The Project Meeting is to discuss progress on existing projects and possible new ones. As I can't guess what will be coming up here are some pictures of the completed water project at Bethany Home for Abused Women & Children.
Johannesburg is having multiple problems with water and Bethany cannot afford to have no water with so many women and children dependent on it for ablutions quite apart from the need for constant washing of clothes, bedding and dishes. The club has solved the problem by installing a JoJo tank as you can see and an automatic pump.
When water is available from the municipality it flows into the tank and obviously throughout Bethany Home.
When there is no water the pump automatically switches on and supplies the home with water and switches off again when municipal water is again available.
Not shown is the security cage that has been fitted to protect the pump.
Last Week
managed to sort everything out and is concentrating on maintenance which has been much neglected. She has a committee that is dedicated to getting things right and the club was impressed by her personal integrity and candour. It's seldom that organisations dependent on support from the general public admit to mistakes and misjudgments and she is sure of our support.
Next Week
Dr Anton Wolfhaardt will be giving us an update on Mouse-free Marion.
Here's what Marike Stander, a researcher from the University of the Free State has to say about her visit.
The First 2000 Days of Life is a project of the Rotary Clubs of Corrimal, Dapto, Fairy Meadow and Kiama. Research has shown that the first 2000 days of life has a significant impact on a child’s development and their future health and well-being. It is now known that the in-utero experience of a baby followed by a child’s early life experience predicts their chances of succeeding at school, of doing well in life, and of having chronic diseases as an adult.
Given the importance of raising awareness of this research, the four clubs are working with local New South Wales healthcare professionals and agencies to deliver the key messages under the First 2000 Days Framework. Rotary is providing the important link between health and agencies as Rotary works across the community providing funding and support to many agencies supporting local families.
The project is known as the ‘Illawarra Shoalhaven First 2000 Days Community Project’. The aim of the project is to make the community aware of the importance of the first 2000 days, to communicate the key messages from The NSW First 2000 Days Framework and let people know where to seek further information and help if required.
- produced a flyer to deliver the key messages
- developed a peer education program with Health to be delivered to agency staff and other key community groups. This will give staff a deeper understanding of The First 2000 Days Framework to enable them to deliver the messages to families in a way that meets their specific needs
- in addition, we will be conducting a media campaign to get the key messages on the importance of the first 2000 days out to the wider community.
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