President Joyce, who set up the beach cleaning project in El Salvador, informed us of the latest news on the completion of the cleanup of Beach El Tunco. This has been in conjunction with Rotary Club Noreste and the local community. She has received a video and letters indicating their ongoing enthusiasm for this process, especially of the children. They are requesting more garbage cans to paint, in their own individual styles and to distribute these throughout the beach. They are also educating their elders in the importance of keeping the environment clean. The benefits of the effort are shown by tourists now visiting the beaches, and also the startup of cleaning the beaches of Nicaragua by another Vancouver Rotary Club. |