Our club is delighted to be able to support not only a great many good causes locally, but also, in areas of great need internationally.

We have long been associated with the Congo Children’s Trust and are pleased to be able to once again, support the provision of an English teacher- Mr Chadrack Kasunga , at the Kimbilio Primary School in Luowoshi, just outside Lubumbashi, DR Congo.

Following the visit there by a club member some years ago, we continue to support the teaching of English at the school, seen as a huge benefit to future employment in a difficult environment.

We also have supported over the last two years, the new vocational college which is soon to be opened nearby offering skills to local children again, as an aid to securing employment and hopefully, a release from the cyclical world of compound poverty.

Computer equipment recently arrived by shipping container and most recently, funds were made available for the supply of windows for the school.

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Past District Governor Richard Green writes:

One of the great things about being a Rotarian is the friendly,warm reception you get when you travel and visit other clubs.

The Rotary club of Gibraltar, under its President Marian Hale, made me very welcome.

This busy, lively club has decorated the post boxes with knotted purple crocus, the emblem of the Rotary End campaign in support of the collection they’ll be doing on World Polio Day.

October 8th is close to World Polio Day and for the 11th year running the Rotary Club of The City of Wolverhampton planted 4000 purple crocus bulbs in Bantock Park. The Mayor Councillor Paul Singh, accompanied by the Mayoress Ranjit Dhillon was an enthusiastic attendee as he chatted with children from Merridale,Warstones Primary and Low Hill Infants schools and gave us great support joining in with the planting. We were also pleased to welcome our Rotaractors and Next Step, a group for people with learning disability and/or profound and multiple disabilities.

By purchasing the bulbs, we have contributed to Rotary International’s campaign to eliminate polio, and the planting helps to raise public awareness by coverage on social media and in the press. The purple crocus is the campaign emblem.

The children had great fun stamping down the turf after the Rotarians and volunteers had lifted the turf!

An additional feature this year was a visit from Ann Bickley from the Wolverhampton Fairtrade association who gave a most informative talk on Fair Trade. The children listened with rapt attention and interest before being gifted with a Fairtrade colouring book, sponsored by Rotary and The Co-op that has been created by Rotary Young Citizen of the Year finalist Layla Perry. The book has been sponsored by Rotary and The Co-op.

40 years ago, Rotary International embarked on a campaign to eliminate the scourge of polio from the world. We formed a partnership with the Gates Foundation and the World Health Organisation. The Gates Foundation donates $2US for every $1 we raise to purchase the vaccines and to fund the infrastructure as we continue to vaccinate children in the third world.

When the campaign started, there were 1000 new cases of polio every day in every country in the world. As a result of the campaign, India and Africa have now been declared polio free and this year to date there have only been 5 new cases in Pakistan and 35 in Afghanistan but Rotary and its partners are determined to carry on until the disease is eliminated completely. Details of the campaign can be found at the Rotary End Polio websites. https://www.endpolio.org/

PDG Richard Green.

Once again Rotary Club of the City of Wolverhampton were able to put smiles on the faces of children and staff – this time at Smestow School.

Two members of the Smestow team who received the books, ready for cataloguing by Librarian Karan, before installing onto the open shelves.

Rotarians Mike Hardacre and Lynn Plant packed the boot of their car with eight bagfuls of books and handed them to a grateful  Librarian. The books go to the library resource centre which is open to all pupils for study or recreational reading during the lunchtime and after school. It also operates as a lending library for pupils. All this is part of the eternal Rotary motto of “Service above Self” and helps to improve literacy for all the pupils in every school that the Books4Home  scheme operates in.

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