Donation to matching grant with Etta Projects
Posted by Craig Clarke
on Mar 15, 2012
Our club contributed $500 to a matching grant project with the Rotary Club of Poulsbo-North Kitsap. Doug Pearson coordinated additional contributions by a number of clubs in our area. Nanaimo Daybreak, Nanaimo Oceanside and Lantzville contributed $500 at the same time as we did. The Rotary Club of Nanaimo had joined earlier.
Etta Projects is a charity formed in memory of Etta Turner who was killed in Boliva while on a Rotary Youth Exchange in 2002. Etta Projects has tallied the following accomplishments since then: 26 villages benefit from clean water projects; 15 schools have gardens, improving the nutrition of more than 3,000 people; 14 villages have trained health counsellors, 5 rural schools have started rearing livestock to improve access to protein; hygiene curriculum is available in 12 rural schools; trained leaders for 25 villages; 91 youth leaders better prepared to participate in local development; 70 families have composting latrine to improve health & sanitation.
The purpose of this project is to purchase a 4 wheel drive vehicle that will allow the Rotary Club of Minero and Etta Projects to reach rural villages and implement future projects.
Etta Projects is a charity formed in memory of Etta Turner who was killed in Boliva while on a Rotary Youth Exchange in 2002. Etta Projects has tallied the following accomplishments since then: 26 villages benefit from clean water projects; 15 schools have gardens, improving the nutrition of more than 3,000 people; 14 villages have trained health counsellors, 5 rural schools have started rearing livestock to improve access to protein; hygiene curriculum is available in 12 rural schools; trained leaders for 25 villages; 91 youth leaders better prepared to participate in local development; 70 families have composting latrine to improve health & sanitation.
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