Our Projects - For Our Region/World
Camp Onseyawa is supported by funds raised by 21 Rotary Clubs covering a four county area in New York State. Clubs from Ontario, Seneca, Yates and Wayne counties conduct annual fund raising events so that these children can attend camp with no cost to their family. Camp Onseyawa gets its name from the first two letters of the name of each county. Legend also has it that by an incredible coincidence it is also an ancient Indian word that translates to "Land of Happiness".
"The mission of Rotary Camp Onseyawa is to provide a camping experience for 8-16 year old children with disabilities from the 4 county area, and to foster independence and acceptance of others through social, recreational and educational aspects of life." Naples Rotary helps supports this project in many ways.
The Naples NY Rotary Club gathers every year to bring the club and community together to understand the importance of Rotary's continued efforts. Rotary has been working to eradicate polio for more than 35 years. Our goal of ridding the world of this disease is closer than ever. As a founding partner of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, we've reduced polio cases by 99.9 percent since our first project to vaccinate children in the Philippines in 1979. Rotary members have contributed more than $2.1 billion and countless volunteer hours to protect nearly 3 billion children in 122 countries from this paralyzing disease. Rotary’s advocacy efforts have played a role in decisions by governments to contribute more than $10 billion to the effort. Today, polio remains endemic only in Afghanistan and Pakistan. But it’s crucial to continue working to keep other countries polio-free. If all eradication efforts stopped today, within 10 years, polio could paralyze as many as 200,000 children each year.
With more than 1.4 million members worldwide, Rotary members are on the ground and ready to take action to help communities recover when disasters strike.
Rotary members and The Rotary Foundation play a unique role in disaster recovery and rebuilding efforts. Working closely with our partner ShelterBox and other organizations that specialize in disaster relief, Rotary members lead projects to support every phase of a community's recovery. Naples Rotary helps supports this project.
For more information about Disaster Relief click here for the link.
A project to bring clean water to a small village in Nicaragua has grown into one of the largest aid programs by any Rotary club in the world. Naples NY Rotary (Rotary District 7120) helps supports this project.
That project, to finance the drilling of a water well, has ballooned into a massive effort bringing clean water to more than 200,000 in villages throughout Nicaragua.
For more information about the Nicaragua Water Project click here for the link.
Hands Across the Pacific is committed to bringing hope to widows, orphans and struggling families in this third world country. They are severely under-resourced and often face persecution. Hands Across the Pacific is there to help establish, encourage and strengthen this developing country. Through our strong partnerships with local Cambodian leaders, we're able to make a big difference by getting help to where it's most needed. Because H.A.P. is a small organization and run by an all volunteer staff, our administration overhead is extremely low. Naples Rotary helps supports this project.
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