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World Community Service :           updated 3/2007               Download Power Point presentation 11MB


Kids made happy for less than the cost of a cup of coffee!

Rotary Monument in Caracas
Caracas Venezuela Cheltenham Rotary A Project Requiring the Cooperation of Two Clubs in District 4370 Caracas
Entrance to the Ophthalmological Clinic
Mevorah Florentin
Founder of The Society of the Blind
Responsible for bringing Braille to Venezuela and sponsor of the clinic.
Dr. Tovar is Director of the clinic, and he is blind himself.
Blind members of Chorus
Refractor Donated July 18, 2006 under the Matching Grant Project
Frank Bisk signing final documents with Venezuelan Rotarians
Margarita Katan, PDG District 4370 and Mevorah Florentin’s neice; Frank Bisk and the Rotary Club Presidents involved in this project.
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.

Miguel Valverde No. 52 School in Bahia de Caraquez in northwest Ecuador.
Nashik India Rotary 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

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.

Plaque in Marathi
Banner in English
Rajwada School in the Belgaondhaga Village
Vibha Patil With Students
Students Had Shared One Book
School Teachers
Kwang Village Nigeria Rotary 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.

Haven of Hope Mission
Carpenters at Work
Fitting Interior of Container
Russ and Jim Painting
Water Storage Tanks
Russ Kehler and Stan Madsen
Transporting to the Dock

Village of Vashali
Nashik India Rotary 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.

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!





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


Shoe Manufacturer is measuring and recording foot sizes.
International Youth Exchange Students visiting District 3030 help in distributing shoes.
Village of Viholi
Approximately 350 students occupy this resident school
for the orphans and abandoned children.
Students waiting in line for their shoes.
Vocational School for the Blind
Students are trained to sew, play instruments, etc.
A fair well from the Vocational School for the Blind.