Our International Chairmen this year are President Mira Chatterjee & Rtn. Serene Martin
Congratulations must go to the previous organisers along with the Rotary Club of Loughton & Buckhurst Hill for the ‘Bollywood’ evening they arranged on the 29th October.
Early indications show that the profit for the evening will exceed £2500-00, which will be divided equally between the two Clubs, with every penny being donated to charity! The Charities who will benefit from this evening are Shelterboxes, Water Aid, Aquaboxes, Rotary Shoebox Scheme and Hope for Homes
Write-ups of just two of the mentioned Charities listed above can be found below.
The Aquabox scheme.
(Thanks go to the Rotary Club of Wirksworth for the following picture and text)
(The picture shows an ‘Aquabox’ plus contents; filter kit, water purificationtablets, muslin, tap and survival bags)
Natural disasters come in many forms – earthquake; cyclone; flood; refugee displacement – but all share a common factor. The most urgent single problem facing the relief agencies is the provision of a supply of safe drinking-water. The solution is AQUABOX, a robust plastic tank with water purification tablets and packed with essential welfare items for a disaster situation. Once the welfare contents have been removed, each AQUABOX can be used to purify up to 1100 litres (240 Gallons) of polluted water, making it safe and pleasant to drink. which equates to 5000 cups of clear clean water.
Visit http://www.aquabox.org/intro.asp for more info.
The Rotary ‘Shoe Box’ scheme.
Originally started in District 1280 in 1994, the Rotary Shoebox Scheme was at that time intended to provide children of Lasi, in north-east Romania with Christmas gifts. Since then, the scheme has become an RIBI International Project and every District in RIBI is involved in this popular scheme. Boxes about the size of a shoebox are filled with toys or presents for children who otherwise would not receive presents on Birthdays, Christmas, or on their own religious holidays.
Gifts are now sent out throughout the year to many different countries in Central and Eastern Europe. Toys are especially useful all year round for Birthday presents in the Orphanages, Homes and Hospitals. All age groups, including teenagers, have welcomed the boxes. Go to www.rotaryshoebox.org for more details.
Since the recent earthquakes and tsunami in Japan, and the Floods in N.W. Pakistan, these Aquaboxes and Shoe Boxes are required more desperately than before
