The International Service Team provides a forum for our members to learn more about the international impact of Rotary. We are the collecting point for grant submissions from other Rotary Clubs. Last Rotary year, we evaluated 12 proposals and funded 7 with a total of $3,550. In addition, Dave Newman led a district grant for support of work in Nicaragua and Don Martin gained approval for a Global Grant for Ear & Hearing Care for Liberia. So far this year we have received 8 requests from other clubs for funding and the work on the Global Grant continues.
If you would like to join the International Service Team, you can be a part of evaluating the grants from other clubs and see the incredible reach of Rotary. If you would like to initiate a District or Global Grant, you can learn the ropes before you dive in.
The Global Grant has funding of at about $60,000 from many Rotary clubs and about $20,000 from Rotary International. Two-thirds ($40,000) of the funding is for equipment for trained nurses at 7 hospitals across the country of Liberia in West Africa. Most of the equipment has arrived here in Minnesota and before long we will have a “packing session” at one of our weekly Rotary meetings. We will pack each of the “kits” into its case for delivery to the trained nurses.
Here is a photo of much of the equipment on the day it arrived from Italy.
We hope to ship the equipment to The Rotary Club of Monrovia, Liberia before the end of August.