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News Archive prior to May 2007 For news prior to Feb
2006, click here Wheel Chair project update: As of 25 Apr 07, the Clubs have contributed £11,481 towards a target of £14,000. Come on Rotarians... you can do it! [Apr 07]
Three Clubs in the District help Bolivian flood victims: Three Clubs in our District 1260 - Dunstable Downs, Hemel Hempstead and Luton - along with other Rotary Clubs in the country have supported Shelter Box's effort. They have despatched 600 shelterboxes. Click here for a full press release from Shelterbox. [24 Apr 07] [Note: photo from the BBC website]
Wheel Chair project update: To date, £4,291 has been received from 14 Clubs. We are aware that a number of Clubs have allocated £1,000 to the project, and with only a couple of exceptions all of the Clubs visited by the DG have pledged support. Money so far paid over
to District is £3,221.87, from: Milton Keynes G.U, Buckingham, Ampthill,
Ware' Newport Pagnell, St Albans, Winslow and Hitchin Tilehouse. Money paid direct to Wheel Chair Foundation (W.F) from: Hoddesdon (£500), St Albans (£200), Watford Clarendon (£100), Wolverton (£200), Stevenage (£50) and Watford & Langleys (£20). District 1260 will be credited with the money paid direct to W.F. for the benefit of the project. The destination of a container load of 280 wheelchairs will be Africa. The precise country is being decided. The DG is keen that the project should be wrapped-up during his year, and it takes about 3 months to get through the bureaucracy once we press the 'go' button. And that can't happen until we have the money in, or at least firmly pledged. Clubs should send their cheque to: Philippa Eccles, 25 Massie Close, Willen Park, Milton Keynes MK15 9HG. Cheques should be made payable to District 1260 (Foundation), clearly marked for the Wheelchair Project. If cheques can't be sent promptly please contact Roy Lester, the Chairman of the Dist. International Services with the amount the Club wishes to pledge. He may be able to persuade the Treasurer to let us commit against it! [16 Feb 2007]
Well done ... Clubs in the District contributed about £216,000 in 2005-06 for International activities. The average value of contribution by each Club that responded to the survey is £4,800. For details, click on the section on 'How are we doing? (the matrix summary)'. [7 Nov 06]
In just 5 months since is started ROI [Rotarians Ophthalmic Initiative] units are already operating in 31 developing countries. Click here for a press release on the topic. More information at: www.roisght.org OR Contact stephen@sgrc.org [Oct 06]
John Moss, Int
Chairman, Wolverton
and Stony Stratford Rotary reports
that: I have just
returned from spending a week with the Rotarians of the Eshowe Rotary club
where I visited several Zulu schools that have been built with Rotary
sponsorship. I also attended their weekly meeting and was presented with a
hand made clay pot that the Zulus use to ferment milk and drink from it.
I'll not be doing that!
Hitchin Tilehouse Rotary Club are sponsoring a classroom for some Primary age children to be part of Ntbankulu school. Picture on the left: Children by a broken down hut shows where the children were being taught before the ant infested site was abandoned. Picture on the right shows the foundations being dug. The new school will be built alongside the Batshazwayo High School which was the subject of a successful Matching Grant project for Wolverton and Stony Stratford in 2004. [Oct 06]
Update on an earlier Club Case Study - from Wolverton and Stony Stratford Rotary Club: The Mbonomuhle School project has been completed. Click here for John Moss's completion report. The report has been sent to those who supported Wolverton and Stony Stratford's appeal. John Moss is seen here delighting the children of the school by distributing pens. "A huge 'Thank You' to you all. It has been an exciting time fundraising for this project and an even more exciting time visiting the school. There are still 150 Zulu school projects in the pipeline. If you or your club are looking for an international project to support then the Eshowe Rotary club would love to hear from you or you could contact me. Partly due to the excellent exchange rate, we have a surplus of £3,500. There is another school nearby where the Principal said 'The children are not here because the classroom is raining'. I was there recently and they still desperately need financial support. I hope as donors you do not mind if we use the surplus funds to help the children of Shishili Primary School". John Moss [Oct 06] The half-yearly meeting for Dist International will be held on Thu Nov 16 at 7:30 for 8 pm at Tilsworth. Click here for a copy of the invitation from the Chairman. The note also includes details of:
[Oct 06] Club Case Study - from Wolverton and Stony Stratford Rotary Club: This is a success story of how the Rotary Club improved a remote school in rural Zululand.
While improving literacy, what they have done has made a huge difference to the chances of those children getting out of poverty. It also outlines how they raised some of the £18,000 required in a relatively short time to replace 'mud and sticks' at Mbonomuhle School. Click here for a full story from John Moss. [Jul 06] Here is a Planning form to help your club plan for the year ahead (2006-07) and let us know, by 1 Aug 06 If you missed the District Assembly held on 4 May 06, click here for the information / materials distributed.
When Rotary networking really works... resulting in five pallet loads of children's books going from Beeston in Nottingham to a destination near Johannesburg.
Click here for a full story of how our Dist 1260 got involved through Les Lee and School-Aid [Feb 2006]
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