Mount Shasta Rotary International Projects
Mount Shasta Rotary has a long history of International Projects.
Dental Projects
Don Ratley, DDS was a dentist and a member of the club for many years. He organized many dental projects to various countries around the globe. The countries served included Mexico, Costa Rica, and Kenya to name a few. The projects were funded by Rotary International and contributions from many different individual clubs, including Mt Shasta, Dunsmuir and Paradise Rotary. Individual club members accompanied Don and his wife, Judy. The group of Rotarians often prepared their own food, buying food locally and using items brought in their suitcases to supplement the kitchen and supply the dental lab which made dentures on the spot. Local villagers often walked for many miles to stand in line waiting for dental care.
Don Ratley, DDS was a dentist and a member of the club for many years. He organized many dental projects to various countries around the globe. The countries served included Mexico, Costa Rica, and Kenya to name a few. The projects were funded by Rotary International and contributions from many different individual clubs, including Mt Shasta, Dunsmuir and Paradise Rotary. Individual club members accompanied Don and his wife, Judy. The group of Rotarians often prepared their own food, buying food locally and using items brought in their suitcases to supplement the kitchen and supply the dental lab which made dentures on the spot. Local villagers often walked for many miles to stand in line waiting for dental care.
Polio Plus
Polio Plus is an effort started by Rotary International in 1985 to end polio worldwide by vaccinating the world’s children with oral drops. It was originally a 20 year commitment. Twenty seven years and hundreds of million dollars later, the world is polio free except for three countries: Nigeria, Afganistan, and Pakistan. Now, in 2012 we are so close to accomplishing our goal. Rotary has been joined by The World Health Organization, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and UNICEF. Mount Shasta Rotary continues to make yearly contributions to Polio Plus, adding to the thousands of dollars we have already contributed.
Polio Plus is an effort started by Rotary International in 1985 to end polio worldwide by vaccinating the world’s children with oral drops. It was originally a 20 year commitment. Twenty seven years and hundreds of million dollars later, the world is polio free except for three countries: Nigeria, Afganistan, and Pakistan. Now, in 2012 we are so close to accomplishing our goal. Rotary has been joined by The World Health Organization, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and UNICEF. Mount Shasta Rotary continues to make yearly contributions to Polio Plus, adding to the thousands of dollars we have already contributed.
Rotoplast (Cleft Palate Surgery)
Mt Shasta Rotary has contributed to this project which provides volunteer plastic surgeons and support for reconstructive surgery for children with defects of their mouth, teeth, and gums. One of our members traveled to South America to help with the project.
Mt Shasta Rotary has contributed to this project which provides volunteer plastic surgeons and support for reconstructive surgery for children with defects of their mouth, teeth, and gums. One of our members traveled to South America to help with the project.
LN 4 Prosthetic Hand Project
The club contributed to this project that provides prosthetic hands to children and adults who have lost a hand or hands usually due to trauma and often from contact with land mines.
The club contributed to this project that provides prosthetic hands to children and adults who have lost a hand or hands usually due to trauma and often from contact with land mines.
Adopt-a Village
Here’s how it works: A Rotary club in a developing country selects a village, assesses its needs, and designs a project with health, food production, and education components. (Clean water and malaria prevention elements are required under the health heading if they are problems in the village.) A partner Rotary club adopts the village, addressing all three issues at once. Projects usually cost about US$30,000; some have been completed through Matching Grants from The Rotary Foundation.
Villages in Kenya, Nigeria, the Philippines, and Uganda have participated with support from partner clubs in Canada, England, and the United States. Mt Shasta Rotary partnered with Sebastapol Rotary Club to provide aid to a village in Kenya.
Here’s how it works: A Rotary club in a developing country selects a village, assesses its needs, and designs a project with health, food production, and education components. (Clean water and malaria prevention elements are required under the health heading if they are problems in the village.) A partner Rotary club adopts the village, addressing all three issues at once. Projects usually cost about US$30,000; some have been completed through Matching Grants from The Rotary Foundation.
Villages in Kenya, Nigeria, the Philippines, and Uganda have participated with support from partner clubs in Canada, England, and the United States. Mt Shasta Rotary partnered with Sebastapol Rotary Club to provide aid to a village in Kenya.
Save the Rain
Save the Rain is a non-profit organization based in Mt Shasta. They provide rain harvesting systems on primary schools in Tanzania. Here is how they do it.
For more information on Save the Rain click here.
Save the Rain is a non-profit organization based in Mt Shasta. They provide rain harvesting systems on primary schools in Tanzania. Here is how they do it.
- Save the Rain conducts a meticulous health and socio-economic assessment of the village families. This assessment is performed both before and after construction of the rain harvesting system.
- The actual system is built to collect the rain falling on the roof of the primary school. Installation of the gutters and construction of the storage tanks are performed with local labor and materials (chicken wire, re-bar, cement, plaster.)
- 6 local families are chosen (based on need) for residential systems. Each woman receiving a system is required to teach 5 others to construct their own system. Micro financing funds the systems.
- Reforestation with Moringa trees is initiated suppling Moringa trees to the primary school and to the 6 needy families.
- Students are taught basic sanitation and education.
- Fourth and fifth grade students are taught sustainable farming practices by a Save the Rain employee. The students work in the school farm which supplements the school lunch program.
For more information on Save the Rain click here.
Our Rotary partners in Arusha, Tanzania with Mt. Shasta
Rotarian, Linda Stremel.
Patandi School project sign
This is the head mistress of one of “our” schools signing to deaf students about the project. The rain harvesting storage tank is behind them.
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Special thanks to Tord Elfwendahl of the Stockholm Strand Rotaryklub (Sweden) for his Rotary graphic images which we have used throughout this web site.
Copyright ©2000 All Rights Reserved Revised: April 30, 2012.
Special thanks to Tord Elfwendahl of the Stockholm Strand Rotaryklub (Sweden) for his Rotary graphic images which we have used throughout this web site.
Copyright ©2000 All Rights Reserved Revised: April 30, 2012.
