Local paper coverage of the visit
May 19 - The Rotary Club of General San Martin in Chaco Province was founded in December of 2004, and currently has about 19 members, most of them busy young professionals.
The club makes these Carnival hats (modeled here by Lisa and Melissa) and sells them to raise money for their projects. They have an active project list and are currently seeking partner clubs for a safe water project for rural families.
The polluted Oro river, from which those without pumps draw their drinking water
A pump currently used by Toba tribe members, this one closer to the dwellings (others are much further away)
Emily sizes up the project for possible Port Orford Rotary Club project
The first phase of the project includes purchasing drilling equipment for wells, followed by the second phase, installing a fitration system. I told them about the Rotary Club of Florence (Oregon) water filtration project in Guatemala, and provided them the Florence club's project information.
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