The Arusha Rotary Club recognised the great need that existed in the Naalrami village area. There were very limited learning facilities but around 350 Masai children, within a 10km area, who were keen to learn to read, write, count and find out about the wider world. The built up roads out of Arusha run out quite soon and access to the village is across miles of dusty ground or sticky mud, depending on the recent weather. Materials and skilled workers are in short supply and funding is desperately needed. So building classrooms, a teachers house, a kitchen and play facilities is a far from easy process.
The area has had two years of drought and a solution has to found before time and energy are spare for learning. The problem has been made worse by a recent flash flood that destroyed the local dam and released their store of fresh water. Two local businessmen from Cottenham have established The Water Project with the aim of providing several large, durable water tanks that will be fed from the new roofs of the school buildings. The Club has been very impressed with their enthusiasm and their on the ground contacts with Ron and the Arusha Rotary Club he represents.
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more We are delighted to welcome our friends from the Rotary Club of Enschede Nord (Holland) for an exchange visit to Cambridge.
more The club agreed to send �1000 direct to Peace Scholar Rich Allison to support his work in Liberia combatting Ebola with basic hygiene equipment and education.
more Host Mike takes Philip to see the great memorial
more We are invited to visit Enschede April 2015 !
more Rich gave talks in schools to start the day then at a dinner at the University Arms Hotel for members, partners and guests - Cambridge Club Charter Dinner. Dinner was followed by a talk and debate on the theme of Human Rights and World Peace.
more A series of events concentrating on the theme of Peace and Conflict Resolution involving VIth Form students at 6 schools from in and around Cambridge.
more A filled Aquabox is donated to the club by Jodh Dhesi - Head of the Sixth Form on behalf of Parkside Community College.
more An auction in Cottenham to raise money for the Masai School at Naalarami, Tanzania. £5 entry (including refreshments).
more Peace Day - to raise awareness of Peace initiatives around the world and involve as many people as possible in promoting Peace locally, nationally and worldwide.
more An opportunity to meet the current team of international Peace Scholars studying at Bradford and to hear their stories after 15 months of focused study.
more Self-Help Kenya.
more An interesting talk.
more Members and wives enjoyed a Vietnamese meal at the Thanh Binh Restaurant, Magdalene Street Cambridge. There was the usual repartee and vibrant conversation.
more We were very pleased to be entertaining our visiting Rotarian friends and their wives from Netherlands.
more 7.00 for 7.30pm Dinner at Cambridge Regional College, Newmarket Road - with Argentinian theme meal and presentation by Argentinian student funded by British Council.
more The club's annual Dinner to celebrate International service and fellowship at Masa Mediterranean Restaurant High Street Sawston. 7.00 for 7.30 pm
more Five members attended this event hosted by Szeged Rotarians. (South Cambridge helped Szeged Rotary Club to re-start in 1992 after the end of the Communist period).
more The annual International Dinner at the new restaurant The Park@cambridge Regional College.
more A party of 13 were hosted and entertained to tours of the University and Ely Cathedral.
more The Annual International Dinner was held at the polish Polonia Club, Chesterton Road, Cambridge. An opportunity for members, partners and guests to enjoy a 'new' cuisine and a talk. (This replaced the usual weekly meeting at the University Arms Hotel).
more Steve King-Underwood visited the School in May 2012 with Nik Percival. "To say the trip was life changing is no exaggeration and .... a very humbling experience." Speaker host B Sadler.
more Steve King-Underwood to tell us about his recent visit to our school project in Naalarami, Tanzania. Speaker Host-David Adamson ,General Host-C Brown, Cashier-J Cooper.
back The International projects and activities are co-ordinated within the Projects committee.