International

On these pages you can see what projects The Rotary Club of Evesham is involved with. On this page we'll share information about our twinning arrangement with Clubs in Europe. 

By clicking on the menu bar to the side you will be able to see how we are supporting a Club in The Phillipines.

Our Club has an active programme of supporting International projects where we can provide financial help.

Annually

We allocate funds towards disaster relief. In the past this has, for example, involved sending a ShelterBox - click the logo for more information.

 

 

or an AquaBox - click the logo for more information.

 

 

to areas of the world which have suffered natural disasters.

We are active supporters of the Rotary International campaign, 'End Polio Now' to eradicate poliomyelitis and hold a special fundraising event each year. For further information, please follow this link by clicking on the logo;

               

 

Special projects

Provision of toilet blocks in schools in Sri Lanka

In 2019 - Evesham Rotary Club together with our 2 Interact Cubs raised £3540 towards a grand total of about £8500. We worked in partnership with Pershore Rotary and Inner Wheel Clubs, the District Inner Wheel organisation and the amount raised was topped up by donations from Hereford, Wye  and Malvern Inner Wheel Clubs. This enabled the building of 7 toilet blocks in 7 different schools in Sri Lanka with the installations being managed by Kandy & Trincomalee Rotary Clubs.

Plaques have been erected at all sites with 2 sites individually showing the support of our 2 Interact Clubs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our project for 2020/2021 is to raise funds jointly with Pershore Rotary & Inner Wheel Clubs , Chipping Campden & Worcester Rotary Clubs with a possible contribution from Hereford Rotary Club towards a project in Nepal.

The idea is to find a way of facilitating lunchtime food for the Nepalese children who often have to walk up to 2 hours through rugged terrain to get to school. The plan is to provide 36 schools with lunch boxes at a cost of £4500. The Himalayan Trust

https://himalayantrust.org/

is trying to fund this through their ‘just giving’ appeal which has so far raised £2500.

Water/toilet/shower block project.

Lelep School (in Nepal). So far, we have contributed £350 out of £1400 from our 4 Rotary Clubs to re-establish water to supply to the girls’ hostel. Unfortunately, Covid 19 has put a stop to progress at the moment but the fundraising events we had planned jointly with Chipping Campden Rotary Club will be held as soon as such events are allowed.

When this project is finalised, we hope that the next stage of the project will be to help build a new science facility at Bhumdicot School.

We recently reviewed our International Twinning program, which has been in place for 38 years. We asked; ‘If we were to put the international twinning program together today, from scratch, what would it look like?’

The main elements of the existing program are:

a.     Cultural exchange and fellowship

b.     One weekend meeting per year rotating across the 5 clubs

c.     Communication and exchange of ideas

d.     €15 per year per member that is spent by the host on a local project

e.     Supporting an international project managed by a twinning partner

The main vehicle for achieving the objectives is the annual meeting.

Based on the feedback from the 5 clubs we concluded:

1)     Cultural exchange between Rotary clubs from different countries and fellowship is valuable.

2)     The annual event is a vital component of the twinning program for cultural exchange and fellowship.

3)     Cultural exchange and fellowship should not be the only objective of the twinning program. In general support for exchange of ideas, joint projects and better use of Rotary grants.

4)     The option to stay with hosts is an important aspect of the annual event. Fellowship and reducing cost for the guests are important reasons to provide hosting but Fellowship is the more important one (on a voluntary basis).

5)     What type of projects are most important for the twinning programme? This is open for debate. It will be good to develop an approach for joint international projects with district and RGBI support (global grant).

6)     What is the best way to manage the twinning programme. One short annual meeting involving the Club Presidents is important but additional contact between key people in the clubs would be useful.

7)     The general question is how we can make the twinning program relevant for the 21st century.

-        Cultural exchange and fellowship (How to do it and reduce costs?)

-        International joint projects (What process results in support by all 5 clubs?)

-        Learn from each other (How can the process be improved?)

So, we have challenges to work on in the near future. The implications of Covid19 on our program might result in new approaches that can also be used for our International program.