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Because of your contributions,
Every Rotarian, Every Year
is bringing hope to people
around the globe.
TODAY!
THE FUTURE OF ROTARY
IS IN YOUR HANDS
MY FELIOW ROTARIANS,
he playwright George Bernard Shaw once wrote,"fmagination is the beginning
of creation. You imagine what you desire; you will what you imagine; and at
last you create what you
willl'
There is no shortage in this world of people able to imagine abetter future. But in
Rotary, we do not just imagine that future
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we
will it, and we work to create it. This we
do through our two great strengths: our Rotary clubs and our Rotary Foundation.
Over the years,
I
have been privileged to witness firsthand the fruits of the out-
standing work carciedout by Rotarians all over the world, supported by the programs
of our Foundation. One thing that impresses me is how these programs focus not
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Two decades ago, we Rotarians made
a
and making lives better for generations.
promise: to make life better for the entire
world, foreveg by eliminatingpolio. It has always been an ambitious goal, but it
has
always been a realistic one. And now, thanks to our Rotary Foundation, we are closer
than ever to reaching it.
It is my hope that with
the help of the Bill
& Melinda
Gates Foundation and
Million Challenge, there will soon come a time when we will be
to say that we have made polio a thing of the past. For if we fail now, we will
Rotary's US$200
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fail all those who have gone before us, and every child to whom we made
If we fail., we risk our own good
a
promise.
name, and the good name of all the Rotarians who
came before us.
We will not fail. We can and we must succeed.
I know that each one of you recognizes that Tbe Future of Rotary Is in Your
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How to save the world
Think of the world's ills as an apple, and approach it in
small bites. Healing happens one person at a time.
By Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
The virtue of small change
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The Rotary Foundation supporls these eight cheap ways to
improve the quality of life among people in the developing world.
By lohn Conroy
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Paved with good intentions
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Our writer has had a long love affair with Haiti. He looks back
on many well-meaning but failed attempts to help its people.
By Herbert Gold
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The Rotarian Gonversation with ltzhak Perlman
The master violinist talks about how he accommodates his
disability, honors his art, and still manages to fiddle around.
By Warren Kalbacker
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Polio survivor lames DePreist
The conductor who took Perlman's advice to heart.
By Craig Vetter
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The clean water challenge
Usable water can change billions of lives.
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in L951, and his most recent, Still Alive: A Temporary
Condition, in 2008. To date, he has written 31 books,
along with countless magazine articles and poems.
Gold has been writing about Haiti for 53 years. It is
aplace he loves, but not blindly. In"Paved with Good
Intentionsi'he looks back at Haiti egain, and the mis-
guided attempts to help its besieged people.
published in the New YorkTimes,
Wasbington Post, Chicago Tribune, and Bosfon Globe,
among others. He wrote Belfost Diary: War as a Way
of Ltf, and Unspeakable Acts, Ordinary People: The
,0HN C0i{R0Y has been
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LETTERS
General otficers
of Rotary International
2009-1 0
I
President
JonN KeNNy
Grangemouth, Scotland
President-elect
R.lv KrrNcrNsMrrH
Kirksville, Mo., USA
Vice President
Enrc E. L.c,cosrp AoelrsoN
Presi-
Front Royal, Va., USA
for
Treasurer
MrcHlnr CorasuRpo
Sn.
Brick Township, NJ., USA
Directors
JonN T.
Brouxt
Sebastopof Califi, USA
Lans-Orop Fn'ponrrssoN
A:inekoski, Finland
FneonRrcr W. HnnNJn.
Independence, Mo., USA
ANroNro Harr.ecB
Curitiba-Leste,Bnzil
J^e.crsor.r SnN-LreN Hsrpn
Taipei Sunrise, Taiwan
MaslHrno Kunoon
Hachinohe South,Japan
JouN M. LawnnNcs
Brisbane Planetarium, Australia
Kvu HaNc Lsp
Anyang East, Korea
Davro CJ, Lroorarr
Clifton, Bristol, England
CarnsnrNn Noysn-RrvEAU
Paris, France
ErrsHA,Rt PnNosr
Biickeburg Germany
K.R. RnvTNDRAN
Colombo, Sri Lanka
JosE Arrnpoo SppOrvEDA
Pachuca, Mexico
Purrrp
J.
Srrvens
Tircson Sunrise, Ariz., USA
Tnovres M. TnonrrNNsoN
Eden Prairie Noon, Minn., USA
the current active membership of about 40,we
have had our share
RINOs
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of
Rotarians in
come active in the operaare now approaching the
Club to anyone in my
l95-member Rotary club
who I can corner long
tion of the club, and we
enough, and precious
ple needed to recruit more
This prompted us to
include in the membership section of our di-
qualiry young members to
tle in the way of thanks
do I getlWhat a treat ro
rectory last year epege
reduce thet averuge age,
Ken Geiser
Murrysville-Export, Pa., USA
now have such an enlightened president.
BillTowler
Cultus Lake, B.C., Canada
describing the obligations
of membership, in terms
of both time and money.
I was very interested to
The revised membership
read all about our Rl
president,John Kenny
application refers to the
obligations and asks the
keen support ofthe Fal-
place napping [Management,July] reminded me
ProsPective member to acknowledge that he or she
kirk Football Club. Perhaps
his example will usher in
of Bob Hope. One of the
ways this extraordinary
accepts them.
a new era ofrespect and
legitimacy for those of us
who also stump for our fa-
man became e centenarian was by taking naps.I
Given the aforementioned years ofservice, you
[J"ly]
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in particular, his
century of snoozing
The article about workA
learned this when I was
the United States Air
can
rightfully conclude
that the everege age ofour
vorite team.
club is high.In the past
have been extolling the
the December 1971 Bob
Hope show at U-Tapao
Royal Thai Navy Airfield.
His staffprovided each
inducted sev-
For 45 years now,I
General Secretary
eral enthusiastic younger
virtues of the far more
famous Wolverhamp-
Epwrrv H. Fura
members who have be-
ton Wanderers Football
yeer, we have
East Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
lit-
critical mass of young peo-
name only.
Force project officer for
Trustees of
The Rotary Foundation
2009-10
Ghair
Grer.rN E. Estsss Sn.
Shades Valley, Ala.,
USA
Ghair-elect
R[ Convention.I may not
egree with all of her views
or with"saving the planetl'
but I do consider her an
outstanding scientist.
Surely you do not want
to have only speakers who
with your views.
^gree
How can we ever grow if
we close our minds to different ideasl
James A. Huston
Lynchburg, Va., USA
I was surprised to read
two letters to the editor
critical ofJane Goodall,
and cannot remember a
recent publication taking
aim at any of our other
CanI-WTTHELM SrnNnauuen
Giiteborg Sweden
Vice Ghair
JonN
F. Genrra
Chaaanooga, Tenn., USA
Trustees
Don Bnr
Hanyang Korea
Wrrlreu
B.
Bovp
Pakuranga, New Zealand
RoN D. BunroN
Norman, Okla., USA
Gusrevo Gnoss C.
El Rimac, Peru
LvrtN A. HnurraoNo
Loveland, Colo., USA
speakers either for being
project officer at the bas-
to take such naps when
photographed as inappro-
I was older. Well, Mr.
prieteLy dressed or being
his USO show with sin-
Hope lived an active life
hyperpolitical. Dr. Good-
gle-spaced, ryped instructions that covered many
and reached 100. So,let's
all is an accomplished
es
where he performed
pages.
The instruction
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scientist, and the scien-
those little naps. My wife
tific community gene?
I do!
that really caught my then
4L-year-oLd eyes was that
Mr. Hope would require
an air-conditioned bed-
says
room near the show area
A
that he might take a
nap before the three-hour
Contrary to the sentiments expressed in your
July letters to the editor,
I regardJane Goodall as
an outstanding choice for
keynote speaker for the
so
F
a
all keep active and take
show during and after.
Mr. Hope was about
68 or 69 atthe time, and
I hoped I would not have
Nick
P.
Apple
alLy rcgards her work as
groundbre"kirg and of
Kettering, Ohio, USA
great importance. She was
good choice
ro me as a child, and her
a
tremendous inspiration
Asnor M. M.lne;aN
Mulund,India
Davro D. MoncaN
Porthcawl, Wales
SanauBr A.
Oruozpro
Accra, Ghana
Lours PrcoNr
Bethel-St. Clair, Pa., USA
Josf ANtoNro Serlzan Cnuz
Bogot6 Occidents Colombia
work helped me decide to
become a veterinarian.
Trivializins her because of personal politics
or whatever is considered
Seru;r Tl,N,trA.
Yashio,Japan
WrrrnroJ. WnxrNsor.l
Trenton, Ont,, Canada
"ptoper" ettire for women
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General Secretary
EpwrN H. Fure
East Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
LETTERS
is particularly offensive
The 0bject of Rotary
The Rotary Club of
considering that this maga-
This program has been
so successful that the chil-
Fairfi eld- Suisun, C elif .,
zine serves North America,
dren in grade five are all
has for a number of years
I may not
politically or sartori-
and that while
functioning at their appro-
supported a program that
egree
priate level or above. Be-
helps preschool children
ally with someone whose
fore the program started,
learn to read successfullv.
image appears in our mag-
most students were well
The Object of Rotary is
to encourage and foster
the ideal of service as a
basis of worthy enterprise
and, in particular, to
honored to have Dr. Good-
encourage and foster:
all as a speaker.
azine, as a scientis!
I am
below their grade level
in literacy at this school.
Now teachers from more
Murray T. Bass
Suisun City, Calif., USA
Insight into the Gates
Outstanding piece about
Rotarians are a diverse
advantaged areas are con-
group, and I suspect that
standy e-mailing and call-
lBillj
we do not hold univer-
ing the founder of this
Every Rotarian and every
sd opinions on any subject, but we do agree that
program, Mary LeBlanc,
SECOND. High ethical
parent should read every
word. Terdfic story about
standards in business and
the Object of Rotary aims
professions, the recognition
to increase
school, for insight into
how she has achieved
of the worthiness of all
respect, and understand-
these results.
useful occupations, and the
ing in the world. Thank
dignifring of each Rotarian's
occupation as an opportunity
to serve societyi
you for asking Dr. Goodall
In light of our success,
I would have to disagree
with the letter writer's
FIRST The development
of acquaintance as an
opportun ity for service;
peece,
health,
to speak, as I believe the
body of her work does indeed promote these ideals.
THIRD. The application
of the ideal of service in each
FOURTH. The advancement
of international understanding
goodwilf and peace through
a
world fellowship of business and
professional persons united in
the ideal of service.
an obviously insightful
and well-grounded, greet
man and his family. Now
views on why children in
school today are not as
Kelly Byam
erate as we would wish.
Sacramento, Calif., USA
Early interventiool
Rotarian's personal, business,
and community life;
a resource teacher at the
lit-
xSSeSS-
Of the things we think,
say or do
1) Is it the
2) Is it FAIR to all concernedi
Will it build GOODWILL
And
BETTER FzuENDSHIPSi
4) Will it be BENEFICIAL to
all concernedi
so much!
Tommy Jefferson
Eatonton, Ga., USA
Focus on fellowship
I dont
grem, and manpower seem
the cdendar in theJune is-
I
to be the secrets to success
in this program. Because
lowships Monthi'The
read with interest the let-
ter regardi nglkeracy in
the United States [J"ly].
My club, the Rotary Club
literacy is so importent,
of Halifax, N.S., Canada,
worth the result.
has sponso red a Literacy
program at an innevcity
the effort needed is well
Bob Power
Herring Cove, N.S., Canada
It
get it. As stated on
sue,'June is Rotary Fel-
only other mention of Rotary Fellowships in the
magazine was the pop quiz
on page 55 endthe crossword pazzLeonpege56.
The whole issue could
I was glad to see literacy
have been built around
vention program begin-
addressed in theJuly is-
ning in primary school.
sue [Letters].In the world
Rotary Fellowships, which
would have been positive
and uplifting. Instead, the
megezine fell in line with
years.
is an early-inter-
atlarge and in the United
come from families who
States, ignorance as a re-
are very disadvantaged
sult of widespread inabiliry to read is a pandemic
as deadly as polio was at
the rest of the media and
this program not only with
money but with volun-
its peak. Until we recog-
Yes, there were positive as-
nizethat ffuth and re-
pects mentioned, but most
teers as well, with the aim
spond, the death toll will
financially and educationally. Our club supports
3)
GatesJr. accomplished
ment, an effective pro-
Most of the children
TRUTHI
I understand how Bill
Literacy solutions
school for the past four
The Four-Way Test
Gates Sr. [July].
of having one volunteer
continue to rise from such
working with one child
calamities as starvation
when the numbers allow.
and tribal conflicts.
dwelled on the negative:
the economic downturn.
ord
.i*:"::::good
Jim Skelly
Houston, Texas, USA
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1919. Although poppy seed and
sesame seed are the most popular, Fairmount makes many more
varieties, including the muesli,
the flax seed, and the pesto
and black olive. Several bags of
Fairmount's bagels made their
way into space with Montrealborn astronaut Greg Chamitoff in
2008 - substantiating the claim
that they are, however briefly,
out of this world.
An equally famous rival for
Montr6alers' hearts is the StViateur Bagel Shop (263 rue
SfViateur Ouest), which, like the
Fairmount, pumps out bagels 24
hours a day, 365 days a year. To
comprehend the devotion these
bagels inspire, consider this: Not
given to munching their food on
the street, Montr6alers make an
exception for bagels, which
they eat hotfrom the bag as
Students take action in Nicaragua
n February, Interactors from Bennin$on, Vt., USA, visited Somotillo, Nicaragua. These
Sirls received toothbrushes and toothpaste from the Interactors - among them Ashley
Holley, who took this photo. "The two girls in the photo were too shy to run over with the
rest of the children when we handed out the supplies," Holley says. "They half hid behind
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the doonvay when we walked over to them but began to smile as we gave them the brushes
and paste and told them what they were for." The Interactors also brought donated laptop
computers for local schools. The Interact Club of Mount Anthony Union High School will
travel to Somotillo again in 2OI1; members have already begun collecting supplies.
10
days
the Vermont
Interactors stayed
in Nicaragua
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Online tool brings Rotarians and proiects together
ganda's Rakai District, home of the Rotary Club of Kalisizo,
has been called the epicenter
of AIDS in the country.
So
a natural project for the club
when it was chartered in2002
was ro reach out
to children
orphaned by the disease. The
Rotarians were able to help
only few of these child^
headed families, however
until they connected with the
Rotary Club of Roma, Italy,
through Rotary International's
ProjectLINK
database.
"Before the Rotary Club
of
Roma came in, we were sup-
porting about three families.
Now there are over 20 fami-
Vocational service
lies, and more families coming
is one aspect of
in," says Kalisizo club member
l(alisizo club's prcject
Joseph Matovu.
