Board Spotlight - International Services
Our club sponsors a number of interesting and worthwhile International Projects around the world. The table below outlines many of these efforts and which of our club members is responsible for leading or managing each project.
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Name of Project and Country |
Purpose of Project |
Club Members |
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Montana de Luz - Honduras |
Support AIDS orphanage. Mission trip every other year. |
Amy Snow |
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Blue Star Moms - Afghanistan |
Food and support for US troops abroad. |
Jim Warburton Wolf Lant |
|
Shoes for Shoeless Kids -Thailand |
Provide shoes for poor school children who are shoeless. |
Debbie Lutz |
|
LN-4
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Provide free, “below the elbow” prosthetics to people who have lost an arm. |
Jim Burness Rita Hook Claudia Trusty |
|
Group Study Exchange (GSE) |
Organize non-Rotarian groups visiting other countries, and welcoming foreign groups to Dublin. |
John Miller |
|
Interventional Radiology – Doctors from various countries (Spain, Philippines et al) |
Train foreign doctors in the USA in interventional radiology techniques. Joint project with Nation-Wide Children’s Hospital. |
Debbie Sheppard Chuck Giska |
|
Provide Quality Water Sources
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Work closely with Rotary clubs in foreign countries to fund deep water wells & filters or other means of improving water quality for school kids. |
Scott Williamson Sharon Kendall |
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Assist with Malaria Prevention-Tanzania |
Provide funds to purchase treated nets to deter mosquitos. |
Scott Williamson |
|
Future Planning |
Investigate opportunities in Iraq and other countries |
Momin Durrani |
The above list may look long, but at any given time there are 200-300 clubs around the world who are asking for help in terms of resources or volunteers to improve their communities. Rotary International maintains an on-line list of these projects, the local contacts and the estimated cost of each project.