We are very pleased to announce that the Rotary Club of Dunnville’s Project supported by District 7090 CND Cluster Fund in 2022, is approved to proceed to construction. Their project is a water supply system built to supply water year-round to a village school in Tanzania.The village of Irmorijo has 600 primary students and each day they must bring their own supply of water, or else they can not attend. The severe drought period in this part of Tanzania lasts 8 months, followed by 4 months of rain. The ingenious system to be installed at the school will collect the rainwater that runs off the roofs; filter it and then store it all in large bins in sufficient quantities to last the whole period of the 8 month drought. The total budget to do this is only $40,000 USD.
Please make sure your club is prepared to join the 2024 Canadian District 7090 Cluster Fund. Within a week or two your club will receive the pledge document that when returned; will commit the club to budget the $1,000 USD to the project that is selected this November. The pledges mean that a club that wants to propose a Global Grant project will know the approximate financial support available from the Cluster Fund. This means that they can plan the details of the project and be prepared for the selection meeting in November.
You are no longer limited by your club’s International budget to sponsor a worthy project. The Cluster Fund can ensure you have sufficient funds to succeed.
Any questions???? Contact David Berry; dberry@cogeco.ca- Dave Berry
The Project selected by the Canadian Cluster Fund in 2023 will provide diagnostic X-ray equipment to a hospital in central Boliva. The municipality of Portachuelo has a hospital that has equipment from the 1980’s and is serving a region of over 100,000 people. This new equipment will mean that they will no longer have to travel to get diagnosed and treated. The cluster grant contributed just over $30,000 USD to an $84,000 project.