Where does the money go?

 Our guests today were Stephen Ellis (representing Rotary Foundation), David Phillips (District Governor) and Christine Dagwell Thompson (Assistant  District Governor).

Stephen had been invited to talk to the club about Rotary  Foundation.

This is our Rotary Charity and was founded in 1917 by Rotarian Arch Klumph . It is a not for profit organisation that donates money to good causes in the UK  and world wide.

For example, in 1995 Rotary started the campaign to eradicate polio world wide. There were  350,000 cases  globally that year and today there are just 9 cases.It has  been a very successful, but a long and sustained  campaign. It is supported by the  Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation who match US dollar for each US dollar raised.

Other areas of focus include, and receive grants of money in the UK and world wide.

   Peace and conflict resolution.

   Mother and child health

   Clean drinking water and sanitation

   Disease prevention and treatment

   Basic education and literacy

   Economic and community development,

Locally we had a grant to support (our contribution) to food banks and District 

wide, for assistance in Ukraine.

Members of our club are “sustaining members” in that we  donate 100 US dollars per person  every year.