Club case study - Wolverton with Eshowe Club in Zululand for provision of water supply and sanitation facilities for three schools. They have a novel idea to raise part of £18,000  - by publishing a joke book for only  £2.99 . Could be an ideal Xmas gift! Click here for a one page story by President John Moss [8 Nov 2001]

Why not join us at the Dist 1260 Half-yearly meeting at Tilsworth Golf Course on Thursday 15 Nov at 7:15 for 7:45 pm. Programme includes  Riders for health, Ambulance to Belarus (Aylesbury 100 club project), District's achievements and plans, and an open forum. For programme and reasons for attending, click here. [31 Oct 2001]

Vision Aid Overseas have now made some "free" transport arrangements. The project sheet has been appended with the details. [ 28 Sep 2001] 

Club Case Study - involving three countries. Newport Pagnell along with a Rotary Club in Holland ( Ede ) are planning to donate new laboratory equipment for a school for the deaf in Zambia through a local Rotary Club, Kitwe. Click here for a half-page report by Colin Kidby [25 Sep 2001]

Millennium project update - remember the "Give it Max" campaign for Hope and Homes for Children during Paul Denton's year as the DG? Well, thanks to all concerned and the Rotary Foundation for doubling the value of our District's contribution of over $39,000. A three-quarter page report by Les Lee [10 Sep 2001

Three in one report - Les Lee has published a fairly comprehensive Dist. Intl. Newsletter. It also serves as his report to the Dist. Executives and Team, and to the District Council [9 Sep 2001]

Club Case study - Aylesbury Hundreds donating an Ambulance to Belarus [19 Aug 2001]

An update on the schools project in Zimbabwe. Letter from there..."The furniture has now been installed in our new library and into some of the classrooms. Both the staff and the children are so proud of their new acquisitions and we have had many "visitors" to the school recently, checking things out!"... And they have seen our website as well. [14 Aug 2001]

A new section covering news/reports from the Inner Wheel Dist 26 Overseas service has been to our site. This may be of interest to Rotarians as well as Inner Wheel members. If applicable, please do tell your spouses. It is accessible from our Home page - by clicking  on their logo. [9 Aug 2001]

An update by Les Lee on how our help to schools in Zimbabwe is progressing - including a "Thank you" letter from a primary school. [9 Aug 2001]. Earlier story with pictures appeared on 16 April, and it can be accessed via the news Archive on this site.

A selection by Les Lee from RIBI's International Service Newsletter for July 2001 covers:  Children of the Andes (details of a speaker), help needed in Gambia (funding for the second phase of a health centre), Ockenden International's work in Northern Uganda to help children many of whom are AIDS orphans, and help for Tristan de Cunha following a Hurricane [Tristan de Cunha is in South Atlantic Ocean, about a third of the way from Cape Town to Falklands!]., Click here for the report. [10 July 2001] 

An Update on the three Club case study concerning Dr Minnie (see story below): She successfully completed her training and impressed lots of visitors ( potential members!) at a meeting in Brookman's Park Club. For extracts from e-mails between Wendy Ford of Brookman's Park and the DG in Bangalore and plans for the future, click here. (7 July 2001)

Clubs case study: Three clubs in Hatfield, Brookmans Park and St Albans Priory quickly offered hosting and transport to the scholar Minnie (Dr.Mrinalini Chathurvedi) for a special three-week training in the UK. She is an ex-air force doctor employed by the Rotary TTK Blood Bank in Bangalore, India. Through direct Rotary action we will have helped to slow down the spread of the HIV virus. Click here for a one and half page story by Frank Taylor (16 June 2001)

A Rotarynagar (meaning a RotaryTown) emerging in Gujarat? Leslie Robertson has been to Gujarat again. For his three page summary of  the present situation, progress on the Bhaktinagar project and how  Rotarians can continue to help in other simple ways, click here. (10 June 2001)

A selection by Les Lee from RIBI's International Newsletter for June covers: opportunities for a Rotary Eurotour (Sept, £195 - European Parliament, Supreme HQ of Allied Powers in Europe etc), teaching English in Turkey for a month in July and an update on Gujarat earthquake appeal (total received by RIBI: £273,000). For a two page report click here   (2 June 2001)

Les Lee's End of the Year Report for International services 2000-01 has been published. It is due to be issued at the Dist. Council meeting on 24 May. The report also serves as his Newsletter for the Club chairmen (International). Click here for a three page report (17 May 2001)