This year, Boston Rotaract, turns its international focus on:

The Boston Rotaract Club is partnering with Catherine and Will Reyes of Rhode Island and the Rotaract Club of Guatemala Sur to complete a project geared towards water, sanitation, and hygiene.

In the mountains high above Guatemala’s Lake Atitlan, many families do not have access to safe, clean drinking water. This region has one of the highest incidence rates of childhood diarrhea, due mainly to its contaminated water source, but also complicated by sanitation issues and bad hygiene practices.

Our group will be traveling to Guatemala in August 2010 to deliver soaps, vitamins, and  shoes, and to install water filtration systems in rural communities.

C.E.P. Corporación educación popular (Association for Education of the Ordinary People)

A private school founded by Father Tumba to benefit poor, underprivileged children in Trujillo, Peru.  The children receive free education, school materials, and lunch.  What was once an empty, dusty terrain is now a thriving school complete with classrooms, cafeteria, playground, a garden, and even a beautiful mural.  Boston Rotaract’s Kaitlyn Winegardner and Christina Stromberg visited in June, July, and August of 2009 to deliver 3 editions of English text books and CD-roms and volunteer at C.E.P. doing construction work, painting a mural, and assisting in the classrooms with the children.

International Service Chair
internationalservice@bostonrotaract.org