World Community Service Donation
Posted by Robert Morrow
In May, Robert Morrow took a cheque for $500 to the Rotary Club of Asuncion Sur in Paraguay. The District World Community Service director called this morning to indicate how the money has been spent.
The money was used to assist an indigenous school system with computers. The local club, Rotary Club of Asuncion Sur, matched the money and they have provided the school system with computers. The system, consisting of 16 schools is operated by a leader of the indigenous people - the guarani - and all of the teachers in the system are guarani and have been trained to teach the culture of the guarani so that it is maintained as well as upgrading the education of the indigenous people. The leader or "director" of the system was educated in the guarani school system, graduated, went to university and has returned there to assist the local community. I intend to visit at least one of the schools when I return in November.
The enclosed photo was taken with two of the Rotaractors associated with the Asuncion Sur Rotary Club on my previous visit.