- Hout Bay Feeding Program.
We have been in contact with Sue and Len Horwood who are local Eltham people. They have been supporting the RC of Hout Bay for a number of years. Hout Bay is a fishing community in South Africa in the proximity of Cape Town. There is a black township attached to the main town of Hout Bay which is very disadvantaged. This is a typical situation throughout South Africa.
One of the initiatives RC Hout Bay has undertaken is to provide breakfast to a preschool crèche in the township. Through Len and Sue we have made contact with RC Hout Bay and we have transferred A$3,500 to RC Hout Bay. This will provide breakfast to an additional crèche with 50+ preschool children for just over two years. RC Hout bay have identified and arranged this with the new crèche.
- Aquabox India
Central India suffers from flooding most years during the monsoon. This creates a clean water shortage in the towns with all of the attendant dangers caused by drinking dirty water.
We as yet have not been successful with getting Aquaboxes into India.I am visiting Kolkata in February and will be visiting at least two Rotary Clubs.I will attempt to find a way to cooperate with a RC in India to initially handle Aquabox shipments and ultimately preposition Aquabox in Kolkata.
