International Programs for 2015-2016

Posted on Sep 29, 2016
 
The Rotary Club of Calgary allocated a total of $315,000 to international projects in 2015/16.  This was supplemented by additional amounts from fund raising activities and donations to the projects undertaken by the World Community Services Committee of the club.  In total, 31 projects were undertaken around the world.  For a copy of the annual report and information on how these funds were leveraged to have an impact of over $1.7 million click on this link.
 
 
 
 
 
Here is the list of organization we donated to:
  1. CAWST – 50,000C
  2. Guatemalan Literacy – 8000 US – RI GRANT of $464,292 for this multi-club project
  3. Liberia – Honey Truck – 21,500 C
  4. Curly Galbraith Scholarship Funds – 5000 C
  5. Shelter Box for Syrian Refugees – 10,000 C
  6. Cambodia Video – 6882.90C
  7. Guatemala Schools – 20,000C – (Calgary West)
  8. Uganda Water Project – CAWST Support – 5000US
  9. Cambodia – Days for Girls – 500C (71 kits and training)
  10. Honduras Microcredit - 10,000C –(Calgary West)
  11. Vietnam Vocational Training Team (Travel for Team Leader –Calgary North) – 1133.02C
  12. Panama First Aid Equipment for Ambulances – 3000US
  13. Kalisizo Uganda School Computers – 6333US
  14. Freetown Sierra Leone Robotics Computer Kits – 15,000US
  15. Uganda WASH – CAWST Travel Costs for Support of the WASH program – 10,000C
  16. Maya Devi Hospital India X-Ray Machine – 10,000C (Calgary Centennial)
  17. Ghana Agriculture – 10,000C –(Bill Davis Request – Rotary Club of Pasadena, Texas)
  18. Syrian Project – Mentoring & Supplies  – 10,000C – RECEIVED A DISTRICT GRANT
  19. Child’s Future – Cambodia – 48,500C – RECEIVED DISTRICT DDF AND CANADIAN GOVT. GRANTS – Total project now $309,173US Grants and donations also received from West, Centennial, South, Chinook, East, and Sarcee
  20. Potable Water – Philippines – 5250US – RECEIVED DISTRICT GRANT - DDF
  21. Guatemalan Community Library – 6921US
  22. Water for La Guajira Columbia – Addition of 5625US  (our project with Calgary South) – DISTRICT DDF GRANT RECEIVED
  23. Rotaract Club – Travel to Honduras for Committee Members - 1500C – Barb Young (Rotaract)
  24. Travel for Francis Kyaluzi from Uganda – 2617.68C
  25. Girls on the Move Atsikana Pa Ulendo Secondary School – lab equipment and supplies – Malawi - $10,000C
  26. VTT Team – Cerebral Palsy – Vietnam – 2500C RECEIVED DISTRICT VTT GRANT - Centennial, South, Chinook and Lethbridge East also received grants in support of this project.
  27.  African Book Project - Read Uganda – 763.96C
  28. International Peace Park Symposium - $2500C – (Matched by Calgary Foundation)
  29. Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan – School kits for 6 high schools – $18,000C