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Life Straws - Saving Lives |
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Written by Stuart Leyland (Barton)
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Wednesday, 11 October 2006 |
 A SIMPLE tool which enables people to drink water from unclean sources is being distributed to children across East Africa thanks to a local charity bid. It is a straw with filters. It is robust – the only maintenance is to blow rather than suck, and costs just £2.50. It comes attached to a string so can be worn round the neck. Barton-on-Humber Rotary Club, along with other Rotary Clubs and organisations in the area, has adopted the Life Straw cause. The Life Straw is a personal mobile water purification tool. The user sucks water though it and as water is drawn it passes through a number of filters. By this filtration process all particles above 15 microns are removed and water borne diseases including cholera, dysentery, typhoid and guinea worm are eliminated. Typically it provides up to four years drinkable water for a child and half this for an adult. |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 29 October 2006 )
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“Big Rotary Phone Drop-in” |
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Written by David Westwood (Hull)
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Saturday, 07 October 2006 |
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 It is proposed that District 1270 supports the And Albert Foundation in its work by gathering, and encouraging others to gather old mobile phones, which can be recycled instead of sent to land-fill and the money received sent directly to help with these projects.
The And Albert Foundation, based in East Yorkshire, is a registered charity (number 1072068) and an established NGO which has trained people and leaders in a group of villages along "The Old Slave Routes" in rural Africa that led from Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and down to the Atlantic coast slave forts. In each of the locations, And Albert has already begun a programme of activities to benefit the whole community. These include the provision of clean water, the sales of their handicrafts and now a strategy of growing and planting indigenous species of trees, shrubs and plants to create a healthier environment as well as economic development. President of RC Hull, David Westwood represents Rotary on the organising committee in Hull of Wilberforce 2007, to commemorate the 200th Anniversary of the first Act of Parliament abolishing the slave trade. This project will be taken to the Wilberforce Committee to consider adoption as part of their programme of events and activities as it is so closely connected with the slave routes. If adopted, this will ensure wide publicity and encourage further public support. |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 28 October 2006 )
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Doncaster St Leger supports the National Barnardo's Appeal |
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Saturday, 07 October 2006 |
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 Rotary clubs throughout the country supported the TESCO national collection for BARNARDO’S on Friday and Saturday, 29th and 30th September. BARNARDO’S is one of the preferred charities for RIBI (Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland) fundraising in 2006/06 – a relationship which will involve Rotarians supporting Barnardo’s projects and raising vital funds for the charity’s work with disadvantaged children and young people.
The Rotary Club of Doncaster St Leger collected at TESCO Extra, Balby on 29th/30th Septembe r and thanks to the generosity of the public collected almost £1200. Nationally it is hoped to raise £250,000 at 480 Tesco stores. Roy Elms, President of the Rotary Club of Doncaster St Leger, said ‘We know the money raised will make a difference to the 120,000 disadvantaged young people Barnardo’s supports’. |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 28 October 2006 )
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