Your help is needed to raise money for water projects in Central America.
 

Letters will be sent to Members this week asking for their support for a planned Global Water Project to be initiated later in the Rotary Year.  More than 2.5 billion people lack access to adequate sanitation facilities.  Clean water is a basic need for human beings. When people, especially children, have access to clean water, they live healthier and more productive lives. However, at least 3,000 children die each day from diseases caused by unsafe water, which is what motivates Rotary Clubs  to build wells, install sand filters and teach community members how to maintain new infrastructure.

While very few people die of thirst, millions die from preventable waterborne diseases, providing the impetus to also improve sanitation facilities in undeveloped countries. Members start by providing toilets and latrines that flush into a sewer or safe enclosure and then add education programs to promote hand-washing and other good hygiene habits.  This was the focus of our project in  Villa Piniel, Honduras.

 

In this our Centennial Year, the International Service Committee is seeking to work with several other Rotary Clubs and initiate a Global Water Project in Central America.  Global Projects have a minimum budget of $30,000.00 and the International Rotary Foundation will provide a minimum of $15,000 toward an accepted project.  

This fund raising effort will allow the Lima Rotary to support a large Global Water Project with sustainable, measurable outcomes in Rotary’s areas of focus. Grant sponsors form international partnerships that respond to real community needs and change lives.  The Club has a goal of raising $7,500.00 for the Global Water Project.  Corporations represented in Lima Rotary and outside the Lima Rotary Club will be separately solicited.  It is requested that individual Rotary Members contribute $20.00.   Please forward your contribution to:

Lima Rotary Foundation, PO Box 1111, Lima, OH 45802

Please note on your check: Global Water Project