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Mid-Island Rotary WCS Group MIG Six Years of Partnership

Background • Inspired by Victoria’s Project Unity Committee • Formed in fall of 2007 - after exploratory meetings with reps of 11 Mid-Island clubs • 20 member clubs in 2012-13 • Each club has contributed a fjxed amount per year to a “pool” of funds allocated by the Group to specifjc projects eligible for RF matching grants (amount is $600 for 2013-14) • Meets every 4-6 weeks in Nanaimo

Purposes of the Group • Improve capacity of member clubs to sponsor or otherwise support international projects • Improve understanding of RF requirements • Create opportunities to support larger higher-impact projects eligible for RF grants • Identify opportunities for members to work as volunteers on international service projects • Elevate the profjle of Rotary’s international work among mid-island Rotarians & the general public

MIG Member Clubs • • Parksville Chemainus • Cumberland Centennial • Parksville AM • Duncan • Port Alberni • Duncan Daybreak • Port Alberni – • Ladysmith Arrowsmith • Lantzville • Port Hardy • Nanaimo • Qualicum Beach • Nanaimo Daybreak • Qualicum Beach Sunrise • Nanaimo North • Saltspring • Nanaimo Oceanside • South Cowichan • Strathcona Sunrise

Accomplishments • Completion of 21 projects over 6 years • Humanitarian needs met in communities within 10 countries (Belize, Bolivia, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Kenya, Mexico, Nepal, Peru &Uganda) • MIG funds of $47,800 CAD “leveraged” to enable projects costing a total of $512,000 USD

Bolivia 2007-2008 • Equipping and training 24 families in Montero to grow their own vegetables • Funded and delivered through Etta Projects • Administered by the Nanaimo North Club • MIG funds $2,500 CAD • Project cost $5,000 USD

Bolivia – Vegetable Gardening

Ghana 2008-2009 • Supplies and equipment for a primary school and a bore well, computer and mosquito nets for a medical centre in Sunyani • Sponsored by the Nanaimo Club • MIG funds $4,500 CAD • Project cost $33,600 USD • Pump replaced in 2010-2011

Ghana – School Supplies & Water Well

Mexico 2008-2009 • Inadequate power supply restricted services at Infantile Maternale Hospital near Puerto Escandido • Project provided a new power supply transformer for the hospital • Sponsored by Ladysmith Club • MIG funds $3,166 CAD • Project Cost $22,810 USD

Mexico – Hospital Power Supply

Ghana 2009-2010 • Providing a security wall around a primary school in Sunyani • Sponsored by Lantzville Club • MIG Funds $2,600 CAD • Project Cost $20,460 USD

Ghana – School Security Wall

Uganda 2009-2010 • Providing a sustainable (ecosan) latrine & rainwater collection for Eagles Wings Childrens Village school near Lukaya • Sponsored by the South Cowichan Club • MIG Funds $4,000 CAD • Project Cost $13,634 USD

Uganda – School Latrine

Uganda – School Rainwater Collection

Nepal 2009-2010 • Providing latrines, fjrst aid clinics, desks & supplies for the school in the remote village of Chimkola • Sponsored by Duncan Daybreak Club • MIG Funds $1,200 CAD • Project Cost $27,000 USD

Nepal – School Supplies & Latrine

Kenya 2009-2010 (Ndandini) • Providing a water well for the village of Ndandini in eastern Kenya • Multi-district project • Sponsored by Nanaimo North Club, Sunshine Coast-Sechelt Club and others • MIG Funds $1,000 CAD • Project cost $70,200 USD

Kenya – Community Water Well

Kenya 2009-2010 (Latrines) • Providing latrines for a school near Bukati • Sponsored by Qualicum Beach Sunrise Club • MIG Funds $2,600 CAD • Project Cost $15,800 USD

Kenya – School Latrine

Belize 2010-2011 • Dengue fever prevention – San Ignacio, Belize • Reduce mosquito breeding on Sacred Heart High School campus through construction of an efgective drainage canal • Public education program to support prevention • Sponsored by South Cowichan Club • MIG Funds $3,500 CAD • Project Cost $49,000 USD • Supported by RF Global Grant • Mentioned in Aug 2011 & Feb 2012 Rotarian

