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RCWO Projects
Project Chance Africa
Construction of a potable water system at the Mathere Slums, Nairobi, Kenya
Uganda Global Grant Project
Vohovole P. S., Vihiga County, KenyaInstallation of potable water system. DSG applied for 2020-2021 year
Project Chance Africa
• Installation of a potable water system in Mathere slums, Nairobi, Kenya
• Mathere slums population 800,000
• 90% unemployed, live on less than $1/day
• PCA built a 5-storey primary school – 410 children
• Opened a clinic in the school in 2011
• Distribution of special oatmeal and food
Uganda Global Grant Project
• Economic empowerment of people with disabilities in Kasese District
• Provide assistive devices such as wheelchairs, tricycles, crutches, calipers, and surgical boots etc.
• Training in production of assistive devices including repair and training in metal fabrication
• Training in poultry farming and vegetable production with emphasis on women and girls.
• Financial literacy training including basic bookkeeping
• Mental rehabilitation training
• Local partner: Rotary Club of Kasese
Potable Water Systems at Primary Schools in Rural Kenya
• Lifelong mission of Rotarian Bea Osome and her husband Ben
• Managed, onsite, successful installation of water systems in 18 schools between 2007 and 2019
• The latest system inaugurated at Madzuu Primary School in VihigaCounty
• Objective to build 20 such systems before retiring
• Application for a District Simplified Grant submitted for 19th water system at VohovolePrimary School in Vihiga County
District 7040 Club Projects
RC Cornwall Sunrise
To address neglected tropical diseases in underserved rural districts of Ghana.
RC Kingston-Frontenac
To assist with community development program in Tanzania.
RC Ottawa
To transport infant incubators to Harare, Zimbabwe.
RC Eganville
To support workshops to train girls on personal hygiene and boys on their responsibilities at a school in Nairobi, Kenya.
RC Ottawa South
To support a program to help girls in rural southwest Uganda to ensure they continue their studies in school.
OTHER Projects
Heart of Africa Project CanaanTo contribute to expenditure for equipment to maintain basic infrastructure and hygiene programs at Project Canaan, Eswatini (former Swaziland), Africa
RC Central Port of SpainTo support “Adopt a School Program” by contributing to upgrading of library, painting and repairs of washroom facilities and installation of a joint Rotary sign.
KIDZAID TrustTo contribute to assist AIDS orphans, vulnerable children and their caregivers in Kwazulu/Natal, South Africa