Proj ectLINK (www. rotary
Older childrcn can
$e
learn skills such as
sewing (left) or weaving mab (above). Club
,org/projectlink) is an online
database that clubs and dis-
memberJmeph Matovu
(righO, a physician,
tricts can use to seek assistance
for projects in need of funding
helps provide medical
supplies, or volunteers. Clubs
carc
b
child-headed
households.
can post up to five projects at a
time, and each one can remain
look for volunteer
opportunities. More
Consider requesting
funds to purchase
Use it to help earn the
than 60 projects are
items locally. lf
your project requires
Citation. One of the
possible activities
donated goods, shipping internationally
involves conducting
a service project
with an international
on the list for up to two years.
Be specific. lf your
Clubs or individual Rotarians
club needs $50,000
for a school project,
looking for service opportu-
break it down into
in need of volunteers,
nities can search the database
by country, project focus, and
type of assistance needed.
smaller amounts:
from health care pro-
How much is needed
viders to English teach-
A family of five children
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for desks, for chairs.
ers to landscapers.
may present logistical
for books? Clubs might
To
challenges that
partner, and the
be able to help with
find opportunities,
check the "volunteers"
database makes
part ofthe project.
box when you search.
could entail additional
planning and costs.
it easy to find one.
headed by a l2-year-old was
the first the Kalisizo club
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helped, providing food, cloth-
ing educational materials, and
geret Ddembe heard about
ProjectLINK at a district con-
Ddembe was delighted when
a member of the Roma club
health care. Soon, other chil'
dren in the same situation
asked the club for assistance.
ference
contacted her to say the club
money to purchase mattress-
was planning to raise money
for the project.
The Kalisizo Rotarians did
what they could, until Mar-
es, blankets, mosquito nets,
in 2005. She registered
her club's project, requesting
clothing, and water
vessels.
"Ifit
wasnt for ProjectLINK,
through which we would connect with the Rotary Club of
Romai' Ddembe says."This is
the beaucy of being Rotarians:
You can coordinate with Rotarians the world over!'
I think there would be no way
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World roundup
Rotary news in brief from around the globe
The Rotary Club of Edmonton, Alta., takes community
service seriously: Over the years, it has raised C$1.25 million
to help meetthe needs of people ln the city. In May, it added
$85,000 to that through its Downtown with a Purpose gala,
which raised funds to support the Council for the Advancement of African Canadians.
The organ ization's Africa
Centre offers mentoring, tutoring, and sports activities to help
African i mmigrants strengthen
their understanding of Canadian culture and adjust to their
new community. More than
25,000 African immigrants
live in Edmonton.
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A new support center run by Wellspring Family Services
provides domestic violence intervention, eviction prevention resources, and parenting support for at-risk and
homeless families. As the lead donor, the Rotary Club
of Seattle contributed $4.3 million to the facility, which
opened in June and will help prevent homelessness
for an estimated 5,000 families over the next 10 years.
The project was chosen from 41 proposals submitted
to the club for its centennial oroiect.
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GEOGRAPHIC
DISTRIBUTION
68%
Suburban and rural areas
' An ongoing partnership between the Rotary Club of Bellevue
Breakfast, Wash., USA, and a Bellevue high school led Rotarians, high school students, teachers, and family members to
take a group trip to Antigua. They traveled to the Caribbean
island in April to install more than 200 computers tn schools
and in a new hospital. The group also delivered 900 illustrated
dictionaries to third-grade students and donated four industrial sewing machines so women could learn to sew school
uniforms through a community vocational training program.
: The project - the fifth carried out
between the club and the high
school - was completed with
support from the Rotary Club of
Antigua and a Matching Grant
, from The Rotary Foundation.
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HOUSEHOLD TYPE
32%
Fam ies
wrth chrldren
68%
Ind rvid ua ls
Thalassemia, an inherited blood
disorder that can cause severe anemia
and other sometimes fatal complica-
tions, is disproportionately common
in areas around the Mediterranean.
In Morocco, many people know
nothing about the disease, so the
Rotary clubs of Genova-Nord, ltaly,
and Rabat Chellah, Morocco, have
teamed up and, with the support
of a US$255,000 Health, Hunger
and Humanity Grant from The Rotary
Foundation, created a center for
thalassemia therapy in Rabat. The
clubs have provided blood tests
to prospective parents and launched
an educational
campaign adapted for the large
nornanfaop nf
the population
who can't read.
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Avast, mateys: At its 12th annual
Pirates Day in April, the Rotary Club
of Poi nt Gelli brand-Wil liamstown
hosted about 100 children facing
serious illnesses. The lads and lassies
weighed anchor in pursuit of pirates,
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drnn
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and after defeating them in a water
balloon battle, won a treasure of fish
and chips. While the young scalawags
were accepting no quarter from the
scurvy pirates, their parents enjoyed a
barbecue and musical entertainment
provided by Challenge, a nonprofit
group that organizes activities
and support
programs for
children with
cancer and
life-th reaten ing
blood disorders.
5
The Rotary Club of Bari Castello worked with UNICEF to
open a pediatric clinic at an admission center at the BariPalese refugee camp. The club provided all the furniture
and tools for the clinic, which was dedicated in May. Doctors
will provide preventive care for the children
living at the camp; previously, only
urgent care was available. Bari,
on ltaly's southeastern coast, is
a major point of entry into the
Eurooean Union for immigrants and asylum seekers.
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More than 100 experts and Rotary club members attended
a water symposium in Tel Aviv in May. The conference, part
of Agritech 2OO9, an international agricultural exhibition,
focused on practical water solutions and sustainable development. The event, which was sponsored by District 2490,
featured 2008-09 Rl President Dong Kurn Lee, who spoke
about how Rotary clubs are addressing the global water crisis
at the grassroots level. The symposium also showcased
successful water projects throughout the developing world.
GEOGRAPHIC
DISTRIBUTION
Europe
Rotary clubs in Japan have apparently
concluded that one way to wrestle
with thorny issues is simply to wrestle.
To promote international understanding among children, the Rotary Club
of Moriguchi-Evening - which has
supported local sumo wrestling events
for several years - decided to sponsor
a friendly tournament for young wrestlers from Japan and Mongolia. The
Mongolian Sumo Federation recruited
participants through the media, and
a television station oroduced a twohour documentary about the event.
Japanese Rotarians arranged homestays for the Mongolian wrestlers, who
participated in the tournament with
1OO Japanese children. The Rotary
clubs of Kadoma and Moriguchi also
helped support the project.
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ALLiAI'ICE FOR SMILTS
gram b ri ngs
advanced care for clefts to China
Am b iti o us p ro
make decisions in life based
thing to accept
particularly
born with clefts have difficulry
I can help the mosr
for a poor family who may
eating and speaking andif left
tal tiggers such
Martin Postma.
In September 2008, Postma
volunteered as a medical photographer in Harbin, China,
little opportuniry to have
it repaired," says Postma, a
member of the Rotary Club of
Westmins ter 7 :I0, Colo. "The
difference that these surgeries
will make in the lives of these
children in the years to come
is profound. They may not be
lifesaving surgeries, but the
results are life changing."
In simple terms, a cleft lip or
untreated, the condition can
and a lack ofprenatal care also
lead to permanent speech, hear-
may play a role.
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people,"says
with Alliance for Smiles, a
San Francisco-based nonprofit that provides corrective
surgeries and follow-up care
to patients with cleft lips and
palates. Since 2004, the organization's volunteer teams have
-
have
performed more than 2,000
surgeries, mostly in China.
"Having a child with this
palate is a failure of the upper
condition can be a difficult
fetal development. Children
16
lip or roofofthe mouth to come
together in the early stages
THE ROTARIAN II{OVEMBER 2OO9
of
rate is 1 in 550.) Environmen-
ing and respiratory problems,
as
well as social isolation.
Although the causes are
not always identifiable, certain
groups, including Asians and
as
pollution
Alliance for Smiles is rooted
in the same ideals as Rotary,
says its president and CEO
Anita Stangl:'The creation of
international understanding
Central and South Americans,
and goodwill is absolutely the
to
basic philosophy of the orge,-
the condition. Clefts occur in
1 in every 350 births in China,
nizetion," Stangl is one of five
are genetically predisposed
compared with 1 in 850 in
North America. (In Califor-
nit,
t
state
with large Asian
and Hispanic populations, the
members ofthe Rotary Club
of
San Francisco who foundedthe
alliance in2004, and Rotarians
are still central players, serving
as
board members, volunteers,
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anddonors. Clubs inthe United
so dramatic
States and Hong Kong as well
incredible."
-
it's absolutely
organization that went beyond
just surgical intervention
-
to
individual Rotarians, have
Although Alliance for
create a two-pronged organi-
provided significant funding,
Smiles has also senr reams ro
and the organization has bene-
Bangladesh and the Philip-
fited from Rotary Foundation
Matching Grants.
Like Postma, most Rotar-
pines, 16 ofthe organization's
zetion that would establish
relationships with the local
doctors with the hope that
as
ians who
grafts and orthodontic procedures in early childhood.
"fn most developing countries, lots of times they'll have
the surgery, but long-term
services are not avtilable,"
Stangl says. "And that is what
differcntiates us from other
organizations. A lot of the
organizations that deal with
cleft lip and palatejust do the
surgical intervention. The
join Alliance for
Smiles missions are nonmedical volunteers. They work as
photographers or in administrative roles to support the
volunteer surgeons, anesthe-
long-term is unique to us."
Alliance for Smiles es-
siologists, and other medical
tablished its first permanent
professionals. David Fowler,
treatment center in April 2007
the group's lead photographer,
in Jiujiang China. T he faciLity,
located at Jiujiang University
sees
that all patients are pho-
Hospital and run by a local
physician who trained at the
University of California, San
Francisco, with backing from
Alliance for Smiles, provides
speech pathology, dentistry,
tographed before and after
surgery as part of a rigorous
documentation procedure.
A member of the Rotary Club
of Ogallala, Neb., he captures
the intense and intimate
Volunteers include
pediatrician William
Martens and translators Tia and Thomas
Wang (opposite); lsaac
Rosen (left), a plastic
surgeon from Mexico;
and Ouentin Li (above),
who has served as
assistant director on
several missions.
Ran (right),
1
1, awaits
surgery to correct
a
procedure carried out
when she was a baby.
scenes
that unfold before sur-
gery and in recovery.
18 missions have been to
China. Stangl says the group
"ft's an incredibly emotional
the type of treatment found
in the United States could be
decided to focus on China
because the country has a
replicated," she explains.
has been on eight missions
with the organization. "Some-
high rate of clefts and an infra-
rected earIy, follow-up care is
critical. Fistulas that can form
times, parents don't rccognize
long-term treatment centers.
"We wanted to create an
experience," says Fowler, who
their children. The change
is
structure that can suPPort
Even when clefts ere cor-
after surgery must be treated,
and many patients need bone
orthodontia, and additional
surgical care.
Within the year,
a second
center in Wenzhou should
be fully operational. Alliance
for Smiles has plans to send
teams there to train doctors
and monitor progress, says
Stangl.
"It will change
the
protocol of treatment for
all children in China. That's
our goal." - M. KATHLEEN PRATT
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in Nicarague in 2006,
Pereira also explored conflic-prevention strategies in Senegal with the United
Nations Development Fund for Women
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2007 naaonal election. While in Africa,
she participated in a UN peace-building
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1
Fall back
Daylight saving time
ends at 2 a.m. in
Canada and the United
Qt:toc Sot vnrrr .lnr'lrc
back, and enloy the
extra hour of sleep
2
7
0n board
The Rl Board meets
through 6 November
in Evanston, lll., USA.
Rotary at the Ul{
Visit United Nations
headquarters in New
York City for RotaryUN Day. Learn more
2
at www.riunday.org.
World lnteract Week
See what one group
of lnteractors is up
to on page 12.
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Where the air is sweet
Thank a vet
Veterans Day, known
The ploneering children's show Sesame
Sfreet- known
as Jalan Sesama
in Indonesia, l/l/a
Sesamo in Brazil, and
TakalaniSesame in
South Africa - has
been educatlng kids
for 40 years now.
13
14
Rotary institutes
Wortd Diabetes Day
The new Rotarian
Zone 8 meets in
as Remembrance
Day in Canada, falls
on the date that the
:rmisiinp pndino
Newcastle, Australia,
and zones 17 and 18A
meet in Kenilworth,
England, through
15 November.
World War lwent
into effect in 1918.
15
16
18
19
20
Deserving names
Rotary institute
Flush away disease
Zones 1, 2, and3
meet in Tokyo through
On World Toilet Day,
Rotary institute
Zone 78 meets
in Waitangi, New
lealand, through
are due, Find details
the date
The lnvestment Advisory Committee meets
through 17 November
and the 0perations
Review Committee
mppic thrnr roh I R
at wwv rotary,org
November in
Nominations for the
Distinguished Service
Award, The Rotary
Foundation's highest
qorvinp ror^nonitinn
Save
20 November.
read about water and
sanitation issues in this
month's Global Outlook,
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Action Group for
Dlabetes is fighting
this growing epidemic.
Learn more at www
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Evanston.
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26
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Juke box hero
Ending violence
Rotary institute
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In 1889, the jukebox debuted at the
Palais Royale Saloon
in San Francisco.
On the lnternational
Day for the Elimination
Zone 23B meets
in Pilar, Argentina,
through 28 November.
Zones 68, 7A, and
108 meet in Manila,
Philippines, through
23
24
of Violence against
Women, plan a program for your next
club meeting to learn
more about this issue.
29 November.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Across the United
States, folks are sittrng down to enjoy
the season's harvest
and grve thanks.
Eid Mubarak!
Muslims celebrate
Eid al-Adha the
Festival of Sacrifice.
29
Flight over the penguins
Explorer Richard
E. Byrd, a member
of the Rotary Club
of Winchester, Va ,
I IRA nnmnlptod ihp
first flight over the
South Pole in1929.
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THI ROTAR AN iN()VEMBER 2OO9
TEcHNoLoGY
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0nline and upward
Leadership in the age of virrual meerings
sy SopHrA DrvrBLrNG
lyde Boyer faced some
some guidelines
unusual challenges during
how quickly team members will
his term as governor of
District 5010, which ex-
be expected to respond to mes-
tends from the U.S. state
of Alaska and the Canadian Yukon
assumption that if teammates dont
to
they'renot committed to the taskj'
- for instance,
sages and phone calls. "There's an
respond quickly, they dont care or
Russia's Ural Mountains. Con-
fronted with 11 time zones, rwo
says Rose^. By establishing the
languages, and an erce three times
protocol early on, team leaders can
avoid misunderstandings.
the size of the continenral United
States - in which some clubs are
in places
Rosen notes that communicat-
accessible only by plane
ing by e-mail can be cumbersome:
Boyer knew his leadership team wouldnt be able to meer
ing an e-mail can leave the original
or boat
face
-
Messages can pile up, and forward-
to facevetv often.
sender out of the loop. He prefers
Fortunately, technology offers
project management software such
many tools for bringing distant
as Basecamp and activeCollab,
colleagues together. E-mail, instant
which allow for discussions, task
messaging, teleconferences, and webinars
can all help people sray in touch. But
virtual
teams can't live by technology alone
-
they
also require a leader with a special set
of
skills and techniques.
