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NATIONAL PROJECTS FUNDING An Activity of

ROTARY AUSTRALIA WORLD COMMUNITY SERVICE LIMITED ACN 003 444 264

As an activity of Rotary Australia World Community Service Limited, the National Projects Funding program is organised and administered by Rotarians in Australia and open to involvement of all Rotary Clubs, Rotaractors, Interactors, members of Inner Wheel and Foundation Alumni in Rotary Districts of Australasia. Other service organisations, individuals and corporations may be encouraged to support this program. The International Projects Advisory Committee was formed in the early 1970s as the result of FAIM Teams returning from the Islands of the South-west Pacific with details of needs for indigenous people and to assist with funding of equipment. The needs included medical equipment, school requisites, sponsorship of orphans, cyclone proof homes, improved agriculture, animal husbandry, homes for the destitute, high protein food, improved sanitation and fresh water facilities. More recently Save Water Save Lives was formed to provide equipment for the construction of water tanks, and other systems of water catchment. SWSL also has projects on sanitation and health. Objectives of the activity are: ● To encourage and foster the advancement of International goodwill and understanding. ● To select suitable Rotary Australia World Community Service projects and seek the support of Rotary Clubs and others by circulating a list of such projects. ● To assist with the applications for Rotary Foundation Grants and AusAID subsidies for such projects. ● To provide to Rotary Clubs and others information on the progress of such projects. ● To encourage Project Contacts and supporters to view first-hand the projects they are supporting. ● To encourage Rotary Clubs and others to submit viable projects for listing in the Rotary Australia World Community Service Handbook. Donations are to be forwarded to the responsible Contact shown in the annual RAWCS Directory with cheques made payable to “Rotary Australia Overseas Aid Fund”. Money received by the Contact is forwarded regularly using a Bank Draft to the Overseas Contact who should send an acknowledgment to the donor Club.

PLEASE HELP YOUR REGIONAL CONTACT TO BUILD UP CONTRIBUTIONS TO AID THOSE SO DESPERATELY IN NEED.

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PROJECT FUNDING COMMITTEE MEMBERS/PROJECT CONTACTS - JOB DESCRIPTION Listed below are a selection of the duties of a Project Funding Committee Member/Project Contact. 1.

(g) To issue authorised receipts for all contributions. (h) To deposit all donations as received in the Region’s Rotary Australia Overseas Aid Fund account administered by the Regional Treasurer.

HOW ELECTED: Nominations are called for on behalf of the Council of Rotary Australia World Community Service Limited. Eligible nominees are elected from among serving and past officers of Rotary International or experienced Rotarians, resident in the ANZO Region of Rotary International. Two Funding Contacts shall represent each one of the five Regions. Nominations will be called for in the Region where a vacancy is to occur and must be approved by the District Governor Nominee of the District from which the candidate is drawn. “Ballots will be held at the RAWCS AGM held in association with the (Annual Meeting of RAWCS’ Council) Annual Australian Zones Rotary Institute, with sufficient members being elected to replace retiring members, effective 1 July following that (Meeting) Institute.” The term of office is 3 years, with the exception of the Chairman, who serves an additional year as Immediate Past Chairman.

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Australian dollar cheques are NOT to be drawn and made payable to any beneficiary outside Australia. Bank drafts normally will be requisitioned in the currency of the recipient country, and if this is not possible, then in United States dollars. (Funds for Pakistan, Bangladesh and India (previously sent to RI for transfer) should be sent to the overseas contact or responsible Rotarian preferably by telegraphic transfer to a specific account, acknowledgement of receipt being sought from that contact.

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These nominations and positions require the ratification of the RAWCS Council.

Where required initial operating funds will be made available by the RAWCS Secretary/Treasurer to the Regional Treasurer. Reimbursement of the costs of postal and telephonic communications should be sought from the Regional Treasurer.

(m) At the completion of a committee member’s term of office, all remaining contributions held by the Regional Treasurer are to be paid out. If requested, any outstanding interest and operating funds should be made payable to the RAWCS Secretary/Treasurer.

DUTIES:

(a) On receipt of the ongoing project files, ascertain that the projects are still current and that correspondence and acknowledgment of contributions have been attended to as well as to establish contact with the project sponsors

(n) On completion of the 3 year term in office ALL files for ongoing projects are to be made available to that committee member’s successor.

(b) If possible, visit projects listed in the portfolio. (c) To make available to the Committee Secretary quarterly reports, within 14 days of the due date.

(o) To ascertain the current application procedures for both Rotary Foundation grants and AusAID subsidies from either your District Foundation/RAWCS Chairmen, Rotary AusAID Liaison Officer, Southwest Pacific Branch Office, or the Rotary Foundation.

(d) To provide to the Committee Secretary an annual statement of receipts and payments, prior to the 1st August following that Rotary year. (e) Attend Regional meetings, report in general terms on RAWCS Project Funding and promote the Activity. (f)

At appropriate intervals obtain from the Regional Treasurer overseas bank drafts and transmit funds to the nominated person/club/district or authority.

(k) To answer club queries and if that is not possible, refer to the overseas contact and/or the Committee Chairman.

The Committee Vice Chairman is to be elected from among the committee members who are completing their first year in office, and will serve as Vice Chairman during their second year, as Chairman during the third year and Immediate Past Chairman in the fourth year.

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(p) To advise the Chairman of new projects and also any projects that you think should be terminated and the reason for the suggested termination.

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GENERAL INFORMATION FOR DONORS/CONTRIBUTORS If your Club organises a fund raising program, receipts can be provided for all donations of A$2.00 or more. Have your Club submit a list to the Project Funding Contact, of all the names and addresses of people entitled to obtain a receipt. Receipts will be mailed to your Club for distribution.

Please quote the PROJECT NUMBER and NAME in all correspondence. OVERSEAS CORRESPONDENCE Copies of all overseas airmail, email and faxes to be sent to the Funding Contact for the project. REMITTANCE ADVICE FORMS A number of remittance advice forms are included at the rear of this book. Please make certain you include a form with each payment to your Project Funding Contact.

PRIVATE DONATIONS A number of non-Rotarians have contributed to RAWCS projects and have obtained the benefit of tax deductibility. If your Club should be presenting a suitable program, then you may consider inviting members of the public, who may be prepared to support the project. Also explain to them that all funds that are donated to Rotary projects, are actually received by the intended recipients, with no deductions for administration, advertising, corruption, or any other miscellaneous expense.

CUSTOMS DUTY Do not, under any circumstances, consign goods to an overseas Rotary Club, unless you have confirmation from them, in writing, that all arrangements for duty free admission have been completed, prior to dispatch. FREE FREIGHT TRANSPORT TO PAPUA NEW GUINEA Generally only possible, if a Department of the PNG Government agrees to pay the freight.

FORWARDING DONATIONS ALL CHEQUES TO BE MADE PAYABLE TO “ROTARY AUSTRALIA OVERSEAS AID FUND.”

In general terms, donor clubs should be prepared to pay the freight when goods are sent overseas. These conditions also apply to goods sent overseas through the RI Information Centre or Clearinghouse for Donations-in-Kind. It is possible that an application for a MATCHING GRANT for freight could be successful.

When remittances are received by the Project Funding Contact, funds are retained in the Regions interest-bearing account. Approximately every three months combined funds are sent to the overseas project contact This procedure is adopted to reduce service fees, currently $10 for the purchase of each bank draft.

PROJECT NUMBERING Every year some projects are completed, projects become obsolete, while new projects are introduced. A block of numbers has been allocated for each country, these numbers could well vary from any previous numbering system, so please use the numbers allocated.

Sending money overseas in this manner can result in a delay in receiving acknowledgment from the overseas recipient.

TAX DEDUCTIBILITY Every member of the Project Funding Committee is an authorised officer for the issue of receipts from the Rotary Australia Overseas Aid Fund, a fully recognised Non-Government Organisation (NGO) approved by the Australian Taxation Department.

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NATIONAL PROJECT EVALUATION EVALUATION OF PROJECTS The National Project Evaluation Committee, consists of a chairman and two members, all members serving a three year term on a rotating basis. The committee is responsible for establishing and implementing suitable procedures for the evaluation of completed projects in respect of: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

The success of the project in meeting its stated objectives; The relevance to the recipients of the stated objectives; The success of the project in meeting the continuing needs of the recipients; The sustainability of the project; The transferability of the project to other areas; The financial audit of the project.

And to report the results to the National Advisory Committee, with a copy to the Region concerned and the AUSAID Liaison Officer.

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PROJECT LISTING Project # Page No

AGRICULTURE Reforestation - Ethiopia.......................................................................................................................................9 ................23 Provision of working farm animals - Philippines ............................................................................................141 ................49 Agriculture Scholarships for Youth - Thailand ...............................................................................................162 ................52 Alternative cash crops - Hill Tribes - Thailand ...............................................................................................167 ................53

BLINDNESS Paramedic treatment for eye diseases - Zimbabwe - Africa ................................................................................3 ................21 Eye camps - Bangladesh....................................................................................................................................17 ................26 Eye camps - India ..............................................................................................................................................53 ................30 Financial Assistance Eye Hospital - India .........................................................................................................70 ................33 Mobile eye unit - India ......................................................................................................................................78 ................35 Mobile eye clinic - Indonesia ............................................................................................................................89 ................39 Blindness Treatment/Cataract Operation - Nepal............................................................................................100 ................41 Cataract Surgery - Philippines .........................................................................................................................138 ................49 Cataract Blindness - Fred Hollows Foundation - Worldwide .........................................................................192 ................54

CHILD CARE AND HEALTH Self contained Rotaract orphanage - Bangladesh ..............................................................................................15 ................25 Child care clinics, immunisation, nutrition, etc. - Bangladesh.........................................................................19. ................26 Sponsorship of orphans - India ..........................................................................................................................57 ................31 “Adopt” a disadvantaged child - Malaysia ........................................................................................................94 ................40 Sleeping Children around the World - Worldwide..........................................................................................191 ................53

DEAF Hearings aids for deaf students - India ..............................................................................................................55 ................31 Hearing aids for deaf children - Pakistan ........................................................................................................112 ................42

EDUCATION Assistance with the provision of classrooms - Zululand - South Africa .............................................................4 ................22 Vocational training - Computer skills - Bangladesh .........................................................................................23 ................26 Village school equipment - China .....................................................................................................................35 ................28 Furniture & Books - Primary Schools - China ..................................................................................................38 ................30 Provision of school equipment - India...............................................................................................................65 ................33 Furniture for slum school - India ...................................................................................................................... 68 ................33 Provision of school furniture - India..................................................................................................................71 ................34 School Renovations - India................................................................................................................................80 ................36 Furniture for Slum School - India......................................................................................................................81 ................36 Furniture and equipment for slum school - India ..............................................................................................84 ................37 Education sponsorship for children - Indonesia ................................................................................................85 ................37 Primary school - furniture and pupil requisites - Indonesia ..............................................................................87 ................38 Secondary education scholarships - Malaysia ...................................................................................................92 ................40 Basic school furniture and equipment - Papua New Guinea. ..........................................................................124 ................45 Education of wayward youth - Papua New Guinea.........................................................................................125 ................46 Provision of library books - Papua New Guinea .............................................................................................126 ................46 Urban Micro Credit for women - Papua New Guinea.....................................................................................130 ................47 Scholarships for disadvantaged students - Papua New Guinea .......................................................................133 ................48 Basic school equipment and teaching aids - Solomon Islands ........................................................................151 ................50 Scholarships for needy children - Thailand .....................................................................................................163 ................52 17

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FAMILY PLANNING Metropolitan family planning and birth control - Bangladesh. .........................................................................27 ................27

HEALTH Fistula Hospital - Ethiopia ...................................................................................................................................8 ................23 Medicine banks - Bangladesh............................................................................................................................13 ................25 Village clinics and County hospital - China ......................................................................................................36 ................29 Jaipur aluminium foot centre - India .................................................................................................................72 ................34 Open heart surgery - Mongalia ..........................................................................................................................97 ................41 Prosthesis for the handicapped - Papua New Guinea ......................................................................................116 ................43 Reconstructive Surgery - ROMAC - Papua New Guinea. ..............................................................................117 ................43 Kokoda Trail medical aid posts - Papua New Guinea.....................................................................................129 ................47 Paramedic training, hospital rebuilding and equipment - Solomon Islands ....................................................152 ................51

LEPROSY TREATMENT Medication for leprosy patients - Indonesia. .....................................................................................................86 ................38

LITERACY Functional Literacy - South Africa ......................................................................................................................7 ................22 Bastee (Slum) children - basic education - Bangladesh ....................................................................................30 ................28 Classroom equipment, furniture and teaching aids - India ................................................................................62 ................32 Village literacy program - Indonesia .................................................................................................................90 ................39

NUTRITION Improved cooking stoves - Bangladesh.............................................................................................................11 ................24 Cows for destitute women - India......................................................................................................................63 ................32 Self financed school lunches - Thailand..........................................................................................................165 ................52 Early risers - Meals for students ......................................................................................................................132 ................48

RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY Life saving surgery - Mauritius ...........................................................................................................................5 ................22 Hare lip and cleft palate restoration - Indonesia................................................................................................88 ................38 Surgery - cleft palates, hare lips, goitres, etc - Philippines..............................................................................136 ................49

SANITATION Sanitary latrine provision - Bangladesh.............................................................................................................14 ................25 Village sanitation project - India .......................................................................................................................82 ................36 Bus Station- Clean Drinking Water & Toilets - India .......................................................................................83 ................36

SHELTER Home for aged people - India ............................................................................................................................60 ................31 Homes for crippled children - India ..................................................................................................................76 ................35 18

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VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT Self sufficiency Vocational training, education etc. - Bangladesh....................................................................25 ................27 Community Welfare Project - Philippines.......................................................................................................142 ................50

VOCATIONAL TRAINING - HANDICAPPED YOUTH Metalwork, carpentry, leather craft, tailoring etc. - Kenya - Africa....................................................................1 ................21 Wheel chair manufacture - Papua New Guinea...............................................................................................127 ................47

VOCATIONAL TRAINING - YOUTH Pre-apprenticeship training tool kits - Papua New Guinea..............................................................................122 ................44 Vocational training - Disadvantaged youth - Papua New Guinea...................................................................131 ................48 Vocational training - Solomon Islands. ...........................................................................................................157 ................51 Hill Tribes - Vocational training for young women - Thailand.......................................................................171 ................53

WATER SUPPLY Pumping stations - China...................................................................................................................................37 ................29 Clean drinking Water - Bores - India ................................................................................................................56 ................31 Village water supply - India............................. .................................................................................................64 ................32 Village water supply - India................................. .............................................................................................66 ................33 Rural village water supply - India.......................... ...........................................................................................75 ................34 Potable water supply - India...................................... ........................................................................................79 ................35 Rural village water supply - Papua New Guinea.............................................................................................123 ................45

IMPORTANT NOTICE The RAWCS Handbook will now be produced in loose-leaf form enabling it to be revised on an ongoing basis. In an effort to meet the needs for urgent projects to be initiated, the RAWCS Project Funding Committee has authorised its Vice Chairman to assess applications and, if he sees fit, to issue immediately a project number, appoint a contact and get the project moving. All new projects will be notified to District Governors for publication in their monthly newsletters and will also appear in the quarterly RAWCS page in Rotary Down Under, and be placed on the Internet. Please forward any applications for projects to: RAWCS National Funding Committee Vice Chairman PDG Tim Lee-Steere PO Box 676, BUNBURY WA 6231 Phone (08) 9721 2490 Fax (08) 9721 6081

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CONTACTS AND PROJECTS 2000-2001 PDG John Oxley

Bangladesh India

23 60, 68, 70, 71, 72, 75, 83

PP Tim Lee-Steere

Bangladesh Indonesia Pakistan

25, 30 86, 87, 88, 89, 90 112

PDG Dennis Henschke

Africa Bangladesh Papua New Guinea

7, 8, 9 27 116, 117

PP Garry Gunnell

India Solomon Islands Mongolia Worldwide

64, 65, 151, 152 157 97 191

PP Bryce Lillecrapp

Africa Philippines

1, 3, 4, 5 136, 138, 141, 142

PDG Ron Trevallion

Bangladesh Papua New Guinea

13, 14, 15, 17 130, 131, 132, 133

PDG George Golding

India Worldwide

53, 55, 56, 57, 62, 63, 66 192

PP Bill Seyner

Thailand Malaysia

162, 163, 165, 167, 171 92, 94

PDG Alex Sawyer

China Papua New Guinea

35, 36, 37, 38 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 129

PP David Uhe

Bangladesh India

11, 19 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84

PDG Alan Still

Indonesia

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AFRICA (KENYA) Variety Village For Boys And Girls RAWCS #1-2000/2001

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AFRICA (ZIMBABWE) Prevention Of Blindness For $12 RAWCS #3-2000/2001

Description:- This is a Salvation Army Village, which provides a two year course in metalwork, carpentry, leather craft, sign-writing, painting and tailoring.

