in the targeted area does not have access to safe water. The global grant project is a collaboration between the Santa Rosa de Copan Rotary Club, Rotary District 5950 and World Vision (WV). Three Rotarians from District 5950 traveled to Santa Rosa de Copan in March 2013 to develop relationships with our collaborating partners, needs assessment and to evaluate sustainability. The global grant application was approved by The Rotary Foundation (TRF) and District 5950 in September 2013. The total cost of the project is $800,000, with $400,000 from Rotary and a $400,000 match from World Vision. Thirty two Rotary clubs have provided $118,000 of funds toward the project.
The project is about 50% completed and should be fully completed by spring or early summer of 2016. A group of 15 people from District 5950 traveled to Honduras in late March 2014. The group included 8 Rotarians from 5 Rotary clubs, 4 spouses and 3 teenage daughters. We had a wonderful trip, and spending that time with the 3 teenage daughters, and hearing their reflections during the trip and again a few months later, really enriched the experience for all of us. The Santa Rosa de Copan Rotarians and the World Vision Honduras staff have been amazing partners on this project. I am very much looking forward to spending time with them again next spring. Attached are a few photos from the past two trips, and a couple of photos from this year showing completed work.
Travel Opportunity
We are planning a trip to Honduras for April 3 to April 9, 2016. This is a Sunday to Saturday, and there are several high schools that have spring break that week. It would be awesome if we have some teenage or young adult children or grandchildren of Rotarians join us on this trip. We will spend time with Rotarians from the Santa Rosa de Copan Rotary Club and employees from World Vision Honduras. We will spend several days visiting communities and schools in Western Honduras that are included in this project. We are planning on spending one night and one day at Copan Ruins the end of the week. This is an opportunity to learn about another culture, be in relationship with our collaborating partners and see and hear first-hand the impact we can have on the lives of others.
There will be a meeting on Sunday December 6th at my home in Golden Valley. We will gather at 6:30 pm for networking and social time. The meeting will start at 7:00 pm and we will plan on being done around 8:00 pm. All are welcome to stay after for networking and social time. There will be appetizers, snacks, beer, wine and non-alcoholic beverages. If you would like to attend the meeting email me to RSVP and then I will email you with more specific details including address.
We have room for up to 14 people on the trip. Spouses, significant others and children/grandchildren over age 15 are very welcome to join the group. There is also an optional opportunity to extend the trip beyond April 9th, either together or separately. There were 5 of us that extended for 3 days at the end of the 2014 trip, and had a very nice time with a couple of days of outdoor adventures. If you are interested in going on the trip but are unable to attend the meeting on December 6th feel free to email or call to express your interest and get more information.
It will be a few weeks before we know the cost of the trip, but here is some information for perspective. World Vision will put together a package for us for Sunday to Saturday. On the last trip in 2014 that package cost was $1,467 per person for dual occupancy and I think it was about $200 more for single occupancy. The package included lodging; meals; ground transportation; water/snacks; SOS coverage; interpreter; WV trip leader's international flight; and WV trip leader's in country expense. I just took a quick look at airfare online and it looks like it is currently around $1,000 to $1,100. Bummer as my airfare in 2014 was only $600. I am sure there are many more questions, and look forward to seeing a group of Rotarians on December 6th.
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Steve Solbrack
Rotary 5950 District Membership Chair - 2015-16
St. Louis Park Noon Rotary Club