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The Chairman responsible for International Service is
Ian Brown
At the back end of 2007 the club donated nearly £1000 to
the purchase of two Shelter Boxes to be shipped to Bangladesh. Each
box provides shelter for 10 people along with all the necessary cooking
equipment and sleeping bags and water purification equipment. More
details about Shelter Box can be found below. The club has been
collecting for Shelterboxes for the disasters in Asia (China/Burma).
Last year the International Committee collected well over £1000 towards the Impact
Lifeline Express hospital train click here for
details, the money was raised in a single bingo evening hosted by the club at which nearly 100 people attended.
During the last few years
we have helped with International projects in the following areas
Kimilee School -
Kenya - helping with books and IT equipment
Shelter Boxes for the Pakistan Earthquake
Contributions to the Rotary Britain & Ireland fund for the Tsunami
Mercy Ships - a floating hospital that goes around West
Africa - raised from the first Bingo night in early 2006.
Sponsoring Rotarians who went to Sierra Leone to help
rebuild a hospital.
In addition to the above the club makes regular
contributions to the Rotary Foundation. The Foundation is the largest
contributor to the World Health Organisation project to eradicate polio
throughout the world. Rotarians throughout the world have been working on
this project for many years. In the affected countries they organise mass
immunisation days etc.....
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