Yvonne Anderson, President of the Rotary Club of Tsawwassen, joined us on December 6th to profile her club's water resource project and the efforts to adapt their club to the needs of future generation members.
After consulting their younger members, the Club has created a professional networking satellite club of the Rotary Club of Tsawwassen for early career 30-50 year olds with young families. The group meets twice per month, once online and once in person, with opportunities for members to participate in the Rotary Club of Tsawwassen's projects...while their fellow Rotarians handle much of the administration and "business" of Rotary in support.
Yvonne also showed us the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) project that the Tsawwassen Club project is leading to bring a gravity flow water system and WASH programs to thousands of residents in 7 villages in Irimya, Uganda. With partner club Rotary Club of Mbarara they obtained a Rotary Global Grant for $111,659 CAD - the only Global Grant awarded to District 5040 in 2023-2024.
The total matched value of the project is over $500,000 CAD, and includes activities to recruit and train engineers and to teach and provide sanitation and soap making programs for sustainability.