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| Rejoicing as the
School Aid's container is opened in Vila Malinga in Mozambique: Many
of the items sent in the container were donated by Rotary and Inner
Wheel. In
their 'thank you' letter to Chris Knight, they say:....It was just
too unbelievable! Once
we started carrying out all the desks and benches, the excitement
was just too much for the children, and they quickly asked if they
could also help carry the small chairs! ...We had the honour of
having two Chiefs attend the ceremony....
It was too precious for words when the elderly Chief told the
children that he would arrange a meeting with the parents to enforce
regulations how the desks and chairs must be cared for.... We
love and appreciate you very much for arranging this ‘once in a
lifetime’ gift for Vila. Click
here for a full story
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Meirion Morris
(pronounced as M-EYE-REE-ON),the DG for Dist 1260 from July 2005,
addressed the District Assembly on 12 May 05.
From the International
point of view, the RIBI / District preferred project is Mercy Ships.
Other community projects he highlighted were 'Hearing Dogs for the
Deaf' and 'Prostate Cancer Charity'.
RI emphasises the
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The session on International
was led by Cathy Fox. It covered an update on Tsunami, the need for Clubs
to return the feedback forms, the Project Library sheets, recycling
projects. She plans to hold the half-yearly meeting in Sep 05. [12 May 05]
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Appeal / Collection story: At Luton Airport on Monday 2 Jan 05,
the three Luton Clubs jointly raised over £4,000 and some foreign
coins. They had tremendous co-operation from the airport staff, and
two passengers on the way to France played violin to raise
awareness. [Report and photos from Roger Munday, 6 Jan 05]. Addenda:
The coins will be collected and converted into sterling free of
charge by Travelex, arranged via Paul Denton.[7 Jan 05]
 
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Tsunami in SE Asia
struck on the Boxing day [26 Dec 2004]. There have been updates
from RIBI / District on the main Dist 1260 home page. The machines of RI
at the international level generally
grind rather slowly at times of disaster. In the past, recommendations from the District for the
Clubs who wish to help have been fairly well established. Please
click on Disaster Notices link on the left-hand side. RIBI have also
produced fact sheets on dealing with Disaster
Response.
Broadly, it is to
consider helping certain agencies like DEC (Disaster Emergency
Committee) or the aid agencies such as Red Cross, Save the Children
etc with cash as they can source what is required swiftly. In the
medium term, it is to have on-going commitments to donating various
boxes like Aquabox, Emergency Box, Shelter Box etc so that they can
be despatched from a central place when there is a disaster. The
only certainty is there are always disasters every year. Project
sheets on Aquabox, Shoebox and Shelter box are on this site, under Project
Info & Contacts. [Jan 05]
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Iain
Young of RIBI gives an update on crisis in Sudan. So far, RIBI
have probably raised the equivalent of £100,000. It is made up of
£24,720 donation from 84 clubs, about £50,000 to Shelterbox and
the remainder to various other box schemes and other aid
organisations like British Red Cross and Disaster Emergency
Committee. He thanks everyone for their efforts. Click here
for full report.
[27 Aug 04]
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District Inner Wheel
Overseas service website has been updated - with an outline of
their plans for the future and the new officers. Rotarians in the
district may wish to let their spouses know. Click here
for details. [Aug 04]
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Janet Peirce (the incoming
Governor
for 2004-05)
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Janet Peirce
set out her dreams at the District Assembly on 6 May 2004 to
"Celebrate 100 years of Rotary". Click
here for salient points of her speech concerning International
services, especially Rotary's partnership with Hope and Homes for
Hope Africa. Her messages included: "re-energise the clubs;
focus on the good that money can do rather than how much; we are at
our best when we are boldest; aim for the five 'make its' -
make it fun, make it accessible, make it so that weekly meetings are
unmissable, make it a service organisation with a difference, and
finally make it happen". [8 May 2004]
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Missed the International session at
the District Conference in Bournemouth? Not to worry - two of the
themes were:
Recycling projects (not involving putting hands in your
wallet) and some fun quiz to see how well you knew your committee
members. Brian Dollier of Rickmansworth won the quiz competition. [May
04]
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School-Aid is Inner Wheel's chosen
charity this year. British Schools donate unwanted books and
equipment which are then transported to Africa, courtesy of Capespan
and Air Zimbabwe. Inner Wheel members have donated art and craft
materials, as well as books, musical instruments and pre-school
toys. These have a total value in excess of £10,000 so far.
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With help from Inner Wheel, Rotary,
Clancy/Docwra and other volunteers, the first shipment of the year was
loaded into 36 pallets and into 40-ft lorry bound for Cape Town.
Children in township schools near Cape Town and Johannesburg will soon
benefit from their efforts. For a pictorial story, click
here. School-Aid's website is www.school-aid.org
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Missed the Dist. International
half-yearly meeting in Oct 03? You can catch up with what
happened via the report
of the meeting. Topics covered a summary of the clubs achievements
during 2003-04 [Guru & Les Lee], project in Eastern Europe [Charles Chaney,
Aylesbury Hundred], project in Sierra Leone [Alan Mills, Ware], and tax
efficient donations [Bob Shah, Luton North]. [Nov 2003]
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