Club Projects

Recent examples of Rotary's work in East Africa:

• Nutrition — Uganda. Restoration of a network of services to treat and rehabilitate malnourished children; education of mothers regarding nutrition, immunization, and child spacing; and training of medical, paramedical, and primary health care workers to carry out these functions. This project is sponsored by District 1070 (England) and the Rotary Clubs of Kampala and Kampala West, Uganda (D-9200) in cooperation with the Mwanamugimu Nutritional Services, Makerere University Medical School, Kampala. US$810,880.
• Materials for Basic health Care Education — Tanzania. Second printing of a Swahili language version of Where There is No Doctor, by David Werner, adapted for use in parts of eastern Africa where little professional medical care is available. Rotarians of District 1190 (England) monitored the printing. The Rotary Club of Dar-es-Salaam (D-9200), project sponsor, distributes the book to institutions upon request. US$80,000
• Vocational Training for Youth — Kenya. Expansion of the curriculum of the Kisumu Rotary youth Training Center, which trains those who have left school in construction and other employable skills. This project is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Kisumu, Kenya (D-9200) in cooperation with the Rotary Club of Roanoke, Virginia, USA (D-7570). US$175,000
• Famine Relief and Agricultural Recovery — Ethiopia. Provision of food, basic health care, seed, and agricultural tools to enable Ethiopian farmers to survive the drought without leaving their homes and to resume food production as soon as weather permits. This project is sponsored by districts 7470 (New Jersey, USA) and 7670 (North Carolina, USA) and the Rotary club of Hampton township, New Jersey (D-7470). Personnel and technical direction provided by Save the Children (USA). US$567.000.
• Water Resources — Ethiopia. Rehabilitation of non-functioning wells to serve some 152,000 rural people. This project is sponsored by the Rotary club of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (D-9200) in cooperation with the Ethiopian National Water Resources Commission. US$857,000.
• Ear Surgery — Kenya. Medical and surgical treatment for patients with ear disease and salvageable deafness at ear camps in rural Kenya staffed by international medical volunteers and training for local medical personnel in prevention and treatment of ear disease. This project is sponsored by the rotary Club of Nairobi North, Kenya (D-9200). US$301,000.
• Nurses Training — Kenya. Provision of teaching materials and updated medical equipment and instruments for the nursing school at Maseno Hospital. This project is sponsored the Rotary Club of Kisumu, Kenya (D-9200). US$88,500.
• Cardiac Care — Uganda. Establishment of a cardiac care center and outreach program with the intention of providing people throughout Uganda and eastern Africa with a health education program that focuses on cardiovascular disease and preventive heart care. This project is sponsored by the Rotary Clubs of Kampala and Muyenga, Uganda (D-9200) in cooperation with Gift of Life, Uganda. US$208,500.
• Self Help Water Project — Kenya. Development of clean drinking water supply and improved water sub-location. Village level water management cooperatives will be trained and expanded. Sponsored by Rotary Club of Kisumu, Kenya (D-9200) and Rotary Club of Amesbury, Massachusetts, USA (D-7930). US$300,000
• Health Care Clinics — Kenya. To equip two clinics, a mobile clinic and to promote preventative health care education. Sponsored by Rotary Club Milimani in Kenya (D-9200) and Rotary Club Montville Township (D-7470) in the USA. US$164,475.
• Revolving Loans — Uganda. To form bank trusts with individuals that cross guarantee each other's small business loans. Sponsored by Rotary Clubs of Entebbe, Masaka and Mengo in Uganda (D-9200) and Rotary Club of Winnetka in the USA (D6440). US$321,515.
• Hospice Care — Uganda. To train students, medical professionals and non-professionals and relatives to support and care for terminally ill patients in their homes. Sponsored by Rotary Club of Mbarara (D-9200) in Uganda and Rotary Club of Coventry (D-1060) in England. US$265,429.
• Street Children Rehabilitation — Kenya. To provide technical skills training and secondary education to children and to furnish and equip the training center and a clinic. Sponsored by Rotary Club of Westlands (D-9200) and District 5340 in the USA and Rotary Club of Courtenay (D-5020) in Canada. US$230,000.
• Medical Equipment — Ethiopia. Rotarians from Wynberg, South Africa helped providing much needed medical equipment to the Fistula Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopa.
• Medical Equipment — Ethiopia. Australian Rotarians from Ingleburn granted US$17,670 to provide a medical safari vehicle and medical equipment in the Fistula Hospital in Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia.
• Vocational Training for the Deaf — Kenya. Rotarians from Zeist, the Netherlands assisted in providing equipment for vocational training classes at the Muranga School for the Deaf in Kenya.
• Medical Assistance — Kenya. Swedish Rotarians provided funds for Rotarians in Malindi, Kenya to assist in purchasing a specially equipped jeep for a new jeep doctor relay being planned for the Homa Bay District in Kenya.
• Irrigation System — Kenya. Rotarians from Athinai-Notos, Greece matched grants to Rotarians in Milimani and Nairobi, Kenya to help provide an irrigation system to be used on a vegetable farm that supports a retirement home in Kenya.
  Wildlife Conservation — Kenya. Rotarians from the USA supported District 9200 in Nairobi, Kenya to purchase DNA testing equipment for tracking wildlife in the Kenya region.
• Medical Equipment — Uganda. Scottish Rotarians provided funds to Kampala, Uganda to assist in providing shadowless, high-mounted operating theater lights in the Nkokenjeru Hospital in Nkokenjeru, Kampala, Uganda.
• Agricultural Development — Uganda. Rotarians from Colwall, England matched grants to Soroti, Uganda to help purchase 40 oxen pairs and ploughs for families living in Teso, Uganda to increase their agricultural productivity.
• Ophthalmology — Uganda. Australian Rotarians helped to provide surgical training kits to train eye doctors to perform low cost cataract surgery in Kampala, Uganda.

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