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FAST FOR HOPE IN NICARAGUA
The Fast for Hope Initiative is based on the belief that while project based funding is critical to address immediate needs in developing parts of the world, a new model needs to be created in order to more effectively address the problem of systemic poverty in the world. This new model is based on a belief that the local community knows best what they need and that the community must take ownership of any solution in order for it to be successful. Finally instead of doing a project in multiple communities, this is intended to be a multifaceted effort simultaneously addressing the myriad of needs that are interconnected and which cause the residents of one or two particular communities to live in extreme poverty.
February is Fast for Hope month in our District. If you would like to arrange for a presentation of the Fast For Hope program for your club, please email Joanne Rosener.
As part of this initiative, our District will be sending cultural exchanges to Nicaragua. These are open to all Rotarians in District 5960, their spouses, significant others and adult children 14 years of age and over. Rotarians who have participated in previous trips have described the experience as life changing. Our next delegation will be September 14 through September 23, 2013. Below is a link to information about the trip and an application form. If you wish to apply, please email a completed application to Dave Newman.
Please attend the District Conference at the Holiday Inn East and come to our table in the Opportunity Cafe on Friday, April 19.
If you want to learn more about the philosophy behind this initiative, you may find some of the books below of interest:
· The End of Poverty by Jeffrey Sachs
· The Blue Sweater by Jacqueline Novogratz
· Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
· A Country under My Skin by Gioconda Belli
· Bridging the Class Divide by Linda Stout
· Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
· Stones into Schools by Greg Mortenson
· Collective Visioning by Linda Stout
· Poor Economics by Abhlijit Banerjee
· Blood of Brothers by Stephen Kinzer
· Culture Matter: How Values Shape Human Progress by Lawrence E. Harrison
· If I Had A Water Buffalo by Marilyn Fitzgerald
Rotary District 5960 Chair Dave Newman EMAIL Dave
CLICK HERE for information about the Cultural Delegation Sept 14-Sept 23, 2013.
CLICK HERE for the application for the Cultural Delegation.
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