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.

In October 2020, Kal Rotarians, friends and family are travelling to the village of April, Nepal to help build two houses for this community that was devastated by the 2015 earthquake.  To find out more about this trip and how you can help click here…


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2019 – 2020 Donations

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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 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

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


After the 2015 earthquake


8 rooms of the school built


Devi Jal Kumari serves 225 students


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.


Locals building the rammed earth latrine


Locals building the rammed earth latrine


Locals building the rammed earth latrine


Locals building the rammed earth latrine

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.


Clean Water for Haiti


Clean Water for Haiti


Clean Water for Haiti


CWFH truck

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.


Hippo Rollers


Hippo Rollers

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.


International Project Photo


House


House

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.