Update on our club’s global Maternal and child health grant in the Tororo district of Uganda. Catastrophic flooding in Eastern Uganda and related mudslides are in the northeast part of Tororo district and very close to one of the four sub-counties of our grant and one of the medical clinics operated by the Rural Health Team (RHT). The RHT has provided or coordinated most activities of our global grant, and they have provided needed assistance to people affected by previous flooding in that area. The government of Uganda has limited resources for disaster recovery and it remains to be seen how they will respond to this situation. Larry Rhodes of Airport Rotary is organizing a fund raising campaign to support the RHT in providing needed food and medications to people affected by the floods. Donations may be sent to the Anthill Foundation at PO Box 10206, Eugene, OR 97440. Please contact me with questions. Grant funding for this project will come to a close the end of September, and although delayed by the pandemic the grant’s activities have been very successful. I will have the opportunity to provide you with details on this and the associated water project (repair of wells) at our club meeting on August 16.
Bob Nickels, International Service Committee Chair