On 4th August 2020, in the Port of Beirut in Lebanon, a large fire broke out in Warehouse 12. Firefighters rallied to the scene. Unbeknownst to residents in Beirut, since 2013, Warehouse 12 had been housing 2,750 tonnes of the fertiliser Ammonium Nitrate, which was taken off a stricken Moldovan cargo ship, the MV Rhosus […]
Barry Pollard, Harrogate Brigantes Rotary Major Lil Gurung, MBE, Himalayan Gurkhas Rotary, Kathmandu Introduction This is a summary of the detailed annual reports submitted annually by Major Lil Gurung MBE, the administrator of the scheme. There are 7 schemes in total including 4 where the monies are loaned out annually and collected 1 year later. […]
Bingley Airedale Rotary have provided direct financial of £1250 support to the Rotary Club of Pokhara Fishtail in Nepal, to support the local hospital with purchasing items to help with their continuing fight against COVID-19. Rotarian Binod Koirala reports that COVID-19 is again on the rise in Nepal which includes the area of Pokhara, a city […]
The Yorkits initiative provides inspiration, templates and instructions. These enable sewers in Addis Ababa to make and distribute the washable feminine hygiene kits out of locally sourced materials. The Ethiopian youngsters are rescued from begging on the streets and given food, shelter, medical attention and education as part of the Saltergate Children’s Home project. In […]
Dear all, Thank you to the many Clubs across our District that have already donated towards the Beirut appeal. We were informed on Friday night that, acting on advice from partners and following liaison with Rotary Foundation, Beirut Cosmopolitan were going to need to complete and send the Global Grant application this weekend. Thanks to […]
Aireborough Rotary Club reached out quickly to their sister club in Tamil Nadu, India, working together to identify need and launch an appeal which in two weeks has raised £15,500.00 plus a further £1,000 pledged from 23 clubs across the District. They have also received some very generous personal donations. The first amount of money […]
In late March a fire that started during the in part of the refugee camp in Bangladesh, destroying a large portion of the camp, killing over a dozen people, and left nearly a thousand injured or missing. 100 firemen fought the blaze, which burned for around eight hours until midnight. The fire displaced roughly 50,000 Rohingya refugees […]