International Donations
International Donations
Kal Rotarians also support international projects and initiatives, such as End Polio, through club fundraisers or through donations to The Rotary Foundation. See more at Link to Foundation.
Recipients of our Donations
| International Donation Recipient | Year | Description | Area of Focus |
| Devi Jal Kumari School, Gorkha Nepal | 2015 – 2019 |
-Built a two story school serving 225 students -built two toilet buildings at the school 2019 –funding provided for electrical connections to the school and to purchase desks, chairs and bookshelves. |
Supporting Education Providing Clean Water, Sanitation and Hygiene |
| Frances G. Cosco Foundation | 2019 |
2019 -provision of a latrine to serve an 800 student school in Bezawit, Ethiopia 2020 – Furnish classrooms in a school at the Tis Abay primary school in Amhara region of Ethiopia. We are a part of a $300,000 project which is doubling the size of the school, building latrines etc. So basically, a new school in the area for about 1,200 children allowing for education from grade 1-8 instead of only 1-4. |
Supporting Education Providing Clean Water, Sanitation and Hygiene |
| Clean Water for Haiti | 2018 – 2019 |
2018 – 100 bio sand filters for rural families 2019 – 50 more bio sand filters and funds to replace an old truck that delivers the filters to rural communities 2020 – funding for 4 motorcycles which will allow the technicians to reach the rural areas they service and do regular maintenance checks. 2020 – 50 more bio sand water filters |
Providing Clean Water, Sanitation and Hygiene |
| International Donation Recipient | Year | Description | Area of Focus |
| Kiva Micro Loans | 2015 to present | Funds to support primarily women’s businesses in developing countries | Growing Local economies |
| Africa | 2019 | -fund to provide “hippo rollers” for 15 communities in Africa. | Providing Clean Water, Sanitation and Hygiene |
| Zimbabwe Project | 2019 | -support the building of a community agricultural garden |
Saving Mothers and Children Growing Local economies |
| Gleaners | 2019 | 2019 – funds to assist the purchase of a new air dryer |
Saving Mothers and Children |
| Rotary Club of Costalegre, Mexico | 2020 | 2020 – Rotary Club in Mexico – building a school kitchen and mess hall eating area for 200 students at the Kinder School in Costalegre, Mexico. This is a partnership with the Rotary club of Costalegre. |
Saving Mothers and Children |
| Rotary International Project Support | 2019 | 2019 – Funding to support the construction of three classrooms at St. Matthews Primary School in Pomona, Stann Creek, Belize, and Central America. |
Supporting Education |
| Olive Branch for Children Organization | 2020; 2023 | This money will seed a gas stove project to replace in-home wood burning stoves with gas top stoves, freeing up people (almost exclusively girls) from spending hours a day foraging for firewood. This will allow the organization to set up a distribution center in Mbeya, S.E. Tanzania and create a self- sufficient small business in the area. |
Growing Local economies Promoting health and education |
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Devi Jal Kumari School, Gorkha Nepal
RURAL EDUCATION AND HEALTH
Our goal is to strengthen the capacity of communities to provide basic education and literacy. By rebuilding the primary school in rural Aprik, 225 students in Nepal have access to education and a better future. The provision of clean water and latrines at the school are critical to ensuring community hygiene and health.
Photos: 1. After the 2015 earthquake, 2. 8 rooms of the school built, 3. Devi Jal Kumari serves 225 students, 4. New Latrine facilities at Devi Jal Kumari
Bezawit school latrines, Ethiopia – Frances G. Cosco Foundation
EDUCATION AND HEALTH
Our goal is to strengthen the capacity of communities to provide education and literacy. By being part of the project to build an 800 student school in Ethiopia, we are helping to provide access to education and a better future. The funding of a latrine at the school is critical to ensuring a hygienic and healthy environment.
Photo tabs: Locals building the rammed earth latrine at the Tis Abay primary school/Bezawit, Ethiopia are using university resources to determine the right soil mix. Using the better mix, they have started constructing the latrine building walls.
Clean Water for Haiti
MORE THAN PROVIDING CLEAN WATER
We support local solutions to bring clean water to Haitian families each day through bio sand water filters. Helping to fund reliable transportation ensures that families receive the filters as well as on-going filter maintenance and hygiene education. Making filters provides employment, healthier economies and empowers people for the long term. Empowering people, improving lives, and sustaining change – and it all starts with providing clean water.
Kiva Micro Loans
Kal Rotary has provided over $135,000 in loans since 2015 to over 5,381 recipients in developing countries around the world.
GROWING LOCAL ECONOMIES
We enhance economic and community development and create opportunities for decent and productive work by providing small business loans to women in developing countries. This way, the women can better support their families and communities.
Hippo Rollers for Africa
CLEAN WATER, HEALTH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Hippo Rollers improve access to clean water in rural communities in Africa by carrying 90L of water more easily and efficiently than traditional methods. More water means a better quality of life, children are able to get to school and gain better employment opportunities. Families can irrigate, generating income and rising above subsistence living levels.
Zimbabwe Project – Community Garden
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
By supporting the community agricultural garden as part of the Zimbabwe Project, Kal Rotary is supporting sustainable projects developed and implemented by the community to provide villagers with ongoing income. This income allows children to go to school and provide food to their families.
Gleaners
Gleaner representative with Rotarians Ryan Fairburn and International Chair Dr. James Mayne
FEEDING FAMILIES
By providing funds to purchase a new air dryer, Kal Rotary is supporting the Gleaners to distribute over 7 million servings of soup mix to Guatemala, Haiti, North Korea, Ukraine and Zimbabwe. Addressing food insecurity and malnutrition helps families grow stronger.
Rotary Club in Mexico
FEEDING STUDENTS
Kal Rotary’s contribution to building a school kitchen in Mexico will help address food insecurity. It will also ensure students do not go hungry and are supported in their learning.
Rotary International Project – Belize
PROMOTING EDUCATION
Kal Rotary’s contribution to a Rotary International project to build three classrooms for St. Matthews Primary School in Pomona, Stann Creek, Belize will help provide education to students and offer them opportunities for a brighter future.
Olive Branch for Children
PROMOTING SMALL BUSINESS
Kal Rotary’s contribution to this organization will seed a project to replace in-home wood burning stoves with gas top stoves, freeing up people (almost exclusively girls) from spending hours a day foraging for firewood. This will allow the organization to set up a distribution center in Mbeya, S.E. Tanzania and create a self- sufficient small business in the area.