Taveuni Island, Fiji – Rotary Club of Taveuni Island President Lorna Cammick and Rotarian Talemo Ratakele at the plaque commemorating the opening and handing over of the Bouma Primary School Library (see item below).
Library opening
a
big day on
Taveuni Island
March 30, 2005, will always hold a special place in the hearts of Rotarians on Taveuni Island, Fiji. That was the day they witnessed the joy of the students of Bouma Primary School on the island of Taveuni.
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One thing led to another
Rotary Club of Port Macquarie Sunrise, N.S.W., international service committee members Kerrie Wood, Stephen Bruce, Peter Pike, David Sork and David
Norton get ready to send eye glasses to be recycled in Nepal. |
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The Rotary Club of Port Macquarie Sunrise, N.S.W., has maintained its project of sending eye glasses to Nepal to help people in remote and rural areas. The project began in 2002 and the glasses go to the Damauli-Tanahan district. In 2000, the Sunrise club entered into a joint project with the Rotary Club of Kinghorn/Burntisland Club in Edinburgh, Scotland, and the Damauli Rotary Club in Nepal to establish a women’s literacy project in the Tanahan district.
With a relationship established it seemed fitting to continue to support the people of this region. Sunrise Rotarian Kerrie Wood said: “The Rotary Club of Damauli hosts monthly eye camps to provide treatment to people from remote areas and they were very excited at the prospect of adding spectacles to the support being offered to the village people.” The assistance of Hanks Chapman & Cornale Optometrists and David and Vicki Sork who have been collecting the glasses is much appreciated by the club. Damauli spokesperson Shiv Singh said: “The eye glasses are indeed very useful. Our thanks go to Port Macquarie Sunrise for its wonderful support to the people of Nepal.” |
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The Rotary Club of Taveuni Island, along with the Rotary clubs of Newmarket, Mangere, Pohutukawa and the Rotary New Zealand World Community Service (RNZWCS), handed over to the Bouma Primary School pupils, teachers and Bouma Village community, a beautiful library, complete with books.
The library was a first for the school and a major Centennial project for the club. Rotarians took over a derelict building, gutted and re-roofed it, put on new lining, lighting, windows, flyscreens, shelving and computer desks.The exterior base walls were plastered and steps built.
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