"The virtual situation, by definition,
creates some lack
of connection,"
says
psychologist Robert Turknett, a member
of the Rotary Club of Atlanta and CEO of
the Turknett Leadership Group.'A leader
without empathy creates a heightened
of disconnecr, causing high turnover
and, consequently, failur ei'
sense
No technology
can beat face time for
creating relationships, and experts agree
that the best way to srart building a sup-
portive virtual team is to bring members
together at least once to meet in person.
When that's not possible, anonline forum
such as a Facebook page can allow colleagues to share phoros and informarion
about themselves - the kinds of things
they might learn about each other over
dinner and drinks, says Ben Rosen, Hanes
professor of managemenr at the University
of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Once a team starrs operating in the
virtual reaIm, it's important ro lay down
assignments, and 6le sharing but he caurions
that there's a learning curve."You have to
coach people on how to use it so they're not
aftaidof iti' he says.'And then you have to
be a good role model by using it all the time.
If you get en e-maiI, tell the person,'That's
not how we work here, you have to use the
fsoftware]lYou have to refuse to accept or
respond to one-on-one e-maill'
Conference calls are another staple
of
virtual collaboration. The problem, says
Rosen, is that theyie not much fun, "and
the more people on rhe call, the less fun
it isi'One way to build camaraderie over
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the phone is to incorporate some social
interaction."Virtual team leaders can srarr
a meeting by asking people,'What's going
on in your lifei What's happening in your
locationi"'he
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Turknett notes that those who don't
grab the floor easily in person may 6nd it
especially hard to make themselves heard
in
a
virtual meeting. "The leader needs to
be creative
in making sure that person gets
the floor tooi'he says.
For someone sitting alone in an office
a speakerphone, it's easy to drift into
multitasking. One way to keep everyone
with
engaged, suggests Rosen, is
to rotate who
sets the agenda and leads conference calls.
"Once people have been the leader, they're
more sensitivei' he says.
The lack of visual cues with conference
calls, meanwhile, can lead people to jump
to incorrect conclusions."If I ask a question
and hear silence, I might think it's a stupid
question, so I'm not going to ask any morei'
says Rosen."It's up
to the leader to ensure
that people understand each other well and
that people feel safe to both ask questions
and give constructive feedbackl'
Airing grievances is a delicate proposition
(427, $10)
under the best of circumstances, and even
small misunderstandings can blow up fast
when relationships have not been nourished
by frequen
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face - to - f ace interactio n.
Holding
an occasional"whine and cheese'session to
air gripes, Rosen says, can help team members bond and let them address problems
before they grow out of proportion.
International teams face additional
challenges. For Boyer, who lives outside
Wasilla, Alaska, scheduling conference calls
across time zones was a complex equation.
"Tuesday here in Alaska is Wednesday in
Russiai' he explains. "In Russia, daylight
saving time begins and ends on a different
schedule than it does in North America.It
into
our conference calls an hour after the call
began, or to receive an e-mail saying they
was not unusual to have someone enter
were waiting for the conference call to begin
but found out it was the wrong
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Then there's the risk that information will get lost in translation - a risk
that's heightened by the absence of
body language cues, particularly when
communicating across cultures. Rosen
works with people based in Bangalore,
India, where cultural norms dictate that
"you don't disagree, because it will cause
people to lose facei'Ttere, a Person might
styi'Iunderstand," as a way of being^gree'
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did much of the traveling himself, visiting
clubs and attending training events for club
officers. But technology is opening uP new
opportunities for connecting distant clubs.
District 5010 recently launched leadershiptraining webinars that encourage interaction
among participants; they
will soon
be offered
in Russian as well as English. During Boyer's
term, English-speaking Russian leaders par-
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for conference calls, and membership and
grants teams are doing the same.
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Today's speaker...
inspired me.
broadened
*y
world view.
made me proud to be a Rotarian.
MANAGEMENT
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Small business, big problems
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Even with the credlt
cruncn,
you can get the
funding to survive and thrive
BY
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LHRIS IAYLOR
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o a banker, Nicole l{azzero, a marketing expert for
Like Naz zero, small-business
owners can streamline their op-
small businesses in Seaale,
erations, scout for new sources
should be the perfect bor-
revenue, and get creative about
rower. Her company, Wok
funding."If you have a good busi-
Popcorn Media and Communications, has low overhead and a steady
ness, good credit, and a good idea
about what you need the money
foa you can still get a loan in your
stream of clients. But when she
learned that one of her lenders was
jacking up rates to L7 percent on her
business credit card
she
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hadnt missed
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hometowni' says Jim Blasin gemq
a member of the Rotary Club
of The Greater Shoals ArealSheffield, Ala., and hosr of Tbe Small
Business Advocate, a nationally
syndicated radio program. "fught
no\M, you should operate for survival but still plan for successj'
Here arc afew strategies:
even though
a single
payment
she realized just how brutal this
economy was getting.
"lp^y dl
-y
debts on time, and
I've never been refused creditj'says
the member of the Rotary Club
of
of
Seattle."I asked them if they had any
flexibiliry, and they jusr said,'Sorry."'
Nazzaro saw the episode as a challenge.
bounds."It's defi nitely a scary dme',' she says.
She canceled that credit card on principle
"But you can fight backl'
and started using another card she had in
the groundwork for when the economy re-
fn a recent survey by the Narional Fed-
reserve. She limited her drawdown of cash,
cutting her living expenses by a quarter. She
eration of Independent Business,
now does almost all her banking with
able
a
local
credit union, which is less inclined to slash
her credit than the baftered big banks, and
she's considednga Small Business Administration loan for a computer upgrade.
By being innovative about financing,
Nazzaro is saving her business and laying
a
third of
small businesses reported that they wereni
to
get eny of the credit lines theyd ap-
plied for.Almost
PtAY llEFEilSE. Leslie Reichert, a
member of the Rotary Club of Uxbridgo
Mass., and the owner of an ecofriendly
cleaning supply shop, had a friend in the
retail business whose bankpulled a line of
credit with no notice.It prompted Reichert to check in with her own bank abour
her $50,000line to make sure everything
it for much, but
I wanted to double-check that it will still
be there if I need itj' she says.
fifth have seen the terms
change on their loan or credit card, and a
quarter think their very survival is now at
was in order."I dont use
stake.It's a time of reckoning for small busi-
SH0P AR0UilD. Credit cards aimed at
small businesses,like the American Ex-
nesses across the
a
United States, but the re-
cession doesnt have to take yours down.
press Plum, have become
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but the rates and fees on many credit offerings are going up. Look for cards that
offer steep discounts for immediare payments, or extended no-interest payment
periods if you need that extra time to
cover the bills.
TH I N K
L0CAL. The giant banks, and
prom-
inent small-business lenders like CIT
Group, may be in trouble, but many loIf they know
in the conrname
and
place
your
)roLlr
munity, they'll be more likely to extend
credit - and less likely to take it away
for no reason."It's true that credit cards
cal lenders are still strong.
,$.
and the big banks have all been clamping
:i1i
down," says Blasingame."But that's not
true of most independent community
banks and credit unionsl'
TAP FRIENDS AND FAMILY
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CAREFULLY.
This is often the first recourse for new
businesses, because few financial institu-
tions are willing to take a risk on an unproven company. Tread carefully, though:
Make sure the family-and-friends fund-
ing doesnt represent people's life savrngs,
but an amount they could potentially lose
without affecting their iifestyle. And be
sure to offer them competitive interest
rates and payback terms, "Present your
case as if your relatives were bankersi'advises Tom Gegax, author of Tbe Big Book
oi Small Business.
When
in need of cash, go to the people who have
SEEK 0UT VENTURE CAPITALISTS.
it, such
as
venture capitalists or angel inves-
tors. Check out groups like the National
Venture Capital Association to decide who
to pitch to, but beware of those venture
,'3t
capital firms whose terms have become too
onerous.If missing a payment or two gives
them the right to take over the company,
then the funding isnt worth the risk.
EXPL0RE SUPPLIER FINANCING. You may
have worked wirh a particular company
decades, paid all your bills on time,
and developed long-standing personal
relationships there. The firm has no interest in seeing a reliable client go under,
so ask whether it's willing to undertake
financing itself. "Or find a manufacturer
for
:
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A THIRD OF SMATT
BUSINESSES REPORTED
THAT THEY WERE}I'T
ABIE TO GET AI{Y
OF THE CREDIT TINES
THEY'D APPTIED FOR.
or supplier who doesn't yet have repre'
sentation in the aree, and sell them
on the ideai'says Gegax, who did that
with his tire company by approaching Michelin and Bridgestone. If you're offering
interest rates that are superior to the re-
turn on savings accounts, suppliers could
see the opportunity as an additional
source of profit.
IAP Y(lUR HtlME (|}ItY IF IT'S FIilAilCIATIY
PRUDET{I.
During the real-estate boom,
many small-business owners found financing under their own roo[, thanks to
rising home prices they could draw on
at will. The housing crash, of course, revealed the risks of putting your home on
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the poker table. But if the equity in your
home exceeds the amount you're looking
to draw out and your lender is amenable,
it
can be a handy way to create an emer'
gency
credit line
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one that could be tax
deductible, to boot.
MAKE THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRAT|
0l{ W0RK F()R Y0U. This is oneeree
where the nationt stimulus package could
affectyou directly. The America's Recovery
Capital loan program is offering $35,000
for small businesses in trouble, featur'
ing terms like zerc interest, no fees to the
agency, and a repayment schedule of up
to five years. You can even use the loan
to handle the existing debt that's threat'
ening to sink your business. If you're
having trouble gettingfunding from banks
on your own, the Small Business Administration could be a critical lending lifeline
to get you through the recession. r
Cbris Taylor bas won awards from the
National Press Club, the Deadline Club,
and the I'{ational Association of Real Estate
Editors. He is based in New York City.
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Mahabouba is a shy, sweet Ethiopian who, at the age
of
L2, was sold by a neighbor to become the second wife of a
60-yeavold man.The man beat and raped her, and the first
wife, jealous of her husband's lust for the interloper, beat
her as well. Mahabouba became pregnant, but her pelvis
wasn't yetbigenough to accommodate the baby, and there
was no doctor to help with the delivery.
The baby became stuck and died, and Mahabouba sus'
tained a horrific internal injury known as an obstetric fisrula.
This leaves women incontinent, constantly leaking waste,
and smelly, and sometimes causes paralysis. The villagers
believed that Mahabouba had been cursed by God, so they
put her in a hut on the edge of the village.
"Then they took the door off, so that the hyenas would
get mei'Mahabouba told us. When darkness descended,
the hyenas approached. She couldn't move her legs, but
she held a stick in her hands and waved it frantically and
shouted at the animals. All night long the hyenas circled,
and all night long, she fended them off.
When morning came, Mahabouba knew that her only
hope would be to leave. She had heard of a Western mission-
ary ina nearby vlllage,so she began crawling in that direction,
pulling herself along with her arms. A day later, the missionary opened his door and found her there, half dead.
He took her to the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital, where
a US$300 operation restored her health. The doctors no-
ticed that Mahabouba was smart and eager to help at rhe
facility, so they taught her to read and write. Today she is
on the medical staff,, proudly walking about in a new nurse's
aid uniform and spending her days helping others. (More
on the hospital's founder, honored by Rotary, on page 70.)
Nobody would doubt that the $lOO surgery was an
extraordinarily good investment, even in a strict economic sense. Quite apert from giving a teenager her
Iife back, it empowered her to get an education and a
good job, and then to contribute to her country's gross
domestic product.
The question is how to find those extraordinarily good
investments that make a differcnce while avoiding the
bad ones. Thats something the world is getting better ar,
and recent research and exi)ii. =.:,'.- *:L:,iperience have shown that aid
channeled ' , i '
through women.
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There's a tendency to focus
on all the terrible things that
happen to women and girls in
poor countries, from sexual
trafficking to attacks where
men throw acid on their faces.
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Those arc aLl horri$ring abuses. But a more paramount
lesson from the research is that women represent opportuniry. Women ereit the problem. They're the solution.
We wrote Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into
Opportunity for Women Worldwide to show how women
can be a powerful force for fighting povefty. A country
can't develop economically if it makes use of only half
its population. One good predictor of an economy's
vitality is the proportion of the labor force composed
of women. And frankly, women have a better record
than men of spending money wisely. Across a variety of
cultures, women are more likely to invest their money in
educating their children or in starting small businesses.
Men are more likely to allocate money to consumption such as beer.
So what kinds of humanitarian aid work besti There's
no neat formula, but three
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but not to the same degree.)
We've built a school for girls and boys in Cambodia
through American Assistance for Cambodia. The group's
Girls Be Ambitious initiative helps keep girls in school.
In a sense, this is bribery, but it works: lf agid,has perfect
attendance for a month, her family gets $10. Experiments
in many countries show that this kind of incentive is one
of the most cost-effective ways to boost attendance.
There's evidence that girls in high school drop out because they dont have access to tampons or pads. The girls
regalarly miss school during their periods for fear of leaks,
and then they fall further and further behind and eventu-
ally drop out. So several groups, including Camfed and
Sustainable Health Enterprises, are providing cheap pads,
and the initial results are promising.
A
second area with a good record is microfinance and
trade. In Half tbe Sk1,, we introduce a woman in Burundi
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World Bank counts as the poorwho parLayeda $2loan from CARE into
an African country that the
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in the world
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a business making banana beer and raising goats. She now
supports her husband and sends her children to school.
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You can make loans to borrowers in many parts
the world. We've visited the people in Afghanistan to
whom we've lent money through Kiva.org; they were
startled and grateful when we walked into their shops.
The third area is the interwoven world of health and
nutrition. For example, as many as 500,000 children
worldwide die or go blind eachyear because they dont get
enough vitamin A - and yet a capsule costs just two cents.
Health issues related to motherhood are especially
troubling, A mother's milk is a lifesaving substance, and
formula mixed with unsafe water can be deadly. But far
too often, women in poor countries believe they should
hold offfrom nursingfor the first 24hours or begin to
wean early. Breast-feeding is cheap and effective
as a bonus, it functions as birth control.
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As for maternal health, it's simply a disgrace that the
number of women who die in pregnancy and childbirth
has remained steady for a quarter century
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at more than
half a million a year worldwide. We've seen hospitals in
remote parts of Africa where women die for lack of $15
in medicines to treat hemorrhages or eclampsia. Moreover, after a woman dies, her children ere at much greater
risk of dying. Because maternal health is neglected, teenage girls like Mahabouba end up with fistulas.
We also need to bolster family planning - a woman
wont die in childbirth if she doesnt get pregnant - and
simultaneously push to improve midwifery and emerobstetrics.The results would be fewer girls suffering
gency
fistulas and more women contributing to the economic
development of their country.
