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Malcolm Gribble moved to Guatemala five years ago to put his engineering skills to use in a development setting. He recently founded Soluciones Apropiadas who manufacture a range of clean cookstoves that save Guatemalan families firewood and eradicate harmful smoke from the house. Over 5,000 people die each year in Guatemala as a result of indoor air pollution caused by open fire cooking and the country is suffering from an annual wood deficit. With the range of "Chispa" cookstoves that Malcolm produces, Guatemalan families can reduce their firewood consumption by over 50% and reduce indoor air pollution by 98%
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Corporate Membership enables small, medium and large businesses to join Rotary. Corporate Membership gives a company a unique platform for service, networking and professional and personal growth, rooted within the local community
moreWill you join our 250-Club lottery? We have run it for more than 25 years and in that time it has raised tens of thousands of Pounds for charity
moreRotary is one of the largest and most successful global membership and humanitarian service organisations in the world. It has 1.4 million members in over 200 countries.
moreWe make another donation to the charity which provides emergency shelter and assistance when disasters strike
moreA Partner Club is a Rotary club that supports ShelterBox's work in disaster relief by donating over £2,000 in a Rotary year
moreRotary’s second major donation, of £208,000, was handed over on 7th July 2021 when local Rotarians visited the Great Western Hospital to view the build progress of the nearly completed radiotherapy unit.
moreBrighter Futures launched their Radiotherapy Appeal in 2015. Today, 7 years later, a ribbon cutting ceremony has taken place at the Great Western Hospital
moreRotarian Terry Williams' remarkable and unique fund raising effort, living in a ShelterBox emergency tent for a week in the Market Place, Highworth
moreSadly, Michael Bran, the last surviving Founder Member of the Rotary Club of North Wiltshire, the origin of the Club now called the Rotary Club of Swindon North and Thamesdown, passed away on 27 April 2025.
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