SIDCUP ROTARY CLUB

 

District 1120   RI Club No 19449

Founded 1935

International

The purpose of this committee is two fold. Firstly we raise money to support overseas charities, large and small, to help fight not only poverty and disease but also to provide technology, equipment and education to promote self-sufficiency. Secondly we organise social events, with a mainly international flavour.

 

Education

 

We have many ongoing, long-term commitments, for which we must budget each year. The Rotary Cub of Sidcup International Committee has, for many years, paid for the education of 2 children in Africa and 2 in India and since last year this has increased by a further 2 children. This is a rolling programme, so as each child completes their sponsored education others are added to begin theirs.

 

Multi-Charity Support

 

We provide valuable ongoing support to many charities. In the current Rotary year we have to date supported 15 charities. The profits from a golf day in early July will be distributed to 6 further nominated charities: Aquafilter and Wateraid - both of which work to supply clean water; Jaipur Limb - providing artificial limbs to the disabled in India; Village Education Trust - concerned with the supply of both school buildings and equipment in rural Africa; ITDG - providing equipment and training for the development of intermediate technology; and last, but not least, Sightsavers - who fund teams of medics to restore sight by the removal of cataracts and the supply of spectacles.

 

Rotary International and World-wide disaster appeals

 

Every disaster brings calls for immediate help, not simply for money but also equipment. Shelterbox and LifeStraw are two charities founded and run by Rotarians in the UK that do just this. Our club has raised considerable sums of money to help these charities over the last few years. Please click on their names to take you to the pages that will give you more information.

Social Activities

On the fun side of the committee's work is arranging both to visit and to host members of our two foreign contact clubs - Kungsbacka club in Sweden and the Delft club in Holland. Each year we either visit them or they visit us - usually for a long weekend.