Edna Adan Ismail has built a maternity hospital in
Somaliland with her savings. A nurse-midwife by training, Ismail lives in an apartment in her hospital so she
can be on call around the clock. She accepts no salary
and devotes her pension to keeping the hospital going.
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Wendy Smith describes this unprecedented burst of generosity in Give t Little: Hon, Your Small Donttiorrs Can Transform Our World, published this monrh. Smith, .,vho profiled
a bridge-building project funded by The Rotarl' Foundarion,
adds that giving a lot of mone)/ does nor guarantee success.
"What matters;' she says, "is the ourcome."
Rotarians know this firsthand, r,vhether they are among
the Foundation's top donors, bequeathing multimillion-dollar
fortunes, or the many club rnembers who steadily contribure
smaller amounts every year.
We surveyed the landscape of recent projects funded by
the Foundation and came up with these eight ways to change
the world on the cheap. All of them f-all into at least one of
the six areas of focus outlined in the Future Vision Plan. And
all have price-to-impact ratios thar rvould delight any executive. For the cost of a candy bar, you can save a child from
HIV infection. Give up a couple of lattes, and 1'slr can restore
And your next dinner ar a resraurant? Buy
- you could feed a family and provide
enough income to send the children to school.
someone's eyesight.
some chickens instead
Rapid HIV test: 70 cents
The remote border towns of China's Yunnan Province are
a virtual petri dish for HIV wirh a thriving sex rrade, cheap
heroin from the neighboring Golden Triangle, plenty of
migrant workers to spread the virus, and a lack of education
about safe sex practices. (In 2003, about 6 percent of Chinese
villagers knew that condoms could prorect against AIDS.)
Yunnan is also a place of mythic beautl'; it inspired the legend
;r:'
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of Shangri-La.
The Rotary clubs of Shanghai and Fremont, Calif., USA,
teamed up with pioneering virologist David Ho in 2006 to
prevent mother-to-child transmission of the virus in Yunnan,
which accounts for a third of China's reported AIDS cases by far the highest of all provinces. Ho, named Tinrc magazine's
Person of the Year in 1996 for inventing rhe cocktail of drugs
so successful in treating AIDS patients, is also credited with
helping to convince the Chinese governmenr to confront the
AIDS epidemic with a huge commitment of resources.
In rural Yunnan, an HlV-positive pregnanr woman has a 33
percent chance of passing on the virus in utero, during delivery,
A 70-cemtest, funded by
Grant from The Rotary Foundation,lowered the risk to less than
and while breast-feeding.
The
test allows for early
2 p ercent among those tesred.
rapid
HIV
detection so the mother can be
treated, preventing rransmissiorr
and saving two lives.
Armed with Foundation funds,
the Rotarians and Ho's China
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Matching
fililt
AIDS Initiative launched the massive drive to perform rapid
HIV
tests on 30,000 newlywed and pregnant women. The
China AIDS Initiative,
a public-private partnership, is coordinated by the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center in
New York, where Ho is chief executive officer. Ho recruited
basketball stars MagicJohnson (Hos retroviral drugs are
keeping him alive) and Yao Ming to publicize the drive.'A
photo of Yao showing Magic how to eat with chopsticks that carried a message rhat HIV is not rransmitred casually,"
says Fremont club member LenaZee.
The Rotarians and the initiative also organized2T0 educational events for the public, reaching 120,000 people, and
trained 1,800 health workers.
More than 160 of the women in Yunnan tested positive.
China AIDS Initiative clinics treated the women and provided drug therapy to prevent HIV transmission. Of the
children born to the women, onlv two had the virus.
Mosquito net: $5
"Give me $10 to $20i'Tercy Youlton says,"and we can save
a fami!y." Youlton, 73, is directing the delivery of 110,000
mosquito nets to boarding schools across Tanzania."There
are over 16 million cases of malaria ayear inTanzaniai'he
observes.'And 100,000 people die. Most susceptible are
pregnant women and small children."
Youlton's club, the Rotary Club of Ridgetown, Ont.,
Canada, and the Rotary Club of Moshi, Tanzania, with 18
Canadian districts, secured a Matching Grant from the Foun-
dation and anoth er grant from the Canadian government.
The Rotarians purchased the nets through the Against Malaria Foundation, which guarantees that they're distributed
where promised. On the groups Web site, donors can track
the nets through photos and videos."This was the kind of
proof I wanted for Rotaryi'Youlton says.
The Against Malaria Foundation provides long-lasting
insecticidal nets. The mosquitoes are drawn by the odor of
the sleeping person and killed on contact with the nets. Even
with holes, atreated net remains 90 to 95 percent effective
for about five years. The insecticide also is safe for all: A mosquito is a million times smaller than an infant.
Population Services International, a global health nonprofit based in Washington, D.C., will install the nets. "It's
a hot and dirtyjob,"Youlton says."f know because I've been
there and done that. You're climbing around on the top of
double and triple bunks. They're doing it aII for freel'
Cataract surger!: $25
When Pennsylvania Rotarian Robert Walton talks to
Rotary clubs, he doesnt plead for thousands of dollars. Instead, he asks,"How many eyes do you want to restorei"
Then he tells them that for 56.75
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with contributions from Rotarians in Karachi, Pakistan, and
Matching Grants from the Foundation - each person in the
audience could save someone from blindness. Age-related
cataracts account for nearly half of the world's blindness, and
as
people live longer, the numbers are rising.
In the United States, c terect surgery to replace the existing crystalline lens with an intraocular lens (IOL) costs about
$3,000.Two small Rotary clubs - SpringTownship Centennial,
Pa., and Karachi South, Pakistan - found a group to do it for
$25 ata state-of-fie-arc hospital in Karachi. With a Matching
Grant, they funded IOL implants for 2,000 impoverishedpatients, teaming up with the Laycon Rahmanrlla Benevolent Trust,
a
nonprofit operating 16
eye care
hospitals in Pakistan.
Goncentrated language encounter: $8.56
Where conventional literacy techniques have failed,
hundreds of thousands of children and adults have learned
to read through the concentrated language encounter
(CLE) method. Schools in more than 30 countries have
adopted the approach, developed by Rotarian Richard
Walker more than 30 years ago, and the literacy booklets
have been translated into a multitude of languages, among
them Afrikaans, Arabic, and Bangla.
And it's cheap. The basic supplies are paper, cardboxd, crayons, and rwine, to create books that the classes write together.
The Rotary clubs of Pasig North, Philippines, and Petaling
Jaya,Malaysia, recently completed a two-year CLE program
for four elementary schools in Pasig City, Philippines.
With $10,000 raised by the cwo clubs and a Matching Grant
of equal size fromThe Rotary Foundation, theprogram reached
2,337 students, at a cost of $8.56 each. And that'sjust the first
class: The grant also funded training for 5l teachers.
Vitamin A: 2 cents
Consider this the next time you walk past a penny on the
ground: The leading cause of preventable blindness in chil-
A deficiency,
eliminated for 2 cents
a dose. Up to half a million children a year lose their sight
dren, vitamin
cen be
because they lack the vitamin, abundant in the diet of children
in developed nations. (Eggr, forcified milk and cereal, carrots,
and spinach are all good sources.) Children with vitamin A
deficiency are also more likely to die from common childhood
illnesses such as diarrhea and measles.
Administedng200,000 IU (international units) of the
vitamin for two days cuts blindness and mortality rates.
Matching Grants have funded many vitamin A drives. Supplements also are often delivered with polio vaccines during
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averting 1.5 million childhood 1,r, : - ,
deaths since
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Bio-sand filter: $32
The numbers are astonishing: One in three people worldwide
lacks access to clean weter,3.5 million people die each year
from drinking contaminated water, and one child dies every 15
seconds from waterborne illnesses. Recently, 19,000 bio-sand
filters - simple, cost-effective tools for puri$ring water - were
installed in homes in the Dominican Republic, funded by 30
Foundation Matching Grants to clubs in Canada, the Dominican Republic, and the United States.
The HydrAid bio-sand filter removes all parasites and 95 percent of bacteria and viruses.It uses gravity as a power source, has
no movingparts, and lasts for at least 10 years. Made of plastic,
weighs
it
just 8 pounds.For $32,you can buy yourself two bottles
of water aday for about rwo weeks, or you can buy one bio-sand
filter and deliver pure water for a decade to an entire family.
Polio vaccine: 60 cents
Unless you joined Rotary yesterday, you've heard this before:
Drops of the oral polio vaccine in the hands of Rotarians have
changed the world. But we're not done yet. Without dusting
off your passport, you could help eradicate the disease from
the four nations where the wild poliovirus persists. And itb a
bargain: 60 cents will protect a child from polio for life. Since
the PolioPlus program was launched in 1985, Rotarians have
contributed more than $800 million to the cause and immunizedtwo billion children.
Flock of chickens: $20
The Rotary Foundation has awarded many grants over the
years to clubs that team up with Heifer International, providing farm animals to impoverished families. The stipulation:
Recipients must pass on the good fortune, by way of animal
offspring. With a Matching Grant, the Rotary clubs of KololoKampala, Uganda, and Hayle, England, recently provided 22
Ugandan families with heifers for $5OO apiece. About 58 gal'
lons of milk are now flowing each day into the local economy.
If that's too pricey, Heifer International also can provide a
starter flock of 10 to 50 chicks for $20. The birds can thrive on
small plots and survive on table scraps and insects, making them
ideal for impoverished communities.
A good hen can Iay 200 eggs a year. Ray White, Heifer Internadonal spokesman, says that with25 roosters and25 hens, afami\y
starts e^tinga lot better."suddenly there's protein in the dieti'
With a flock this size, White
says, a famlly can
bring both eggs
and meat to market and still allow some eggs to hatch. A family
triple im annual income, sometimes in a
matter of months."Now they can afford the $3 to send a child to
school for eyeatThey can afford what they call'iron sheets'for
the roof,, so the home is dry for the first time. They can afford a
little medical care, and a little goes a long way when children are
in Burkina
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The population of the poorest nation in the Western
Hemisphere was then about 3.5 mlllion. The population is now more than 8.5 million. The forests are almosr
entirely gone. The land has been washed ewey because
of over-farming, deforestation, and regular flooding. The
people arc fed, inadequately, through foreign aid and
charity. A succession of corrupt governments have looted
the treasury. Tuberculosis, AIDS, and intestinal infections have failed to limit population growth. Kwashiorkor - a condition of protein starvation rhar rurns the hair
reddish andfdzzy - has made for babies with grotesquely
swollen bellies.
So the world has rushed in to the rescue, righti Church
groups, foundations, the United States, the United Nations -
Haiti's tragedy continues, uninterrupted. Followingare
a few
examples drawn from frequent visits ro this side of Hispaniola,
where I love the wit, charm, and inventiveness
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the many gifts
of a people who somehow still refuse to give up. The world
seems to want to help; the world makes many mistakes.
Perhaps the most obvious ecological disaster in Haiti
is deforestation. Even the coffee trees (which are actuaLly
bushes) have been chopped up for firewood. The resulti
Flooding - there is now a soil-barren desert. A church
group has been acrive in replanting trees, at a cost to the
good-hearted U.S. donors and volunteers of about $200 per
sapling. Merrily the saplings grow - for about eight hours,
I suggested to
the chain-smoking American in charge of the church group's
whereupon they are cur down for kindling.
mission that guards be hired ro protecr this project, that the
people be educated about the value of trees, and that cooking oil be provided so people could feed themselves without
destroying the earth. But his mandate was to plant,and that
was all he did, apeft from leading congregations in hymns
and offering American cigarettes as a gesture of friendship.
A partly successful instance of foreign aid involved a
fish-culture expert from Israel, senr to develop fishponds in
which carp could be raised. But the difficulties of finding
food for the fish, keeping the water clean enough, and raising
and harvesting the fish meant that after he left the country,
the ponds died. However he also had brought tilapia from
Aftica, a fish that thrives in
brackish water and
breeds
prolifically in rice paddies and
streams.I called it the"shmoo-
fishl'He
seeded streams with
tilapia. Soon, with their eggs
carried on the wings of birds,
tilapia could be found through-
out the country. In markets,
they were called poisson Isra644
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lire (Israeli fish), and sometimes ytoisson Assad, because
they were found near the hotel owned by a Lebanese doc-
tor named Assad.
Some years ago, during the reign ofJean'Claude Duvalier, nicknamed"Baby Doc" by many and"Furniture Face"
by some, funds anived to support populadon control, or
femily planning. Much of the money was wasted on billboards near the Port-au-Prince airport depicting the beam-
ing ample-cheeked president-for'Life and his command
Fais
planning("Makeplanning'). A willing father of many
was said to have visited a clinic in despair, having received
of condoms,"I try to use one with my wifei'he explained, "but I just cant swallow iti'The beaming face of
a stock
Baby Doc on the billboards was equally uninstructive.
Bitter comedy can be found while traveling amid this
brave, resilient, suffering people. Driving to the village
of Petit Goive with a graduate student from the University of California, Berkeley,
we stopped near a caillepaille, a
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ing rice and beans, a healthful,
complete protein. "You speak
the languagel'the student said
to me."Tell her not to overdo
L"lb]ilfl itt}Hfb,
the carbo-loading."
In another misapprehension
of Haitian needs, the U.S. government launched a campaign
to
exterminate
the
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noirs, the small, black pigs that many peasants kept as a
kind of protein bank. The black pigs scurried around like
dogs and consumed fallen fruit and garbage, but U.S. officials thought they might harbor a harmful virus. The
officials then introduced Iowa hogs. But the hogs werent
a
solution, because they required a higher level of mainte-
nance than the Haitians could afford. Banners appeared
with paintings of the black pigs: Cochons Noirs - Nofre
Drapeau (Black Pigs - Our Flag). Eventually efew surviving hidden pigs reappeared.
Good and loving intentions often fail in the tropical
chaos of this part of Hispaniola.
Mother Teresa arrived to
nurse AIDS patients in a hospice. One of her first acts was
to shut offthe hot water, which was a comfort of bathing
for the patients."Not everyone in Haiti has hot water, so
we shouldn'ti' she explained.
A Zen Buddhist from Alaska (who knew Fairbanks
was a hotbed of Zen?) spent a long weekend bringing
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I
suggested that learn-
ing to chant om under the leadership of an Alaskan Zen
expert would not sufficiently elter Haiti's fate. He wiggled his toes in his sandals with serene disagreement.It
had been a good weekend, and he planned to return on
his next two-week vacation to complete the work,
A team of doctors arrived to instruct rural clinicians in
vaccinating newborn babies against tetanus, which kills
many infants. The Haitian authorities insisted that the
minister of health, herself a doctor, accompany them.
It
was a question of national pride. She kept them waiting
everymorning while she applied her makeup - also err^at'
ter of national pride.In the limited time the doctors had,
they hoped to visit most of the clinics. But when they ar'
rived at her house on a Saturday, she informed them that
didnt work on
she
weekends.
