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Written by Guru Guruswamy

1. How much money / effort for International Causes?

Clubs may consider debating the proportion of funds for International Vs Local/National causes. For example, it could be 50:50 over the years.

Remember to take advantage of Rotary Foundation Matching Grants to enhance the value of Club's contribution.

2. Which projects?

Clubs have a great deal of choice in projects ... rather bewildering if you are starting from scratch. It is a question of balance of priorities. There are suggestions of themes from RI, RIBI, RIBI Project Library, projects from other clubs in the District, Club President or Club International chairman's favourite etc in addition to clubs own on-going interests in particular projects.

At the RI (Rotary International) level, President DK Lee's thrust for 2008-09 is concerned with Polio Plus, and the same issues as last year - Literacy; Water Management; Health and Hunger; Family of Rotary. He asks Rotarians everywhere to focus on the most precious resource of every community: our children.

At the RIBI (National) level ....The RIBI President for 2008-09, Ian Thomson, would like us to support a project called 'School 4 All in Africa'. Over 90% of disabled children in Africa do not go to school. RIBI's joint commitment with Leonard Cheshire Disability can help change this. The target is to help 1,000 disabled children in Uganda to get to local mainstream schools. Project details were distributed at the Dist. Assembly for each Club.

Club International Project Sheet 31.00 Kb

Click here for an RIBI press release.

At the DG level, there are no specific priorities.

Across the District, there are Clubs continuing to seek contribution to their novel initiatives - such as 'Make Blindness History' (Stevenage Club) or Playpump (Hatfield).

	Project and Club within the District initiating it	Contact and further details
1	Water and sanitation project for Velangaye High School in KwaZulu Natal. SA. This is a Matching Grant project initiated by Wolverton and Stony Stratford Rotary and supported by Eems Dolland Rotary club in Holland and Blackpool Rotary club.	Contact: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it See an update on 'Loop the Loop'
2	Play pump for water [Hatfield RC] They are looking for about £700 each from ten clubs - a total of £7,000.	Contact Frank Taylor For a one page view / brief description OR For a full presentation (file size: 4.5 Mb)
3	ROI - Make Blindness History [Stevenage Grange RC] Just £27.50 would buy an ophthalmoscope - helpful in early detection of eye-related problems. There is scope for bigger projects to prevent blindness etc.	Contact: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ROI website

RIBI Project library: Details are listed below - with easy access to Project sheets, websites, e-mail addresses and District Committee member for contacts in just one table.

	Project	Dist Contact ***	RIBI Project Sheet	Website of organisation / E-mail address
1	Adopt a minefield	JV	Yes	www.landmines.org.uk This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
2	Book Aid International	JV	Yes	www.bookaid.org This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
3	Feed the Children	JV	Yes	www.feedthechildren.org.uk This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
4	Impact Foundation (preventing disability)	JV	Yes	www.impact.org.uk This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
5	International Aid Trust	JV	Yes	www.internationalaidtrust.org.uk This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
6	International Rescue Corps	JV	Yes	No Website This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
7	Mercy Ships	JV	Yes	www.mercyships.org.uk This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
8	Mines Advisory Group	JV	Yes	www.mag.org.uk This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
9	Nepal trust	JV	Yes	www.nepaltrust.org This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
10	Opportunity International - Micro Credit	JV	Yes	www.opportunity.org.uk This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
11	Pestalozzi International Village [Education in UK for low income families from Asia & Africa]	JV	Yes	www.pestalozzi.org.uk This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
12	Riders for Health	JV	Yes	www.riders.org This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
13	Rotarians Eliminating Malaria in Tanzania (REMIT)	JM	Yes	www.remit.org.uk This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
14	Rotary Aquabox	NB	Yes	This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
15	Rotary Doctor Bank	JV	Yes	No Website. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
16	Rotary Emergency Box Scheme	JV	Yes	No website This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
17	Rotary Jaipur Limbs	PM	Yes	No Website This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
18	Rotary Shelterbox	PaM	Yes	Website This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
19	Rotary Shoe Box Scheme	GG	Yes	www.shoebox.rotary1280.org This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
20	Rotary's Africa Hope, incl. Hope and Homes for Children	JV	Yes	www.hopeandhomes.org This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
21	Rotary's Medicaid	JV	Yes	No website or e-mail address. See project sheet for tel. numbers.
22	Save a Child's Heart	JV	Yes	www.saveachildsheart.com This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
23	School 4All in Africa [Leonard Cheshire Disability]		Yes	This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it www.LCDisability.org
24	Send a Cow	JV	Yes	www.sendacow.co.uk This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
25	Sense International [deaf-blind]	JV	Yes	www.senseinternational.org This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
26	Sight Savers International	SS	Yes	www.sightsavers.org This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
27	Vision Aid Overseas	SS	Yes	www.vao.org.uk This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
28	Voluntary Service Overseas	PR	Yes	www.vso.org.uk No e-mail address
29	Water Aid	JV	Yes	www.wateraid.org.uk This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it '; document.write( '' ); document.write( addy_text29736 ); document.write( '<\/a>' ); //-->\n This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
30	Wheelchair Foundation UK	JV	Yes	www.wheelchairfoundation.org E-mail
31	Rotary Inter-Country Contact / Twinning	PR	Yes	Contact details in the project sheet, depending on the twinning area
32	Rotary Fellowships and Rotary Action Groups	PR	Yes
33	Rotary's Disaster Response	JV	Yes	Several organisations like Red Cross, UNICEF, International Rescue Corps contained in the info sheet. Also see "Disaster Notices" section on this website.
34	The Connecticut Trophy [Awarded to the best District in RIBI for International Service, each year]	JV	Yes

