Today we will also be joined by the winning team from the 2018-19 Investment Competition - MO'S & BROS - who completed a hat trick of wins for St Martins School.
Nantwich Rotary Club's involvement with Lend With Care
Care International is a leading aid and development charity fighting global poverty. Their mission is to create lasting change in poor communities and they put money where it is needed most. With more than seventy years practical and hands on experience their programme tackles the route causes of poverty. When disaster strikes they are one of the first to respond, ensuring aid gets to where it is most needed.
Lend with Care is a set up whereby money is loaned to an individual or small business then they repay the loan which can then either be withdrawn or re-invested with someone else. A 'hand up rather than a handout!
Nantwich Rotary have been doing this for for some 9 years now very successfully and over 120 other Rotary Clubs similarly have got into this robust international programme.
To date April 30th 2017 the Rotary Club of Nantwich have loaned £2,205 - two members have donated £1,500 in total, comprising 105 loans which has created 351 jobs, helped 1,273 entrepreneurs and 4,570 family members. To date there has been only 1 default and all loans repaid on time.
Any monies repaid is re-invested with other entrepreneurs.
Loans have recently been made to:
The Luntha Goup in Malawi to restock a general store, which is supporting many families.
Kuvuna 2 Group in Zambia to develop their local store, where local families are growing produce
Abahujumugamba Group in Rwanda, which is supporting a farming group and their families
Tigwirizane Group in Malawi, to develop their market stall to support their families and those growing crops.
Kushinga Group in Zimbabwe, to develop their clothing market stall to support their families.
Celso Gronzalao Velez Contenco Group in Ecuador for animal rearing
Vysoykandal Village, Oda Commune in Cambodia for hire of tractor and village labour supporting many families.
These are just a few of those we have made donations to.
Lend with Care Updated 18/04/2017
Watch this video to find out more about Lend With Care:
more Fish n Chip Supper at Weston Pools with NZ Exchange Group - all members and friends welcome - please book with Mike Jones by June 5th
more Meal (£13:50): * Chicken liver parfait with seasonal chutney and toasted sour dough, Roast loin of pork with sage and apricot stuffing roast potatoes and vegetables Tea/Coffee or Vegan Meal: *Greek salad, Butternut squash risotto Tea/Coffee
more Flying Officer Leo Banks (son of Jo) will give us some background to the Afganistan Crisis before Treasurer Dave will tell us of some ways that we can support charity efforts in the region.
more Bill Shaw's speaker today is Gabby Haigh speaking about St Anna's school, Ghana via Zoom
more Club members and friends act quickly to support St Anna's
more The Rotary Club of Oswestry have received an excellent Christmas present with the approval of their Rotary District Grant application in the amount of £800 to support the work of St Anna's Home, Ghana who have been badly affected by the Covid pandemic.
more International Committee's annual evening with overseas students invited from local schools.
more Photos ©Stonehouse Photographic/Refugee Action
more International Students Evening with students from The Marches, Oswestry School, Ellesmere College, Adcote School and Moreton Hall
more International speaker Ian Orton speaks about Tearfund today.
more International Students Evening with students from The Marches, Oswestry School, Ellesmere College, Adcote School and Moreton Hall
more Emma's speaker today is Kate who has been selected to go to Zambia with Voluntary Service Overseas for three months starting later this month.
more Business Meeting followed by a talk from Jools Payne on the Syrian refugees she has been helping to settle in Oswestry.
more Mike's speaker today is Linda Butler who will speak about her time spent with the Mercy Ships Charity in Africa
more International Students Evening with students from Oswestry School, Ellesmere College, Adcote School and Moreton Hall
more Ellesmere College students updated us on the progress of their Monduli Green project
more Pippi House is a safe house for girls at risk in Arusha, Tanzania, East Africa. Pat and Nigel Keighley will tell us more about their involvement.
more Our guests today were students Beatrice Roberts and Bobby Ore with teachers Cathy Allen and Ben Waddams from Ellesmere College who spoke about their Tanzanian project and summer visit.
more Don Howard's speaker today will be Ben Burton whose participation in the work of the charity Restless Development in Zambia was recently supported by our International Committee
more Following contact on our Facebook page, Webmaster(!) Hazel Yates met Mrs Lourdes Esquivel Dimaguila Charter President of The Rotary Club of Metro Biñan District 3820 at The Wynnstay for a coffee today.
more Find out more about the work of 'Face of Hope' in Guatemala
more Driven by recent events in Syria and the destruction wreaked by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, our Club voted to buy 2 ShelterBoxes this month.
more News of 'Roll Out The Barrel'
more John Cleaver's speaker today will be teacher Cathy Allen and a team of students from Ellesmere College talking about their Monduli Green project in Tanzania. PLUS we will have a very speedy Business Meeting.
more The International Students' Evening is one of the highlights of the year at Oswestry Rotary Club.
more Rtn Denzil Ellis' grandaughter Claire climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in June 2012 to support the work of the charity Childreach International. The Rotary Club of Oswestry were pleased to make a donation to this charity to recognise Claire's efforts.
more Dates to put on your calendar and into your diary for the annual event which brings together the whole village and visitors to have fun and raise money for charity.
more Bill Bowen's speakers today will be Bill and Lynn Morris who will talk about their long running Kenyan School Project.
more Rotary Club of Oswestry Supports Earthquake Victims of Ecuador
more After the news reports of the weekend, Club members voted to immediately donate a ShelterBox to replenish those being sent to Vanuatu. A further box will be considered if finances allow.
more Tonight's International Evening speaker is round the world sailor Paul Galloway
more Graham's speakers today are Beth Fitzpatrick and Trish Rorison who return to Club to bring us up to date with 2014's 'Face of Hope' project in Guatemala
more The Nepal Trust has arranged for Jeroen van den Bergh, their Director, to be in the UK during the month of November. He will talk about a proposed Global Grant partnership project in Nepal for Clubs in our District and District 1040.
more Computers 4 Africa (a working title of Digital Pipeline) is a registered charity operating as a social enterprise. Their mission is to help lift Africa out of the poverty trap by equipping the next generation to work in a global environment.
more Brian Lort's daughter, Jennifer Limond, travelling under the Oswestry Rotary 'banner', sends a report and photos from a Rotary Water project in Nepal.
more Rtn Bill Leslie will talk about the Roll Out The Barrel project
more Oswestry and Borderland Rotary Clubs collected at Sainsbury's in aid of the ShelterBox Typhoon Haiyan Appeal
more Pearl of Africa Child Care is a UK based charity whose main activity is raising funds for the seven schools and homes run by the Molly and Paul Child Care Foundation - a Ugandan non-government organisation.
more The Rotary Club of Oswestry held its annual International Evening at The Walls Restaurant on Monday Evening, November 23rd. This was attended by 42 Rotarians, partners and guests.
more John Thompson, International Chairman, reports that we have met a request from the Pare family of Oswestry to support their project in Sri Lanka to fund a school for disadvantaged children and young people of workers employed on the tea plantations.
more Due to the overwhelming nature of the catastrophe in Haiti President Viv has given his blessing for a short-notice collection to take place TOMORROW (Saturday 16th January) at Sainsbury’s, Oswestry.
more Thirteen pupils from five schools were guests of the Club tonight and provided a very informative evening on the subject of their home countries.
more The speaker is Richard Bingham from St Martins who runs a successful equipment training company in Wrexham as well as being a busy lay church minister. Richard will talk about his charity work and experiences in Kenya.
more Not Many Rotary Clubs can claim to have a king amongst its members, but the Rotary Club of Oswestry’s Ian Haigh has recently brought this distinction to his club.
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