The Rotary Club of Glenferrie voted at the recent board meeting to approve a proposal put forward by International Service Director Robert Hogan, that the club adopt the village of Vo Thanh in north west Vietnam, as part of a group of projects being led by the Rotary Club of Balwyn and the Overseas Kids Foundation. The idea is to provide scholarships to individual students in the village, install services such as water, toilets, libraries etc. in the schools, and generally promote welfare of the village.Rowan Mclean of North Balwyn Rotary is the Project Manager for Rotary Australia World Community Service (RAWCS) of an International Service project in Vietnam which our club is joining.
Rowan started the project with the help of the North Balwyn Club ten years ago and formed an organisation called “Overseas Kids Foundation” to work in the village of Minh Hac in north west Vietnam. Bacchus Marsh club, Balwyn Rotary and Brighton Rotary have all adopted villages since.
The idea is to provide scholarships to individual students in the village, install services such as water, toilets, libraries etc. in the schools, and generally promote welfare of the village.
Mr Moui, the head of Education for the Ha-hoa District, has suggested to Rowan that the village of Vo Thanh is desperately in need of help and would be the ideal candidate to be the next village adopted by a club.
The board of Glenferrie Rotary has voted to adopt the village of Vo Thanh as its contribution to the project. This will be an exciting overseas project with plenty of opportunity for personal involvement of Rotarians and a rewarding experience for the whole club.