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LADY WILSON ATTENDS LAUNCH OF A NEW ROTARY PARTNERSHIP WITH IMPACT
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Source: Rotary
Date: 21/08/06
Lady Wilson, President and Trustee of the Impact Foundation attended a reception today at Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland's (RIBI) headquarters in Alcester to mark the launch of a partnership with Rotary. She was accompanied by her daughter Claire Hicks who now runs Impact.
The IMPACT Foundation is a charity which focuses on preventing needless disability caused by disease, lack of knowledge or shortage of health services. RIBI has chosen IMPACT as a preferred international project for support in the next twelve months. IMPACT was founded by the late Rotarian Sir John Wilson in the 1980s as a means of empowering local communities with simple low-cost ways of taking action today to prevent disability tomorrow. Impact is working in Africa, Asia, Europe and North America.
Prior to taking up the post as President of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland, Peter L Offer initiated a fact finding trip to Bangladesh to see the work of IMPACT at first hand. He said "My history with Sir John and Lady Wilson goes back many years when I was involved with Eye Camps in India. Today Impact has grown, and is not only restoring sight, movement or hearing to many, but giving medical help to those who are unable to get to a medical centre. IMPACT crosses many boundaries with a train running through India, plus education and medical centres in Nepal, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and parts of East Africa. In Bangladesh we saw the range of their work from their hospital ship, to the training of health workers and home gardens, we were left with great admiration for the work they are achieving. We hope that with the help that Rotarians can give in the next year IMPACT will be able to help even more people in desperate need."
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