Ukraine update 2023
How Rotary is helping Ukraine
- Raised at least £6,500,000 for many aid initiatives
- Over £400,000 for purchase of medical equipment
- 7,000 signs to warn of minefields (100,000 are required)
- 7,000 baby hats knitted and sent
- £126,000 for supply of 10 large generators for hospitals
- Donations to Shelterbox for tents and household basics
- Collected and transported clothing, food, toys, walking sticks and frames
- Several hundred Aquaboxes sent to provide disease free drinking water
- Provision of ambulances
- Provision of 4 wheel drive vehicle and drones to help with mine clearance
New initiatives now started in addition to the continuation of the above:
- Summer Camps for displaced children
- Friendship boxes containing childrens’ play and educational items
- Provision of a software based educational programme
'What We Do' Main Pages:
Following our recent AGM, Nigel Lanchbury accepted the nomination to be Vice-President of the Club. Full details of the AGM are available in the Members area of the website.
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As in previous years, Marlow Thames once again sponsored four youngsters to go on a week’s sailing experience with The Rona Sailing Project.
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We may have been restricted but what we could do as Rotarians didn’t change. Since March 2020 the Club has stepped up to the mark helping people in need, fund raising and providing emotional support.
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Rotary, with its 1.2 Million members worldwide, responded immediately and strongly to the Ukrainian Crisis and continues to do so
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We supported this project of building a welfare centre in a remote mountain village. The centre has now had its official opening.
moreThis is an alternative way to view Club meetings and events. You can synchronise it with your personal Google calendar
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This year Marlow Thames once again sponsored four youngsters to go on a week’s sailing experience with The Rona Sailing Project.
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An online opportunity to dedicate a message to a loved one and to make a small donation to local charities
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