San Ignacio – Campus Flooding & Dengue

San Ignacio – Campus Drainage Before After

Ghana 2010-2011 • School latrine construction – Sunyani, Ghana • Replacing an inadequate latrine at a primary school • Sponsored by Nanaimo Daybreak Club • MIG Funds $3,000 • T otal Cost $37,000 • Supported by RF Global Grant • Mentioned in Feb 2012 Rotarian

Sunyani School Latrine Before

Sunyani School Latrine After

Ghana – 2010-2011 • Hand dug well – Nanketewa, Ghana • New well & pump for a community of 350 • Sponsored by Interact Club of Nanaimo • MIG Funds $500CAD • T otal Cost $3,000CAD

Nanketewa – Water Source Before

Nanketewa – Water Source After

India – 2010-2011 • Construction of a demonstration food garden and provision of training in sustainable gardening. • Construction of latrines and provision of water fjlters and supplies to schools. • Benefjt to 300+ people in the Sadiya district of Assam. • MIG Funds $2,000CAD • T otal Cost $5,000CAD

Sustainable Gardening In Assam Garden Construction T raining

Latrine Construction in Assam

Mexico 2011-2012 • Latrine and fencing for kindergarten at Las Ladrillieras (near Los Rosas) • Part of a larger project to provide a new kindergarten for 30 children • Sponsored by Ladysmith Club • MIG funding of $1,500CAD • T otal cost of $7,500CAD

Mexico New Latrine and Fencing for a New Kindergarten

Kenya 2011-2012 • Protected Springs –near Kakamega • Installing pipe, concrete cribbing and fencing at 50+ locations in the area • Sponsored and supervised on site by Strathcona-Sunrise Club • MIG funding of $3,000CAD • T otal Cost of $51,129USD • Supported by RF Global Grant

Kenya 2011-2012 Protected Springs – An Example Before After

Kenya 2011-2012 • Fish Farming – near Kakamega • Sponsored and supervised on site by Strathcona-Sunrise Club • Supplying a fjsh farm co-op of approximately 20 farmers to help them become self-suffjcient • Supplying fjsh feed, fjngerlings, PVC pipe, fertilizer and harvest nets for growing tilapia in ponds • MIG funding of $1,000CAD • Supported by District Community Grant • T otal Cost of $5,000CAD

Kenya 2011-2012 Fish Farming

Ghana 2011-2012 • Market toilet and wells – Bosoma, Sunyani • Construction of a facility with 12 toilets, 3 urinals and 4 showers for the market & 2 hand dug wells for rural communities • Sponsored by Nanaimo Club • MIG funding of $2,500CAD • Estimated Cost of $53,863USD • Supported by RF Global Grant

Ghana 2011-2012 Market T oilet & Hand Dug Wells – Under Construction

Ghana - Market T oilet - Completed

Ghana - Market T oilet – Completed (Cont’d)

Ghana – Hand Dug Wells – Completed

Ghana – Hand Dug Wells – Completed (Cont’d)

Ghana 2011-2012 • Literacy through a library – Abesim • Books and shelving for a library building recently built by the local government • Sponsored by the Nanaimo Daybreak Club • MIG funding of $3,000CAD • T otal Cost of $22,500USD • Supported by DDF Grant

Ghana – Abesim Library

Guatemala 2012-2013 • Stoves and latrines - Lake Atitlan area • Sponsored by the Nanaimo Daybreak Club • MIG funding of $500CAD • T otal cost of $5000CAD • Supported by District Community Grant

Guatemala - Stoves Before After

Guatemala- Latrines Before After

Peru 2012-2013 • Self employment training for women in Ica – manufacturing, using and marketing chicken incubators • Sponsored by the Cumberland Centennial Club • MIG funding of $1,250CAD • Project cost of $6,000CAD • Supported by District Community Grant

Peru – Chicken Incubators

Mexico 2012-2013 • Equipment for community center near Jaltemba Bay • Sponsored by Ladysmith Club • MIG funding of $1,000CAD • Project cost of $6,000CAD • Supported by District Community Grant

Mexico – Community Centre

Mexico – Community Centre (Cont’d)

Belize 2012-2013 • T oilet blocks and hygiene education for 2 elementary schools – Eden and St. Andrews near San Ignacio • Sponsored by South Cowichan Club • MIG funding of $3,500CAD • Project cost of $54,000USD • Supported by RF Global Grant

Belize – T oilets for 2 Schools Construction

Belize – T oilets for 2 Schools Completion