*** Committee members, as below

	Committee members / (Club)	E-mail address
JV	John Versey (Hertford Shires)	This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
GG	Guru Guruswamy (Gt. Missenden)	This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
PR	Paul Ryall (Aylesbury Hundreds)	This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
PM	Peter Meads (Ampthill & Dist)	This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
PaM	Paul Manning (Amwell)	This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
JM	John Moss (Wolverton)	This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
SS	Steven Sypula (Stevenage Grange)	This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
NB	Nick Burridge (Hertford Shires)	This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Last Updated ( Monday, 22 June 2009 )

Club Contacts

Written by Adminstrator User

Club Contacts for 2008-09

Main point of contact for particular clubs to offer guidance and support when the club members need it...

Club	Committee member - contact at the Dist. Level
Hitchin, Hitchin Priory Hitchin Tilehouse Luton Luton Chiltern	Gill Blatchford (Hitchin Tilehouse) This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Amersham Chesham Great Missenden Rickmansworth Berkhamsted Berkhamsted Bulbourne	Guru Guruswamy (Gt. Missenden) This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Amwell Brookmans Park Potters Bar St Albans St Albans Verulamium	Paul Manning (Amwell) This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Hertford Shires Hertford Mimram Valley St Albans Priory	Nick Burridge (Hertford Shires) This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Ampthill Barton le Clay Dunstable Dunstable Downs Flitwick	Peter Meads (Ampthill & Dist) This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Aylesbury Aylesbury Hundreds Buckingham Leighton Linslade Tring Winslow	Paul Ryall (Aylesbury Hundreds) This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Wolverton & Stony Stratford The Brickhills Milton Keynes Milton Keynes Grand Union Newport Pagnell Bletchley	John Moss (Wolverton & Stony Stratford) This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Hoddesdon Hatfield Luton Someries Luton North Ware	John Versey (Hertford Shires) This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Watford Watford Clarendon Watford & The Langleys Bushey Hemel Hempstead	AN other [TBC]
Stevenage Grange Welwyn Garden City Stevenage Harpenden Village	Steven Sypula (Stevenage Grange) This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 23 July 2008 )

Rotary and Leonard Cheshire Disability Partnership

Written by Adminstrator User

Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland (RIBI) has selected Leonard Cheshire Disability as its partner charity from 1 July 2008 until 1 July 2009.

Over the course of the year RIBI members will seek to raise £500,000 from fundraising and matching grants from their own charity, The Rotary Foundation, for an inclusive education School 4 All in Africa programme in the Mukono and Pallisa districts of Uganda.

The Inclusive Education (IE) programme will target 1,000 disabled children to provide them with access to primary education.

Twenty schools will be adapted to make them physically accessible and 80 teachers will be trained in inclusive education and how to support all children from the community in the class.

Ian Thomson, President of RIBI, said: "Education is the right of all children and this work is vital as the United Nations estimates that over 90% of disabled children in Africa do not go to school. RIBI chose to work in partnership with Leonard Cheshire Disability on the School 4 All in Africa programme as there is a clear need.