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Gemma |
In
2002 a young Australian by the name of Gemma Sisia set up a school in
northern What
makes the school so special is the fact that it’s great success is the result
of the efforts of thousands of ordinary people all over the world who have
come together to support the schools various sponsorship programs. The
aim of the school is ‘fighting poverty through education’ and ‘challenging
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Our
club has decided to sponsor a student to attend the school. The cost of sponsorship includes books,
school uniform and tuition. We hope that this will be the beginning of a long
association with our yet to be allocated young student. We
look forward to having our first contact with our sponsored student. For
further information follow the link to the school website at www.schoolofstjude.co.tz |
Children attending the school |
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Disaster Relief – Shelter boxes |
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Rotary
has a history of supporting humanitarian projects and being at the forefront of
disaster relief. Our club together
with Rotary Clubs around the world fund emergency shelter kits known as
ShelterBoxes. These boxes are packed
locally and distributed by highly trained volunteer members of Emergency
Response Teams and through aid agencies and Rotary Clubs closest to the
disaster areas. A ShelterBox usually
consists of 10 thermal blankets, a rugged 10 person dome tent, tools and
other survival equipment. It provides
dry shelter, a warm bed, light and heat, clean water, cooking aids and tools
for up to ten people – all supplied in a box.
The cost of a complete ShelterBox is $1,200. Rotary has recently sent ShelterBoxes to |
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Our
Club recently hosted a visit from our District Governor David Alexander and
his wife Denise. A District Governor
is appointed each Rotary year to oversee the clubs in a particular Rotary
District. Partners of District
Governors customarily promote a special project that they ask Rotary clubs to
support. Denise has selected the work
of The Hamlin Fistula Relief and Aid Fund as her special project. It was our pleasure at this meeting to hand
over a generous cheque to Denise as a donation to this Fund. Gynaecologists
Catherine and Reg Hamlin left
The
Hamlins dedicated their lives to women suffering the catastrophic effects of
obstructed labour – a problem easily dealt with in the developed world by
assisted delivery or caesarean section, but disastrous without medical
intervention. Poverty, malnutrition,
and lack of education often leave young girls in developing countries
physically unable to cope with the pregnancies that occur after childhood
marriage. The young women suffer many
days of obstructed labour with no medical supervision, give birth to
stillborn babies and suffer devastating childbirth related injuries. The awful injuries that such a labour
produces are called fistulas, and until the Hamlins began their work in |
Catherine and Reg have successfully
operated on almost 30,000 women, and the If
you would like more information about this project, Dr Catherine Hamlin’s
autobiography The Hospital by the River tells the story of her remarkable
work in
You
can help us fund our projects We
are lucky to have a group of entrepreneurs who add to the financial success
of our club. Veronica Podbury has been
a driving force in raising funds for Wheelchairs for Kids, Vitamin A for a
Life and recently The Hamlin Fistula Relief and Aid Fund. Veronica and her helpers manufacture an
outstanding range of very affordable jewellery that will be sold at the
Dingley Market on Sunday 5th December and the Twilight Market on Friday 17th
December. Please come, look and buy a
beautiful piece for yourself or perhaps for a Christmas present for a loved
one. Purchasing jewellery from our
stall is one way of supporting the work we do within our local community and
internationally. If you would like to
book a jewellery stall for your own special event, please contact us on 0488
079 878. |
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