Wellington Rotary - Intenational Projects

Did you know that...The Annual Programs Fund is the primary source of unrestricted support for the programs of the Rotary Foundation. It funds programs in more than 160 countries on 7 continents. From digging clean water wells for villages in Africa to teaching basic literacy skills to children in Latin America, during any given moment in a day, thousands of Rotarians volunteer their time and expertise to ensure that all contributions given to The Annual Programs Fund are spent wisely on quality Rotary projects.

SANTA MARIA DE LA ESPERANZA NURSING HOME

ABREGO, NORTE DE SANTANDER, COLOMBIA

PURCHASE OF AN 8 PASSENGER VAN

The main objective of the project is to improve the quality of life of the elderly living in this nursing home by providing them with reliable transportation. There are approximately 25 adults that were left behind by their families that in most cases do not have the means to support them or simply do not want anything to do with them. This foundation, in addition to provide a place to stay, provides food and very basic health services. There is no public transportation in this part of the Country and something as basic as taking them to a hospital is a challenge. The closest hospital to them is one hour drive.

SANTA MARIA DE LA ESPERANZA NURSING HOME

ABREGO, NORTE DE SANTANDER, COLOMBIA

TOILET BLOCK CONSTRUCTION

Construction of a toilet block to have separate men and women toilets and showers. Currently, men and women living in this facility share the same toilet and shower. Photos of existing conditions are available upon request.

Purchase of 22 beds, 2 hospital beds, matresses, bed linens, towels; 1 refrigerator; 3 closets; and furniture for a tv room that will improve the quality of life of 22 elderly adults. Currently, residents of the nursing home sleep on very old beds in pitiable conditions that make their health even more complicated than already is. Groceries usually get spoiled due to the poor conditions of their refrigirator. They do not have a place to store their clothes. There is one television set but there is no furniture to sit on to watch tv. A nebulizer.

The main objective of the project is to improve their quality of life by providing a calm and pleasant environment. All of these adults have been left behind by their families that in most cases do not have the means to suuport them or simply do not want anything to do with them. This foundation, in addition to provide a place to stay, it provides food and very basic health services.

FUNDACION AMPARO DE NIÑAS SANTAMARIA DE LOS POBRES

OCAÑA, NORTE DE SANTANDER, COLOMBIA

Purchase of 42 beds, night tables, matresses, and bed linens that will improve the quality of life of 42 orphan children. Currently, these children are sharing very old beds in pitiable conditions. The main objective of the project is to improve the quality of life of these children by providing a calm and pleasant sleep environment at night. Likewise, having a good night sleep in individual clean beds will improve their performance in school, their concentration levels, their emotional and health conditions and their selfsteem.

Most of these children have lost their parents during the colombian conflict among government, paramilitary and guerrilla groups. This foundation, in addition to provide a place to stay, it provides funding to these children to be able to go through elementary and high school.

SOLAR OVEN PROJECT

RWANDA

The Wellington Rotary Club will purchase 140 solar ovens, 140 3-quart cooking pots and 140 water pasteurization indicators. The total project is a $32,500 humanitarian matching grant. The GLOBAL SUN OVEN is designed to meet up to 70% of the cooking needs of a typical family, entirely with the power of the sun. Cooking temperatures of 360° F / 182° C can be maintained in this easy-to-use unit. This ruggedly built oven weighs only 21 pounds / 9.5 kg. and will last more than 20 years. The solar ovens, cooking pots and water pasteurization indicators will provide 70 % of the family cooking needs each day. The ovens will be distributed to Child Headed Household and women groups in the province. We will pay all purchase, shipping and custom’s costs of the items to Kigali. Esther’s Aid For Orphans and Needy Children, Inc. (Esther’s Aid) will get the products through customs at 1% duty, instead of 4% duty on all incoming purchases and shipping charges, as they have a prearrangement with the Rwanda govt. The Fresno Interact Club, Fresno, California, will donate 140 WAPI’s. The Kigali Rotary Club and Esther’s Aid will take possession, and inventory all items. Esther’s Aid, and the Kigali Rotary Club, will mutually develop and maintain a list of the location and name of recipients for each item.

AMCAF MULTIMEDIA CLASSROMM

CUCUTA, COLOMBIA

The project aims to provide the necessary equipment for a computer/multimedia classroom for the children´s shelter AMCAF (Catholic Missionary Associaciation Ana Francisca) localted in la sabana, county of San faustino, Municipality of Cucuta, that lodges an average of 60 children in ages between 7 and 15 years, economically underpriviliged, in risk of abuse or mistreatment. These children receive education and direction from the tributary nuns of Valencia, Monday through Friday, and protect them in a safe environment during the school year.

WORKING HANDS BAKERY AND MANUFACTURE

CUCUTA, COLOMBIA

Purchase equipment for Bakery and Manufacture: ovens, cylinder, trays, cutters, cooking trays, counters, mixers, flat machines, cutting and collar machines, finishing equipmet,and , other necessay tools for the bakery operation operation. In addition, due to the remote project location access is limited. A motorcycle is needed for market mobility in order to deliver goods lo local stores and make the project sustainable over time. This project will directly improve the quality of life of 80 displaced single mothers and 300 families conformed by 1500 pleople.

SCANN PROJECT

NAKURU, KENYA

The Security Fence and Bio Gas Stove Project will benefit the Street Children Assistance Network of Nakuru (SCANN). SCANN is a local charitable foundation in Nakuru, Kenya that was created to provide education, food, shelter, medical care and 24 hour support for abandoned and orphaned children (ages 3 to 18) who live on the streets of Nakuru. The mission of SCANN is to alleviate the extreme hardships faced by street children and rehabilitate them with the goal of turning them into useful and contributing members of their community and society.

The project is the construction of a security fence and bio gas stove at the SCANN compound. Not only will the fence provide safety to the children and staff, but it will help stop the theft of over 30% of the vegetables cultivated to be consumed by SCANN children for their daily meals. Nutrition is very important for the children and the bio gas stove will allow the food grown by the children to be made into meals for their daily consumption. Presently, all of their cooking is done with Firewood – over the last 6 years they have managed to get firewood from various donors. However changes in Government regulations and scarcity of Timber are now forcing them to pay for some of it and in the future it will definitely get more expensive and more scarce. The staple diet in Kenya is Ugali (Maize or Corn Flour boiled in water and stirred vigorously). This is served with Sukuma Wiki (like Spinach – the cheapest Meal available) or Mince (Ground) Beef Stew. This project will provide significant savings to SCANN's limited funds as the organization loses significant resources on an ongoing basis. The estimated time to complete the project is six months. Eligibility of this project has been confirmed by RI.

THE DICTIONARY PROJECT

WELLINGTON, FL

Over 6,052,850 children have received a dictionary thanks to the generosity of sponsorssuchs as the Wellington Rotary Club, who have participated in the Dictionary Project. Sponsors provide a dictionary for the children in their community each year, so they can enjoy the benefits of a large vocabulary.

1,939,536 dictionaries were given to students in 2006 as a gift from people who live in their town.