A disconsolate Harvard
medical school professor spent most of a Sunday describing his unhappiness in the bar of the Hotel Oloffson.
Engineers, chemists, and adventurers have come look-
ing for oil, minerals, or buried pirate treasure - no luck.
One American geologist found no coal or manganese but
a beautiful Creole woman, married her, and opened
woodworking shop, making salad bowls for the tourists who no longer visit Haiti.
Years ago,Ijoined an expedition to the north, near
Port-de'Paix, across from ile de la Tortue, once a pirate
camping ground. We had a guaranteed treasure map, but
doubloons were buried with 13 slaves to curse any who
tried to steal them. Alas, we didnt find the ffeasure, but
I received the curse: malaria. My friend the geologist had
better luck than I did.
On the last day of my most recent visit to Haiti, a
sudden cloud of black smoke rose into the sky from the
Iron Market in downtown Port-au-Prince. A stock of
foreign-aid foodstuffs - rice, grains, beans - was burning. A Swedish ecologist and I watched, waiting for the
fire deparcment to arrive. Although a helicopter circled
met
a
overhead, we saw no firefighters. "Mother's Day was
only two weeks ago. Maybe
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"There will soon be food riotsj'he muttered.
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play,I conduct, and I teach, so I'm
having
a
good time)'observes Itzhak
is right, the sound of music carries across the
Ed Sullivan Show brought me to the States
channel to Long Island's North Fork.)
and led to my scholarship at theJuilliard
Perlman. Of course, when the violin
Between tours, Perlman teaches at the
virtuoso uses the word play, that's
an understatement.
Born in Tel Aviv in L945,PerIman debuted at Carnegie Hall at
ageLT,Today,het one of the world's best
known and most honored classical musicians, often described as a "superstarl'
He's garnered four Emmy Awards endI5
Juilliard School in New York, where he
ing with crutches. People have a tendency
and his wife studied violin, and during the
to look at a youngster with
summer at Shelter Island.
not listen to what they have to offer. They
On2 December,
will perform at the
Concert to End Polio with the New York
Philharmonic, et the Lincoln Center for
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Grammy Awards, and a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008.
At
age
threg Perlman heard
a concerr
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School. I was a liale L3-yeavold kid walka
disabiliry and
ask whether that person can really have
a ce.reer and withstand the rigors of
travel and so on.I had to fight that.I had
to face a lot of people who did not have
the proper aainrde, which is,"Forger about
ll
the disabiliry. Let's hear what the person has
ll
to say musically and then make a decisionl'
TR: Did the violin choose ItzhakPerlmani
on
the radio and asked his father for a violin.
Months later, he contracted polio and lost
the use of his legs. He walks with crutches
If you were to ask people in
a symphony
orchestra why they rc playng
parcicular in-
and performs while seated. Throughout
strument, they would say it's the sound that
PERLMAil: Absolutely.I liked the sound.
ITZHAK
PERLMAN
his career, he's maintained a rigorous travel
schedule appearingatvenues far beyond the
concert halls of the United States and West-
ern Europe.ln 1987, he joined a groundbreaking tour with the Israel Philharmonic
Orchestra in Hungary and Poland, and
three yeers later performed in the orchestra's
first concert in the Soviet Union. He
TH
toured China and India in 1994.
Perlman's instrument of choice is the
Soil Stradivarius violin, made 1nl7l4.He
enjoys the "social" aspect
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says.
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conceding the remendous repertoire of the
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nent. But even in countries where the music
music. It's more international.
in the Eastern bloc
during the Cold War. Do musicians and
TR: You performed
CE
orchestras make effective diplomats
resolved issues, but culture is always the
first step toward warmer relations between
of
of
countries. And, of course, the reladons between governments rarely have anything to
Perlman's self- described"three-pronged" mu-
the Performing Arts. All proceeds will go
to Rotary's US$200 Million Challenge.
sical career is conducting. He has wielded the
Journalist Warren Kalbacker recenrly
baton with the Philadelphia Orchestra and
caught up with Perlman before he was
the National Symphony, among others.
to
But teaching holds a special aftraction.
He and his wife, T"by, founded the Perl-
THE R0TARIAI{: You appeared
man Music Program in L993. Seven years
letegthey purchased an old Z8-acre resorr
and made it into a carnpus on rhe shore
of
Shelter Island, N.Y, USA. (When the wind
i
PERLMAI{: Always. You might have un-
Schindler\ Lktby John Williams and played
at the Academy Awards.
Along with performing another aspect
TR: Deep down, don't we all need musicl
is different, there is always Western classical
has appeared on Sesame Street.He was also
a soloist on the Oscar-winning score
sound atract her and not the sound ofa violin
or celloi It's somethingin our makeup.
language of thatparticular country or conti-
NG EFFECTS
AND THE RIGHT WAY
Perlman doesnt always don formalwear for his performancesi he's comfortable bantering with David Lecerman and
to play the bass all her life. Whywould that
different languages.If you go ro China or
India or Africa, you will find that music is fie
OF MUSIC,
piano, hejokes that if you want to play one,
"you have to go where there is a pianol'
one in our teaching program who wanted
moved by what they hear. And music speaks
ON DISABILITY,
While
atffacted them. It's magnetic. Wdve got some-
PERIMAI{: We do.In difficult times, peoplejust like to hear music. They like to be
FIDDLER REFLECTS
the portabiliry
of stringed instruments, he
I MASTE
a
a
off
favorite evening engagement: meet-
ing with students.
the Beades, and at a young age. What has
that achievement meanr to youi
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hall to listen to the Israel Philharmonic or
to listen to me, a native Israeli. They dont
listen because of state issues. They listen
to the music, and they get enthusiastic and that's the important thing.
on Tbe Ed
Sullivan Show inIg5S,several years before
ITZHAK PER[MAil:
do with thepeople.They come to a concerr
I'm verv thankful. The
TR: Next month, you
will perform with
the New York Philharmonic at the Concert to End Polio, benefiting Rotary International's push to end the disease forever.
Can you share some program notesi
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PERIMAI{: I just chose nice music.flaughs)
I'm playing
a
Max Bruch violin concerto.In
TR: What is most important to impart as
a teacheri
the second haIf,I may do the theme from
Scbindler's List, end then a piece by Fdrz
Kreisler for violin and orchestra.
P ER LMAI{ : It's important to have a nurnrring
aricude.I had three teachers. My first teacher,
TR: Why did you agree to perform this
benefit concert?
and was a bit abusive. She worked attrying
PERIMAI{: For me, the issue is black and
white.The fact thatthere's still polio is ridiculous. There's absolutely no excuse for anyone to get polio. This has to be dealt with
immediately. I m not totally versed in inoculation issues, and obviously there are cer-
had rwo teachers atJuilliard: Ivan Galami-
a Russian
in Israel, would tell me what to do
to make me feel
gilrf
if I didnt practice.I
tain countries where inoculation is not quite
Dorothy DeLay.Galamian was sima system:"If
you do what I say, you'llbe able to play the
violin.If you doni, you wontl'But when I
would play something for DeLay, shed ask
me what I thought of ir. She included me in
as organized and there is resistance. But you
the process of teaching. I did not like it at the
have to do
TR
:
this.It's
a very humane
thing.
When you hear a young person described
as a musical prodigy,
what comes to mindi
ffiffiffiffiffiw^W.
an and
ilar to my first teacher. He had
time. But it's funny: This is the way I teach.I
include the srudents. Even if a srudent plays
AB0VE: At 13, ltzhak Perlman pedorms on The Ed
badly, there's always something that's good
Sullivan Show tn 1959. He was on the show several
PERLMAil: Being described as a prodigy is
there, and from talking about that, you can
times. OPP0SITE: He instructs young musicians at the
all bad: "My God, this person is a freakj'
Wry talented is a more appropriate term.
fix the faults. A lot of old-fashioned peo-
Perlman Music Program on Shelter lsland, N.Y., USA.
ple believe that hitting you over the head is
There are few real prodigies. Mozart was
good for you. Thats not in the language
of
You can practice for sound, for intonation, for
prodigy. To be talented at an early age can
the faculty at our program. You have to be
faciLity,or a lot of other things, but it's got to
be a blessing but to have such a gift is an
kind and constructive.
TR: So you didn't like to practice any
more than the rest of us who've srudied
be orgatized.And sometimes the repetition
a
abnormaliry. The goal of every'child prod-
ig,i' at the
age
of 10 is to survive the
years
of being abnormal. You can listen to some-
an instrumenti
one who sounds extremely promising and
PE R LMAil :
then four or five years later you hear noth-
practicing is an art; it's notjust about puring
ing there. You can call it burnout.I've heard
in the dme.A lot of kids are too youngto im-
lot of extremely talented young people.
And then something happened. Parents
mediately get that. They
a
As
a
child, I hated to practica But
say,
well, I m going to
without thinking can be counteqproductive
If you practice something wrong - without knowing it - then you have to undo it
by practicing even more.I tell the kids that
if you prectice slowly and with a brain, you
will save a lot of timeYou can accomplish in
an hour what could take a week.
do my four or five hours aday,and I m going
TR
pushed too hard. Or there was bad rcach-
to keep repeating everythingand its going to
with jazz great Oscar Peterson. Recount a
ing or a bad attitude. Teaching is all about
be good.
letting the gift develop itself without mess-
it's not working. You need
ing with it. The promise has to be extended
tice; you need a goal. You need to ask your-
throughout the teenage years.
sel-f,"Why am I practicing and what is
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And sometimes they wonder why
to organize prac-
itfor/'
: You ve played at the Oscars. You've
played
favorite unexpected venue or collaboration.
PER
LMAI{
: Playingwith Oscar Peterson
imjazzpeople.I
was in awe of his
provise like
was a blast. Classical musicians do not
artistry. We chose pieces that were standards, and the reason was that I felt that
with classical music is larger, but I have a lot
of trust in the audience.I've doneJohnny
harmonically, I would be very familiar with
Carson as well as PBS. There is no reason
TR
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What
is the
funre of the violini Will com-
posers look to the instrument over the next
few centuries as they've done in the pasti
I
see the
them. But we would do one take, and he
not to expose everyone to classical music.
PERLMAI{:
would do the piece,and on the next take he
would improvisc and it would really be a
TR: You've performed and recorded
music written for the violin from every
important composer over the last 400
because the level
different piece. He felt so comfortable with
what he was doing.It was amazing.
future, and it's good
ofplayinghas risen among
the students I'm exposed to. We will
see
about composers. Everything has reached a
yearc,from Antonio Vivaldi to Alban Berg.
plateau.You could not describe me as some-
TR: Does kl.ezmer, secularJewish folk
music, provide you with an outlet for
What is it about the instrument that has
body who champions contemporary music
attracted such lasting interesti
full time.I still feel I havent donejustice to
improvisation?
PERIMAI{: The range of the instrument is
the old stuff
very atffactive. The violin accommodates
the range, sound, and the players ability to
do what composers throughout the ages
have demanded, depending on whether
the music is baroque, romantic, classical.
TR:
A lot of
It all depends,
because there are
some klezmer tunes that
youjust play, and
PERLMAN:
with the others, the improvisation is a little
subtler than jazz.I always like to call itJewish
soul music. I enjoy doing it. You associate
Hezmer with the clarinet or violin as a solo
instrument, but Hezmer started with whatever instrument was available. Wejust had
After the applause and the
encores,
what's it all about for Itzhak Perlmanl
PERLMAI{: What I am goingto eat.I cook,
but I am not a cook.I wouldnt even begin to think about tryingto do something
That's part of the virtuosity of the players.
TR: You've made more than one appear-
a magical way?
PERLMAI{: They were during Strad's time.
a real. fancy French restaurant would do.
But I cook fairly well.I have a l5-yearold
asparagus patch at my home in East Hampton. And in the gerden, we have tomatoes,
lettucg cucumbers, and zucchini. One of
the counselors at the camp, a wonderful
bass player, is a mushroom fanatic, and
she picked mushrooms from Shelter
Island. We ate them, and they were wonderful. And Im still here.
ance on late-night television. Do you remain dedicated to bringing classical music
Thereare alot ofgood makers now butsome
TR: Once and for all, what is the difference
of the old Italian violins erepretLy emezrng.
between a fiddle and a violini
out of the concert halll
PERIMAI{: I dont care whether they're sitting in the audience et Tbe Tonigbt Show
or in Carnegie Hall - people appreciate
it when they hear qualiry. At Carnegie or
Avery Fisher Hall [at Lincoln Center], the
Today it's very difficult to find fine Italian in-
PERtMAl{ : When somebody's terrific,
struments without spending a fornrne. The
classical musicians say,"He's some fancy
only way for kids to have an opportunity to
fiddler." But the violin and fiddle are the
play those instruments is if theyre on loan
same. Really.
ple share in buying an instrument, and then
Warren Kalbacker is afreelance writer based
percentage of people who have afamiliariay
they loan it to a talented young violinist.
in New York City.
a
klezmer band at our daughter's wedding.
composers' demands have to do
with the usage of the bow. Others have to
do with rhythm and harmony.Were doing
a
chamber music program now, and one
of
They had trumpet, trombone, clarinet,
the pieces is Bart6k. His demand on the vi-
piano, bass, and drums. And you can add
other instruments, They have licks there,
IR: Can you deconstruct the violin -
but for
me, jazz is
built for improvisation.
olin is certainly different from Vivaldi's.
wood, strings, varnish, all put together in
r
from afoundation or society. Sometimespeo-
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James DePreist was born in Pbiladelphia
in 1936. He was diagnosed with polio in
1962. Two years later, be won tbe Dimitris
Mitrop oulos International Conduc ting
Competition, and a year after that he was
named assistant conductor of the New York
Philharmonic. His career since then has
included musical directorship
for
orchestras
in Quebec City; Malmii, Sweden; Monaco;
and Tokyo. He also was associate conductor
of the National Symphony Orcbestra in
Wasbington, D.C. DePreist bas more than
50 recordings to his credit and in 2005
receiued tbe National Medal of Arts from
President George W. Bush. He is currently
director of conducting and orcbestral studies
at
the
Juilliard School and laureate music
director of tbe Oregon Symphony.
At 22 years old, James DePreist
had just
come to a decision as to what he wanted
to do with his life. He had grown up
in Philadelphia, had a bachelor's and a
master's degree from the University of
Pennsylvan ia, and had studied composition
at the Philadelphia Conservatory of
Music. DePreist had thought he might be
a composer but decided instead to fty a
career
in conducting.A man ofgreetenergy,
he found himself uncharacteristically
fatigued during a 1962 State Department
tour in Bangkok, Thailand. Doctors there
delivered a diagnosis that might well have
derailed the plans of a lesser spirit: They
told him he had contracted polio.
"There was no speculation as to the
exact cause," he remembers. "There were
four or five other
cases
in Thailand. It
manifested itself in my being very tired and
having pain in my legs.I saw a doctor, who
gave me a shot
of something and that night
I had to get up to go to the bathroom, and I
couldnt stand up. And thar was ir."
