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Our International Projects for this year Supplying Fresh Water in Tanzania In partnership with the Rotary Club of Exeter Southernhay our Club has raised funds to install pipelines and water storage tanks in the village of Ng'iresi, close to Arusha in Tanzania. From this to this Handicapped Children in the Philippines Leslie Madle is an Honorary member of our
Club. His father-in-law was Billy Durant-Wells,
our Club's first president in 1934.
For many years Leslie has worked tirelessly
in Malabon, in the Philippines, to provide
facilities for children whose lives were
otherwise deprived of basic enjoyment.
Our Club has supported this work by donations
and matched grants. Polio Plus After 20 years of hard work, Rotary and its partners are on the brink of eradicating this tenacious disease. We are helping Rotary raise $200 million to match $355 million in challenge grants received from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The resulting $555 million will directly support immunization campaigns in developing countries, where polio continues to infect and paralyze children, robbing them of their futures and compounding the hardships faced by their families. As long as polio threatens even one child anywhere in the world, children everywhere remain at risk. The stakes are that high. Shelterbox The idea of Shelterbox is to provide one pre-packed, self contained, easily transported unit that provides shelter, warmth and sleeping facilities for 10 people. Shelter Box has Trust status and is a Registered Charity. It is able to not only respond to natural and man-made disasters worldwide it has also diversified and it is aiming to provide shelter over the next four years for one million displaced women and children in Africa who have been rendered homeless as a result of war. A fully equipped Shelter Box costs £490.00 and contains 185ltr capacity rigid plastic container, one new 10 person tent, ten new sleeping bags and useful ancillary equipment including water-purifying material, water carrying bags, cooking pots, rope, tools etc. The cost of dispatching, delivering and distributing the Shelter Box is included in the £490.00 cost.    Tools for Africa Each year we arrange to collect unwanted tools from local people. The tools are then sent for refurbishment before being distributed in needy areas in Africa.   | ||||||
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