Description:- The Rotary Club of Harare provides ointment for blindness prevention and also funds for a training program and hospital travel.

Further Information:- “Variety Village” is an extension of the Salvation Army “Joy Town” school for crippled children. The centre caters for 24 boys and 12 girls, aged from 15 to 25 years. Most of these young people are on crutches or wearing callipers; some are in wheelchairs.

Further Information:- Zimbabwe is a country of nine million people, with some 1,250 doctors and 7,360 nurses. There are only five mobile eye clinics to cover the entire country. Trachoma is a virus infection, found mainly in the dry dusty regions of Zimbabwe and is aggravated by malnutrition and unhygienic conditions. People living in rural areas have often regressed beyond ointment treatment and an operation becomes necessary.

The students produce items for sale, thus assisting with the finances of the Village, providing a sense of achievement. There is also an optical section where lenses are ground and fitted to handmade frames for subsequent sale. The girls are involved in the optical project and sewing courses, where children’s clothes are made for sale. Employment for the able-bodied is difficult to obtain, for the disabled it is difficult without this type of help. Most students who complete courses are able to find employment in their own areas, and are presented with a small set of tools on graduating.

The Council for the Blind, supported by the Rotary Club of Harare, train people to work in villages and provide bus warrants for people travelling to their nearest hospital. Funds are required to train people for village work, for additional mobile clinics and to provide for bus warrants.

Cost:- A$75 will keep a student at the Village for a year. A$150 will sponsor a student for the total course period of two years.

Cost:- A$12 will provide the essential 4 to 5 tubes of tetracycline for application 3 times per day. This will cure the disease, if caught in the early stages, and thus help to prevent subsequent blindness.

Donations and Copies of Correspondence to:Project Funding Contact, PP Bryce Lillecrapp, “Fernfield”, EDEN VALLEY SA 5235

Donations and Copies of Correspondence to:Project Funding Contact, PP Bryce Lillecrapp, “Fernfield”, EDEN VALLEY SA 5235

Overseas Contact:- Major Wallace Mwaniki, Variety Village, Salvation Army, PO Box 1472, THIKA, KENYA

Overseas Contact:- P.P. Peter Johnson, Rotary Club of Harare, PO Box 512, HARARE, ZIMBABWE

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AFRICA (MAURITIUS) Support For Children Needing Surgery In Australia RAWCS #5-2000/2001

AFRICA (ZULULAND - SOUTH AFRICA) Rural Zulu Classrooms RAWCS #4-2000/2001 Description:- The Eshowe Christian Action Group, a non-racial ecumenical body with no paid staff or expense account, helps to build standard Zulu classrooms, in co-operation with parents and the Kwazulu Authorities.

Description:- This project is to prepare children in Mauritius to travel to Australia to undertake life-saving surgery. Further Information:- The Society for Aid to Children Inoperable in Mauritius (SACIM) is a voluntary, non-profit organisation which cares for children with congenital heart defects and other medical problems for which treatment is not available in Mauritius. Some of these children come to Australia for treatment. The Mauritius Government pays for airfares, and Australian doctors and hospitals usually donate their services. Escorts are chosen from suitable volunteers travelling to and from Australia.

Further Information:- The aim of this project is to have every community in the District of Eshowe, help itself, by supplying an adequate educational facility, for all the children of Kwazulu. At existing schools, it is not uncommon for a teacher to have more than 70 pupils in a class. In the past five years over 600 classrooms have been built, but there is an urgent need for a further 200 classrooms. A standard plan for a double classroom along with detailed tender documents ensure the best construction for the available funds. Local labour and materials are used in construction, water tanks are included.

Cost:- A donation of A$300 will cover initial preparatory costs for a child to come to Australia for treatment. Donations and Copies of Correspondence to:Project Funding Contact, PP Bryce Lillecrapp, “Fernfield”, EDEN VALLEY SA 5235

Donors are encouraged to adopt a school and thus receive continuing reports on their particular school. Before construction is considered, parents are required to deposit R1,200 (approx A$350).

Overseas Contact:- PP Chota Moollan, Rotary Club of Quatre Bornes, Box 314, PORT LOUIS, MAURITIUS

SOUTH AFRICA (NATAL) Functional Literacy for Adults 14 years and upwards RAWCS #7-2000/2001

An annual audited financial statement is presented by accountants Coopers and Lybrand. Cost:- A double classroom costs R14,000 (Approx A$4,000). This amount is derived from three sources.

Description:- To provide the framework for nearly four million illiterate people to gain a functional capacity in reading, writing and numeracy within five years. This District to District project has the potential to greatly enhance the lives, the living conditions and the future of the vast indigenous population. Over a ten year period the number assisted would increase to millions of people.

1. Parents - R1,200 (approx A$350) 2 Kwazulu Education Department - R5,000 (approx A$1,425) 3 Donations - R7,800 (A$2,225) Classrooms can be sponsored by several clubs and be considered as a district project. Donations of $50, $100 etc, will accumulate and help towards another building.

Further Information:- A Carl P Miller investigating team from District 9830 (Tasmania) has established a Multi District project with District 9270 (Natal) to provide funding for facilitators to be taught to teach teachers so that the teachers are able to instruct in both their mother tongue and on to English. South Africa has 58% illiteracy and desperately needs to redress the situation as the population now exceeds the 40 million plus mark. These people, desperate for knowledge, are prepared to help themselves, but outside assistance is imperative to establish a framework that can cater for this massive need.

Classrooms are named after donors, who receive a report, with photographs. A baked enamel aluminium name plate is bolted over the door of each classroom and a list of donors appears twice each year in the national press. Donations and Copies of Correspondence to:Project Funding Contact, PP Bryce Lillecrapp, “Fernfield”, EDEN VALLEY SA 5235

Project Needs: (1) Cash for teacher training. (2) Classroom requisites such as exercise books, pens, pencils, chalk, teacher and student manuals, text books, library books, etc. Due to freight costs and specialised needs of text books and manuals in specific languages, these are best purchased in the home country.

Overseas Contact:- Frederick C Volbrecht, Rotary Club of Eshowe, PO Box 229, ESHOWE 3815, NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA

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Rotary Australia World Community Service Limited Cost:- The cost of training one facilitator is $25,000 compared to $1,000 for training one teacher. Clubs may chose according to their own means, to provide part of the cost of training a facilitator or the lesser cost of training a teacher, or any donation would be gratefully received. Regardless of the size of donation, clubs will receive full reports on the scheme’s progress.

AUG 2001-2002 Donations and Copies of Correspondence to:Project Funding Contact, PDG Dennis Henschke, 46 Lambert Road, ROYSTON PARK SA 5070 Overseas Contact:- Charles Sherlock, Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital, PO Box 3609, ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA

Important note: This project is designed to be self supporting and once operational will be self perpetuating. Its aim is to help those in need to help themselves.

Local Contact:- Rev. Stuart N. Abrahams, Hamlin Fistula Welfare and Research Limited, 75 Nicholson Avenue, WESTLEIGH, NSW 2120. Phone: (02) 9875 2530, Fax: (02) 9875 3610, Email: [email protected] and the International Director, Rotary Club of Elizabeth, PO Box 233, ELIZABETH, SOUTH AUSTRALIA 5112

Donations and Copies of Correspondence to:Project Funding Contact, PDG Dennis Henschke, 46 Lambert Road, ROYSTON PARK SA 5070 Overseas Contact:- District 9270, Literacy Committee Chairman, PDG Vic Bredenkamp, 22 Glen Deodar, 528 Townbush Road, PIETERMARITZBURG 3200, SOUTH AFRICA Phone & Fax: (0331) 472530

AFRICA (ETHIOPIA) Reforestation Program RAWCS #9-2000/2001

Local contact:- Mr Larry Gofton, 630 Ten Mile Track SCOTTSDALE TASMANIA 7261

Description:- Reforestation undertaken by the Ethiopian Orthodox church is part of a national effort to reverse environmental degradation. Further Information:- The Ethiopian Orthodox Church has a long tradition in conservation and reverence for tree planting.

AFRICA (ETHIOPIA) Fistula Hospital for Poor Women with Childbirth Injuries RAWCS #8-2000/2001

Since 1986 the Church has established 46 nurseries where seedlings are grown and distributed to surrounding villages. A community education program teaches the value of tree planting and shows methods to ensure survival. More than 90% of seedlings survive to become trees. Each nursery produces 300,000 seedlings per year and cost $20,000 to run.

Description:- Fistula Hospital for poor women with childbirth injuries in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Many young mothers, often teenagers, give birth to a stillborn child and suffer dreadful internal injuries as a result of extended labout in childbirth. The causes include the remoteness of villages, early marriages, lack of roads/transport and lack of available medical service etc.

Costs:- Costs per hectare of planting based on 1997 figures are:

Further Information:- Two Australian doctors the late Dr Reg Hamlin OBE and his wife Dr Catherine Hamlin AC started the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital in 1974, although they had commenced treating fistula patients in the early 1960’s. More than 17,000 young women have been cured as a result. There is 93% success rate with the surgery.

Seedling production Pitting (one year) Weeding (one year) Replanting (one year) Protection (5 years) Tending Total

A fistula is a hole between the vagina, the bladder and sometimes the rectum, which allows urine to pass out continously. This causes the patient to have a repulsive smell. The women are usually abandoned by their husband and ostracised by society. Most arrive at the Hospital, weak, smelly, frightened and in a state of hopelessness. they are not welcome in a general hospital because they smell and wet the bed and other patients complain.

A$170 70 90 30 1800 90 A$2250

This amount covers the cost of producing a five year stand of one hectare of Eucalyptus planted two metres apart. Donations and Copies of Correspondence to:Project Funding Contact, PDG Dennis Henschke, 46 Lambert Road, ROYSTON PARK SA 5070

Cost:- The hospital is run as a charity. Patients are destitute. The operation and hospital expenses are provided free of charge. For each patient it costs on average about A$300 to A$350 . A ‘Rural Village’ project is being built to accommodate patients who cannot be cured and require ongoing medical care. The cost of this new project is over A$500,000. There are component parts of the project, which vary in cost from A$15,000.

Overseas Contact:- Mr.Taye Bekele, Forestry Co-ordinator, Ethiopian Orthodox Church, PO Box 503, ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA, Fax 551 455 Local Contact:- Rotarian Malcolm McArthur, Rotary Club of Adelaide, GPO Box 2106, ADELAIDE SA 5001

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BANGLADESH Inner Wheel - Improved Cooking RAWCS #11-2000/2001 Description:- This is a project involving the Inner Wheel Clubs of Bangladesh, that wish to see the newly-designed stoves used by all village women. Further Information:- Fuel for cooking is any of the following, depending on what is available: twigs, leaves, paper, straw, or cow dung attached to a stick burning under a clay fireplace. With meals being prepared for some 120,000,000 people in this manner, the sky is constantly smoggy with an ever present smoke haze. Research has produced a cheap and far more efficient cooking stove, usually built from clay by the people who will benefit from the stove. The stove has a cast iron grate and other design improvements that produce better combustion and gives off more useable heat with less smoke. The cost is about A$5 for the cast iron grate, the only item that has to be purchased.

BANGLADESH is “Delta” country, formed by the junction of the three very large rivers - Ganges, Jamuna and the largest of them all, the Brahmaputra River. These rivers drain the run-off from the Himalayan snowfields, resulting in frequent flooding for the vast delta that forms most of the land mass of Bangladesh. In the past 40 years the country has suffered 27 major floods.

Members of the Inner Wheel Clubs of Bangladesh are keen to see these newly-designed stoves used by all village women. With help from Inner Wheel Clubs, Rotaractors and Rotarians from other countries such as Australia and New Zealand, this improvement in the quality of life will become a reality, as the improvement to the environment through reduction in pollution and a significant saving in already scarce fuel.

During recent years, flood levels have risen, and this is thought to have been brought about by extensive deforestation in the head waters of the major rivers. In most cases, this is outside the territorial limits of Bangladesh, and as such, the local authorities have little or no control over this excessive run-off.

Cost:- A$5 per stove, $100 will improve the quality of life to twenty Bangladesh ladies and their families. Donations and Copies of Correspondence to:Project Funding Contact, PP David Uhe, 51 Luderman Road, NORANDA WA 6062

Besides all the problems of frequent flooding, there is a major benefit, in that the soil in the delta region is both rich and fertile. Monsoonal rainfall ranges from 1.52 metres in the West to 5.087 metres in the North East of the country.

Overseas Contact:- Rtn. Roushanara Rahman, House No 17, Road No 109, GULSHAN, DHAKA 1212, BANGLADESH.

The population of Bangladesh is in excess of 120,000,000 living in a country of only 144,018 square kilometres. Administration is divided into 4 Divisions, 21 Regions, 64 Districts, 495 Upazillas, 4,472 Union Councils and 85,650 Villages. Average per capita income is less than US$200, with adult illiteracy approximately 70%. Infant mortality for children under one year of age is 13% and for those who survive the first year, a life expectancy of 48 years. Only 68% of the people have access to “safe water”, while there is one physician to each 11,000 people. Rotary International District 3280 includes all of Bangladesh, with 91 Rotary Clubs, 135 Rotaract Clubs and 51 Interact Clubs. While Bangladesh needs all the help we can offer, local Rotary Clubs, utilising their own resources, are successfully undertaking major projects. Obviously, whatever we are able to do in the way of assistance with these projects will be of significant help, both to Rotarians and people of Bangladesh. 24

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BANGLADESH Rotary Orphanage and Vocational Training Centre RAWCS #15-2000/2001

Description:- The Rotaract Club of Sir Salimullah Medical College, Dhaka, operates a “Medicine Bank” which is stocked with low cost medicines, blood supplies and medical appliances.

Description:- The Rotary Club of Narayanganj has established a new orphanage and vocational training centre catering for some 200 orphans. Further Information:- The Rotary Orphanage and Training Centre has been established to ensure continuous services to orphan children, providing food, lodging and clothing, education and vocational training to render them self reliant.

Further Information:- The Medicine Bank at Sir Salimullah Medical College is functioning well in servicing the poor people of their surrounding community. The Medicine Bank Costs A$30 per day to operate, but shortage of funds turn away hundreds of sick people. Personal records are kept of patients who are vetted to ensure that they are unable to pay and qualify for service. Blood supplies are maintained from voluntary donors.

The new orphanage is located near Dhaka in th District of Narayanganj within the village of Gakuldasher. District Governor M Jamaluddin PHF donated the land, the Rotary Club of Marayanganj undertook the construction of buildings which include living quarters, dining rooms, kitchen, vocational training facilities and provided furniture and fittings. The Club covers running costs, manages the fund and provides personal services. The Vocational training has given the destitute children a choice of vocation to equip them with the basis for a good start in life.