He spent the first weeks after the
diagnosis in a Bangkok nursing home,
worrying about how far the disease would
progress."I was exercising my legs, trying to
move my arms, with images of an iron lung
in my mind before it was determined that
WWreffiWffireK
the disease wasnt continuing to movei'
There were some low moments, he
waited in Bangkok for e way
back to the United States. "I knew that I
needed treatment and therapy, but there
says, as he
was some question if
I was contagious
ffiffi
ffiW
ffiffiWffi ffiK
and
much bureaucracy between Washington
and Thailand, and that's where my aunt
was very helpful."
His aunt was the famous
contralto Marian Anderson, who had just
sung at President Kennedys inauguracion.
DePreist had been told it would be at least
a week before a plane could be arranged.
When his aunt found out his condition,
"a plane happened to be there the next
morningi' he recalls. "It was a military
ffiWffi ffiffiffiruW
ffiffi ffiffiffi
ffi
transport, and in the stretchers all around
me were wounded Marines and soldiers
from Vietnam in far worse shape than
was, and
ft
I
rcally put things in perspective.
And I was entirely optimistic and had a
great deal of futh, and so I said, All right.
This is what it is for the moment, and well
see
what's going to happen."'
Back in the United States, DePreist
entered Masee Memorial Hospital for
Convalescents in Philadelphia and lived
WW ffiffi
with my life as far as music was concerned.
My excitement over that in some ways
almost overshadowed the fact that I had
polio. I did wonder what I was going to
be facing. There hadnt been a conductor
The soloist was Itzhak Perlman, who
was also a polio survivor and who was
performing from a wheelchair. And
coming onstage with crutches and braces,
but amazingly enough, I said this is sdll
conductors always stand. So I sat down
on a stool, and it was so liberating that
what I want to dol'
His friend Leonard Bernstein encour-
from that point forward, I have always
sat to conduct. The main thing about
him to enter the Dimitris Mitropoulos
sitting down is you have to be seen by the
there for about eyeag learning to walk with
aged
braces, to use crutches, and to maneuver
much of his time in his room reading
International Conducting Competition,
and DePreist, on crutches and in braces,
won first pfize. Bernstein then selected
musical scores.
him to be assistant conductor of the New
"When
York Philharmonic for the 1965-66 season,
stairs, among other therapies. He spent
I
came to the rehabilitation
all the patients had some kind of
trauma, because they couldnt walk or do
things, and they wanted to make sure they
had social contact. I just wanted to be in
my room reading scores, so my door was
cerrter,
closed, and there was this major discussion
I
of
launched. Since then, he has worked with
every major North American orchestra and
with others around the world. Most of that
howpeople commented on how elegant our
low bows were at the end of performances.
work has been from
What we knew is that we were looking
and DePreist's extraordinary career was
"I
a
wheelchair.
remember when
I
was starting out,
I
was going through some
thought it was so important to be standing
and I was in braces, and keeping my balance
h"ppy.And I was happy.
I had finally decided what I was going to do
was very confining. Then a liberating
moment came in Stockholm around 1969,
he seems perfecly
musicians. You have to be clear in terms
your upper body gestures. Your eyes are
tremendously importent; you use your
face to communicate."
Speaking of fellow music legend Perlman, DePreist remembers a laugh the two
of them shared: "We were talking about
huge depression. The staff finally said no,
about whether
he said,'Why are you standing upi' I
had no intelligent answer except that
around at the floor to make sure our braces
hadnt dropped any hardware!.'t
CraigVetter is a Cbicago writer working on
one fiction and one nonfiction.
two books,
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A
ROTARY WORLD MAGAZINE PRESS SUPPLEMENT
Focus on water, sanitation,
and hygiene
WOMEN AND WATER
CLEAN WATER TECHNOLOGY
PANEL OF EXPERTS
The clean water challenge
An integrative approach can solve a three-pronged problem that affects billions
Around the world, hundreds of millions of us share a
similar morning routine that's dominated by water. We
wake up in our homes and walk to a nearby room containing a toilet, sink, and shower or bath. We use the
toilet, wash our bodies, brush our teeth. We make our
way to the kitchen, where we fill a kettle or pot with cool
water to brew our wake-up cup of tea or coffee. In much
of the world, however, this is not the routine. Daily life
is marked by a lack of access to clean water, sanitation
facilities, and hygiene resources. This three-pronged
problem constitutes the core challenge in the lives of
billions worldwide.
Instead of turning on a tap in their homes, 884 million people must fetch their water for drinking, cooking,
and washing from crude, unprotected wells or straight
from rivers, dams, lakes, canals, and ponds. The sanitation statistics are even grimmer: 2.5 billion people lack
access to improved sanitation facilities, such as flush
or composting toilets. Instead they use buckets, bags,
or open pit latrines, or they simply practice open defecation in bushes, fields, and other unprotected public
areas, both rural and urban.
The consequences are devastating for the health and
welfare of millions (see sidebar on disease). Of the 1.8
Rotarians are bringing clean water to La Grria, Dominican
Republic, where residents use a nearby river for drinking
and bathing. More than 200 Rotary clubs have helped install
19,000 bio-sand filters in the counbry.
million deaths each year from diarrhea, including more
severe diseases such as cholera, typhoid, and dysentery
88 percent are due to unsafe water or inadequate sani-
tation or hygiene, and L.4 million are children ages five
and younger, according to the World Health Organization. Malnutrition-related deaths of children five and
under caused by unsafe water, inadequate sanitation,
and insufficient hygiene total 860,000 a year. Contact
GLOBAT OUTLOOK
with feces-contaminated soil or food A lack of private sanitation facilicauses hookworm, ascariasis, and ties discourages girls from attendother intestinal infections that affect ing school, especially as they reach
one-third of the world's population. puberty. Teachers can't teach and
Water, sanitation, and hygiene farmers can't work when they're
issues influence socioeconomic infected with waterborne diseases
conditions as weli.Women and girls that incapacitate adults. Untreated
who spend hours fetching water human waste affects fish, aquatic
can't attend school or earn money. mammals, and vegetation.
What can be done
But there is hope. Though the issue
seems overwhelming in scope
- like
polio was decades ago - much can
be done, according to experts such
as
John Oldfield, executive vice pres-
ident of the U.S.-based nonprofit
Water Advocates. Along with many
public and private organizations
worldwide, Water Advocates is dedicated to soiving the global drinking
water and sanitation crisis.
Women and water
In the Dominican Republic, Rotarians have helped bring
19,000 bio-
sand filters to about 300 communities, reaching 100,000 residents. The
simple and inexpensive filters have been found to reduce diarrhea by
up to 45 percent. But it's not only individuals'health that the filters are
improving, says Sara Lucena, a member of the Rotary Club of puerto
Plata Isabel de Tones, Puerto Plata. It's the lives of entire families.
Lucena says that because children are not getting sick as often, she
sees mothers having the time to work or go to school, which will help
them lift themselves and their families out of poverty. "It's a circle. It's
not just health," she says. "The filter is a tool for changing their lives. If I
can control the health of my family,l can control the life of my family."
In their traditional roles in many parts of the world, women use
water for preparing food, bathing, and washing. It's up to them to find
and collect the water they use daily, even when it's scarce. Women in
northern Ghana walk more than 3 miles round trip to rivers or other
sources, then carryr 45-65 pounds of water on their heads back to their
homes, according to Lamisi Mbillah, who spoke at a water conference
in March hosted by District 6290 (Ontario, Canada; Michigan, USA).
Collectively, women in sub-Saharan Africa spend ,10 billion hours a
year collecting water - equivalent to a year's worth of work for all of
France, according to a United Nations report.
"If women are half of the world's population, we have to step up and
do something about it," says Mbillah, who was Miss Ghana in 2005 and
was honored with Miss World's Beauty with a Purpose award for her
activism. "lt is a basic human right."
- Diana Schoberg
"Eighty-three percent of the
planet has access to safe water, and
more than 60 percent has access to
toilets," Oldfield points out. "We've
solved it in the United States, in
Western Europe, in Japan and Australia. Many places have universal
coverage of water and toilets. We
know what the cure is. We need the
political and popular will, and once
that's there, then the money flows."
Advocates of the cause are par-
ticularly focused on the UN Millennium Development Goals. Goal7, to
ensure environmental sustainability, calls for reducing by half the proportion of people without access to
safe drinking water and improved
sanitation by 2015. The world is on
track to meet the water goal, but
not sanitation. Though the practice of open defecation is declining,
at the current rate of progress, the
number of people without access to
improved sanitation will only decrease by about 100 million, to 2.4
billion, by the target date.
Hardest hit on the clean water
side is 42 percent of sub-Saharan
Africa's population, which gets water from unimproved sources. The
problem is also prevalent in Asia,
as well as in parts of Latin America.
Lack of adequate sanitation facilities is most problematic in southern
Asia, where 48 percent of the popu-
Iation practices open defecation.
The response from Rotary InterT?re
responsibility for collecting drinking rvater in La Gn[a often falls on women.
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national has been huge (see "By the
Numbers"). T\vo groups in particular,
A boy from La Gnia goes to Rfo Bajabonico to collect water. Water collection robs children of precious time
Water Resource Group and the
Water and Sanitation Rotarian AcRI's
as that is," he says. "It doesn't im-
in school.
prove the health of the community
By the numbers
tion Group, offer guidance, suPPort,
and ieadership to clubs interested
unless we teach them how to man-
967
in impiementing water, sanitation,
to avoid illness and disease." If you
have open defecation in a commu-
and hygiene-related projects.
District Governor Ron Denham, the action group's founding
chair, regularly networks with advocates from UNICEF, CARE, and
other organizations to determine
how best to approach the water,
sanitation, and hygiene crisis. In
turn, he says, "we help Rotarians
Past
identify appropriate
solutions,
help arrange funding, match them
with partner clubs, and
match
them with locai NGOs [nongovernmental organizations]. We're
brokers of information and relationships and technology."
age and handle the water
in a waY
nity, he says, "you won't achieve
the result of healthy communities,
where kids stay in school and lead
healthy and productive lives."
Where water is a luxury PoPulations need education on the
importance of hand-washing and
the consequences of fecal contamination by humans and animals on the community's health
and welfare. "ln many cases, we'll
bring safe water to a household,
but the users will put their [unwashed] hands in a clean receptacle because we haven't gotten
them to change their behaviors,"
Education a maior factor
The approach toward solving the
crisis has become holistic, says
Ed Cain, vice president of grant
programs for the Conrad N. Hilton
Foundation, which concentrates its
safe-water efforts in sub-Saharan
Africa. "lt's not just about having
a clean cup of water, as beneficial
Denham says.
In addition, the solutions must
be sustainable.
Communities
must take responsibility for and
maintain water systems into the
future, using affordable parts that
are easy to obtain. "We need to lay
down roles and responsibilities for
stakeholders," says Peter Lochery
Number of open Rotary
Foundation grants for water and
sanitation projects
216 Number
of open grant
projects that include drilling wells
or boreholes for clean water
142 Number of open grant
projects that include building
latrines for improved sanitation
1.61 Number of open grants for
water and sanitation projects in
India, the country with the largest
number of open grants
56L Number of grants the
Foundation awarded in 2007-08
for water and sanitation projects
US$8.5 million Total amount
the Foundation awarded in
2007 -08 for water and sanitation
projects
41560 Number of grants the
Foundation awarded from 1989 to
May 2OO9 for water and sanitation
pro]ecrs
US$59.2 million rotal
amount the Foundation awarded
during that period for water and
sanitation projects
As of May 2009
GLOBAL OUTLOOK
director of CARE USAs water team. ROtaryrS fegpgnse
"Good policy needs to be developed Rotarians worldwide are tackling
and implemented."
the issue. In Ghana, according to
"We have to make sure the sys- past District Governor K.O. ,,Willie,'
tems are seen as part of the com- Keteku,less than 60 percent of peo_
munity infrastructure, not just ple have access to clean water, and
something from well-meaning do- just 30 percent have access to good
nors," says Clarissa Brocklehurst, sanitation and hygiene resources.
chief of water, sanitation, and
giene for UNICEF.
hy- The situation is worse in
rural
areas, which is where 70 percent of
Waterborne disease
the population lives, and where the
nation's 21 Rotary clubs concentrate their efforts.
"Last year my club drilled boreholes with hand pumps and storage tanks to provide water for eight
communities in rural areas, and this
year we're adding another eight,"
he says. "These days, we don't do
water projects without sanitation.
Many clubs work on the provision
of water and sanitary facilities to
schools and clinics, providing latrines and facilities to wash hands,
The world Health organization estimates that about 10 percent of
disease worldwide could be prevented with improvements to water
supply sanitation, hygiene, and water resource management. some
of the major preventable conditions are:
with boys and girls getting separate
facilities in a long block. We call
those institutional latrines. It's a
particular design approved by the
Diarrhea
' spread through contaminated food or drinking water, or from
Ministry of Health."
unclean hands
.
Kills 1.8 million people a year, mostly children
Intestinal worms
.
caused by contact with soil contaminated with feces, or ingestion
of worm eggs
.
.
Often leads to anemia or malnutrition
Affects two billion people worldwide
Schistosomiasis
.
.
.
Parasitic disease that can damage organs and cause anemia and
malnutrition in children
Caused by contact with contaminated water
Affects 200 million people worldwide
Trachoma
o
.
.
Contagious eye disease that can lead to blindness
Spread from person to person
Has an incidence of 11 million cases per year
Malnutrition
.
.
.
Condition arising
from lack of food, the
wrong kind of food,
or the inability to
absorb nutrients due
to disease
Commonly caused by
dianhea or worrns
Directly or indirectly causes 860,000
- Susie O. Ma
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is particularly
excited
about the new RI-USAID collaboration (see sidebar), which intends to
provide funds to build an estimated 200 new sanitation and
water facilities throughout Ghana.
The money will also fund hygiene
education and community organization. Residents - mainly women
- will be taught to collect a small
fee from users to support facilities
far into the future. The levies are
so low that nearly every household
can pay; whenever they can't, exemptions are given. This business
involvement from the community
members
will instill a
sense of
ownership, fostering greater longterm integration of the project.
In Kenya, says Rotarian Edward
Kairu, a member of the Water and
Sanitation Rotarian Action Group
and a professor of
climatology,
clubs are focusing on providing
sanitation blocks
to
residents of
Nairobi's crowded slums, where
toilets and running water are rarities. The blocks have separate water
kiosks, showers, and toilets for men
deaths per year in
children under five
Keteku
Wasterrnter and garbage run through a barrio
of hrerb Plata, where Dominican Rotarians
are urorking to provide clean urater.
and women. In Kibera, an urban
slum that's home to an estimated
800,000 people, 10 sanitation blocks
have been installed, serving 2,000
people a day. Community development organizations maintain them
and collect levies from users.
