Treekly is an international charity that plants a tree in a deforested area of the world every time one of its subscribers walks 5000 or more steps in a day. The Rotary Cambridge Treekly group has walked 328 million steps and sponsored the planting of over 10,500 trees as at April 2024, more than any other group in Rotary Great Britain & Ireland
When we started with Treekly they were extending mangrove swamps in Madagascar, where 90% of the primary forests have been destroyed. Mangroves are better at trapping CO2 than rainforests, protect against coastal erosion and tsunamis and improve wildlife habitats and water quality. The project was giving fair wage employment to local people who plant and protect the trees.
More recently our contributions have gone towards tree planting in Kenyan mangroves, where the problems and solutions are similar.
Treekly also operates in Indonesia, Mozambique, Brazil and Haiti, all areas that have been subject to intense deforestation and degradation of the environment. Click here to learn more
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The results of our annual competition - two of our local winners have also won at District level
moreWe have become one of only four Rotary Clubs to be awarded a Platinum Certificate, in recognition of donations to Shelterbox of £10,200 in 2022-3
moreSeveral of our entrants last year had success at District level and one was a winner of the National final
moreOur annual competition for budding artists - our entrants all won the second stage District Competition last year
moreOur popular event for school choirs and their families & friends raised over £15,000 for local children's charities
moreWe organise two-day breaks at a National Trust site in N Norfolk for young people aged 12-15 who probably won't get any other holiday
moreOur Junior Competition entrant has gone on to win at National Level. Our Intermediate Team won third prize in their group
morePast President John Martin uses his building skills to help the locals create a community centre for this deprived settlement in The Gambia, only a few miles from the luxurious tourist resorts on the coast
moreWe raised funds supporting Ukrainians both in Ukraine and in Cambridge & East Anglia from several events in 2022
moreThe East Anglian District and National Rotary Magazines feature the wide range of charitable and fellowship activities that Rotary Clubs enjoy
moreWe and our colleagues in the three other Cambridge clubs celebrated 100 years of Rotary service in 2022
moreWe are part of a worldwide movement of 46,000 Rotary clubs with a total of 1.4 million members. We enjoy a range of informal fellowship events while supporting local and international charities
moreCambridge Aid does great work in support of Cambridge residents in need. In 2019-21 we raised over £12,500 and we continue to support them
moreRYLA offers an intensive 7-day course for 18-26 year-olds, helping them to develop as future leaders
moreA sample of our members' varied interests and significant contributions to the local community
moreA brief history of the Rotary Club of Cambridge together with some records which might be of interest to the wider audience
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