The Rotary Club of Gibraltar has once again taken part in the world-wide campaign against polio. This terrible disease is thankfully less widespread now than it used to be but is still a major problem in some parts of the world.
The Rotarians, both internationally and on the Rock, have highlighted the issue and raised funds for research against it, especially on their recent Gibraltar flag-day on 16th April.
Rotary spokeswoman Lyana Armstrong-Emery commented” Thanks to the generosity of local people we raised over £1100 during our recent Flag day in Gibraltar.
This money will all go towards Rotary's very important project of eradicating Polio from the world. The affliction continues to infect and paralyze many children, robbing them of their futures. It must be ended.”
Friday, April 23, 2010
Friday, April 9, 2010
GIBRALTAR ROTARIANS IN MOROCCO
On the 31st March a delegation from the Rotary Club of Gibraltar (including the president, Raju Alwani and project co-ordinator Jinson Lima) left for Morocco’s Atlas Mountains. The Group went to the village of M'Hamid El Ghezlane to launch the third phase of Rotary’s project to develop a school, a clinic and other facilities in the community.
They arrived in M'Hamid on the 3rd April. The following day they visited the school at 8am. The children and village association gave them a fantastic welcome.
The Gibraltar Rotarians then got busy with the eye clinic - Barbara, Connie, Sylvia and Concessa first treated the woman over 40 in the village and then everybody else. The Group followed this by awarding bicycles to the three top students in the school. They also donated toys, clothes, crutches, stationery and many other items.
Said RCG spokesperson Lyana Armstrong today “This whole project in M’Hamid is quite an experience for all of us - out there in the desert, where people’s lives are so difficult (on the 6th April the Rotarians also met a group of Nomads out in the Sahara who have absolutely nothing).”
The Rotarians will be returning to Gibraltar on the 10th April. The press will be further updated after they arrive!
They arrived in M'Hamid on the 3rd April. The following day they visited the school at 8am. The children and village association gave them a fantastic welcome. 
The Gibraltar Rotarians then got busy with the eye clinic - Barbara, Connie, Sylvia and Concessa first treated the woman over 40 in the village and then everybody else. The Group followed this by awarding bicycles to the three top students in the school. They also donated toys, clothes, crutches, stationery and many other items.The villagers really appreciated everything and they remarked that what Rotary is doing is making a huge positive difference to their lives.
Said RCG spokesperson Lyana Armstrong today “This whole project in M’Hamid is quite an experience for all of us - out there in the desert, where people’s lives are so difficult (on the 6th April the Rotarians also met a group of Nomads out in the Sahara who have absolutely nothing).”
The Rotarians will be returning to Gibraltar on the 10th April. The press will be further updated after they arrive!
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