"We have cholera outbreaks, a lot
of illnesses, worms. Children play
outside and come across waste, especially when it rains and there's
flooding. One of the interventions
we do is improving drainage to remove waste from slums, because it
becomes completely unimaginable
with the runoff," Kairu says.
Natural disasters can also cut access to clean water. When an earth-
quake destroyed a small town's
pumping facility outside Istanbul,
residents weren't able to pay for a
replacement. "So mainly women
and children wouid walk for miles
to a nearby village to get water," explains David Keller, past president
of the Rotary Club of Campbell, Cal-
ifornia, USA, which partnered with
the Rotary Club of Istanbul-Topkapi
to provide water access.
Since July 2007, clean water from
L3 mountain springs has flowed
through a pipeline to a 500-ton facility that serves 1,285 villagers. The
village has set water fees and will
use them to maintain the new sys-
tem, says Keller. "We worked with
the viilage elders, via the local Rotary club, to do this," he says. "The
outpouring of thanks was astonishing. People had tears in their eyes."
Though the challenge to ensure
clean water, better sanitation, and
proper hygiene is daunting, the answers are there and the goals achievable. "To throw up our hands and say
'This is an undoabie goaf is not correct," says the Hilton Foundation's Ed
Cain. "We have to look at the Millen-
Water technology
Technologies used in Rotary club and district projects to improve water
quality and sanitation include:
!ffater quality
Ghlorine disinfection:
Sodium hypochlorite is
added to water to kill viruses and bacteria. (Most
cost-effective method,
according to the World
Health Organization.)*
Solar disinfection: Ultra-
violet rays from the sun
are used to inactivate
Dominican Rotarians Sara Lucena and Bob
Hildreth test a bio-sand urater filter in a Ptrerto
and destroy pathogens
Plata home.
in water. Water needs to
be exposed to the sun in clear plastic bottles for six hours or more.
(Only slightly less cost-effective than chlorine disinfection.)
Bio-sand filter: A concrete or plastic box containing layers of sand is
used to trap and eliminate sediments, pathogens, and otherimpurities
in the water. A layer of microorganisms on top of the sand captures
disease-causing bacteria as the water is poured over it. Larger particles
are removed as the water passes through the sand layers. (Higher ini-
tial costs than disinfection.)
Geramic filter: A ceramic pot with a colloidal silver coating rests inside
a plastic container. Water is poured into the pot, and impurities are
trapped by the small pore size of the ceramic while the silver coating
kills germs. (Higher costs than disinfection and all wells, but yields
largest health benefit.)
Borehole: A deep, small-diameter well drilled by engine-driven augers
and rock drills. Water can be drawn by hand or electric pumps. (Roughly
twice the cost of chlorine and solar disinfection treatments.)
Sanitqtion
Pit latrine: The simplest type of latrine, it consists of a hole in the
ground covered by a hygrenic slab with a hole.
Bio-lauine: This type of pit latrine feeds into a bio-digester, a large
underground dome where bacteria from human waste break the waste
nium Development Goals, particuIarly to reduce by half the proportion
of those without access to sustain-
down to produce methane. The methane, an odorless gas, is used
able, safe drinking water. To reduce
*Any cost comparison of water
technology should account for capital and
maintenance costs, overall effectiveness, and. the number of people who
benefit. Costs can vary wid.ely by region.
by half would be a huge jump, given
population growth. The world is on
track to achieving that goal."
- Anne E. Stein
for cooking or heating.
- Susie O. Ma
GLOBAL OUTLOOK
Experts bridge troubled waters
Our panelists Clarissa Brocklehurst, chief of water, sani-
tation, and hygiene for UNICEF; Ed Cain, vice president
of grant programs for the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation;
Ron Denham, past district governor and founding chair
of the Water and Sanitation Rotarian Action Group; and
Peter Lochery water team director for CARE USA, look to
a clean water future.
Gan everyone in the world have
access to safe drinking water?
tion] standards. But it would have
a
huge impact in reducing sickness.
Glarissa Brocklehurst Yes, it's a
possibility. If we look at the data,
Peter Lochery: Yes, I think it's pos-
there's been significant
progress
They may not have the quantity
reaching the [target for UN] Millennium Development Goal 7 [to en-
they want, because in some parts of
sure environmental sustainability]
for water supply, and in 2008, the
number [of people without access
to safe waterl dropped below one
billion. We see that a lot of progress
in mral areas is still off track, and in
urban areas, there are slums not be-
ing well served. It certainly doesn't
mean the job is done, but at least we
can say that we're making progress.
Ed Gain:
I think
so. The world's
population is growing, and there's
scarcity in certain regions, but the
current thinking is that with proper management, we can meet the
needs of people to have access to
safe water and sanitation.
sible for everyone to have access.
the world water is scarce. But I think
it's possible for the whole world to
enjoy a minimum quantity of 40
liters [10.5 gallons] of water per
person, per day, the typical level
sanitation. I'm one of those who
believe if there's greater awareness,
and we can show there's greater
progress, resources
will
increase.
Denham: Money's an issue in the
large cities, but we in Rotary are
[also] dealing with small communities and villages, and the biggest obstacles are giving people the ability
to manage things for themselves.
Too often Rotarians have done
we're tryrng to reach.
things for people that haven't been
sustainable because it was a "for-
What are the greatest obstacles to
eign project."
access?
Brocklehurst Sustainability. We
have to create the community capacity to allow people to keep the
systems going, to manage them,
have access to spare parts, and the
ability to collect user fees to finance
ongoing operations. Climate change
is another obstacle. We may have
more variabiliry of rainfall, and in
other areas we'll have drought.
Lochery: The obvious one is the
necessary investment. But there
are big issues around how water is
managed. It's not just a question of
putting in place the physical infrastructure, it's a question of how it's
used and who pays for the maintenance and repair. You need strong
governance systems where users
have a voice to be able to put into
place the necessary tariffs.
E
;
?
Ron Denham: We have a vision, but
we're always going to find someone
Cain: Population growth.
who doesn't have access, and there
are remote villages in the world
where it will be very very difficult. In
some places, we can provide water
that's relatively safe, but it wouldn't
meetWHO [World Health Organiza-
warmingis another challenge. In the
developed world, there remains a
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general lack of awareness that
Global
a
third
of the population doesn't have access to safe water and approaching
half doesn't have
access
to proper
What would you advise Rotarians
o
and other senrice organizations to
do to help solve the problem?
c
Brocklehursu We've got to recognize that water, sanitation, and hy-
giene are all very interconnected.
F
3
t
If you pay for a
to
be
velop what they want and have the
drilled, you need to align that effort
with government policy and other
efforts in the water supply and san-
resources to maintain and operate.
itation sector. Everyone focuses on
might need to purify contaminated
water. Then you need to find the
most appropriate solution - a combination of the right technoiogy for
that particular culture and what
people can afford in the long run.
Understand and adapt to local cul-
borehole
building, but there's so much more,
such as education on hand-washing with soap or the importance of
using toilets. If we could get Rotarians and others advocating forbuild-
ing every schooi with toilets and
Don't go over with preconceptions.
They might need water, or they
running water, that would be huge.
ture.lnvolve the local authorities. Focus on not just supplying water, but
Gain: Don't try to reinvent the wheel.
on people's livelihood. If giris aren't
going to school, you might need to
Inform and educate yourself about
existing plans and mechanisms in
the country and see to what extent
address sanitation in schools. Make
maximum use of local labor.
you can become a part of that.That's
not to say that if things aren't working effectively, you should become
part of a dysfunctional process. But
Lochery:We find thatwe can achieve
the most success, in terms of reach-
there's been so much progress made,
and replicable approaches,
you might find that what you're
ing populations with
using a
sustainable
if
we're
long-term, programmatic
5 to 10 years.
doing is redundant.
approach running
Denham: Listen to the people in
That's how we can be most efficient.
Rotarians need to think big.
the host community. Help them de-
- Anne
E. Stein
Q tvtore online
A Matching Grant prorect led bY
Finnish Rotarians is prwiding
clean water to 12,000 Zambians.
A Mexican Rotary club aPPlies
lessons learned from a local project
to help 5,000 in Mal,awi. Read more at
wwlrr.rotary.orylgo.
Gontributors to this issue
Anne E. Stein is a contributor to The Rotarian
and a freelance writer based in Chicago.
Susie O. Ma is a Chicago-based freelance writer
and past contributor to Global Outlook.
Diana Schoberg is associate editor of
The Rotarian.
Before Rotarians gave her the bio-sand filter, Leonida Burges had to buy bottled
water of questionable quality. Now, she will be able to raise her infant son on clean
water and protect his health.
Global Outlook A RotaryWorld Magazine
Press Supplement is published quarterly
by Rotary International. Copyright o 2009.
Managing editor Joseph Derr Features
editor Barbara Nellis Designer Avery Mamon
Production coordinator Candy Isaac Photos
Rotary Images/Alyce Henson unless otherwise
noted Editorial advisory panel Bob Aitken
(Rotary Down lJnder), T.K. Balakrishnan
(Rotary Nerls/Rotary Samachar), Carlos
Henrique de Carvalho Fr6es (Brasil
Rotdrio), Andrea Pernice (Rotary), and
Matthias Schi.itt (Rotary Magazin)
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House of Friendship
Bring a friend
Sophisticated yet friendly, Montr6al offers
Learn about successful and innovative
Rotaractors and recent Rotary Foundation
an ideal setting for Rotarians to come
service projects that your club can replicate.
alumni can attend the convention and
together at the 2010 convention. Although
Find partners for international projects and
build lifelong friendships with people who
bring a friend ofany
situated on an island, this Canadian city
acts as a bridge,
linking the diverse cultures
and creative spirits of its people.
age at a reduced rate.
It's a great way for your club to introduce
share your vision of a better world. Meet
other members of the Rotary family to the
enthusiastic members of Global Networking
benefits of becoming a Rotarian.
Groups at booths devoted to service, careers,
or recreational pursuits. There's no better
Local color
Events organizedby the Montr6al Host
Organization Committee offer convention
goers the opportunity to experience the
place to make these invaluable connections
than at the House of Friendship.
0uick tip: Register by 15 December to take
advantage of special pricing.
best of Montr6al with local Rotarians who
know the city. Planned events include a
special performance at Montr6al's worldrenowned National Circus School.
CANADA
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NAL CONVENTI ON
Before you registGf...
Make yout reseruations..,
1. Decide if you'll register as a
group or an individual
3. Register for the convention
and Rl-ticketed events
Your choice will affect how you register for
the convention. You can register yourself
Completing your registration online is
convenient and secure. Within one business
and up to four guests online, but if you
day, you'lIreceive an e-mail
have a group of six or more, you'll need to
online registration acknowledgement that
includes your registration number and
submit a paper registration form. If you
have a group of 25 or more, contact RI
Registration Services for information about
group registration.
2. Select activities to attend
before and after the
convention
Check the schedule at www.rotary.org
/convention and determine your travel dates
before you start the registration process.
Quick tip: For the most up{o-date convention
with your
links for HOC event registration and hotel
reservations.
4. Register for H00-ticketed
events
Local Rotarians on the HOC have
arranged several cultural excursions and
host hospitality events to help visiting
Rotarians enjoy their stay in Montr6al. For
descriptions of HOC events and to sign up
for excursions, visit www.rotary20l0.com.
information, sign up for the International
Quick tip: Direct questions about HOC events
Meetings and Convention e-bulletin through
to hoc-events@rotary2Ol 0.com.
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6. Make your travel
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your hotel room through Tourisme
Discounts on Air Canada and its Star
Montr6al's Housing Bureau. Go to
Alliance partners are available for Rotarians
https://resweb.passkey.com/go/ri20 I 0 for
traveling to Montr6al for the 2010
hotel descriptions and to select your room.
convention. Visit www.rotary.org
Reservations are taken on a first-come,
/convention for travel information and
first-served basis, so we recommend that
discount codes.
5. Reserve your hotel room
you book early.
Quick tip: Direct questions about hotel
reservations to
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7. Enjoy the 2010 Rl Convention
in Montr6al
Be sure to attend the On to New Orleans
luncheon to learn more about our next
exciting convention in 2011.
lf you have any questions about the registration
process or an existing registration, please
contact [email protected] or cal I the
registration hotline at +1-847-866-3495 to
speak with expert Rl staff.
Gut one FiG,
and deliuer polio uaccine
to33 childten.
Ordering out for pizza
might not seem like a big deal.
But consider 33 children
waiting for polio vaccine. Just think:
For the same price, you can
help these children live free of polio
through The Rotary Foundation.
And, to you, it's no big deal.
It's a better deal.
saving a life costs tess than you rhink. For more, see pase 36.
tbtafian.
NOVEMBER 2OO9 ITHE
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of high school
- to Service Above Self," he
says."Here I had everything going for me,
yet I had never made a major sacrificej'
Bill had already bequeathed $1 million to
the Foundation in his will. In December 2007,
inspired by the people he met, he made an
outright $1 million gift to the Foundation's
Annual Programs Fund
-
thelargest single
donation ever made to that fund.
Meanwhile, Peggy, the cofounder and
board secretary of the family business, had
always had a sffong connection to Rotary:
Her father, unclg husband, and son-in-law,
not to mention Bill, were all Rotarians.
For decades, she and her husband, Bill
Peggy Bloomfield and her son, Bill, have each contributed US$l million to The Rotary Foundation.
Bloomfield Sr., a member of the Rotary Club
way to effect changeJ'In August 2007,B|II
of Westwood Village
(Los Angeles) from
and thought about how great it would be to
moved to Virginia to become the national
1966 until his death in
get involved in a presidential campaign.
director ofvolunteers for U.S. SenatorJohn
McCain's presidential. campaign. In that
role, he met many vererans who had just
hosted an annual dinner
set in
theWestWingof theWhite House
-
"One of the things that attracts me to
politics is the fact that behind almost all the
problems in the world, and so many of the
things Rotary deds with, is either an inept or
returned from Iraq
as
well
as college-age
2004 at the age of 90,
for Ambassadorial
Scholars. Peggyjoined
her husband's club after
corrupt government;' he says."Being involved
volunteers."What struck me was that with
both categories, there were people who
in politics and government is an important
dedicated their lives at the ger-go
think of anybody who
-
our
he
died."I really couldnt
does more good in rhe
worldthan Rotaryi'she
Make an impact with a gift to the Foundation
y wife, Mary and I have
three children and eight
grandchildren. Looking
back on many happy
thing we do as parents has an
impact, whether we realize it at
the time or not.
says.'After my son did
this, I got to thinking
about it, and the more
I thought about it,
responsibility to consider the
the more I thought,'Gee, if I feel this way,
why dont I give a major gift to Rotaryi"'
conseq uences of ou r every action.
She made an outright $1 million conrib-
stood out in some way from the
We ca n not pred ict how sign ificant
others. I remember the day my
our words and decisions will be.
son had his tonsils out - and ate
But we do know that evefihing
0lenn E. Estess Sr.
a cheeseburger the same night! Foundation
we
say and do has an impact.
truste€ chair
I remember the weddings, the
Our responsibility is to ensure
graduations, and the births of each child.
that the cumulative effect is a positive one.
