INTERNATIONAL SERVICE

Projects that involve efforts from Rotarians in more than one country

Director – John Paul Delgado 

PROMOTING EDUCATION IN SIERRA LEONE

We are working with the Rotary Club in Bo, Sierra Leone to support three “at risk” primary schools through providing training for the teachers, latrines, school supplies and furniture, and solar electricity.  We are partnering with an NGO (Healthy Schools International that has worked in the Bo District to provide latrines and electricity to a hospital, and we are continuing to seek support from other Rotary Clubs. Check out our Facebook page for the project.  POC – Bill Krist

                                STRATEGIC WATER ALLIANCE

The Strategic Water Alliance of Rotary District 7610 strives to provide under served communities with clean and accessible drinking water.  We work with Rotarians, government officials and independent contractors to help communities move from contaminated shallow-well water sources to deep well water that is free of contaminants and bacteria.  Safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, and hygiene training are central to a community’s health, disease prevention, educational opportunity, economic growth potential, and political progress.  By developing water projects through Rotary International, the Clubs of The Strategic Water Alliance are able to leverage the efforts of volunteer professionals both in the U.S. and in the communities we serve.  We are currently working to support of water projects in Uganda.   POC – Fred Kalema-Musoke

POLIOPLUS - POLIO ERADICATION

Each year the West Springfield Rotary Club donates a minimum of $2,000 to Rotary International to help end Polio in the world.  Since Rotary International’s effort to eradicate polio began in 1979 over 2.5 billion children, have been immunized against polio.  Only two countries are left where polio is endemic: Pakistan, and Afghanistan.  Rotary and our partners, which include the Gates Foundation, international, national, and local health agencies, are committed to eradicating polio, but the effort for the last “few” cases is extremely expensive.  For example, from 1988 to 2014, $11.5 billion has been spent but from 2013-2018, it is anticipated that another $5.5 billion will be required.   

SHELTERBOX - EMERGENCY SHELTER

Rotary has regularly provided ShelterBoxes to needy people around the world whenever there has been an emergency, such as a typhoon, flooding or earthquake.  Each ShelterBox contains a tent that can accommodate ten people, food to last for several months, medical supplies, and other emergency equipment such as flashlights.  Our Club contributes $2,000 every year to Rotary International to support his program.  POC – Robin Erskine