- The Rotary Club of
Reading Maiden Erlegh
Our club participates in a number of international projects. Included in these are:
Partnering with the RC of Banjul the club is sponsoring
the upgrading of Nemasu school with the rebuilding and extension of
classroom space and toilet facilities.
Update on the work - January 2020
Build of new toilets
Septic tanks for the new toilets - trenching and blockwork
complete.
Septic tanks complete. The new toilets will be built
next.
School panarama with part constructed nursery on the left.
Nursery blockwork done and floors poured.
New nursery roof
70 children in current classroom.
Current toilet facilities for 600 children and 20
staff.
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The club sponsored a volunteer for a year to support the
Unlocking Talent educational project in Malawi. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zuaDNcc48U&t
A class using ipads to access lessons on maths and languages.
A maths lesson this morning. If you look carefully, on the back 2 rows, the children are facing the other way and working quietly on their iPads.
This is the cabinet that holds the iPads in a Learning Centre. You can see the iPads and the 2 batteries charged by a solar panel on the Learning Centre roof.
Children washing hands before entering Learning Centre in Magareta.
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The club helped to fund this project in northern India to build a classroom in a rural village. The aim is to counter the population drift from rural areas to the cities by providing agricultural based training to young people. Co-ordinators of this outreach project are The Doon School in Dehradum, Uttarakhand, India.
The site at the start of works.
The classroom almost completed.
The building has been extended upwards to create a second
floor and toilets have been built on the outside.
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In 2017/18 the club helped to fund a volunteer in the
International Citizen Service programme run by Charity Challenges
Worldwide. Jed Hetherington went to Ghana to assist growing
small and medium sized enterprises.
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This library was constructed from a scond hand 40 foot shipping container and donated to the school. The costs were shared by Maiden Erlegh RC and Heldeberg Sunrise RC near Cape Town.
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Jointly with other clubs in the UK and Sweden we were involved in a project on Ukerewe, the largest inhabited island in Lake Victoria in Tanzania, with a population of 350,000. Tanzania is one of the poorest countries in Africa and Ukerewe, while being typical of many rural Tanzanian communities, is particularly isolated and disempowered. The biggest town, Nansio, is a 3.5 hour ferry journey from the mainland. The project is a broad ranging venture including work in the areas of water and sanitation, education, health/hospital schemes, literacy and vocational training. At the heart of the scheme are proposals to boost local economic activity.
Laying a waterpipe to a school that had no piped water
Rebuilding a hospital maternity ward in Ukerewe
Constructing a school library in Ukerewe
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We help and support an orphanage in Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India. karun orphanage website 2013
We have provided funding for Micro Credits . These are scheme set up locally in third world countries to provide loans to people starting small businesses, where no other finance would be available. There is a Micro Credit scheme in Ukewere.
We have funded a number of Shelter Boxes. Shelter Box is a Rotary supported charity that provides emergency shelter and lifesaving supplies for families around the world who are affected by disasters, at the time when they need it the most. shelter box website
We support Aquabox, which is similar to Shelter Box, but focusses on water purification equipment. aquabox website
We help with street collections in response to major natural disasters.
We are regular contributors to Rotary's own charity, the Rotary foundation. As well as supporting the main charity, we have supported Polio Plus, the initiative to eradicate Polio from the world. Polio website
The Rotary Club of
Reading Maiden Erlegh
District 1090, Central Southern England
Once the Covid-19 social distancing restrictions are lifted at some time in the future we will be meeting on Tuesdays at 7 for 7:30pm at: Crowne Plaza Reading East, Wharfedale Road, Winnersh Triangle, Reading, RG41 5TS on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month and at the Heron On The Ford, Landsend Lane, Twyford, Reading RG10 0UE on the 2nd Tuesday of the month. Until that time we use the Zoom video conferencing system for our meetings.