If a Rotaract, Interact, Inner Wheel or Rotary Club contribute A$30 the operating costs for one day would be covered. Cost:- Donations in multiples of A$30 per day from a Rotaract, Interact, Inner Wheel or Rotary Club will provide life-saving drugs for a community in either Dhaka or Mymensingh. How many days can you afford at A$30 per day? Financial support is essential. PLEASE DO NOT SEND MEDICINES TO BANGLADESH.

Cost:- The annual cost of supporting a child in A$s is quite moderate:Education A$ 20 Food & clothing 130 Vocational training 20 Total A$170

Donations and Copies of Correspondence to:Project Funding Contact, PDG Ron Trevallion, 7 Monkittee Street, BRAIDWOOD NSW 2622

“Adoption” of a child will confirm their birthright and provide a ray of sunshine in their life.

Overseas Contact:- PDG Iftekharul (Kitchlew) Alam, PO Box 6006, DHAKA 1212, BANGLADESH. Phone: 880 2 60 4325

In addition, assistance with the purchase of two computers at a cost of A$4000 each for use in the centre would be most welcom. The donation could be supported through an application for a Rotary Foundation Matching Grant.

BANGLADESH Sanitary Latrine Project RAWCS #14-2000/2001

Donations and Copies of Correspondence to:– Project Funding Contact, PDG Ron Trevallion, 7 Monkittee Street, BRAIDWOOD NSW 2622

Description:- The Rotary Club of Khulna North has in hand a multi-task aid project for the densely populated city and its surrounding villages.

Overseas Contact:- PP Prof. M Hafizullah, Rotary Club of Narayanganj, Karnaphuli Insurance Co Ltd., 195 Motijheel C/A, DHAKA, BANGLADESH. Phone: 880 2 9569043

Further Information:- One arm of the aid project is the provision of sanitary latrines. Despite the area served there is an identified need for over 700 such latrines each at a cost of $50. The project is to be a continous one and will progress whilst donations are received. Donations and Copies of Correspondence to:– PDG Ron Trevallion 7 Monkittee Street, BRAIDWOOD NSW 2622 Overseas Contact:- Rtn PP Faruque Ahmed, Plot B-12, Road No 171, KHALISHPUR, KHULNA - 9000, BANGLADESH

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BANGLADESH Treatment And Prevention Of Blindness RAWCS #17-2000/2001

BANGLADESH Health Clinic. RAWCS #19-2000/2001

Description:- The aim of the project is prevention and treatment of curable blindness in Bangladesh.

Description:- The Rotary Club of Khulna proposes to extend the existing Health Clinic they conduct , to cope with the increasing demands of the poverty stricken women and children in this part of Bangladesh

Further Information:- Since the program commenced, over one hundred and thirty thousand operations have been performed , giving new hope to the recipients.

Further Information:- Health care in Bangladesh is basic at the best:- for poor people it is almost nonexistent. Mothers and children who make up two thirds of the population are particularly prone to sub-standard health conditions.Only 5% of villages in Bangladesh have access to primary health care. Currently the Clinic is providing services for one hundred and thirty patients per week. The need however, is increasing rapidly.

During the calendar year of 1997, three thousand one hundred and fifty two operations were carried out. An Eye Camp Co-ordinating Committee with Chairman PDG Iftekharul Alam, includes as committee members, the current District Governor and four Past District Governors. The committee controls the project and allocates funding to the 45 participating Bangladesh Rotary Clubs.

Cost:- $20 per patient covers the cost of thorough medical assessment and medicine, etc. for one patient.

Rotary clubs are responsible for the physical implementation of each eye camp, with the assistance of Rotary Village Corps, where possible, and the local village people. Up to 3,500 people are examined at each of these eye camps. Many are provided with minor treatment, while others are retained for cataract operations.

Donations and Copies of Correspondence to:Project Funding Contact, PP David Uhe, 51 Luderman Road, NORANDA WA 6062 Overseas Contact:- PDG Iftekharul (Kitchlew) Alam, PO Box 6006, DHAKA - 1212, BANGLADESH , or PP Salim Reza.Khan-A-Sabur Road, Daulatpur, KHULNA, BANGLADESH

The Bangladesh National Society for the Blind provides the necessary surgeons, medical support staff, medical supplies and spectacles. This society also provides a blindness prevention education program to all those who attend.

BANGLADESH Vocational Training RAWCS #23-2000/2001

This program has had the benefit of a Rotary Foundation 3H grant, which was to fund 140 eye camps per year for six years. The number of participating Rotary clubs has now grown from 28 in 1989 to 50 in 1996, the number of eye camps from 140 to almost 200, with large numbers of participants at each eye camp.

Description: - The Rotary Club of Narayanganj wishes to establish a Computer Training Program for poor, unemployed young people to open job opportunities for them.

This expansion has now resulted in an annual shortfall of some A$60,000.

Further Information:- The R/C of Narayanganj will provide the building and pay the salary of the instructor/s. The students will be carefully selected to ensure that only those in genuine need are given the benefit of this training.

The aim of the project is the elimination of curable blindness in Bangladesh by the year 2000. Cost:- An average eye camp cost is A$500. You can assist with whatever amount you can afford, as the Eye Camp Coordinating Committee accumulate all donations for distribution and thus every contribution helps. A single operation costs A$5. How many people’s sight can you restore?

Costs:- The estimated cost for a year of tuition is $150. per student. Donations and Copies of Correspondence to: Project Funding Contact, PDG John Oxley, 22 Palmer Street, ARARAT VIC 3377

Donations and Copies of Correspondence to:– Project Funding Contact, PDG Ron Trevallion, 7 Monkittee Street, BRAIDWOOD NSW 2622

Overseas Contact: - PDG Iftekharul (Kitchlew) Alam, PO Box 6006, DHAKA 1212, BANGLADESH. Or PDG M A Wahab, 54 Motijheel C/A.Elite House, DHAKA, BANGLADESH

Overseas Contact:- PDG Iftekharul (Kitchlew) Alam, PO Box 6006, DHAKA 1212, BANGLADESH

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BANGLADESH Village Self Sufficiency RAWCS #25-2000/2001

Cost:- With an ongoing project of this magnitude, any contribution that you are able to provide will help, be it A$20 or $2,000.00†+, or as a District Project up to A$10,000.

Description:- The Rotary Club of Metropolitan Dhaka has undertaken a project that will obtain self-sufficiency for seven villages.

This is an outstanding example of what Rotarians can achieve, using their own resources and with what ever help that can be provided.

Further Information:- Commenced in 1986, this project is aimed at providing work skills for unemployed women in the village of Kaultia, from that start, it has now developed into a major project involving a further six villages and undertaking many tasks in addition to job training for unemployed women.

Donations and Copies of Correspondence to:Project Funding Contact, PP Tim Lee-Steere, PO Box 676, BUNBURY, WA 6231

The list of achievement in Majhikara, Baopara, Fajilpur, Biprabarta, Jolarpar and Mirergaon as well as the original village Kaultia, is most impressive.

Overseas Contact:- PP Fazle Tabbi, Rotary Club of Metropolitan Dhaka, GPO Box 3613, DHAKA 1000, BANGLADESH

The following is a listing of these skills and achievements:SKILL Sewing and Tailoring Muri (Puff Rice) making Goat rearing Duck rearing Lamb rearing Calf rearing Mat making from Date Leaves Wrapper making Fish Net making Fisherman project Vegetable cultivation Employment provided

BANGLADESH Family Planning And Medical Clinic RAWCS #27-2000/2001

TRAINEES 175 150 60 69 50 15 65 25 35 40 129 425

Description:- The Rotary Club of Gulshan has initiated an educational and motivational program for family planning, together with an associated medical clinic. Further Information:- The Rotary Club recognises the two most pressing problems facing Bangladesh are family planning and education. They have established this program to help control a birth rate which is producing population increases in excess of 3% per annum. Mothers who have not had a child for the past four years are rewarded with a new sari. Whilst this may not seem a major incentive in our terms, to someone who owns only one threadbare and frequently mended sari, this is indeed an incentive.

In addition to the above job skills, the following projects have been undertaken:PEOPLE PROJECT Annesha Rotary Literacy Centre 500 Adult Literacy for Women 75 Adult Literacy Centre for Men 75 Child Care Clinics (3) (per week) 275 Free Friday Clinics (4) (per week) 175 Typing Training (Unemployed Youth) 25 Medicine Bank (Free Distribution) Library (Donated Books and Magazines) Tube Wells (number) 17 Flood Relief & Rehabilitation (Families) 250 Immunisation (Children) 26,000 Hand Loom Training (Unemployed Youth) 25 Irrigation and Cultivation (Hectares) 81

The club conducts weekly family planning clinics and provides medical supplies, pre- and post- operative care for women who have tubular ligation operations. There is an average of 20 tubular ligations per year, 70 IUD clients and a further 100 women receiving monthly birth control pills. The medical clinic sees about 70 patients per clinic day (clinics are held once a week), at a charge of Tk.2 (A$0.07) per visit, including medicines, the club also provides a limited number of harelip operations. In addition to the family planning and medical clinic, the club has introduced a typing course, sewing centre and an immunisation program. Wives take vocational training sessions so that they also can become an income earning member of the family.

During Ramadan, 375 people produced 33.6 tonnes of Muri, which after selling, resulted in a profit of US$26,163.00 all of which was ploughed back into this project.

Cost:- A$50, A$250, A$500 . . . whatever you can contribute will be of benefit.

A Flood Shelter Centre has been built at Kaultia, which during the day is used as a School, Library, Typing and Adult Education Centre. This centre has two tubewells and two sanitary latrines.

Donations and Copies of Correspondence to :Project Funding Contact, PDG Dennis Henschke, 46 Lambert Road, ROYSTON PARK SA 5070 Overseas Contact:- PDG Iftekharul (Kitchlew) Alam, PO Box 6006, DHAKA 1212, BANGLADESH

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BANGLADESH Schools For Bustee (Slum) Children RAWCS #30-2000/2001 Description:- The Rotary Clubs of Dhaka, Agrabad and Gulshan have initiated successful programs to educate bustee (slum) children. These projects have a three-fold purpose. 1. Increase literacy. 2. Raise employment expectations for these children. 3. Monitor the health and well-being of the children. Further Information:- Many rural people move into the cities expecting to find employment, only to discover that conditions are worse than that which they had left behind. Inadequate or no housing, a reduction in life expectancy and higher child mortality rate.

CHINA Binxian County – Village Schools RAWCS #35-2000/2001

Shanty towns spring up and children have to help in any way possible to increase the family income. The Rotary Clubs of Dhaka, Agrabad and Gulshan have all established evening literacy classes. The children arrive at approx. 3 pm., after completing whatever work they can obtain, some of the children are the “Tokai” or the “Pickers” They pick over rubbish during the day, and on a good day, may achieve 12 cents for their picking. The school buildings used for these projects are very basic, and in most instances without furniture.

Description:- The Rotary Club of Epping, NSW, D9680, sponsors a project to assist village schools with basic needs in the poverty stricken Binxian County, Shaíanxi Province, China. The people of Binxian County, a mountainous area, cultivate orchards, and are deperate for assistance to improve the education of their children. Schools lack books, basic equipment and in some cases have dirt floors and lack glass sealed windows.

Teachers are employed by Rotary and Rotaract clubs and paid a meagre salary. Some children need food and clothing which is provided again by Rotarians and Rotaractors.

Further Information:- The County has 303,000 inhabitants and most schools are in URGENT need of assistance. All the staff, provided by the County, are dedicated to training the students to a high standard of education despite the trying conditions.

The only equipment available to the children is an arithmetic book, a spelling book in both English and Bengali, a slate and slate pencil, and they sit on grass mats. If need be, the children are provided with a meal of rice, milk and bananas.

Binxian regularly experience temperatures below zero. All donations are strictly administrated by the China Association for International Understanding (CAFIU) which has a supervisor permanently stationed in the area. For several years, groups of Rotarians have made regular visits to China hosted by CAFIU, during which, established contacts have been made. Annual visits and inspections will be made in future by Rotarians. All donors will receive reports and permanent on-site recognition.

These children want to learn and obtain work. They already know that without a basic education, the prospects of work are very limited. PDG “Kitchlew” Alam recently wrote: “This project is important for Bangladesh as it promotes literacy among children, who would otherwise never get any education. With the assistance received from Australian Rotarians, it has been possible to provide education to poor children living in slum areas.”

Cost:- A$300 will provide desks and seats for one classroom, A$400 will restock half a primary school library, A$500 will purchase basic equipment for half a school.

Cost:- A$100 will do wonders to help these self-motivated children, A$1,000 will work miracles. Donations and Copies of Correspondence to:Project Funding Contact, PP Tim Lee-Steere, PO Box 676, BUNBURY WA 6231

Donations and Copies of Correspondence to:Project Funding Contact, PDG Alex Sawyer, 61A Falconer Street, WEST RYDE NSW 2114

Overseas Contact:- PDG Iftekharul (Kitchlew) Alam, PO Box 6006, DHAKA 1212, BANGLADESH

Overseas Contact:- Mr. Zao Jun, Staff Member of CFIU, 15 Wanshou Road, BEIJING 100036, CHINA. Phone: 10 6827 6033 Fax: 10 6821 2861 E-Mail: HYPERLINK mailto:[email protected] OR [email protected] Local Contact:- PP Tony Castley, Rotary club of Epping, PO Box 601, Pennant Hills NSW 2120. Phone: 02 9890 1888 Fax: 02 9875 2679 28

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CHINA Village Clinics & County Hospital RAWCS #36-2000/2001 Description:- The Rotary Club of West Wollongong, NSW, D9750, has a project to assist village clinics, in this newly opened up area for Rotary projects, the poverty stricken Binxian County, Shaíanxi Province, China, to upgrade the pitifuly inadequate medical clinics and delivery rooms.

Annual inspections by Rotarians will ensure viability of the project and monitor the proper allocation of funds. All donors will receive progress reports and permanent on-site recognition.

Further Information:- Most village clinics and the hospital lack specialised rooms, heating, medicines, sterilasation and testing equipment. The training and knowledge of staff is good but the facilities are sub standard. All donations are strictly administered by the China Association for International Understanding (CAFIU). All donors will receive reports and permanent on-site recognition. A group of Rotarians will make an annual visit and inspect every aspect of the project.

Cost:- A donation of A$500 (or multiples) will be applied immediately until the project is completed, total cost app A$35,000 ñ includes valley and village holding tanks, piping, pumping equipment, distribution piping and electrical connection. Donations and Copies of Correspondence:Project Funding Contact, PDG Alex Sawyer, 61A Falconer Street, WEST RYDE NSW 2114

Cost:- A$300 (or multiples),and donations of medical equipment.

Overseas Contact:- Mr. Cui Jianjun, Council member, CAFIU, 15 Wanshou Road, BEIJING 100036, CHINA, Phone: 10 6827 6033 Fax:10 68212861 E-Mail: [email protected]

Donations and Copies of Correspondence:Project Funding Contact, PDG Alex Sawyer, 61A Falconer Street, WEST RYDE NSW 2114 Overseas Contact:- Mr. Cui Jianjun, CAFIU, 15 Wanshow Road, BEIJING 100036, CHINA

Local Contact:- PP Walter Bock, Rotary Club of Burwood, 10 Gollan Avenue, OATLANDS NSW 2117 Phone & Fax: 02 9630 7440

Local Contact:- PP Brian Hedley, 50 Yellagong Street, WEST WOLLONGONG NSW 2500

CHINA Binxian County – Pumping Stations RAWCS #37-2000/2001

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Description:- The Rotary Club of Burwood, NSW, D9690, is proposing a new project in the poverty stricken Binxian County, Shaíanxi Province, China, to install pumps to deliver spring water from the deep valley to the villages. Currently it is an arduous four hour round trip to fetch two buckets of water.

