Kal Rotary provides funds for international causes
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The Kalamalka Rotary Club dedicates a portion of funds raised each year to international projects and this year has announced more than $42,000 toward four projects in Africa, Haiti and Mexico.
The funds were raised through the support of donors and patrons at the 2019 Kalamalka Rotary Dream Auction, the clubs premier annual fund raising event. Matching Rotary District funds will bring the total to almost $55,000.
$10,000 (USD) have been contributed to the Tis Abay primary school in the Amhara region of Ethiopia to expand from grades one through four to grades one through eight, and bring total attendance to 1200 students. The Kal Rotary donation is part of a larger project and will be matched from Rotary District funds for a total donation of $20,000 USD.
The Olive Branch for Children Foundation received $5,000 for its’ Tanzanian gas top stoves project to replace wood burning stoves and free up people, almost exclusively girls, from spending hours a day foraging for firewood. The donation will allow the organization to establish a distribution centre in Mbeya, Tanzania, and create employment in a self-sufficient small business in the area.
