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Rebecca Malope on stage |
'We have touched the lives of 2 billion children'
By Catherine Harris
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Rebecca's sings gospel but with a
difference. |
This is the proud boast of Rotary International as they
explain their centennial gift of immunisation to 2 billion deserving children
around the world through the Rotary Foundation. The Foundation's work is not
limited to global initiatives such as protecting children against deadly disease
and providing educational initiatives like scholarships for post-graduate study
and international student exchanges, but can be seen through local initiatives:
stocking a library, supporting a leprosy centre, establishing a crθche,
supporting a centre for street children, rain-water harvesting at schools and
providing a borehole to a local community. Signs which announce these completed
projects are clearly visible from the road when driving along the Arusha / Moshi
Road.
Rotarians are proud of their achievements but even prouder to be involved in
their local communities. This individual commitment and involvement is
recognised alike by business colleagues and competitors and reflected in the
willingness that businesses have shown in providing prizes for the raffle to be
drawn at the Rotary Bollywood Gala Dinner on 19th November 2005. Prizes such as:
* 2 Business Class tickets KIA / Johannesburg / KIA courtesy Air Tanzania
* 2 tickets KIA / Dubai / KIA courtesy Precision Air
* 1 year free wireless broad band connection courtesy Benson Informatics
* 2 nights accommodation and full board for 2 at Tarangire Tree Tops courtesy
SOPA
* 2 nights accommodation and full board Serena Amboseli Lodge courtesy Serena
Kenya
* 1 piece (3.96 carats) Tanzanite and 1 piece (5.7 carats) Tourmaline courtest
Ashok Verma
* 2 nights for 2 at Mashado Beach Resort courtesy Deepa Hans
* Spotlights/highlift jack/maintenance-free battery courtesy Sameer Parts
* Full board for 2 at Ngorongoro Farm House courtesy Tanganyika Wilderness
Camps
* Full board for 2 at Tarangire Kikoti Camp courtesy TANZ Photographic Safaris
* Full board for 2 at Kigongoni courtesy Atty Hammerroos
Rotarians will be out in force soon selling these tickets and asking for your
support with raffle tickets costing 10,000/= each. Don't hold back! Here is your
chance to win one of these fabulous prizes but, even if you are not one of the
lucky winners, you have the satisfaction of knowing that you have contributed to
the work of the Rotary Foundation. Maybe it was the ticket that you bought that
protected one child from polio or gave a much-needed scholarship for further
study. You have the evidence of Rotary's commitment around you help them to
help the community.
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