Newsletter Feb. 2015 RIBI International Committee. Potential project in India – Autism, Cerebral Palsy Former RIBI President - nan.mccreadie@btinternet.com – writes …."Vision Special School, Delhi is offering services to Special Children in the category of intellectual disability, learning disability, Autism, and Cerebral Palsy among others. Rotary Club of Delhi Maurya in D 3010 is looking for an International Partner. Please do let me know if any club would be keen to become the International Global Partner for Global Grant to help the running of Vision Special School serving different Children with Special Needs."
Kamuli and beyond - fundraiser for Ugandan hospitals Here is a date around Rotary Day for your diaries - Saturday 28th February 2015 To cheer you up in the depths of winter, Dr Jim McWhirter is organizing another fabulous event to celebrate what we have achieved in Uganda and raise funds for what we still want to achieve. •A North African feast by Charlotte Turner and team ◦Fizz and canapés ◦Main course ◦Dessert ◦Coffee, tea, etc •After dinner entertainment from Jeremy Paxman So please think about who will join you - tables of 6, 10 and 12 available, tickets are a donation which attracts gift aid - suggested minimum £35 per person. It will be in Benson Village Hall (OX10 6LZ). More details from jimhmcw@me.com
DISC at the top. For the last three years every incoming District International Service Chair (DISC) has been told at the RIBI Assembly how influential they can be if they grasp their role and develop new horizons. D1060’s DISC Matt Porter has taken that message to the top and appears to have displaced the RI President from his desk at the Rotary International headquarters in Evanston!!!
GLOBAL GRANT 1414790 CHANGING THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WITH ALBINISM IN TANZANIA. Former RIBI International Service Committee member, Dr. John Philips johnphilip@btconnect.com - writes...’’I am pleased to say that that we are expecting the above Global Grant fund to be paid imminently into an account in Moshi (email below from TRF). The total amount is $108,000.00. This is the largest fund and project I have ever had the privilege to manage! This is also the second GG project I’ve had the opportunity to lead – the first being our previous project in Ukerewe. A team of nine people will go out to Tanzania to launch the project later this month. This is a multinational project and has been supported by a number of clubs and districts. This will make a difference to the lives of some of the Albinos in Tanzania and the credit will be to Mirfield RC!’’ There is a report about this project (including a link to a BBC report) on 9 http://www.rotary-site.org/page.php?PgID=2837&SiteID=389
Disasters The RIBI web site is regularly updated – as Rotarians we naturally look to the long term sustainable help we can provide but naturally think of the ‘NOW’ – please support the Rotary sponsored ‘reactive’ charities in their on-going work to provide shelter and other essential survival items. Projects can be posted on the RI’s crowdsourcing tool site. ‘Rotary Ideas’ and questions about contributing to Ebola relief at an RI level should be sent to relief@rotary.org DFID Emergency Ebola Response Fund, Sierra Leone, £0–1m+ Closing date: 31 March 2015 DFID have established a £5m Ebola Emergency Ebola Response Fund (DEERF) which will provide support over the next 4 months. The Fund is designed for low value interventions which donors would otherwise find difficult to support. Details from https://www.gov.uk/international-development-funding/dfid-emergency-ebola-response-fund
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Mike – mjparry111@hotmail.com RIBI International Service Committee Chairman & Editor
Mike Parry - Chairman mjparry111@hotmail.com
Allan Smith allan@smithonweb.com
Colin Ince Colin18270@blueyonder.co.uk
Gordon McGone gordonandlorraine@btinternet.com
Kevin Pitt – Chair, External Funding Committee kevinjpitt@gmail.com
Ron Daniels Ron.daniels@btopenworld.com
Liaison Governor 2014 -15 Wendy Watson