Further Information:- The County has 303,000 inhabitants, many of the small villages have no water supply and villagers are constantly involved in carrying water used only for human consumption. Economic development is difficult because of the lost time which could be devoted to breeding extra animals and in a few cases where water is available, crop irrigation. The Binxian County is changing its priority to fruit growing which lends itself to drip irrigation. The County is providing the survey and design for the project. The water supply and equipment is available, and proven successful by installations in several 29

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Australian Council for Overseas Aid

ANCP

AIDAB/NGO Co-operation Program

APSS

Agency Program Subsidy Scheme

AusAID

Australian Agency for International Development

CDC

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DAC

Development Assistance Committee of the OECD

IPF

Indicative Planning Figure

IPSS

Individual Project Subsidy Scheme

ORA

Organisation Review - Australia

ORO

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MYF

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CHINA Binxian County – Primary Schools RAWCS #38-2000/2001 Description:- The Rotary Club of Crows Nest, NSW, D9680 is proposing a new project in the poverty stricken Binxian County of the Shaanxi Province in China to upgrade one or two more Primary Schools.

INDIA Treatment and Prevention of Blindness RAWCS #53-2000/2001 Further Information:- In Binxian County the Primary Schools cater for Kindergarten and grades 1 – 6. There are 340 schools of different sizes most of them are small village schools with 100 or less students. Many of the school buildings are in poor condition. They were built in the 1970s of mud brick and wood and in some cases roofs and walls have collapsed. There is a need to build new facilities in concrete and fired bricks and/or repair the better ones of the old buildings.

Description:- This project is aimed at the prevention and treatment of curable blindness,and is organised by various Clubs in the Rotary Districts of India Further Information:- Eye camps are undertaken during the cooler months, that is from November to March and are normally held over 6 to 7 days. The number of operations per camp is limited to 50 patients so as to ensure the best possible patient care.

Desks and benches for teachers and students alike need to be replaced and/or upgraded. Books are scarce and normally the only other item of instruction is the blackboard. More books and teaching aids and tools are needed to improve the level of instruction. Instruments and equipment for music, sports and arts are non existent but required as well. Further teacher training in seminars is contemplated.

Under the supervision of the participating Districts, individual Rotary clubs conduct each eye camp utilising the services of volunteer Rotary doctors. Cost:- The average cost to treat one patient is A$20 which includes the above items. The local Rotary clubs will contribute 50% of this cost, so for A$10 you can provide the gift of sight to an otherwise blind person.

Primary schooling is compulsory, but poor families cannot pay the small costs involved in keeping their children at school and therefore are forced to take them out of school to avoid incurring debt. Therefore we identify such students to sponsor them, should they like to return to school. We give preference to girls since 2/3 of the children taken out of school are girls.

Donations and Copies of Correspondence to:Project Funding Contact, PDG George Golding, “The Attics” M/S 305 Seaview Road, BUNDABERG QLD 4670 Overseas Contact:- PDG Kodi K Navada, Eastern Switchgear & Electrical Co Pty Ltd, 50 Mirza Ghalib Street, CALCUTTA 700016, WEST BENGAL, INDIA

Cost:- A contribution of A$500 or multiples will be applied towards funding of the 2000/2001 projects. Donations and Copies of Correspondence:Project Funding Contact, PDG Alex Sawyer, 61A Falconer Street, WEST RYDE NSW 2114 Overseas Contact:- Ms Yu Hailing, CAFIU, 15 Wanshou Road, Beijing, China, P.C. 100036. Phone: +86 10 6851 2858 Fax: +86 10 6851 2902 E-mail: [email protected] Local Contact:- Int Service Dir. Björn Kollberg, Rotary Club of Crows Nest, PO Box 562, CROWS NEST NSW 2065. Phone: +02 9418 2702 Fax: +02 9418 2395 E-mail: [email protected] 30

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INDIA Hearing Aids for Hearing Impaired Students RAWCS #55-2000/2001

INDIA Sponsorship of a Child RAWCS #57-2000/2001

Description:- The Rotary Club of Miryalaguda, District 3150, wish to supply aids to hearing impaired students in their area.

Description:- The Rotary Club of Madras South is a sponsor of the Sevasamajam Children’s Home, which caters for about 250 children and is operated by a women’s organisation, with the wives of the Rotarians being actively involved. The home provides food, clothing, protection and schooling for orphaned children aged between four and ten years.

Further Information:- One hundred students are in need of hearing aids, the cost to each student being R2000, which is approximately $20.US.

Further Information:- Nine orphans have been sponsored by Rotary Clubs within Australia. There are many more waiting sponsorship. About 20 of the children are disabled, mostly from polio. Facilities at the home are sparse and basic.

The Rotarians of Miryalaguda and the community are able to contribute 25% of the cost of each hearing aid, and would be most grateful for any support from Australian Rotary Clubs. Overseas Contact:- P.D.G.Varada Reddy, 46A Kirlampudi Colony. VISAKHAPATNAM 530023, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA

The children write to their sponsors and this engenders a feeling of being cared for and wanted. It is very easy to become involved.

Donations and Copies of Correspondence to:Project Funding Contact, PDG George Golding, “The Attics” M/S 305 Seaview Road, BUNDABERG QLD 4670

Cost:- A$100 will sponsor a child for a year. A$300 for a three year term. Donations and Copies of Correspondence to:Project Funding Contact, PDG George Golding, “The Attics” M/S 305 Seaview Road, BUNDABERG, QLD 4670

INDIA CLEAN Drinking Water RAWCS #56-2000/2001

Overseas Contact:- Rtn. B. Shivkumar, Alpump (P) Ltd., Plot 170/172, Developed Plots Estate, Old Mahabalipuram Road, MADRAS 600 096, INDIA

Description:- The Rotary Club of Mancherial, District 3150, is seeking support to provide four borewells in a large village near Mancherial.

INDIA Home for Aged People RAWCS #60-2000/2001

Further Information:- Because of the extreme poverty levels in this village , the program cannot be implemented without outside aid.At the present time, the villagers trek several kilometres to carry water to their homes.

Description:- The Rotary Club of Baramati intends to build and equip the first Aged Peoples Home in the area.

Cost:- Each borewell, which will supply water for 300 houses, costs approximately $2000 US, and qualifies for a Matching Grant.The Rotary Club of Mancherial will supply 25% of the cost of each well.

Further Information:- Aged people often outlive their younger relatives, and they are often left destitute. Providing shelter and sustenance for such people has been a vision of the Rotary Club of Baramati. The project has already attracted a gift of land, and funds to build a pilot double unit, a small hospital now serving a growing community. The hospital is staffed by a resident doctor and provides free consultations from Rotarian doctors.

Donations and Copies of Correspondence to:Project Funding Contact, PDG George Golding, “The Attics” M/S 305 Seaview Road, BUNDABERGQLD 4670 Overseas Contact:- PDG Varada Reddy, 46A Kirlampudi Colony, VISAKHAPATNAM 530023, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA

The residential units which house four people are being built in pairs with common kitchen and toilet facilities. The anticipated total cost of furnishings is A$26,000. The Rotary Club of Baramati has already raised A$4000 with promises of more to come from local sources in support of this project. Donations and Copies of Correspondence to:Project Funding Contact, PDG John Oxley, 22 Palmer Street, ARARAT VIC 3377 Overseas Contact:- Secretary, Rotary Club of Baramati Shri Krishna Restaurant, BARAMATI, MAHARASHTRA 413102 INDIA 31

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INDIA Literacy Project Rotary International District 3170 RAWCS #62-2000/2001

Overseas Contact:- Rtn A.N. Sandhaya, C-16 Industrial Estate, RAJANJINAGAR, BANGALORE, INDIA 560 044

Description:- Rotary International District 3170 is aware that India, with an average literacy rate of less than 35%, has a major problem. The rate is even lower in rural areas. Further Information:- With the co-operation of the State Government, the Clubs of District 3170 aim to establish and equip an effective program in up to 100 schools. The State Government, the 64 Rotary Clubs of District 3170 and local donations will provide the school buildings at a cost of A$32,000 per school, and also provide teacher training. Assistance is required with the provision of classroom equipment, furniture and teaching materials. Donor clubs will receive a project report from their school. A school that is fully sponsored by a Club, can be named after that Club, if so desired.

INDIA Clean Water/Sanitation RAWCS #64-2000/2001

Cost:- A$500 will provide teaching materials for eight class rooms, A$500 for equipment needed to set up a school, A$3,000 to furnish an eight roomed school, A$4,000 will sponsor a school.

Description:- The Rotary Club of Visakha Ukkunagaram, District 3020 wishes to establish a Clean Drinking Water/Sanitation Project in Lemarthi Village, with a population of 1200 .

Donations and Copies of Correspondence to:Project Funding Contact, PDG George Golding, “The Attics” M/S 305 Seaview Road, BUNDABERG QLD 4670

Further Information:- The village mostly houses poor agricultural and industrial labourers. Currently the village does not have a protected water supply or sanitation system.

Overseas Contact:- PDG Krishna M. Pai Koti, New Cotton Market, HUBLI - 580 029, KARNATAKA, INDIA. Phone:(0836) 63141 (B) (0836) 63149 (H)

The village administration will provide land, free of cost, and maintain the project.In addition, 25% of the total cost will be contributed by the villagers. A borewell contractor and members of the Rotary Club have pledged their services to the project. The youth of the village will also supply labor for the project. Cost:- Total cost of the project is estimated at $2200.US.

INDIA Provision of Cows for Destitute Women RAWCS #63-2000/2001

Donations and Copies of Correspondence to:Project Funding Contact, Garry Gunnell, PO Box 907, STRATHFIELDSAYE VIC 3551

Description:- The Rotary Club of Bangalore Highgrounds has undertaken this project called the “Kamadhenu Project” and seek to widen the scope of the project beyond their immediate community.

Overseas Contact:- PDG D Varada Reddy, 46A Kirlampudi Colony, VISAKHAPATNAM 530023, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA

Further Information:- The Club has already donated 31 milk yielding cows at a cost of A$7700 to rural women who are living below the poverty line. Preference is given to widows and/or aged persons and the donation is intended to improve the living and economic condition of the women. Special features of the project are: a) The cows are insured. b) The beneficiaries undertake to maintain the health of the cow whilst the Club arranges health checks. c) The first female calf born to the cow is given back to the Club so it can too be donated. Each cow of good breed with high milk yielding capacity will cost about A$450 and the Club aims to donate 10 to 15 cows per year. 32

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INDIA Vocational Training-Village Schools RAWCS #65-2000/2001

INDIA Furniture for Slum School RAWCS #68- 2000/2001

Description:- The Rotary Club of Visakha Port City plans to provide materials, equipment, and expertise to assist some 1500 poverty stricken students gain a better education.

Description:- The Rotary Club of Pandaripuram, District 3150, wishes to provide furniture for a slum school in Chilakaluripeta, with an enrolment of 300 pupils. Further Information:- The school building has been provided by the Municipality, but no furniture has been supplied. The R/C of Pandaripuram has taken up the project, and will contribute 50% of the estimated cost of providing desks, blackboards and chairs.

Additional Information:- The R/C of Visakha Port City has adopted five village schools in Gudlavanipalem Panchayat, where there is no furniture or equipment.The proposal is to provide 100 benches (desks);15 chairs;15 Blackboards; 4 computers; at a total cost of approximately $A6000. One bench costs $A15; one chair costs $A12; one Blackboard costs $A10; one computer costs $A1000.

Cost:- The total cost of this project is $2200 US of which $1100 US will be contributed by the R/C of Pandaripuram.Any amount contributed will be put to excellent use.

Donation and Copies of correspondence to:Project Funding Contact, PP Garry Gunnell, PO Box 807, STRATHFIELDSAYE VIC 3551

Donations and Copies of Correspondence to: Project Funding Contact, PDG John Oxley, 22 Palmer Street, ARARAT VIC 3377

Overseas Contact:- PDG D Varada Reddy, 46A Kirlampudi Colony, VISAKHAPATNAM 520023, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA

Overseas Contacts:- PDG Varada Reddy, 46A Kirlampudi.Colony, VISAKHAPATNAM, 530023, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA

INDIA Village Water Supply RAWCS #66-2000/2001

INDIA Financial Assistance - Eye Hospital RAWCS #70-2000/2001

Description:- The Rotary Club of Vizianagaram Central and the local Community Agency have undertaken a project to supply a village with a population of 5000, with potable drinking water.

Description:- The Rotary Club of Giridih, District 3250, organises a free cataract Eye Camp in Giridih. Four operations are carried out each day. Ancilliary expenses including food, clothing, bedding and medicine requires further funding following patient discharge after four days.

Further Information:- Most of the 5000 inhabitants of this village are agricultural or industrial labourers, at the lower end of the poverty scale.The land for this project will be supplied free by the local government agency , as will the electricity connection.

Cost:- The average cost per patient is approximately A$1 per day. Monthly costs of A$500 covers the treatment of around 120 patients. The Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind, in the UK gives some asssitance, but further support from Rotary Clubs in Australia is solicited.

The Rotary Club members have commited themselves to this project, together with a cash contribution of $1000 US. The total cost of the project, including borewell, storage tank, pipeline,and taps is estimated at $4000 US.of which 25% wil be supplied by the R/C of Vizianagaram.

Donations and Copies of Correspondence to: Project Funding Contact, PDG John Oxley, 22 Palmer Street, ARARAT VIC 3377

Donations and Copies of Correspondence to:Project Funding Contact, PDG George Golding, “The Attics” M/S 305 Seaview Road, BUNDABERG, QLD 4670

Overseas Contact:- PDG K K Navada, Eastern Switchgear & Electrical Co., 50 Mirza Ghalib Street, CALCUTTA, 700 016 WEST BENGAL - INDIA

Overseas Contact:- PDG Varada Reddy, 46A Kirlampudi Colony, VISAKHAPATNAM, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA 530 023

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INDIA School Furniture RAWCS #71-2000/2001

Donations and Copies of Correspondence to: Project Funding Contact, PDG John Oxley, 22 Palmer Street, ARARAT VIC 3377

Description:- The Rotary Club of Khamman proposes to equip Primary and Secondary Schools in the district with furniture for the students who currently sit on the floor holding a slate.

Overseas Contact:- Rtn Ashok Potnis, Rotary Club of Kolhapur Midtown, 280 “D” Gangaresh, KOLHAPUR, MAHARASHTRA 416002, INDIA

Further Information:- The club has a good record in management of recent projects to serve the many backward people in the area with a Jaipur Foot centre, a Rotary Village and several safe water distribution points in operation.

INDIA Rural Water Supply RAWCS #75-2000/2001

There are 162,390 students attending 1638 primary and 266 upper primary schools in some 36 Council areas in and around Khamman. Furniture is not provided by the government. To meet this need the Rotary Club proposes to equip 440 primary and 266 upper primary schools with benches and desks to seat two pupils each at a cost of only A$4.00 each set. A sign carrying your club name can be fitted in an Andhra Pradesh classroom when you provide a full set of furniture (about 34 pieces).

Description:- The Rotary Club of Bhagyanagar wishes to provide a clean water supply for a small rural village of some 60 households with a total population of around 600 people. Residents are economically deprived daily agricultural labourers or small farmers and all live below the poverty line. Further Information:- The Rotary Club has adopted the village Deval Venkatapur, 30 km from Hyderabad, in an attempt to provide the villagers with basic amenities. The aim is to provide a bore well, overhead tank, water treatment plant, and connecting pipelines to serve the village.

Costs:- A$50,000 will provide 12,360 sets of desks and benches. Clubs should consider furnishing at least one classroom at a cost of A$136. Donations and Copies of Correspondence to: Project Funding Contact, PDG John Oxley, 22 Palmer Street, ARARAT VIC 3377

Cost:- Cost estimated by a chartered engineer is A$8730, which includes drilling a bore well, provision of a 5HP pump, elevated 20,000 litre tank, water softening plant, and all necessary pipelines and fittings.

Overseas Contact:- Rtn K.Azariah, c/- Secretary, Rotary Club of Khamman, 2-3-173 Burmal Shek Road, Gandhi Chowk, KHAMMAN 507003, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA

The Rotary Club of Bhagyanagar will contribute A$750 and will participate in the project with the local village Administration. Estimated construction time is four months from commencement. The project suits an application for a Rotary Foundation Matching Grant.

