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Rotary
Monument in Caracas
Caracas VenezuelaCheltenham RotaryA Project Requiring
the Cooperation of Two Clubs in District 4370 Caracas |
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Entrance
to the Ophthalmological Clinic |
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Mevorah
Florentin
Founder of The Society of the Blind
Responsible for bringing Braille to Venezuela and
sponsor of the clinic.
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Dr.
Tovar is Director of the clinic, and he is blind himself.
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Blind
members of Chorus |
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Refractor
Donated July 18, 2006 under the Matching Grant Project |
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Frank
Bisk signing final documents with Venezuelan Rotarians |
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Margarita
Katan, PDG District 4370 and Mevorah Florentin’s
neice; Frank Bisk and the Rotary Club Presidents involved
in this project.
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Puyo
Ecuador
A project to provide computers for a community center
and two schools surrounding Puyo Ecuador.
Involved two rotary
clubs in Ecuador. Did not involve any DDF; But did
involve matching cash. |
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Miguel
Valverde No. 52 School in Bahia de Caraquez in northwest
Ecuador.
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Nashik
IndiaRotary Club of Bristol
To provide 450 books and 10 computers to 10 village
schools near Nashik India.
A set of 25 books placed in both the 4th and 7th
grades.
Involves both DDF
and matching cash.
Firdaus Kapadia, President
Rotary Club of Nashik Road and Mr. Patil Superintendent
of Village Schools
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Matoshri
Nagar School in the Belgaondhaga Village
Dictionaries, Encyclopedia,
Biographies, Short Stories
The Nashik Village
Schools project was extended from 10 schools to
17 schools; since the Rotary Club of Nashik Road
was able to get better
prices - this is what a General Contractor calls
"buy out" as actual cost as compared to
his bid figures. |
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Plaque
in Marathi |
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Banner
in English |
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Rajwada
School in the Belgaondhaga Village
Vibha Patil With Students |
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Students
Had Shared One Book |
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School
Teachers |
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Kwang
Village NigeriaRotary Club of Broomall
A project to provide a complete purification and filtration
system for the Haven of Hope Mission in Kwang Village
Nigeria.
Involved no monetary commitment by the primary host
partner. It did involve both DDF and matching cash.
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Haven
of Hope Mission
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Carpenters
at Work
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Fitting
Interior of Container
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Russ
and Jim Painting |
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Water
Storage Tanks |
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Russ
Kehler and Stan Madsen
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Transporting
to the Dock
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Village
of Vashali
Nashik IndiaRotary Club of Bristol
To provide shoes for 855 students in 10 village
schools surrounding Nashik India.
An international project that does not involve funding
by the Rotary Foundation.
Vibha Patil is the Primary Contact at the Rotary
Club of Nashik Road
Auto rickshaw in the forground is the mode of transportation.
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Students
trying out their first pair of shoes.
The Nashik Shoe project
is unique in that the Bristol Rotary club simply
finaced it with $1000 cash - and the project was
obviously good in that it
provided 855 pair of shoes!
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Village
of Vashali
Auto rickshaw in the background is the mode of transportation.
Typical village home.
Vibha Patil is the Primary Contact at the Rotary
Club of Nashik Road
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Shoe
Manufacturer is measuring and recording foot sizes. |
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International
Youth Exchange Students visiting District 3030 help
in distributing shoes. |
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Village
of Viholi |
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Approximately
350 students occupy this resident school
for the orphans and abandoned children. |
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Students
waiting in line for their shoes. |
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Vocational
School for the Blind
Students are trained to sew, play instruments, etc. |
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A
fair well from the Vocational School for the Blind. |
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