Members should have received Alan Wolstencroft’s latest ‘Alan’s Africa‘ update.
If you haven’t seen it you can grab the main 2019-20 developments here.
Rotary year 2019 – 2020
The Rotary year runs from July to June. As we approach the end of the year I thought I would summarise what has been achieved this year:
- Installation of a gravity fed water system providing 4 taps , 2 flushing toilets & sinks benefitting 1,500 people
- Built 3 school toilet blocks all with water harvesting & handwash stations
- Water harvesting installed on a two classroom block
- Converted an empty building into nursery classrooms
- Installed a water system into a science laboratory & purchased science equipment
- Purchased additional textbooks & library furniture
- Set up a micro credit scheme for 3 ladies
- Supported a community football Club including renovations to their hostel and day to day subsistence support
- Support for 3 teenage/young adult orphans including Momoh & his carer & family
- Sunny Girl project – supplying 350 girls with sanitary pads each month
- Supported 83 school staff during Covid
So far this Rotary year £21,760 has been raised, with a few pledges still to come in, and £19,800 has already been sent to the projects. None of this would have been possible without the great support I receive from a vast network of supporters and to each and every one of you a BIG
THANK YOU for helping me to “Make A Real Difference”. Together we are “changing lives & making dreams a reality”
Since I first started working with my first school in January 2007 just over £264,700 has been raised. This has funded the building of:
- 32 classrooms (23 with water harvesting & 9 with mains electricity)
- 8 toilet blocks (6 with water harvesting and handwash stations)
- Installation of a well, refurbishment of another & the gravity fed water system
Plus many refurbishment projects & other support