The Police Officer of the Year Award will take place at the Royal Adelaide Showgrounds on Friday 6 September.

A copy of the forward program has been placed on the tables.

The Pride of Workmanship Award ceremony will be held on Unley Road (somewhere) on Wednesday 23 October.

Guest Speaker : Dave Tuzewski - Disaster Aid

Valerie Bonython introduced Dave who now resides in Adelaide.....previously he lived in Clare, the United States and Alice Springs....and has been a Rotarian for 35 years, currently with RC Adelaide Parks.  He was a foundation member and director of DA Australia, a project inaugurated by RC Endeavour Hills of Victoria  in 2010.  Partners in this Australian initiative which has joined with DA International include the USA, Malaysia, UK & Ireland, India, New Zealand and a growing number of other countries. Dave has been a member of a Disaster Aid Response Team (DART) on 9 occasions to badly affected areas overseas . His profession was as a business consultant in a range of areas including tourism.

DAA specialises in the two areas that victims of disaster need as a priority, namely shelter and clean drinking water. Temporary accommodation was being provided via a boxed family survival pack which included a tent and other essentials for each family in an affected village. While this meets a lot of their needs it often arrives too late due to bureaucratic hold-ups, sheer bulkiness, and transport issues in often difficult terrains. It is expensive, contains equipment which is often not used and the tents only last a year. A more measured approach is now adopted which takes account of the circumstances and logistics associated with each disaster. Significant progress has been made with timely provision of repair materials, such as the delivery of tools and equipment to the Philippines and galvanised iron to Nepal after disasters. In Vanuatu a portable sawmill was fixed to help with house rebuilding. They now deliver sma.

Clean water after a disaster is essential. There are two filtration systems supplied, namely the Sawyer Emergency Family Filter (a small unit which meets the family's daily safe drinking water needs) and the Village SkyHydrant which produces 10,000 litres of clean water per day. This latter unit removes pollution including nasty pathogens....but does not take out salt or chemicals. It uses no electricity, is easy to install and maintain, and will last 10 years. Identification of those responsible for its ongoing operation and maintenance, and proper training thereof, is vital. Contaminants settle on the outside of the filter and are knocked clear each day as part of the backwash process. The all-up cost, including installation with a gravity platform, is $5000.....translates to a cost of 1 cent per 200 litres. Rotary clubs and districts can help by sponsoring a hydrant and its installation.

Dave related how this unit, invented by Rhett Butler of the Australian not-for-profit Sky Juice Foundation, amazed aid agencies which had traditionally sent large filtration units and diesel generators into devastated areas. More countries are coming on board and are utilising SkyHydrant to, for example, cleanse poor quality water for schools and communities.

Below is Dave with the SkyHydrant and next door is the family filter

Dave was thanked by acclamation.....excellent!

• there are ongoing issues with obtaining eftpos through PayPal
• the Thrift Shop lease negotiations need to be sorted out soon...awaiting a sub-committee report
• subs remain unaltered
• Pam needs to be kept in the loop on all Thrift Shop matters

Gosha-e-Ilm: A Ray of Hope

Posted on August 20, 2019 by Rotary International

 

By Ebadat-ur-Rehman Babar, 2019-20 secretary, Rotaract Club of Faisalabad, Pakistan

 

Faisalabad Rotaract club members lead an evening class for child laborers.

Our idea started back in 2018, when I and two other members of my Rotaract club began looking for an innovative, sustainable project. We wanted to submit an entry for the Rotaract Outstanding Project Awards and we came up with an idea of starting a school for child laborers who do not have enough resources for their education.

According to a survey conducted by the Federal Bureau of Statistics, out of the estimated 40 million children in Pakistan, approximately 19 million are working as child laborers, the majority of those living in slum areas. These kids can’t even write their own name. Education is the key to success. So, we prepared a project proposal and submitted it to the rest of our team and they accepted it. But due to lack of resources, we weren’t able to begin last year.

In July, we launched the project with funds we collected from club members and named it Gosha-e-Ilm, an Urdu word which means “Corner of Knowledge.” The primary aim of this project is to end illiteracy. We started in the neighborhood of Lyallpur, Pakistan, but have plans to expand into other areas of the city after we hold a fundraiser in the near future.

Initially in Gosha-e-Ilm we are providing evening classes. The students can earn their wages during the day and study in the evening. We are teaching them basics and involving them in different learning activities. We provide them all the necessary supplies including stationery.

Gosha-e-Ilm is not just about providing schooling, though. It’s a vision for building a better country. In supporting education and building awareness of social issues like  climate change, our aim is to improve the quality of life for these children and raise the standard of living for all Pakistanis.

Saturday Thrift Shop Roster

Bunnings Mile End Barbeque

The Tale End.……