International:
Report from the previous week:
ROMAC
Yvonne said that the child Charlie from the Solomon Islands was being operated on for a life-threatening bowel disorder. Charlie is 22 months old. The surgeon is Professor Croaker and also in this photo is Charlie’s mother Mary. Hall Rotary gave ROMAC $2000 in June, so it’s good to see the funds being put to immediate use. Yvonne said later, “Operation over. Mary very happy.”
DONATIONS IN KIND
In the ongoing quest to find a new home for the wheelchairs, desks, walkers etc from the Hall Rotary room at the Hall School, we are working with Brian Goldstraw to get an extra container to store them in, plus they have been offered the use of the existing shed that the barbecue trailer is in. I believe he’s already bought the additional container and started storing a collection of school chairs and desks from Burgmann in it even before it’s moved to its new location. Many thanks to Dennis for the use of a trailer to transport all those items. They’ll be gone in about 5-6 weeks on their way to Vanuatu and then I think the container can be moved..
The items were moved to the Club Room at Hall School to the showgrounds shed before Saturday’s working bee.
• We are planning to putting down some gravel for the access between the container and the gate from the arena before storing items in the container as this is a potential problem for heavy vehicles when it is wet. Brian is asking for assistance with this from Hall Rotary. We are still finalising the agreement to place the (filled) container at the Hall Showground in the near future.
RESEARCH DONATION FOR DANIEL GILFILLEN
Daniel Gilfillen was given $3800 towards his PhD research in South East Asia. He’s sent us what he calls a “short report” with photos. He’s still in Hanoi until the end of the year and will make a fuller report when he returns.
