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A week or so ago we welcomed Walter van der Kley and Ray Decker from the Ashburton Rotary Club. Walter spoke about their club’s and his initiative over several years to install book shelves, desks, chairs, books and laptops in schools in Samoa. Their involvement began in the wake of the tsunami September 2009 and has grown in scope over the years. They have started a partnership with Don Bosco School and Vocational Centre where scholarships in trades are now reaping benefits as the students have life changing trade and business skills. Walter and Ray urge Rotarians to join them on their next visit in August. Update - If you wish to visit Samoa as part of a Rotary Group or on your own then further to last week’s comment on assistance for Samoa, Riccarton Rotarian Ray Deaker and Ashburton’s Walter van der Kley will be leading a visit to Samoa in the second half of August. They are keen to have Rotarians and partners accompany them – one or two weeks, with visits to primary schools to assist with literacy etc. For further details contact Ray Deaker direct: |
Our guest speaker at Tuesdays meeting was Bill Stead.
Following on from the success of the 
five with autism is bullied and rejected by his peers. That lasts for two years - then he retreats to his home where he is schooled year after year with a parent steering and teaching him with love and sincerity. That boy will be onstage at the Concert For Autism where he will be conducting an orchestra, playing violin and standing tall in those triumphant moments.”
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