John Meadows on Rotary Foundation

John Meadows introduced his talk by giving a brief resume on the guest speakers who had been unable to attend due to other commitments! These were Bob Cartwright, editor of Audlem Online and Margaret Stockton from the District Rotary Disabled Games. Hopefully we may see them both in the not too distant future.

John instead gave the talk himself, talking about Rotary Foundation. The main points included

-        TRF is Rotary’s own charity.

-        It asks every member to contribute £100 per annum (circa £50 with gift aid).

-        This year exceptionally Nantwich has given £5500.

-        It aims to promote peace and change throughout the world.

-        Some details on larger global grants and smaller district grants.

-        TRF gives scholarships for post graduates to study in other countries and 1000 Peace Fellowships.

-        The big project since 1979 has been the eradication of Polio which has happened in conjunction with the World Heatlh Organisation, Local Governments, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

-        The last four countries where the disease has a foothold are Pakistan, Afghanistan, India and Nigeria although the only new cases this year have been in Pakistan.