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Canadians
helping to combat Malaria in Tanzania I
have suggested a Canada wide campaign, by CRCID,
to raise the entire $228,785 cost of the CRCID
Tanzanian Malaria project. I can hear you all
"gulp" from here but that is cheap
when we have 30,000 Canadian Rotarians
CRCID needs exactly this kind of a campaign to
get back into the good graces of all of the
Rotarians and Rotary clubs in Canada. Most of us
have felt "left out" for the last 3
years and need to get back into the saddle and
realize what a force we truly can be in our
world. Kevin talked, this
morning, about a reason to bring the CRCID
Members together for a training meeting to get
them hyped up on going back to their district
clubs. This meeting can use the Malaria campaign
as the platform to sell "giving of
yourself" to all Rotarians and start by
helping us seriously reduce Malaria in Tanzania. $7.76
per Rotarian is not too much to ask from any
club. This is less than most clubs charge for
the dinner at any meeting. The club can give the
lump sum and bill the Rotarians on their next
quarterly billing. Theoretically, that will give
us $228,785 which would be spent over the 3 year
span of the program. Some Rotarians might even
be willing to give $10 which is the cost of a
single Malaria net. The above
$228,785 will be matched with $190,000 from CIDA
through CRCID to complete the $418,785 program
commitment.Mosquito
borne illnesses are a major challenge in
Thailand and anything that can be done to help
eradicate them is all to the good.
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