On Saturday, 6^th June, members of the Barton Youth Centre braved the winds to link the two Humber Bridge Towers with a long paper chain to raise funds to send Rotary Lifestraws to a remote area in Colombia.

The members of the youth club wanted to thank the Rotary Club of Barton Upon Humber for their trip to Eden Camp which could not have taken place without their financial support. 

Project Youth Worker, Pat Sutch explained “Barton Rotary Club has always helped the Barton Youth Centre by giving money for special events and trips that we have done.  Every year we do something for charity so this year we thought we would return the favour and help to do something for them”  Members of the Rotary Club of Barton Upon Humber visited the Youth Club to talk about Lifestraws and how they help to save the lives of people in areas where there is little or no clean drinking water.  They were inspired by the fact that many of those who die are children and wanted to help. 

Barton Rotarian, David Witter “Our club is well known in Barton upon Humber for the support we give the community and we are delighted that the young people of Barton Youth Club want to support one of our international projects”

The Lifestraws have been sent to a small remote community in Campo Hermoso, which is on the Venezuela border approximately 2 hours from City of Cucuta.  Rotarian Stuart Leyland who delivered the Lifestraws on behalf of the Barton Youth Club said “It is a very poor area where the water is badly contaminated and they do not have very much as their parents scratch a living. I gave out Lifestraws one by one and erected a family filter – it was amazing.  The children were delightful and everyone was just so grateful.  I felt very humbled by the whole experience”