After an excellent curry buffet, the main event of the evening was an inspirational talk about the work of the Rotary Jaipur Limb Centre. Margaret Web, a driving force within this exceptional charity, told us how local materials and skills are used to create artificial limbs for some of the poorest people in India. We learned how, over the decades, the methods and materials had progressed from crafting drain pipes and tyres to 3D printing. But the need remains the same.
more International Night is always a major fundraising event in the club’s calendar. This year we raised over £2,000 for Global Sight Solutions.
more Rotary reaching out around the world with international support
more Rotary International is working with Bill Gates, along with other organisations in a public-private partnership, to eradicate polio worldwide. And now a major milestone has been achieved with the eradication of wild poliovirus in Africa.
more Felixstowe Rotary Club is proud to support the "Mercy Ships" initiative through its donations to Rotary Foundation
more This year’s International Night on Thursday 27 February raised money for “Send a Cow” to Africa and the Nourish Orphanage in Tanzania. It was a good evening in aid of a very worthy cause.
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