Our Club used to support Solar cookers every year with a Rotary group out of California. Bill Wambach is our lead on this project.
Join me in Africa
From a recent conversation at an SCI project.
“My name is Magreth, and I live in Rau, Tanzania.”
Q: How many meals and what times of the day do you prepare them? “3 meals during the evening, morning and noon time. I cook for 5 people.”
Q: Who cooks and do family members help? “I myself and my daughter. We cook makande, ugali, rice, beans, vegetables.”
Q: Do you gather your cooking fuel or purchase it? “I do both. My fuel is maize cobs and maize residues. I also use charcoal and firewood. I spend almost half our family’s money on fuel. I burn a bag of charcoal every day.”
Q: Do people in your family suffer from health problems related to the smoke from cooking fires, such as eye irritation and breathing problems?
“Yes.”
Besides improving their health, why is it important to teach Magreth and her neighbors about solar cooking?
A recent report from the International Energy Agency found that by 2050 the sun could be the largest source of electricity, ahead of fossil fuels, wind, hydro and nuclear power.
Solar Cookers International is determined to lead the way. Now is the time to act.
Solar Cookers International is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, U.S. Tax ID 68-0153141. Gifts are tax deductible as allowed by law.
Cheese deliver will be made before Christmas. Same cheese packages as last year. This is Madison East Monona's largest fundraiser. In the past Sun Prairie has been one of their largest customers. Let's keep it going and do it for Rotary!
“When the history of Rotary is written in the days to come, the name of Arch Klumph will stand high in the place that marks the remembrance of anyone who has achieved great things in the history and development of the organization.”
– E Leslie Pidgeon, 1917-18 RI president, speech to the 1918 Rotary convention
In 2016-17, our Rotary Foundation turns 100. That’s a century of Rotary members changing lives and improving communities all over the world. And that’s definitely something worth celebrating.
Through our Foundation, Rotary members have supported thousands of projects to provide clean water, fight disease, promote peace, provide basic education, and grow local economies. We’ve also been a leader in the fight to eradicate polio worldwide.
The centennial is the perfect time to share this impressive record with the world. Join us in making sure that every Rotary member and people in every community know about the vital work of Rotary and its Foundation.
We all have the ability to bring change into our world. Whether we want to believe it or not, the choices we make and the words we use affect the world around us. Know that you are a changemaker; you matter and your choices matter. What difference are you going to make in the world today?
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