INDIA Jaipur Aluminium Foot Centre RAWCS #72-2000/2001

Donations and Copies of Correspondence to: Project Funding Contact, PDG John Oxley, 22 Palmer Street, ARARAT VIC 3377

Description:- The Jaipur Foot manufactured from plastic has been of great benefit to amputees, but the plastic used is subject to cracking and is difficult to repair. A new centre is being established to manufacture an aluminium insert for both the thigh and lower limb. With the plastic foot attached all sections are repairable.

Overseas contact:- PP Srinath Rathi, 3-2-840 Kachiguda Station Road, HYDERABAD - 500 027, ANDRA PRADESH, INDIA

Further Information:- The Rotary Club of Kolhapur Midtown has continued the work of providing amputees with an artificial limb that is not only light and serviceable but is repairable. This fine project has been guaranteedmatching grant status and will apply for a Rotary Foundation Foundation grant. The District Governor has made US$30,000 available to finance clubs matching with Australian clubs. The Jaipur Foot program has provided 250,000 prostheses to persons crippled through agricultural and industrial accidents. Support from Rotary clubs has extended across continents. 34

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INDIA Mobile Micro Surgical Eye Unit Bangalore District 3190 RAWCS #78-2000/2001

Description:- The Rotary Club of Madras South has “adopted” the Children’s Home in Seva Samajan, in Chennai, and is providing artificial limbs to those in need.

Description:- The Rotary Club of Bangalore proposes to obtain a motorised fully-equipped Micro Surgical Eye Unit built to today’s modern standards.

Further Information:- These children, either orphaned, or abandoned by their parents have little prospect of ever living a normal life, unless fitted with an artifical limb.The Rotary Club of Madras South has undertaken to supply as many of the limbs as possible, but require assistance from Rotary Clubs elsewhere to complete the project as speedily as possible.

Further Information:- Eye camps throughout India are conducted in make-shift conditions in many instances, eg. school buildings under canvas, which are not suitable to maintain high medical standards, keeping dust levels to a minimum, and are a threat to infections of various nature. Therefore the Rotary Club of Bangalore is proposing to set up this mobile unit to provide hygienic areas and enable more people suffering from blindness and/or eye diseases to be treated in a shorter period of time.

Cost:- A donation of A$20 will provide an artifical limb for one child. Donations and Copies of Correspondence to: Project Funding Contact, PDG John Oxley, 22 Palmer Street, ARARAT VIC 3377

The blind population is expected to double in the next five years. Costs:- The monetary requirements initially are A$3,400 with the hope of a matching grant from the Rotary Foundation to “kick-start” the project.

Overseas Contact:- PDG Varada Reddy, 46A Kirlampudi Colony, VISAKHAPATNAM-530023, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA

Donations and Copies of Correspondence to:Project Funding Contact, PP David Uhe, 51 Luderman Road, NORANDA W A 6062 Overseas Contact:- Dr S G Ramnarayan Rao, MMBS, 131 Kengal Manumanthalam Road, BANGALORE 560 027, INDIA, Phone: 223 236 (H)

INDIA Potable Water Supply- Village Project RAWCS #79-2000/2001 Description: The Rotary Club of Gudur seeks support for the provision of a potable water supply for a village with a population of 15,000 people. Further Information: The Gudur Municipal Administration has guaranteed financial support for this project, and will supply the storage tank.The Rotary Club is seeking assistance to provide the necessary pump house, electrical equipment, and pipelines,. Qualified rotarians will supervise the project at no cost.. Costs:- The Rotary Club of Gudur estimate that an additional A$5000 is needed to complete the project. Donations of any amount will be appreciated. Donations and Copies of Correspondence to:Project Funding Contact, PP David Uhe, 51 Luderman Road, NORANDA W A 6062 Overseas Contact:- Rtn.K.R.Reddy. W/7-272 East Street, GUDUR, 524 101, NELLORE, DT INDIA .

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INDIA School Renovations RAWCS Project # 80-2000/2001

INDIA Sanitation Project - Railapur Village RAWCS Project #82 -2000/2001

Description:- The Zilla Parishad School in economically depressed Begumpet has been adopted by the Rotary Club of Hyderabad Mega City. The school receives scanty government grants inadequate to renovate the building which is in a very poor condition not suited to the provision of education.

Description:- The Rotary Club of Hyderabad North wishes to carry out a project to improve the sanitation in the village of Railapur, some 25 kms.from Hyderabad. Further Information:- Over the past ten years the R/C of Hyderabad North has constructed a water supply and storage system for this village of 1500 people; has been involved in the establishment of a successful school; and takes an active interest in the welfare of the villagers generally.

Further Information:- The school caters for 1000 students and a staff of 30. The compound wall, roofing and flooring is in such bad condition that during the rainy season interiors are flooded necessitating frequent closure of the school. Members of the Rotary Club of Hyderabad Mega City plan to repair and renovate the school with the assistance of the local community and parents.

The proposed project will have a centralised drainage system, with individual toilets for each household. The villagers will provide 20% of the project cost in materials and labour. The local Municipal Administration will supply the land for the septic tanks and drainage lines and also technical support services.

Cost:- The Rotary Club will contribute A$1255 estimated total cost of A$18,192 including:Renovation of walls A$5332 Renovation of roofs A$6273 Renovation of floors A$4705 Equipment - library, laboratory, furniture, sports etc A$1882 Contributions in units of A$100 would be welcome.

Costs:- $300 will provide a septic system for each house. Donations and Copies of Correspondence to Project Funding Contact, PP David Uhe, 51 Luderman Road, NORANDA WA 6062 Overseas Contact:- Rtn V V Shankar, 207 Durga Elite.Chikito Gradens, BEGUMPET, HYDERABAD, INDIA

Donations and Copies of Correspondence to:Project Funding Contact, PP David Uhe, 51 Luderman Road, NORANDA WA 6062 Overseas Contact:- PDG Varada Reddy, 46A Kirlampudi Colony, VISAKHAPATNAM-530023, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA

INDIA Bus Station: Clean Drinking Water & Toilets RAWCS Project # 83-2000/2001

INDIA Furniture for Slum School RAWCS Project # 81-2000/2001

Description:- Known for its work with the provision of clean water in villages, the Rotary Club of Ichapuram wishes to extend their program to provide drinking water and a block of four toilets near a bus station complex used daily by hundreds of commuters.

Description:- Run by the local Municipality this small school catering for 300 students has an inadequate budget and can not provide basic furniture. The Rotary Club of Pandaripuram has adopted the school and has agreed to meet half the cost of the needed furniture.

Further Information:- The club intends to supervise and provide service in the construction of a borewell, connected with a pump, small motor and water storage tank at the bus station.

Further Information:- Located in the slum area of Chilakaluripeta the school requires basic furniture such as benches, chairs and blackboards.

Cost:- The Village Panachayat and the APSR Transport Commission will bear 50% and the Rotary Club 10% of the total cost. They seek assistance to raise the remaining 40%. a) provision of borewell, casing, pump, motor, storage tank and piping A$5018 b) block of 4 toilets, septic tanks, overhead water tank and labour A$5018 Funds to support project (40% of total) A$4516

Cost:- Total estimated cost is A$2760 with half the cost, A$1380, borne by the Rotary Club of Pandaripuram and the remainder sought from external sources. The project would lend itself to an application for a Rotary Foundation Matching Grant.

Donations and Copies of Correspondence to Project Funding Contact:- PDG John Oxley 22 Palmer Street, ARARAT VIC 3377

Donations and Copies of Correspondence to Project Funding Contact, PP David Uhe, 51 Luderman Road, NORANDA WA 6062

Overseas Contact:- PP M G Raman, Baba Printers, ICHAPURAM- 532312, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA or PDG Varada Reddy, 46A Kirlampudi Colony, VISAKHAPATNAM-530023, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA

Overseas Contact:- PP C Balu, Gabbitivari Street, CHILAKALURIPETA-522616, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA or PDG Varada Reddy, 46A Kirlampudi Colony, VISAKHAPATNAM-530023, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA 36

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INDIA Furniture - Equipment for Slum School RAWCS Project #84 -2000/2001 Description:- The Rotary Club of Sullurpet, proposes to supply furntiture etc. for a slum school. Further Information:- Due to the poverty levels no furniture or equipment has been provided for this school. The Rotary Club of Sullurpet will contribute $1,000 towards the total cost of $2,000. Rotarians will provide the furniture and equipment and ensure the ongoing maintenance. Cost:- $2000 will equip this school with the necessary furniture and materials. This project is ideal for a small Matching Grant.

INDONESIA Sponsoring Education for Children RAWCS #85-2000/2001

Donations and Copies of Correspondence to Project Funding Contact, PP David Uhe, 51 Luderman Road, NORANDA WA 6062 Overseas Contact:- PDG Varada Reddy, 46A Kirlampudi Colony, VISAKHAPATNAM-530023, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA

Description: Now a Rotary District 9640 programme operated by the Salvation Army (Bala Keselamatan) and Rotary for over twenty years to assist with the education of needy children. Further Information:- Last year over 400 girls and boys have been helped by this project, with donations from Rotarians, Rotaractors, Interactors, Inner Wheel clubs, and many friends of Rotary. “EDUCATION IS THE KEY TO EMPLOYMENT” and without an education, the youth will not have the opportunity to achieve their full potential, and therefore be precluded from gaining employment. Visits have been made to many of the fifteen Salvation Army Homes on the Island of Bali, Java and Sulawesi. We have regular contact with the Army Headquarters at Bandung and receive letters from the majority of the children and Home Managers. You can be assured that your Donations are carefully used by the Army. “THE EDUCATED YOUTH OF TODAY ARE THE LEADERS OF TOMORROW”. Cost:- A$110 will assist to keep a child at school for almost one year. Your Donation will be gratefully received and of course is TAX DEDUCTIBLE. Donations and Copies of Correspondence to:Project Funding Contact, PDG Alan Still, PO Box 1200, BURLEIGH HEADS QLD 4220 Overseas Contact:- Chief Secretary, Bala Keselamatan, Kotek Pos 1640, BANDUNG, 40016, INDONESIA

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INDONESIA Medical Help for Leprosy Patients RAWCS #86-2000/2001 Description:- The Salvation Army of Indonesia provides leprosy patients with daily doses of vitamins, cod liver oil, together with necessary medication.

Cost:- A$20 will provide one desk, A$100 will provide five desks and so on.

Further Information:- At Sungal Kundar, near Palambang, South Sumatra, the Salvation Army maintains a leprosy treatment centre, where more than 40 aged patients receive daily treatment.

Donations and Copies of Correspondence to:Project Funding Contact, PP Tim Lee-Steere, PO Box 676, BUNBURY WA 6231 Overseas Contact:- Chief Secretary, Bala Keselamatan, Jalan Jawa 20, BANDUNG 40117, INDONESIA (“Bala Keselamatan” is Indonesian for “The Salvation Army”)

A second centre for leprosy treatment is located at Semarang, Central Java. Treatment consists of daily supplementary doses of vitamins and cod liver oil and, where necessary, prescribed medications. Medicines are now being purchased in bulk, from Bandung, this has resulted in a considerable cost saving with the added benefit that increased quantities of medication are now available and thus more patients are treated.

INDONESIA Hare Lip Operation Project RAWCS #88-2000/2001 Description:- This project is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Kebayoran and involves the surgical correction of either hare lip or cleft palates in children under five years of age.

Cost:- A$20 will treat one leprosy patient for 12 months, A$100 will enable five patients to receive treatment for one year. The number of patients receiving treatment is directly related to available funds.

Further information:- The operations are carried out by a Rotarian Surgeon PP Averdi Roezin, and others, from the Medical Faculty of the University of Indonesia, at the Panti Raharja Foundation, Ear Nose and Throat, Surgery Hospital.

Donations and Copies of Correspondence to:Project Funding Contact, PP Tim Lee-Steere, PO Box 676, BUNBURY WA 6231

Patients are from Jakarta and surrounding rural areas of Java. Surgeons who carry out these operations, cover hospitalisation charges and medical supplies, for the all inclusive cost of A$150 per patient. More than 110 children have had these very serious facial disfigurements made good.

Overseas Contact:- Chief Secretary, Bala Keselamatan, Jalan Jawa 20, BANDUNG 40117, INDONESIA (“Bala Keselamatan” is Indonesian for “The Salvation Army”)

INDONESIA Aid for Primary Schools RAWCS #87-2000/2001

Babies who should be still breast feeding, find that after the operation they can now suckle for the first time in their lives. Babies that have to be bottle fed can suffer from both nutrition and diarrhoea, these problems are mostly caused by a lack of hygiene and incorrect baby food formulae.

Description:- The Salvation Army of Indonesia operates twelve village schools. There is an ongoing need to provide basic equipment for these schools and where funds permit, to provide new schools.

Cost:- A$150 will enable a baby to have corrective surgery for either a cleft palate or hare lip and thus be able to avoid both the psychological and physical problems that are associated with either of these conditions.

Further information:- In both Sulawesi (Celebes) and Kalimantan areas of Indonesia, there is a shortage of both schools and equipment.

Donations and Copies of Correspondence to:Project Funding Contact, PP Tim Lee-Steere, PO Box 676, BUNBURY WA 6231

There is a shortage of such basic school equipment as desks, tables, chairs, blackboards, slates and slate pencils. At present in a number of these schools, the pupils have to sit on the ground, the more fortunate ones are able to sit on a floor.

Overseas Contact:- PP Averdi Roezin, c/o Rotary Club of Kebayoran, Jalan Imam Bonjol 20, JAKARTA10310, INDONESIA

In a number of areas of Indonesia, compulsory education is not enforced and because of a shortage of both schools and teachers, children go to school either in the morning or afternoon, but not both. The Salvation Army provides frequent reports on what equipment has been obtained when using RAWCS Funding (IPAC) contributions, along with photographs of the equipment being presented to the schools and pupils. 38

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INDONESIA Mobile Eye Clinic RAWCS #89-2000/2001

A Literacy and Numeracy Project with emphasis on vocational outcomes will provide training for both school age and adult village groups.

Description:- A Rotary District 3400 Management Committee controls the financial support for the medical, scientific and technical back-up for the Mobile Eye Clinic for Cataract Surgery and for the Community Eye Diseases and Blindness Prevention Centre in Bali.

Cost:- A$70 will support a child or an adult within the project to receive specially structured Literacy and Numeracy education for one year. Multiples of A$70 will be of great assistance.

Further Information:- The Centre is staffed by Indonesian doctors and nurses who have benefited greatly from Rotary involvement in the transfer of medical technology and equipment from Australia and other countries. To date the project has restored sight to more than 13,000 poor blind people, and is conducting a blindness prevention program in primary schools.

Donations and Copies of Correspondence to:Project Funding Contact, PP Tim Lee-Steere, PO Box 676, BUNBURY WA 6231 Local Contact:- Munti Gunung Literacy and Numeracy Project Committee. PDG Soeryo Wibisono Ph: 62 361 235 356 Fax: 62 361 231 148 Address: Jln. Hayam Wuruk No. 30 Denpasar – Bali INDONESIA

Cost:- A$50 is the cost of a cataract operation. Donations in multiples of A$50 will be of great assistance. Donation and Copies of correspondence to:Project Funding Contact, PP Garry Gunnell, PO Box 807, STRATHFIELDSAYE VIC 3551

INDONESIA Cleft Lip and Palate RAWCS #91-2001/2002

Local Contact:- PDG John Fawcett, PO Box 25, DENPASAR, BALI, INDONESIA 6009 Ph/Fax: 62 361 287707 E-mail: [email protected]

Description:- The project promoted by the Rotary Club of West Perth seeks to address the incidence of facial deformities so prevalent in the Bali area. Further Information:- This active programme of cleft lip and palate repair is conducted at the Wangaya Hospital in Denpasar. Over 1200 children have been assisted since 1989 and up to six children are operated on each week. The project has already trained medical staff, provided equipment and, at the hospital base has it’s own operating theatre. Funding is generally sought to bridge the gap between the Rotary discount price and the actual hospital costs. Cost:- The local available financial input is about $1,000 AUD per month and the financial gap is about $300 AUD per operation.

