Christina's Monthly Review

Happy Saint David’s Day to all our members and especially those across the channel.
With these couple of sunny days , the daffodils have bloomed showing us golden colours of the welcoming Spring and brighter weather around the corner as well as the added warmth with more of the golden sun appearing more often.
In rotary it is the month of Water Sanitations and Hygiene
When we think of these issues of Sanitation and Hygiene  we often look at the developing world countries and the depravation  of the people from what we take for granted with clean water and a healthy diet  with a choice of fresh nourishing food. Yet in our own communities we can find problems of sanitation and hygiene. We are constantly wanting to hear of ratings for our beaches, we are horrified with sewerage discharges into our rivers and sea. It affects the limited industry that we have on the coast with great dependence on hospitality. We are always concerned about our own communities. especially when it affects the livelihood of the local population with a decline of visiting holiday makers.
 Our streets and our towns must always be up to standard to receive visitors with no dog fouling, no overflowing rubbish bins, clean pavements, a choice of good retail shops and plenty of eating establishments. We need good and varied  choices of accommodation, room for campsites and all the facilities that go with a attracting a visiting population in the summer months.
Then comes the time when the towns are empty and  no visitors to support the economic structure of the area. The lack of employment in the area, the difficulty of surviving until the next seasonal employment.
As a club we are very aware of the circumstances of families and schools and services during these months of no out of season work. We support families, we are aware of the need to supplement with food banks and also our concern with hygiene through our project to give dental education to the younger generation. We are pleased that we can show our awareness and the understanding that our communities are of concern to us in its sanitation and hygiene issues and we endeavour to help as we see fit and are always open to further ideas of how we can support our own community in times of need.

Christina (President)