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FLOOD DISASTER APPEAL
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Source: RIBI President
Date: 06/08/07
The RIBI Flood Disaster Appeal Committee met on 1st August to co-ordinate the response to the devastation caused by the recent flooding and to recommend a future disaster response procedure to the RIBI General Council at its August meeting.
Governor John Craike (1270), supported by the RIBI President, launched the initial appeal. When other areas became affected, a central appeal was launched with a separate fund. At the moment, Governors 1270 and 1100 have in place their own local district appeals. The Central Fund is to collect donations that are not specified for a particular district and cheques should be made payable to “Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland Donations A/C” and sent to Alcester. Registered members can log into their club space on the RIBI Web site to find account details for direct donations.
The distribution of all donations received by the RIBI Central fund will be agreed by the governors of the affected areas on a fair and transparent basis. Monies received by specific district appeals will be distributed by those districts in response to club applications.
Rotarians have responded magnificently, both in service and fund raising. Specific examples have been Rotarians working with first responders, filling sand bags, helping in community halls with social services looking after those displaced from their homes, cleaning and flushing toilets with buckets of water, collecting and laundering people’s clothes, distributing bottled water. Rotarians have also housed displaced persons. Rotarians are now heavily involved in clean up projects.
Rotary clubs are encouraged to continue raising funds to enable the district governors to respond to, but not be limited to, requests from clubs for sustainable, community-based projects.
Allan O Jagger
RIBI President 2007- 08
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