We
met with the president and past president of Nagua Rotary
Club at a school where they were making a presentation for
a computer that had been donated through friends of Dr.
Jan Tollefson.
The Nagua Rotary Club has been recognized two years in a
row as the most outstanding Rotary Club of the Dominican
Republic. They are doing a cataract project together with
a Rotary Club in the Eastern United States that sends
doctors down to do cataract operations.
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Typical house
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They
are also doing other projects with schools in the
community. There is a real need for computers and schools
supplies etc. in this area. Our club may look into doing a
project with Rotary in Action, where a freight container
filled with supplies is sent.
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Thank
You Ted !
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The
Beanie Babies that Ted Wada donated and Norm Moro
took down were extremely welcomed by the school
children and the children at the orphanage.
We visited the orphanage at Nagua. It was a delight
to see the improvements compared to when we were
previously there in July of 1999. The new orphanage
building is very nice along with the improvements to
the school. The pastor's house has also been
improved. There is a new workshop and space for a
retail store, which will hopefully help them to
become self-sufficient.
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Norm Moro also made sure that the washrooms and the septic
system that we donated money for was working
properly.
We had an opportunity to walk thought the community of
Puerto Rico A Pie and visited the homes of people who have
received water filters. We spoke with five different
families (through the translator).
We found out the benefits and how the families liked the
filtered water and how there was less stomach problems
etc. from using the water filter. It was quite a rewarding
experience.
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Norm says OK
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Water
Filter in home
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We also got to meet Joel again he helped translate on our
previous trip, and is presently going to University
supported by Jan Tollfson's fund raising. Jan is trying to
raise money to bring him to Vancouver and Calgary this
coming summer. Hopefully that will happen and the club
will get to meet a fine young Dominican.
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Visit
Jan's AddYourLight Webpages here
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Read
the WCS January 2002 Report here
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