INDONESIA-BALI Literacy and Numeracy RAWCS #90-2000/2001

Donations and Copies of correspondence to:Project Funding Contact, PP Garry Gunnell, PO Box 807, STRATHFIELDSAYE VIC 3551

Description:- The area of Tianyar in the district of Karangascm is one of the most economically depressed areas in Indonesia. The village of Munti Gunung with a population of 9,500 is situated on the steep rocky slopes of the extinct volcano Abang. This village has been chosen as the centre for a project in Literacy and Numeracy in 2000. Hundreds of street children in the tourist areas of Kuta Legian and Denpasar originate from this area.

Local Contact:- PDG John Fawcett, PO Box 3190, DENPASAR, BALI, INDONESIA 6009 Ph/Fax: 62 361 287 707 E-mail: [email protected]

Further information:- The project aims to support the village, by providing clean water with solar pumps and tanks (at present in the dry season each person has only two litres of water per day). The Government now has re-roofed the school building, installed electricity and with a willage work project will build an access road. 39

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MALAYSIA “Adopting” a Disadvantaged Child RAWCS #94-2000/2001 Description:- The Salvation Army in Kuching, Sarawak, operates a home for disadvantaged children. The Rotary Club of Kuching through an annual Christmas fair, provides some assistance to the children, but as the State of Sarawak has only two Rotary clubs, this support, by necessity, is limited. Further Information:- Children from birth, to the age of 16 years are cared for and the home provides accommodation for an average of 100 children at any one time. No restrictions are placed on the child’s religious or ethnic background. A large percentage of children are orphans, while others are neglected children, or babies abandoned at birth.

MALAYSIA Sponsoring a Deserving Student RAWCS #92-2000/2001

After receiving a general education, as well as work related skills, at the age of 16, every attempt is made to place children in suitable employment. As well as providing accommodation for children, there is an ongoing need for maintenance of rather aged buildings, in a tropical environment.

Description:- Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Pudu which has established scholarships for children who would otherwise be unable to complete their secondary education so that they may obtain satisfactory employment. Further Information:- For many years the Rotary Club of Pudu has cared for poorer people in their area. Their most helpful community service project has been the provision of this very successful scholarship program. Rotary Clubs in Australia have now helped hundreds of students achieve the benefit of a secondary education. All funding provided by Australian Rotary Clubs is matched dollar for dollar by members of the Rotary Club of Pudu.

Cost:- Just A$4 per day will provide a child with accommodation, meals, education, as well as contributing to overheads such as staff salaries, building maintenance, equipment, transport, medical services etc. Donations and Copies of Correspondence to: Project Funding Contact, PP Bill Seyner, 10 Crabbe Street, WOOLGOOLGA NSW 2456

As with all other RAWCS projects, All contributions go directly to people in need. A satisfactory education is the key to future peace and goodwill, ignorance is one of its greatest obstacles.

Overseas Contact:- Secretary, Rotary Club of Kuching, PO Box 604, 93712 KUCHING, SARAWAK, MALAYSIA

Cost:- A$100 will enable a young person to attend school for a year. Donations and Copies of Correspondence to: Project Funding Contact, PP Bill Seyner, 10 Crabbe Street, WOOLGOOLGA NSW 2456 Overseas Contact:- Dr Lee Hoo Teong, Chairman, Scholarships Committee, Rotary Club of Pudu, PO Box 12087, 50768, KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA

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MONGOLIA Operation Open Heart Education, Equipment & Infrastructure Program RAWCS #97-2000/2001

NEPAL Nepal Eye Program Australia (NEPA) Treating Cataract Blindness in Nepal RAWCS #100-2000/2001

Description:- The Rotary Club of Wahroonga, D9680 has helped in setting up and sponsoring the visit to Mongolia of Cardiac surgical teams from the Sydney Adventist Hospital in Wahroonga, NSW, and the training of Mongolian Cardiac surgeons in Australia.

Description:- The Nepal Eye Program Australia (NEPA) is a voluntary organisation working with The Fred Hollows Foundation to treat cataract blindness in Nepal and the surrounding region. With funds raised by NEPA and The Foundation, The Tilganga Eye Centre has been established in Kathmandu. The Eye Centre trains surgeons and technicians in Nepal and produces high-grade intraocular lenses (IOLs) which are sold in developing countries for use in local eye health programs. Around 55,000 patients are seen at the surgicentre at Tilganga every year.

The project has been an outstanding success, transferring technical knowledge to very talented surgeons from Mongolia, and equip them with the capability to conduct lifesaving operations in their own country. Further Information:- The project began in 1995 through the initiative of the Rotary Club of Wahroonga, having brought Hishigzul, a 3 years old girl, to Sydney from Mongolia, to undergo a successful hole in the heart operation, conducted by Dr. Tim Cartmill, at the Sydney Childrens Hospital. Since then Dr. Alan Gale has lead two visits to Mongolia, with specialist surgeons, theatre staff, technicians and medical engineers, who paid their own fares and expenses, and travelled during vacations, to assess future surgical needs and conduct open heart operations in that country. Dr. Gale was instrumental in bringing several Cardiac surgeons and staff to Sydney for training in modern surgical methods, funded by the Rotary Club of Wahroonga, who propose to expand the project. It is also proposed to develop a close relationship with the Rotary Club of Ulaanbaatar, (the Capital of Mongolia) to co-ordinate future expansion. Money raised will purchase equipment and supplies and improve the infrastructure at the Mongolian Hospital. Cost:- A$250 would be most welcome, A$1,000 would upgrade medical equipment and supplies for future visits. Donations and Copies of Correspondence:Project Funding Contact, PP Garry Gunnell PO Box 807, STRATHFIELDSAYE VIC 3551 Local Contact:- PP Rob Giacometti, Rotary Club of Wahroonga, PO Box 13, WAHROONGA, NSW 2076

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NEPA support is essential to Nepal’s Eye Camps, which screen over 10,000 patients each year and restore vision to over 3,000 cataract blind people. NEPA sponsor these camps by maintaining and supplying equipment to keep them operating. Further Information:- The Tilganga Eye Centre in Kathmandu, Nepal was opened in 1994. The Fred Hollows Intraocular Lens Laboratory in the Eye Centre produces world standard intraocular lenses (IOLs), which are necessary for sight restoring cataract surgery. The Centre also provides Ophthalmic Microsurgical training for surgeons from Nepal and from the surrounding region. NEPA has equipped the surgicentre at Tilganga as well as conducting and sponsoring eye camps in remote areas of Nepal. NEPA funds are used to purchase operating microscopes and other essential ophthalmic equipment necessary for the surgical eye programs. Costs:- A donation of A$25 can restore one person’s vision in a developing country. A$550 will purchase one cataract surgical set, a box of 100 intraocular lenses can be bought for A$1,000. A$3,800 will purchase a portable operating microscope. To totally equip a trainee surgeon costs A$6,310. To sponsor an Eye Camp in Nepal costs A$5,000 or A$1,300 for an Eye Screening Camp.

PAKISTAN Hearing Aids for Deaf Children RAWCS #112-2000/2001 Description:- Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Ruryiala for the Pakistan National Institute for the Deaf Children of Rural Areas, to provide hearing aids for children who otherwise would continue to live in a silent world.

Donations of any amount will help to restore sight in Nepal. Donations of $2.00 or more are tax deductible.

Further Information:- The Institute currently provides for over 100 deaf children, in the school and hostel at Kamoke. A recent survey carried out in Kamoke and surrounding villages, put the number of deaf children at 3,000. This Institute is the only facility that is helping these children, a large number of whom are orphaned. The following letter is from the Australian Ambassador to Pakistan, following a visit to the Institute:

Donations and Copies of Correspondence to:Project Funding Contact, PDG George Golding, “The Attics” M/S 305 Seaview Road, BUNDABERG QLD 4670 Local Contact:- Sarah Elliot, The Fred Hollows Foundation, Locked Bag 100, Roseberry, NSW 2081 Overseas Contact:- Rex Shore, PO Box 561, Kathmandu, NEPAL Phone & Fax: 977 1474 685

“It is some three years ago that I heard about the work that was going on at the National School for the Deaf in Gujranwala and was then able to visit it. This visit confirmed all that I had heard. I was most impressed by the profound dedication and service of Mr. Shiekh and all the staff at the School to this difficult work before them. On subsequent visits I was able to see how children had progressed from class to class. The progress achieved, especially among some of them, was both remarkable and heart-warming. The school has already grown and strengthened, but the problem of the deaf children is a great one and the task ahead most urgent. The school needs help to see it grow further, to maintain the high standards set for it and to enable it to sustain the most valuable part it is playing in the community welfare of this country.” (Signed - J.D. Petherbridge - Ambassador) Cost:- A$200 will provide a child with a hearing aid. A$400 will provide two hearing aids. Donations and copies of correspondence to: Project Funding Contact, P P Tim Lee-Steere P O Box 676, BUNBURY WA 6231 Overseas Contact:- Rtn. Dr Tahir Riaz Sheikh, Majeed Street, Near Tariq Market, Popular Nursery, Gujranwala, Pakistan 42

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PAPUA NEW GUINEA Reconstructive Surgery Rotary Overseas Medical Aid for Children ROMAC RAWCS#117-2000/2001 Description:- The PNG Chapter, of the Rotary Overseas Medical Aid for Children (ROMAC) assist PNG children, who have life threatening or congenital disease, to be flown to Australia for medical treatment. ROMAC was commenced in 1984 by The Rotary Club of Kangaroo Flat, Victoia D9800, which arranged for severely deformed or disfigured Fijian children to come to Australia for sophisticated surgical operations that could not be performed in Fiji. The work expanded and ROMAC now accepts patients from developing countries in the Pacific Basin extending into South East Asia.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA Prosthesis for the Handicapped LAE Limb Factory RAWCS#116-2000/2001

Further Information:- This project (No.117) benefits children under 15 years who have medical conditions which cannot be treated in PNG. The Dept. of Health has limited funds to send children overseas for treatment. The surgical interaction will give them a better life. Assessments are made in PNG and funds are needed to cover discounted Air Niugini airfares, passport, visa as well as support parent or guardian accommodation during extended stays in Australia.

Description:- Provision for funding for the Lae Limb Factory within the National and Orthotic Prosthesis Service (NPOS) at the Angau Hospital, Lae. Further Information:- The project is supported by the Rotary Club of Boroko, PNG.

To ascertain the real value of the Overseas Aid project – medical specialists hospital expense, accommodation and airfares etc., multiply the Rotary funding by ten times or more, resulting in tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars. Cost:- Donations of A$500, or multiples, will enable one patient to be assessed in Papua New Guinea and be flown to Australia for treatment. It is anticipated that up to 12 children per annum will require treatment in Australia.

The Lae Limb Factory is the only prothesis manufacturing and limb fitting facility in PNG. It receives very limited funds from the Government and in order to minimise costs to assist the disabled, additional funds are constantly required for chemicals, prosthetics and other material purchases. The project is also supported by the Friends of Disable Association (FODA). Several Boroko Rotarians serve on the Executive.

Donations and Copies of Correspondence to:Project Funding Contact, PDG Dennis Henschke, 46 Lambert Road, ROYSTON PARK SA 5070

Cost:- Additional funds required per annum is A$5,000 for material purchases. Any sum from A$100 upwards would be appreciated. Donations of materials and equipment suitable for the production of artificial limbs, crutches, walking frames and the like would be most welcome,

Overseas Contact:- PDDG David Conn, PO Box 6880, BOROKO, NCD, PNG Ph: 675 325 5088 Fax: 675 325 3411 E-mail: [email protected] Or The Rotary Club of Boroko, PO Box 1292, BOROKO, NCD, PNG

Donations and Copies of Correspondence:Project Funding Contact, PDG Dennis Henschke, 46 Lambert Road, ROYSTON PARK SA 5070

Local Contact:- PP PP Paul Fitz, 23 Helston Street, NORTH BALWYN VIC 3104 Phone: 9857 5088

Overseas Contact:- David Conn, Rotary Club of Boroko, PO Box 1292, Fax: 675 325 3411 E-mail: [email protected] BOROKO, NCD, PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Or Ms Ambi Bulum, Executive Officer, FODA, PO Box 10 PORT MORESBY, NCD, PNG. Ph: 675 325 0414 Fax: 675 325 0414

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PAPUA NEW GUINEA Boroko Secondary Vocational School RAWCS#122-2000/2001 Description:- Urgent need for typewriters and vocational tool kits.

We still have a long way to go to overcome the negative effect that the education selection system has had on their self esteem. Please express our grateful thanks to the Rotary members for what they do, anybody visiting PNG, Boroko Port Moresby in particular, is welcome to visit the school and see for themselves”.

Further Information:- This Salvation Army School, has been developed with the active participation of Rotarians of the Rotary Club of Boroko in Port Moresby. Captain Louisa Trimmer, Salvation Army Services Officer, Papua New Guinea Command, provided the following update in October, 1997.

Cost:- Each tool kit costs approximately A$200. Contributions of any amount will assist the Salvation Army to further help these young people.

“The Centre has been upgraded by the education reforms to a Secondary Vocational School. The students do Grade 9 and 10 over a three year program with a trade being taught at the same time - Carpentry, Metal Work, Mechanics, Typing and Office Procedures. At present we still have some students who do Grade 7 and 8 first. The high school studies are done by correspondence but we have qualified teachers who go through the lessons with the students.

Donations and Copies of Correspondence to:Project Funding Contact, PDG Alex Sawyer, 61A Falconer Street, WEST RYDE NSW 2114 Overseas Contact:- Captain Louisa Trimmer, Salvation Army Services Officer, PO Box 1323, BOROKO NCD, PAPUA NEW GUINEA.

The aim is to have a graduate with a Grade 10 Certificate which will enable him/her to go to a P.E.T. course or apprenticeship. Both boys and girls can do any of the trades and we eventually are looking to starting our own group apprenticeship scheme, if possible, to help our graduates further. By the year 2000 there will be no more Grade 6 drop outs, all students will go through to Grade 8 at Primary top up schools. This year is the first under the new program, but we have 120 students in first year and approx 30 in the rest of the program. We take students, who have finished Grade 10, for a year of trade teaching. Afternoon classes in Typing are conducted for those who have left school, to gain an extra qualification for finding work. Last year, with great difficulty, we presented each boy and girl with a tool kit for their trade which is what made the school different to other centres. Hopefully we can continue the practice, funds permitting. 44

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PAPUA NEW GUINEA Water for Rural Villages - Mount Hagen RAWCS #123-2000/2001

PAPUA NEW GUINEA Sponsor a Desk - Lae RAWCS #124-2000/2001

Description:- The aim of the Rotary Club of Mt. Hagen is to provide safe water for rural villagers via water wells, rain water tanks and/or reticulated gravity systems. Only 5 countries in the world have less access to safe water than PNG, of which 17% of the rural population have access to safe water.

Description:- The Rotary Club of Lae realises that children need basic requirements to be able to cope with “bush schools”. Further information:- Schools in Papua New Guinea face severe budgetary problems. Schools in rural villages and community areas are mainly constructed of bush materials. with dirt floors, and in wet weather the children are required to sit on stones.

Further Information:- In PNG, water hauling continues to be a fundamental subsistance activity and is the responsibility of women and girls.

A lack of funds prevents the purchase of school furniture such as desks and blackboards, together with other badlyneeded equipment including text books. The Rotary Club of Lae is providing assistance to many of these schools, thereby helping young people in surrounding provinces.

