In my year as DG, my wife Carol’s special project was ‘Draw A Child’s Smile’. She wanted to collect pencils, crayons and chalk for the school children of Zimbabwe. The response from Clubs was truly remarkable. We received items from clubs and schools in our District and, with Vic Super also coming on board, donations were received state wide.
A container with over 800 boxes was shipped to Johannesburg in December 2007, but the situation in Zimbabwe delayed the final transport to Bulawayo.
Great news - we have today received the following from PDG Charles Kandarira in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
“The consignment arrived yesterday at the end of the day and we have off loaded the truck and stored the goods in the store room at my work place. On behalf of the Rotary of Belmont we are so thankful for the work done to get this stuff here it has taken a long time but it is here now.
The club will be communicating the program put together for the distribution to deserving schools - I am sure there will be a lot of publicity.”
We are absolutely thrilled!
PDG Charles will now take over the project and ensure the pencils and crayons reach those most in need. Hopefully, it won’t be long until we receive feedback from Bulawayo, showing the Children’s smiling faces.
We always knew this was going to take a long time and patience was required, but we also knew that the need wouldn’t go away.
A huge thank you to everyone for making it possible.
With huge smiles on our faces!
Philip & Carol Hedley
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