International

Program Summary

Operation Smile- I am trying to arrange a Matching Grant with a District in India, close to where Operation Smile will be providing surgical repairs in early 2008. I’ve asked DGE Julie to provide Matching Grant funds in her budget. I will contact the DGE there to arrange the grant.

Orphanage in Katmandu, Nepal- The project has been on hold due to political unrest there. Now that the situation has calmed down, the project will proceed.

Our Children- Your Children, Argentina- The committee is working on phase 3 of the Tucuman project to conclude in June 2008. There will be a representative of the hospital visiting us in April, 2007.

Pure Water For The World- Byron has been in contact with the president of the Leon, Nicaragua club.. He is doing a need’s assessment in support of a grant to be written by the Princeton club.

To date we have pledges from our district clubs of $10,150. Westfield is leading the way with $3100 and we have a donation from the Robbinsville HS Interact club of $1500 with a matching donation frjom their sponsor club, Hamilton Washington. The Early Act club of Jefferson School, Westfield raised $1136.24 with a jog-a-thon jin support of the project.

Outside our district we have checks and pledges totaling $10,300 from D7470

Ecuador Homes of Hope- Successful fund raiser; raised $2400

Gift of Life- Two additional children have been successfully treated at the Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s hospital; one from the Dominican Republic, and one from Iraq.