But when I talk to my children about what
When we give to our Rotary Foundation,
they remember of their own childhoods, the
we know that the result will be positive.
answers are so surprising. They remember
When I served as Rl president, I saw the
events that Mary and I have long forgotten
truth of this in so many ways. The poorest
- the simple moments that happened as parts of the world are the places where the
part of normal life yet still created profound
local clubs have the fewest resources. By
memories. These are the moments that giving to our Foundation, we bring help
define who we are. What we see, what we
to the places where Rotary is needed the
hear, and what we experience as we grow
most - and fulfill the Foundation's purpose
older shape the person we become. Everyof Doing Good in the World.
ution of her own to the Annual Programs
years of raising a family,
I recall most clearly the days that
As Rotarians, we havea similar
Fund inJuly.
On 27 October, the Bloomfields were
inducted into the Arch C. Klumph Sociery, which honors people who contribute
$250,000 or more to the Foundation. Says
Bill: "I am terribly proud of my mother
who, after all, is ultimately responsible
for both gifts, having provided me the
opportunity to succeed in the business world
by starting with my father the company
I worked for
-
and, more important, having
raised me to realizethe importance of Service Above Self long before I knew anything
about Rotaryl'
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R0TARY, UN CELEBRATE C0MM01{ G0ALS AT
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New strategy promotes member recruitment, retention
T h. RI Board of Directors adopted a
I ne* membership slogan,"Each RoI tarian: Reach One, Keep Onej'at its
June meeting. The slogan, which emphasizes the need for Rotary clubs to focus on
member retention as well as recruitment,
complements the long-term membership
srrategy also adopted at the meeting.
through the New Member Sponsor and
. SlIVER PIH AND CERTIFICATE For
Rotarians who bring 10 members into
any Rotary club, with eight still actlve
Retention Recognition program, launched
after four years,
Rotarians who sponsor and help retain
new members can now earn recognition
on 1July. The award categories are:
. G0LD PIN AND CERTIFICATE For Rotarians who bdng25 members into anyRotary
club, with 20 still active after six years.
. BRONZE PIN AND CERTIFICATE For
Rotarians who bring five members into
any Rotary club, with four still active
efter two vears.
NOVEMBER 2OO9 I THE ROTARIAN
69
INSIDER
S}IAPSH(]TS ()F R()TARY HIST()RY
Rotary Award for World Understanding
R OTARY I I{TE RI{ATI tl NAI.
One Rotary Center
1560 Sherman Avenue
Evanston, lL 60201-3698 USA
Phone: 847-866-3000, -8281
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llFFICE HOURS
8:30 a.m. to 5 o.m. Central llme
H(lW Tl} E.MAIL STAFF
Start with the staff member's
grven name, type a penod,
From 1987 to 2004, Rotary International honored humanitarians such as
Jobn Paul lI, Vdclau Hauel, Jimmy Carter, and Nelson Mandela with the Rotary Award
for World Understanding and Peace. Tbe award recognized indiuiduals and organizations
then the family name, followed
by @rotary.org.
Examoie:
joh n. smith @rota
ry.
Pope
org
wbose worb best exemplified Rotary's commitment to lteace, international goodwill,
is featured in the article in this
for John Smith
and humanitarian seruice. Catberine Hamlin, whose bospital
issue by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, won the award in 1998. The
founder of tbe
Fistula Foundation in Ethiopia, she is considered the world's leading authority on obstetric
fistula,
a childbirth injury common in Africa. Hamlin also receiued a US$100,000 Rotary Foundation
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lmmense
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54 Port of Pennsylvania
55 Solitary
(taste)
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Solution on page 79
INSIDER
FUTURE
vrsr0N
Gea ring up
for
the new grants
;:"^'t
Peft
I
even
if
you're not in the pilot, there is much
you can do before the worldwide launch
in20I3-I4,Herc
are eight steps to help
your district get rcadyt
1) plan larger humanitarian projects in
the six areas of focus: peece and conflict
prevention/resolution, disease prevention and treatment, water and sanitation, maternal and child health, basic
education and literacy, and economic
and community development.
2) Seek out new partners and project
ideas using the database at www.rotary.org
/projectlink.
3)
Tap into the District Designated
Fund to offset reductions in the Match-
ing Grant budget.
4)
Register to receive the Future Vision
P ilot N ew s (www.rota ry.or g/ newsletters),
and visit www.rotary.org regularly for
updates on the pilot.
5
)
Fund projects with
a
pilot district using
districtgrants or Disrict Simplified Grants.
Your district also can send Ambassado-
rial scholars and Group Study Exchange
teams to pilot districts. (These districts
will
continue participating in PolioPlus and the
Rotary Centers program, but they ll need to
use grants to fund scholars and vocational
training teams.)
6 ) Che& www. rotary,org/trusteedecisions
for updates from the Foundation Trustees
on changes in policies and programs.
7) Document best practices based on
successful projects, past and present.
This
will help your district identifr those with
the biggest impact.
8)
Spread the word. Send news tips and
high-resolution photos of your humanitar-
S!,ip brcakf,ast,
ano saue someonG
fiom blindness,
Going out for breakfast might
not seem like a big deal.
But consider a person lirri.g in India
who needs cataract surgery. fust think:
For the same price, you can give
a person back their sight
through The Rotary Foundation.
And for you, it's no big deal.
It's a better deal.
btarian.
Saving a life cosb less than you think.
For more, see page 36.
ian projects to rotarian@r otaty,org.
IIOVEMBER 2OO9 ITHE ROTARIAN
71
INSIDER
N()MII{EE NAMEI)
Banerjee is choice for
alyan Banerjee, a member of the
Rotary Club of Vapi, India, since
I972,is the selecdon of the Nominating Commiaee for President of Rotary Inter-
national
in20II-I2.
Banerjee, who became
the president-nominee on 1 October, said
he would like to see Rotary"blossom from
201 1-12
chapter ofthe Confederation
Rl president
of
Major Donor, Benefactor,
Indian Industr)r. He earneda de-
and Bequest Society member,
engineeringfrom
and has been awarded the
the Indian Institute ofTechnol-
Foundation's Citation for
gree in chemical
ogy,
Kharagpv,in1964,
Meritorious Service andits Dis-
Banerjee has served Rotary
tinguished Service Award.
director, Rotary Foundation
He noted that Rotary's
being the world's most rccognizedservice
organization to being the most important
trustee, commicee and task force
strengths include its abiliry to
chair, International Assembly
aftrect leaders from differer,r
NGO fnongovernmental organization] in
group discussion leader, presi-
the worldl'He added:"Rorary, it is said, has
dent's representative, and district govemor. The
vocations around the world.
as well as its role inpromotingpeace."Rotary
the strength of
chair of the Southeast Asia Regional PolioPlus
needs to become the preferred organizarion
Committee, he has been a member of the
for today's generation tojoin and parricipate
a
government and the tender-
ness of a parentl'
as a
Banerjee is a director of United Phos-
International PolioPlus Committee for many
in, to make the world becer and safer and
phorus Limited, the largest agrochemical
manufacturer in India, and the chair of
years and has attended international meerings
happieri'he said.
United Phosphorus (Bangladesh) Limited.
He is a member of the Indian Insdcute of
Chemical Engineers and
cal Sociery
fie American Chemi-
apastpresident ofVapi Indusries
Association, and former chair of the Guiarat
with the World Health Organization and
LNICEF in that
capaciryHe also serves
as
Baneg'ees
wG Binota
is a social
worker and
Inner Wheel club member.The couple have
tmstee of Rotary club-sponsored trusts that
suppoft many educacional and communiry
development programs in India, includ-
two children and four grandchildren.
ing a 250-bed hospital. Banerjee is
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4500
Aldamira Ramalho Pereira
4640
Dalva Figueiredo Dos
MERII(|RIl|US SERVICE
ROTARY
S. Barreto
Randal Eastman
FOUNDATIOilI
AWARD
WINNERS
Tbe 2008-09 recipients of
Tbe Rotary Foundation
Distinguisbed Serv ice Aw ard
and Citation for Meritorious
Seruice bave been announced,
Santos Rrgoni
1230
John Aitken
4980
r270
Geoff Peterson
5000
Eduardo R. Alvarez Mazza
f{arold M. Darcey
1400
Sakari Pekka Hakola
5030
John Jacob Zucker Gardiner
I 580
M,G. van Westerop
5050
i 670
Jean-NoOl Hannecart
5060
Robert Martin
Derek Bottomley
I 680
Frangois Goettelmann
5100
Donald B. Kenny
1740
Roger Bilger
5130
I 780
Daniel Prat
Gunter Ertler
5150
5170
Bruce Campbell
Peter Lagarias
Jolene Bortz
2000
2080
Alfred M, Banz
5280
lulia Abreu-Mason
Pier Giorgio Poddighe
Helene A. Kalfuss
2t10
2t20
24t0
Salvatore Sarpietro
Riccardo Mancini
5330
5340
1910
5440
Richard B. Stevens
Lynn A. Hammond
Richard A. Foster
Lars lvar Hardell
Malik Aviral
5470
2430
5490
George C. Wheeler
2440
Aylin 0lut
5500
Anne V. Fisher
2470
George Katsilas
5510
Greg E. Podd
25 50
Takasuke Kondo
5650
Charles Gilbert Erickson
Name
2570
Hiroyuki Nonaka
57 10
Charles Neale
Peter Jones
2690
Tadashi Nobuhara
583 0
Charles H. Whiteside
iacoues Valette
27r0
Ma
neko
5870
Gene Davenport
2080 Marco Claudio Randone
2330 Rune Andersson
2760
Kiyonari Fukuta
5960
Leland E. Finholm
2710
Takeshi Morita
6000
Karen Franklin
DISTI 1{GUISHEI) SERVICE AWARD
District
1090
1780
koto
Ka
Akio Takahama
2820
Yasuhiko Nagai
6080
lerry W. Franklin
Award is tbe Foundation's
bighest recognition of
2770
3010
3020
3060
Asoke K. Ghosh
3010
Mukesh Arneja
6190
Douglas A. Seegers
Karri Subba Reddy
Nilax Rajnikant Mufti
3020
Sadanand Pandalaneni
6250
Rob Stroud
303 0
Jayant S. Ghuman
6440
Godrej N. Billimoria
active service, wbich must
3132
Rajeev Madhukar Pradhan
3030
Rambhau Dhondu Shirode
6450
Lawrence Stichweh
3140
3220
Suresh Rathod
3060
Ashok Panjwani
6460
Richard S. Federer
K.R. Ravindran
3
100
65 10
Dennis Sparn Sr.
3280
3400
3490
3620
3630
3670
3830
4570
4570
M.M. Jamaluddin
3
140
Gajendra Singh Dhama
Ulhas Vishwanath Kolhatkar
6600
Robert H. Perr
Mark K.Y. Wong
3
140
Shrirang Prabhu
6650
Larry G. Cecil
Hui-Hsia Chu Yeh
3
150
Sambasiva Rao Patibandla
6690
Diane M. Lease
Dong Bok Kang
3
170
Ravi N. Deshpande
6880
Rodnew D. Wolfe
Dong Kyun Lee
3
190
Srikanth M. Chatrapathy
6900
Frances B. Milberg
Sung-Eon Hong
3201
K.S. Pillai
6920
Gordon K. Matthews
Rafael G. Hechanova
3250
Bemvindo Augusto Dias
3
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4620
Jose Domingos Valarelli
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Carolyn E. Jones
3330
Somkiat Jarupunpol
7230
Doon-Joon Lee
5020
Alan B. Brooks
3340
Premprecha Dibbayawan
7330
George S. Cook
5040
Leigh Higinbotham
3360
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567 0
John William Grimes
3450
Alexander Kwai Wing Mak
7370
Susana Falck
6000
Donald H. Goering
3490
Hsiang-Chen Liu
7390
Mark Reilly
6080
Charles A. Cooper
3
500
Chun Chao Lin
7570
Malcom W. Huckabee
6460
Robert A. Stuart
3
590
Dong Joo Won
7
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Ronald D. Laux
65 10
Harry G. Henderson
3610
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Yeong Cheol Jeong
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Kyong-Jong Kim
7870
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Paul W. Slosberg
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Ralph M. Hammond
James A. Spencer
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Just in time for winter hand building the mantles
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Frederick Miller, Nation- are beautifully hand-rubbed,
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TIrB Wonro BaNx MEASUREs povERTy
based
on the amount of household income necessary to meet daily
needs, including food, clothing and shelter. The percentage of
those in the developing world who live on less than US$1.25
a day - considered the threshold of extreme poverrF by the
World Bank - fell by half berween 1981 and 2005, from
52 percent to 26 percent. But more than one billion people
worldwide still live on less than $1 a day.Every year, six million
children die before their fifth birthday from malnurition.
AcconorNc To rHE Wonro BRrvr, in East Asia,
once considered the worldt poorest region, extreme poverry
has plunged from 80 percent in 1981 to 18 percent in 2005,
Largely because
of improving economic condirions in China.
But in sub-Saharan Aftica, there has been no change in the
percentage of people living in exrreme poverry.
some point in their lives. Currently, one out
children in the United States lives in poverry.
of every six
Frrry-pouR pERcENT oF cHTLDREN
who live in
poverty come from families headed by single mothers. Save the
Children reporrs that poor children are less likely to graduate
from high school, go to college, or getjobs that will make them
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nancially self-sufficient.
THs povERTy RATE rN THE L/Nrrsp Srarss did
not change from 2006 to 2007, remaining near I2.5 percenr.
More than half of all those living in poverry in the United
States - 57 percent - live outside major cities. The South has
the highest poverty rete, et L4,2percent. The census estimates
that the number of African Americans and Hispanics living
in poverty in the United States is more than double that of
non-Hispanic whites.
INstseo oF ATTENDTNG scHoor, ,
roughly 250
million children around the world are working more than
half of them in hazardous conditions. Education helps break
Monp THAN T5 MrLLroN pEopLE in the United
the cycle of poverry. For every year children are in school, their
wages as adults increase by a worldwide everageof 10 percent.
Educated mothers immunize their children 50 percenr more
poverry threshold of $22,050 for afamily of four
States live on annual incomes that are less than half the federal
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a
standard
often than mothers without an education. They also are more
that's widely considered outdated. The National Center
for Children in Poverry reporrs that, on everage, all families
require nvice the federal poverty threshold ro meet most of
likely to send their children ro school.
their basic needs.
ONrv A sMALL MrNoRrTy of children
chronic poverty in rhe United States. But 35 percenr of U.S.
DunrNc rHE IAST FrvE vEARS, The Rotary Foundation has awarded L42 granrs wofth nearLy $2 million to
children born between 1970 and 1990 lived in poverry ar
combat poverty in the United States.
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