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| Elsternwick Rotarians Help Uruguay | 16 volunteers
assembled at the old Preston Nursing Home from 8.30 am on Friday
Jan 18 to "take anything that is not nailed down".Four
hours later everything was loaded and on its way to Milperra
to be sorted and loaded into a series of containers bound for
Uruguay.
The load consisted of 32 beds, 32 bedside drawer sets, lockers, walking frames, wheelchairs, mattresses, recliners and other assorted items including hundreds of nappies. At the loading, I was told that the standard wheelchair in use in Uruguay is a flat 4 wheel trolley similar to the ones we use to move dental equipment around!We even had the Uruguayan ambassador on the phone from his air-conditioned office in Canberra to check on our sweaty progress on a hot and humid day. The Uruguayan Government is aware of what we have achieved and is very grateful for our help. The entire truckload of equipment was bound for the tip or the recyclers until the networking skills of Rotarians Bill Dagg and Garry Knight came into play. They both deserve a huge vote of thanks in making this project happen.The Rotary Club of Elsternwick can be very proud of this achievement as it is a direct result of our 2005 project when we used nearly all of our available funds to send a container of beds and other hospital equipment to East Timor via Bill Dagg of Rotary District 9800 Donation In Kind.The Uruguayan expat community has run a series of fundraising events to pay for the cost of interstate transport and overseas shipping. |
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| Shelter Boxes | With its network of more than 32,000 clubs worldwide, Rotary is uniquely effective in helping communities recover after a disaster. Because all Rotarians are part of a community, members can quickly identify project opportunities when a local disaster occurs. | ||
| Rotarians Against Malaria | The "Rotary Against Malaria" project by the Rotary Club of Port Vila in Vanuatu began in 1991 following a request by the World Health Organisation (WHO) which needed assistance with the purchase of permethrin-impregnated bednets to prevent malaria. Since then, Rotary and other donor agencies have purchased more than 90,000 bednets which have been distributed throughout the 83 islands of Vanuatu, bringing them to an estimated 73% of the population. The result has been an 80% reduction in the reported incidence of malaria since 1991. | ||
| RYPEN / RYLAH | RYLA
provides an opportunity for young people from a diverse range
of backgrounds to come together to gain a better understanding
of their own strengths and the unique qualities and abilities
of others.
The program is delivered by young people for young people and is held in December each year. Participants can nominate themselves to participate, or be nominated by their local Rotary club. The selection process includes a written application. To date 15 young East Timorese residents have visited Australia to attend RYLA. This is an expanding, multi-district objective to have East Timor RYLArians conduct their own RYLA refresher courses in Timor Leste. |
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| Foundation - Polio Plus Program | Decades
ago, polio outbreaks were a constant threat around the world.
After the introduction of polio vaccines by Jonas Salk and Albert
Sabin and a steadfast immunization effort, these outbreaks became
part of history in most of the world.
Yet many still live under the threat of polio, which is why Rotary and its global partners are committed to reaching every child with the vaccine and ending this disease worldwide. Major gains have been made in the global fight against polio: In the 1980s, 1,000 children were infected by the disease every day in 125 countries. Today, polio cases have declined by 99 percent, with fewer than two thousand cases reported in 2006. Two billion children have been immunized, five million have been spared disability, and over 250,000 deaths from polio have been prevented. |
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