Lack of clean water continues to be the main cause of communicable diseases such as diarrhoea, typhoid, hepatitis etc. Admissions for typhoid in the highland (1993) were 331 per 100,000 as opposed to 3 per 100,000 for the coast (excluding Port Moresby). The objectives of the Rotary Club of Mt.Hagen are: 1. To assist the PNG Health Department to improve to 30%, access to safe water for the rural population. 2. To encourage at least 50% involvement in lead roles for implementation and control of water systems by women and thereby reduce women’s burden. 3. To improve health conditions and reduce the spread of communicable diseases. Costs:- For Water Systems: 1. Well and hand pump. Excavated in the village area by the Provincial Rural Water Department at an average Cost of K1,000 (A$950) which includes excavation, concrete liners, pipes, pump and labour. 2. Rainwater tanks. An approach from the Rotary Club of Melbourne has provided access to 28,000 litre polymer lined, durable, water tanks at a cost approx. A$2,000 plus concrete base, freight and fittings A$425. Tanks are installed on buildings such as schools etc. to ensure access by the whole community, children in particular. 3. Small scale reticulated system. Building a small catchment dam and piping water by gravity to villages. A$10,000 plus length of piping to number of tapstands and villages. 4. Contributions of A$500 can be utilised for maintenance of the system, replacement of parts and printing of instructions and health education material.The Rotary Club insists on recipient participation in labour, tools, food for workers, gravel, bush materials etc., maintenance and protection of the systems. Contributions can be combined with other clubs and may attract a TRF Matching Grant and/or an AusAID subsidy.

Rotarian Paul Constable, Rotary Club of Lae, with a parent of a student showing off a completed desk. Cost:- A$100 will provide a combination school desk and chair, utilising local timber and labour. Donations and Copies of Correspondence to:Project Funding Contact, PDG Alex Sawyer, 61A Falconer Street, WEST RYDE NSW 2114 Overseas Contact:- Rtn Nigel Morrison, International Service Director, Rotary Club of Lae, PO Box 244, LAE 412, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Donations and Copies of Correspondence to:Project Funding Contact, PDG Alex Sawyer, 61A Falconer Street, WEST RYDE NSW 2114 Overseas Contact:- PP David Burrows, Rotary Club of Mt. Hagen, PO Box 137, MT HAGEN, PAPUA NEW GUINEA.

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PAPUA NEW GUINEA “Open Horizons”- Lae A Library Program For Schools RAWCS #126 - 2000/2001

PAPUA NEW GUINEA Youth Centre - Yule Island RAWCS #125-2000/2001 Description:- Basic education for young people so as to enable them to take their place in the community, with a decent set of values and the opportunity for employment.

Description:- The provision and distribution of appropriate bulletins, magazines and quality periodicals, to schools in the Morobe Province of PNG, by Lae Rotarians.

Further Information:- This project is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Balgowlah, District 9680, PO Box 125, Balgowlah, 2093.

Further Information:- Papua New Guinea, like any other developing country has experienced a marked increase in children of school age. This has resulted in an increase in the number of children entering the education system.

Sister Joseph Mary (Sister Jo) is working with young people at St. Peter’s Youth Centre on Yule Island, to enable them to take up employment, to be able to face life with a decent set of values, as well as a good basic education. Sister Jo has written “If all the lads (14-18 year olds) could afford to pay their school fees, it would help, but many cannot, and I can’t make myself send lads home because of a lack of money, as there is no way, save by theft for them to get money ... I’d hate to miss out on Rotary aid, it is all the outside funding we have now ... God bless you”.

The nation does not have the financial resources to provide libraries and other facilities that are normal for more fortunate countries. Schools do not have the benefit of current affair bulletins or magazines. The Rotary Club of Lae has put together a package of periodicals that will allow Rotarians to provide a worthwhile service for a relatively small outlay.

Yule Island is about 100 kilometres west of Port Moresby, one kilometre off the coast. Sister Jo cares for 52 boys and 52 girls, assisted by three sisters and five brothers. It is very much a ‘self-help’ organisation, providing training in rural and pastoral pursuits as well as basic education. This year they are planting 1000 balsa seedlings, and other species such as teak, mahogany and rosewood, to raise additional funds.

For A$100, Rotarians and Rotary clubs are invited to subscribe to the “Open Horizons” program.

The most urgent need is for a 7 metre aluminium dinghy with outboard motor, to ferry supplies across to the island. Letters from Sister Jo are received by Rotarians whose clubs have supported her work, all Rotarians are included in her prayers. Please continue to help her by keeping up the flow of donations.

The package of magazines and books include THE ROTARIAN/RDU for older children, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC WORLD a monthly junior version designed for school use, CLASSROOM produced seven times per year for teachers, RANGER DICK a monthly publication of the US National Wildlife Federation, EXPLORE an easy to read magazine published four times per year, OXFORD ENGLISH ELEMENTARY LEARNERS DICTIONARY of obvious need to pupils and teachers.

The Rotary Club of Lae will undertake delivery and distribution of these periodicals, affix a Rotary International emblem and ensure delivery to the schools involved. Your club will be advised of the school that you are supporting and thanked for your support.

Cost:- A$4500 for a 7 metre Aluminium dinghy with motor. Donations of any amount are welcome.

St Patrick’s Catholic, Agency Community School, Tent City, PO Box 235, Lae, has received books.

Donations and Copies of Correspondence to:Project Funding Contact, PDG Alex Sawyer, 61A Falconer Street, WEST RYDE NSW 2114

More than 20 letters from St Patrick’s students have been received by the Project Funding Contact thanking Rotary for books. Two examples of the letters are: “My name is Jennifer, I would like to say that you are helping us with the new books. I read the books and I felt happy. Thank you, yours faithfully, Jennifer Payang, Grade 2 Malis”.

Overseas Contact:- Brother Rene Gallant, PO Box 683, BOROKO, NCD, PAPUA NEW GUINEA Local Contact:- Rtn. Dennis O’Brien, 10 Dobroyd Road, BALGOWLAH HEIGHTS NSW 2093

“ I would like to thank you for the two cartons of books. I learnt many things inside those books, I don’t know how many new words but those books are telling me those words. I am very happy. I thank you once again. Yours faithfully, Chris Payong”. Cost: - A$100 per subscription. Donations and Copies of Correspondence to:Project Funding Contact, PDG Alex Sawyer, 61A Falconer Street, WEST RYDE NSW 2114 Overseas Contact:- Rtn Nigel Morrison, Rotary Club of Lae, PO Box 244, LAE, MOROBE PROVINCE, PAPUA NEW GUINEA 46

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PAPUA NEW GUINEA Wheel Chairs For Paraplegics RAWCS #127-2000/2001

During 1997/98 the up-grade of the Gona Health SubCentre was completed. In 1998/99 two more Aid Stations, one at Asafa and one at Bagou were built. In addition there is a need to provide a header water tank, floor coverings and painting to all completed Aid Posts.

Description:- The Rotary Club of Lae has undertaken a combined Vocational and Community service project for the supply and manufacture of wheel chairs for paraplegics. Further Information:- This has been a successful on-going club project over a number of years and with the support of IPAC more than 37 wheel chairs have been made available. Where possible, the chairs are being made locally, using unemployed people and local materials, utilising both club and IPAC funding. The result has been a cheaper chair than the previous fully imported models and thus for the same amount of money additional chairs have been made available. However, there is a continuing need for the supply of these chairs.

Cost:- Each Aid Post costs in the vicinity of $30,000 for materials, and on completion is handed over to the Oro Province Health Department. Donations are urgently required and are tax deductible. Donations and Copies of Correspondence to:Project Funding Contact, PDG Alex Sawyer, 61A Falconer Street, WEST RYDE NSW 2114 Local Contact:- Volunteers interested in joining a FAIM Team for this project should contact PDG Richmond Manyweathers, Eastern Region Project Co-ordinator, 19 Babbin Place, CARINGBAH NSW 2229

One wheel chair has been specifically fabricated for an 18 years old male which will enable him not only to be mobile but he has the promise of a job as a telephonist when he adapts. It is the kind of success story that makes it worthwhile!

PAPUA NEW GUINEA Urban Micro Credit Port Moresby and Central Province RAWCS#130-2000/2001

Cost:- A$50, A$500 . . . whatever you can contribute will help a paraplegic to become mobile, rather than having to be confined to a bed or chair. Donations and Copies of Correspondence to:Project Funding Contact, PDG Alex Sawyer, 61A Falconer Street, WEST RYDE NSW 2114

Description:- Establishment of an Urban Micro Credit Scheme to assist in the alleviation of urban poverty and to promote self-employment through micro enterprise training targeted especially for women.

Overseas Contact: Rtn Nigel Morrison, Rotary Club of Lae, PO Box 244, LAE, MOROBE PROVINCE, 411, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Further Information:- Existing lending agencies do not support small lending. This project is supported by the Rotary Club of Boroko as well as the Rural Development Bank and the Womens Council. The Rotary Club will provide seed capital, professional assistance and has a member on the Foundation Board. This project is modelled on the very successful Grameer small business lending programme in Bangladesh. It has the support of prominent local people.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA Kokoda Trail Medical Aid Posts RAWCS #129-2000/2001 Description:- The Rotary Club of Gosford, in conjunction with a D9680 Committee styled “The Rotary/RSL Kokoda Memorial Committee” is continuing to build AID Posts as part of the Oro Province Health Program, initiated by PP John Phillips. (Please note that this committee is quite separate from the RAWCS Limited Eastern Region Kokoda Memorial Project Committee which was responsible for the building, by FAIM Volunteer Teams, the Kokoda Memorial Hospital Complex, financed by the Commonwealth Government of Australia). The Aid Posts together with the Kokoda Hospital form a continuing memorial to the Australian Servicemen and the PNG Citizens (Fussy Wussy Angels), who assisted Australians so heroically in the epic Kokoda campaign of WW2 in defence of PNG and Australia.

Cost:- A$200 can establish a small business. The target for 1998/99 is to establish 40 small businesses. Donations and Copies of Correspondence to:Project Funding Contact, PDG Ron Trevallion, 7 Monkittee Street, BRAIDWOOD NSW 2622 Overseas Contact:- Lady Carol Kidu, Board of Trustees, P.M.B. Parliament House, WAIGANI, NCD, PNG Phone: 675 327 7675 Fax: 675 327 7611

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PAPUA NEW GUINEA Vocation Training of Disadvantaged Youth Port Moresby RAWCS#131-2000/2001

Cost:- Annual cost per school is A$2,000. Donors who support a school will receive positive feed back, photographs and letters.

Description:- The Hohola Youth Development Centre (HYDC) provides low cost education to Grade 6 dropouts, who otherwise, would have no further education. Equipment such as Electric Typewriters and Macintosh Computers are required.

Donations of A$100 to A$1,000 will be aggregated and donors will be advised to which school the funds are directed.

Further Information:- The Hohola Youth Development Centre receives minimal funding from the Government. Training is carried out by the local HYDC staff and ongoing servicing and consumables are provided through the HYDC Budget. The project is supported by the Rotary Club of Boroko and the local Catholic Church.

Donations and Copies of Correspondence to:Project Funding Contact, PDG Ron Trevallion, 7 Monkittee Street, BRAIDWOOD NSW 2622 Overseas Contact:- PDDG David Conn, PO Box 6880, BOROKO, NCD, PNG Phone: 675 325 5088, Fax: 675 325 3411 E-mail: [email protected] Or Mr Chris Elliott, Principal, Gordon Secondary School, PO Box 6415, GORDON, NCD, PNG Phone: 675 325 6429

Members of the Rotary Club of Boroko run a local show stall and assist with customs clearances of the imported donated items.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA Scholarships - Disadvantaged Students Port Moresby RAWCS#133-2000/2001

The beneficiaries from this programme are the young unemployed youth of Port Moresby, the population of which has grown from 100,000 to over 400,000 during the last 20 years, through migration from the rural villages to the urban centres. This has created enormous problems of crime and unemployment.

Description:- Provision of Scholarships to disadvantaged students whose parents are unable to pay school fees. These families are living in a difficult urban environment.

Cost:- Donations of A$100 to A$1,000 will provide needed assistance in local purchases of materials to support the programme. The following Donations in Kind (DIK) are requested: Working Electronic Typewriters and support consumables. Macintosh Computers, printers, UPS, and consumables to support classes.

Further Information:- Fees at Gordon Secondary School are A$200 per annum. The scholarship programme targets students with high academic potential, particularly those whose parents have special family circumstances or disability and are unable to fund the student’s education.

Donations and Copies of Correspondence to:Project Funding Contact, PDG Ron Trevallion, 7 Monkittee Street, BRAIDWOOD NSW 2622

The project is supported by the Rotary Club of Boroko. The club awards 2 to 3 scholarships per year. Many more are needed. The school provides profiles of suitable candidates and selects worthy recipients. A certificate is presented to the student advising him/her of the donating Rotary Club and is encouraged to correspond with that club. The Rotary Club of Boroko propose to expand the programme to other Port Moresby secondary schools.

Overseas Contact:- Br. Dennis Loft, Hohola Youth Development Centre, PO Box 1911, BOROKO, NCD, PNG Phone & Fax: 675 325 7290

PAPUA NEW GUINEA “Early Risers” Programme for Disadvantaged High School Students RAWCS#132-2000/2001

Cost:- A$200 per student for one year. Donations and Copies of Correspondence to:Project Funding Contact, PDG Ron Trevallion, 7 Monkittee Street, BRAIDWOOD NSW 2622

Description:- Provision of tea and light snacks to disadvantaged students coming to school without having had breakfast. An empty stomach can affect their studies. The Gordon Secondary School and Kila Kila High School (both in Port Moresby) are participating in the programme.

Overseas Contact:- PDDG David Conn, PO Box 6880, BOROKO, NCD, PNG Phone: 675 325 5088, Fax: 675 325 3411 E-mail: [email protected] Or Mr. Chris Elliott, Principal, Gordon Secondary School, PO Box 6415, GORDON, NCD, PNG Phone: 675 325 6429

Further Information:- The students are children of parents who have limited finance, or children who come from settlements and/or broken homes. 200 - 300 deserving students are involved but the schools do not have funding to cope. The project is supported by the Rotary Club of Boroko and local business who make donations of biscuits from 48

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PHILIPPINES Carabaos for Farmers RAWCS #141-2000/2001 Description:- The Rotary Club of Cotabato has set up an organisation that will enable farmers to obtain a working farm animal. Further Information:- A carabaos is an animal similar to a water buffalo and is often used in working a farm.

PHILIPPINES Medical/Surgical Program RAWCS #136-2000/2001

Cotabato is on the Island of Mindanao, some 760 kms south of Manila and is a major rice and grain producing region. Approx. 30% of the farmers do not possess a carabaos and have to rely on other farmers to borrow their animals.

Description:- Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Mabalacat as an ongoing medical/surgical program.

The project is to purchase certified carabaos from the Department of Agriculture. All animals are tagged or branded “Rotary” and allocated to farmers on an as need basis. Any farmer allocated an animal will treat it as his own, but all offspring will remain the property of Rotary and be allocated to other farmers. Should a farmer leave the land, his beast will revert to Rotary.

Further Information:- The Rotary Club of Mabalacat has established agreements with a number of dentists, doctors, opticians, clinics and hospitals to furnish services at greatly reduced rates. The Rotary Club pays for these reduced cost services, which have included harelips, cleft palates, goitres, cataracts, hearing loss, etc. These services cost the Rotary Club of Mabalacat A$6,000 per year.

The project is under the supervision of a committee from the Rotary Club of Cotabato, City Mayor’s Office and the Justice and Peace Office and responsibilities include: ● Handle all funds and meet on a regular basis. ● Purchase healthy animals and have all animals tagged and/or branded. ● Set up a distribution program. ● Follow up on maintaining arrangements to ensure continued herd growth.

Cost:- A$50 to ? whatever you can afford will be most welcome. Donations and Copies of Correspondence to: Project Funding Contact, PP Bryce Lillecrap, “Fernfield” RSD 395, EDEN VALLEY SA 5235

The committee retains all rights to the animals and may repossess ill-treated or misused animals.

