After a delayed start, the club's project in Buedu, Sierra Leone moved into it's next stage this month, with work now underway at the Aladura Primary School. The school is the site of the two VIP latrines built last year in partnership with the Rotary Club of Bo, Sierra Leone, and The Rotary Foundation.
This next phase of the project will install a solar powered pump that will retrieve water from an existing well on the school grounds and deliver it to a new water storage tower. Plumbing installed as part of the project will deliver the water to water troughs at the school building. This new facility, which will help provide running water to the school year round, is being built by the Rotary Club of Glenferrie in partnership with the Rotary Club of Bo, Sierra Leone, supported by a Centennial Grant from Rotary Balwyn and a grant from the Australian Government (the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade- DFAT).
The project is governed by the International Service Committee, led by Amelia Anderson, and is expected to be completed by the end of December 2025, in time for the new school year.