District Foundation Chairman Vas

The work of Rotary Foundation, the organisation's own charity, was explained to club members  when we had a visit from Kadaba Vasudev, the District 1190 Foundation chairman.
He said the main aims of the charity, to which all Rotarians contribute,were to advance world understanding, goodwill and peace. Time, money and expertise were invested into challenges such as poverty, illiteracy, and malnutrition with sustainable solutions that leave a lasting impact.
He explained that a new grants system had been introduced that was more effective and more efficient. But he said the projects given funding  had to be sustainable and have more local control, wherever they were in the world.
Vas talked about the Rotary battle that has been going on since 1985 to eradicate polio from the world. In 1985 there were 350,000 cases and this year only 94 cases had been reported against a figure of 157 this time last year.
But he warned that polio is only a flight away and that new cases had been reported in Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopian and Sudan.
While international project were supported he also explained how clubs could apply for smaller grants for local projects.
He was thanked for his talk by the club's Rotary Foundation chairman John Dixon.