Overseas Contact:- Rtn Phillip Merrit, Rotary Club of Mabalacat, Dau Mart 11, Dau, MABALACAT, PAMPANGA 2024, PHILIPPINES

Cost:- A$500 will purchase a certified carabaos, including incidental costs, such as transport, artificial insemination, etc.

PHILIPPINES Cataract Surgery Costs RAWCS #138-2000/2001

Donations and Copies of Correspondence to: Project Funding Contact, PP Bryce Lillecrap, “Fernfield” RSD 395, EDEN VALLEY SA 5235

Description:- The Rotary Club of Bugumbayan - Manila sponsors eye cataract operations, which allow beggars to become useful and productive citizens.

Overseas Contact:- Rtn Moya Yu Ekey, Rotary Club of Cotabato, c/o Elena V. Co Hardware Inc., Don Rufino Alonzo Street, PO Box 196, COTABATO CITY 9600, MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES

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PHILIPPINES Community Welfare Project RAWCS #142-2000/2001 Description:- The Rotary Club of Paranaque Community Welfare Project in the Town of Lapining, Northern Samar, is one of the most depressed areas of the Philippines, with no made roads, electricity, hospitals or clinics and in a number of areas, no schools. Further Information:- The population of 15,000 exists on copra and fishing. Due to frequent typhoons, the copra industry is now almost nonexistent. As result root crops are planted such as camote (sweet potato) and cassava.

SOLOMON ISLANDS School Books and Equipment RAWCS #151-2000/2001

Because of the town’s isolation there is nowhere to go in the case of sickness or emergency. The town has appealed to Rotary for help, through the Lapining Rotary Village Corps and the Rotary Club of Paranaque. Among the town’s needs are:

Description:- This project is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Honiara, following a proposal by the Rotary Club of Port Macquarie. Funds are required to provide for pupils and teachers’ books, school desks, blackboards, a duplicating machine, plus other items of equipment.

■ Medicines (for list, see Project Funding Contact). ■ Village (Barangay) schools. ■ Radio communications, which could also serve as a typhoon warning system. ■ Establishment of a medical clinic. ■ Sea transport to ferry goods to other towns.

Further Information:- This project was originally proposed by Rtn Ron Walesby of the Rotary Club of Port Macquarie. The school was built by the South Seas Evangelical Church in conjunction with the Honiara Town Council.

Cost:- A$50, A$100, A$500 ... Whatever you can afford will assist these destitute people.

The school aims to provide an education for the 20% of Honiara children who do not have the opportunity of attending a school. Being a developing country, government funding for schooling is very limited.

Donations and Copies of Correspondence to: Project Funding Contact, PP Bryce Lillecrap, “Fernfield” RSD 395, EDEN VALLEY SA 5235

FAIM Volunteers and the Australian Government, through AusAID, have built more than 80 schools in the Solomon Islands, following Cyclone Namu. The returned RAWCS FAIM Volunteers would be only too pleased to address your club on schooling in the Solomon Islands.

Overseas Contact:- PP Paterno D. Menzon, Rotary Club of Paranaque, 14 Origas Street, BF Homes, Paranaque, METRO MANILA, PHILIPPINES 1700.

Cost:- A$100 or any amount you can contribute will be appreciated by the school. Donations and Copies of Correspondence to: Project Funding Contact, PP Garry Gunnell PO Box 807 STRATHFIELDSAYE VIC 3551 Overseas Contact:- Education Secretary, South Seas Evangelical Church, PO Box 16, HONIARA, SOLOMON ISLANDS.

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SOLOMON ISLANDS Helena Goldie Hospital RAWCS #152-2000/2001

SOLOMON ISLANDS Vocational Training RAWCS #157-2000/2001

Description:- Established in 1903, the Helena Goldie Hospital now serves a population in excess of 25,000. The hospital also provides medical and health visits to remote areas and has the only Solomon Island school for Nursing Aides (who also staff village health clinics) and takes trainees from all provinces.

Description:- St Dominics Rural Training Centre has been established to train young men in village skills, which cover many aspects. Further Information:- The project is supported by the Rotary Club of Honiara and village people. Some of the skills taught are farming techniques, fishing and boat maintenance, building techniques and use of farm tools.

Rotary clubs have supported the hospital over a number of years and because of the ever-present need, will continue to do so. During 1991 and 1992 RAWCS - FAIM teams visited the hospital to carry out work on improved facilities, which will enable the hospital to better service the region.

Cost:- It is an ongoing project requiring maintenance and support costs. Some major needs are:■ Stainless steel and copper steam cooking vessel A$1,500 ■ Annual remote student’s travel allowance - A$2,000 ■ Urgent building and maintenance - A$2,000 ■ Electrical supplies and equipment - A$5,000 ■ Up-grading kitchen - A$5,000

Further Information:- Helena Goldie Hospital is located in the Southwest of New Georgia Island and has 54 beds, with a staff of 45. Most admissions are related to tropical diseases, including malaria, with a significant percentage of surgical cases, the hospital is also the main referral centre for obstetrics. Cost:- Items of equipment that are urgently required, include: Item Air conditioner Centrifuge Fire extinguishers Light - dental examination - general examination Motor Mower - industrial, heavy duty Plaster saw Refrigerator - small - large with freezer Scales - upright balance type Suction - high pressure surgical - low pressure neonatal resus.

Donations and Copies of Correspondence to: Project Funding Contact, PP Garry Gunnell PO Box 807 STRATHFIELDSAYE VIC 3551

Approx Cost A$ 2,000 2,000 1,000 500 500 1,200 500 750 1,500 500 750 750

Other Training Suggestions for Donations In-service education 3 wks in Honiara Laboratory - 1 year training Nurse Aide - 1 year training Pharmacy - 2 years training (per year)

Overseas Contact:- Secretary, Rotary Club of Honiara, PO Box 342, HONIARA, SOLOMON ISLANDS

175 1,100 750 1,250

Donations and Copies of Correspondence to: Project Funding Contact, PP Garry Gunnell PO Box 807 STRATHFIELDSAYE VIC 3551 Overseas Contact:- The Medical Superintendent, Helena Goldie Hospital, MUNDA, WESTERN PROVINCE, SOLOMON ISLANDS

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THAILAND Scholarships for Needy Children RAWCS#163-2000/2001 Description:- The Rotary Club of Sawankalope seeks assistance to provide scholarships for the children of needy families. The higher Education standard attained will be an on-going benefit to their communities. Further Information:- The Scholarship Programme is currently being conducted by the Rotary Club of Sawankalope but numbers awarded are restricted by lack of funding. All applicants for Scholarships are screened by the Rotary Club Committee, which includes visiting their homes to evaluate the financial status of each family. Each Scholarship recipient will be assisted until they finish Secondary School. A Rotarian councillor will be appointed to each recipient to monitor the education and conduct whilst at school. Cost:- A$200 will provide a Thai child with an opportunity to be educated. Donations and Copies of Correspondence to: Project Funding Contact, PP Bill Seyner 10 Crabbe Street, WOOLGOOLGA NSW 2456 Overseas Contact:- PDG Dr. Lek Nana, 41 Thesabadumri Road, 3, SAWANKALOPE, SUKHOTHAI 64110, THAILAND

THAILAND Scholarships to Enable Students to Become Self-Sufficient RAWCS#162-2000/2001

THAILAND Self Financed School Lunch Programme RAWCS#165-2000/2001 Description:- The Rotary Club of Dusit aims to encourage school teachers and children at various schools to raise fish, chickens and vegetables to aim to provide substantive lunches at school.

Description:- The Rotary Club of Srisaket proposes to award Scholarships to enable students to start their own Agricultural Project whilst they are studying in the Agricultural College. The Product from the project will aid them with their Agricultural experience and to make them self-sufficient.

Further Information:- The project involves the marshalling of volunteers to build a fish pond and chicken pen at each school.

Further Information:- The Rotary club of Srisaket is already awarding this type of Scholarship but demand far outweighs their capabilities. The Club desires to award 20 scholarships of A$300 each. Club members will select the scholar to receive the scholarship, assist with marketing of the produce and encourage students to use the new Farming Technology within their own Community. The Agricultural College will provide free tuition, boarding and counselling.

Rotarians then provide tuition on fish and chicken raising and vegetable growing together with tuition on budget procedures towards financial independence. Expected costs of construction for each school in the first year before self financing are: Construction A$3,500.00 Tuition A$ 200.00 Seeds & Tools A$ 500.00 Fish, Chicken & Fee A$1,800.00

Cost:- A$300, or parts thereof, will assist in awarding a Scholarship. Project target is 20 Scholarships @ A$300 = A$6,000.

A$6,000.00

Donations and Copies of Correspondence to: Project Funding Contact, PP Bill Seyner 10 Crabbe Street, WOOLGOOLGA NSW 2456

Donations and Copies of Correspondence to: Project Funding Contact, PP Bill Seyner 10 Crabbe Street, WOOLGOOLGA NSW 2456 Overseas Contact:- PDG M.R. Ophas Kanchanavijaya, 50 Lardprao 92, BANGKOK. 10310 THAILAND

Overseas Contact:- PDG Chumnong Mahaphol, 1357 Ubol Rd., MOUNGTAI, SRISAKET PROVINCE 33000, THAILAND Phone: 6645 620 422 Fax: 6645 620 039 52

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THAILAND Hill Tribes Development RAWCS #167-2000/2001

Overseas Contact:- Rev Lauren Bethell, Director New Life Center, PO Box 29, CHIANG MAI 50000, THAILAND Ph/Fax: 66 53 244-569 E-mail: [email protected]

Description:- The Royal Project Foundation is assisting Hill Tribes to grow alternate cash crops, other than narcotic plants. Further information:- The Hill Tribes of Northern Thailand consist mainly of Karen people living in independent isolated villages. Until recently one of their main cash crops was the cultivation of opium poppies which were used in the production of opium and heroin.

WORLDWIDE Sleeping Children Around the World RAWCS #191–2000/2001 Description:- Slumber Kits for needy children around the world.

The committee, which consists mainly of Rotarians, is introducing fruit and alternate cash crops and helping the Hill Tribes with cultivation techniques and developing markets. This program has already achieved significant results, with a large reduction in the amount of opium poppies grown in Thailand..

Further Information:- When Murray Dryden and his late wife Margaret, of Ontario, Canada, first started providing “Slumber Kits” they little knew what heaven they were to bring to thousands of young lives. A Slumber Kit consists of: One roll-up mattress. One pillow. One rubber or plastic sheet. Two pillow cases. Two pairs of cotton sheets. Two pairs of pyjamas. Two thin blankets One mosquito net or an additional blanket.

Cost:- A$250 - A$500 to whatever you can afford will assist these people to produce crops other than narcotics. Donations and Copies of Correspondence to: Project Funding Contact, PP Bill Seyner 10 Crabbe Street, WOOLGOOLGA NSW 2456 Overseas Contact: PP. Associate Prof. Suthat Julsrigival, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, CHIANG MAI, 50200, THAILAND

All slumber kits are hand-made by local people in the country of distribution. Payment for labour and materials is provided by your donation.

THAILAND Hill Tribes Vocational Training for Young Women RAWCS #171-2000/2001

Over recent years many thousands of these kits have been given to needy children, all because Murray and Margaret cared! Slumber Kits are distributed by the Salvation Army, Jesuit Fathers, Rotary and other similar organisations, world wide. Volunteers from developing countries are full partners in the program. The only prerequisite is a deep compassion for children that are in need of a helping hand.

Description:- The New Life Center, was founded by American Baptist missionaries in order that young tribal women in Northern Thailand could become literate and receive vocational training to escape exploitation. Further Information:- Hill Tribe people in Thailand are living a precarious existence because of increased numbers. There is not enough land anymore to maintain their formerly agrarian lifestyle.

Rotarians and their families have been significant contributors towards the cost of the kits and more than 50% of the work in distributing these kits is achieved with the help of Rotarians.

Often within these cultures, girls are seen as having an economic responsibility. Not being able to speak, read or write Thai, they are very often exploited.

In June 1987, Rotary International honoured Murray Dryden with the Presidential Citation for bringing hope to thousands of needy children. (The RI theme of 1986/87 “Rotary Brings Hope”)

Currently the Center has three houses in Chiang Mai and one in Chiang Rai with a total of 200 residents, most between the ages of 13 – 19. The Center also sponsors 65 young tribe girls, ages 6 – 14 to attend day schools in their villages and through other hostel programs. Some have older sisters who were sold by their paraents into prostitution.

If desired your name can be sewn into the labels of the Slumber Kit. Could your club consider approaching schools in your community for support? Cost:- A$40 will provide one Slumber Kit to make a child happy and warm.

With the exception of the Director and Advisor (from the U.S.), all of the 21 staff members of NLC are hill tribe women, 16 of whom graduated from the Center. All of the residents attend adult school evening classes and during the day study Thai, Akha, Lahu and English, as well as sewing and tribal handicrafts.

Donations and Copies of Correspondence to: Project Funding Contact, PP Garry Gunnell, PO Box 807, STRATHFIELDSAYE VIC 3551 Overseas Contact:- Murray Dryden, 28 Pinehurst Crescent, ISLINGTON, ONTARIO, CANADA M9A 3A5

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WORLDWIDE The Fred Hollows Foundation Treating Cataract Blindness RAWCS #192–2000/2001

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WORLDWIDE Vietnam – Baby Eden RAWCS #193–2001/2002

Description:- Since its launch in 1992, The Fred Hollows Foundation has helped train and equip eye health personal in 19 countries across three continents, restoring sight to thousands of cataract blind people each year.

Description:- Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Balmain as a programme of clean water provision for orphanages in Vietnam and other adjacent areas. Further Information:- Promoted as a project because of an experience by a private person accepting an adopted child and the near death of that child due to the effects of dysentry the project is to provide micro filters to a variety of orphanages.

Over 450 doctors have been trained in modern cataract surgery techniques using intraocular lenses, and to date The Foundation has restored sight to over 250,000 cataract blind people in Vietnam, Nepal, Eritrea and across Africa. Further Information:- Cataract blindness is reversible, and in developing countries blindness is a veritable death sentence. It is estimated that there are currently 16 million people in the developing world who are blind due to cataracts.

The central component of the project is the provision of filters with a reusable 0.2 micron filtration media. Treated water is to comply with W.H.O. standards. It is proposed that a chlorine tablet will be provided to the communities to add to treated water to ensure it is not contaminated.

The Foundation’s aim is to provide the training and equipment necessary for local eye surgeons to perform the 20-minute operation which restores sight. Once trained these surgeons can perform between 500 – 1000 sight restoring operations every year. The training programs allow those trained surgeons to go on and train other surgeons in their country as well as including education on cost-recovery systems to ensure substainability of the programs. Cost:- A donation of A$25 can restore one person’s vision in a developing country. A$550 will purchase one cataract surgical set. A$3,800 will purchase a portable operating microscope. To totally equip a trainee surgeon costs A$6,310. A training microscope costs upwards of $8,200.

The “Baby Eden” project has been approved by the Office of Charities in the Department of Gaming and Racing under the Charitable Fundraising Act 1991. Cost:- Any donation will be welcome and all monies received will be accumulted to provide the units progressively. Donations and Copies of Correspondence to: Project Funding Contact, PDG Alex Sawyer, 61A Falconer Street, WEST RYDE NSW 2114

Donations of any amount will help to restore sight in a developing country. Donations of $2,00 or more are tax deductible. Donations and Copies of Correspondence to: Project Funding Contact, PDG George Golding, “The Attics”, M/S 305 Seaview Road, BUNDABERG QLD 4670 Dr Fitsum Ghebre Hannes looks at Fatna Omer, 65, in her village of Kegal. She has a mature cataract and could receive an intra-ocular lens to restore her sight. Her sister Halima is 56.

Local Contact:- Susan Macdonald, The Fred Hollows Foundation, Locked Bag 100, ROSEBERY, NSW 2018

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