Most of the schools and houses in Mewat do not have toilets or other private sanitation facilities. There is strong empirical evidence that the lack of sanitation facilities or long distances between school or home and private sanitation is a direct cause of violence against women, school drop out rates for girls, poor maternal health, and infant mortality. Conservative religious practices make it almost impossible for girls to attend school where sanitation facilities are unavailable.

We will provide equitable community access to safe water, improved sanitation and hygiene; Strengthen the
ability of communities to develop, fund and maintain sustainable water and sanitation systems; Support
programs that enhance communities’ awareness of the benefits of safe water, sanitation and hygiene.

June 2018 Exciting News!

Our application to supply and build 250 flushing toilets with hand washing sinks in the village of Nuh, Ghasera has been approved for a total project outlay of about AUD$100K by The Rotary Foundation.

Sample constructions are now complete, and construction of the actual toilets for the project will commence once the monsoonal rains have passed. It is expected to take about 4 months to complete once started.

 

Manager David explained that on 2 June 2019, more than 300 police and civilian representatives from Police Citizens Youth Clubs from around NSW gathered at Sydney’s Novotel Olympic Park.    CEO Dominic Teakle said, in its 80th year, the PCYC board had approved a new way forward,  ‘Empowering Young People’, a new five-year strategy for the organisation, which is a unique partnership between the community and the NSW Police Force.   “Over the next five-year period, ‘Empowering Young People’ will lay the foundation for the partnership with police and community across our network of more than 64 clubs,” David said.
PCYC runs many projects for youth, such as a ‘Fit for Life’ program, which is an early intervention program designed to engage youth who are at-risk of poor choices and anti-social behaviour. Through physical fitness, nutrition and social engagement, ‘Fit For Life’ aims to improve overall well-being as well as prevent and divert youth from offending behaviours.  David explained that capital funding to establish PCYC Clubs across the State of NSW comes from the NSW State Government.  But funding for PCYC projects is ‘hit and miss’, with Government funding being on a grant basis.  Currently shortfalls come from the Police, but PCYC are keen to raise funds from other organisations to enable them to run additional projects.  Identifying youth in need, PCYC partner with the local schools and in addition they run school sports projects.  Referrals of youth come from many quarters, such as parents, who may be worried about their child disengaging from school, or getting into the wrong crowd.  Or from the local Court, young offenders as an alternative, are referred to PCYC rather than sending them to juvenile detention.
In house, PCYC together with outside organisations, run activities such as Martial Arts, where youth use their School ‘Active Kids’ vouchers supplied by the NSW Government to all youth attending school, to pay for their activity.
The Club thanked David for his presentation and advised that future funding of PCYC projects would be considered by our Club’s Board this year.

 

International Toast given by PP Howard - Currently the World is watching Cyclone Dorian and the damage it is wrecking havoc too the east coast of North America.  Especially hard hit is the northern islands of the Bahamas.  There are nine Rotary Clubs in the Bahamas.  The toast today was to the future health of the nine Rotary Clubs of the Bahamas!