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Woking Rotary partner with Workaid
Discarded tools and equipment needed
Woking Rotary Club has formed a partnership with the Charity
WORKAID to source unwanted tools and equipment which can be refurbished for
continuing use by thousands of disadvantaged people living in East Africa so that they can learn a
skilled trade and earn a living. The
majority are among the most disadvantaged – widows and orphans affected by
HIV/AIDS as well as street children, refugees and the disabled.
200 volunteers check, refurbish and give a new lease of life
to sewing machines, knitting machines, manual typewriters, and all DIY tools
including, carpentry, car/ bicycle repair and horticultural tools before they
are allocated to specific projects and shipped in containers to Tanzania /
Kenya / Uganda / Zambia.
We are appealing to the public in Woking to recycle their
discarded tools and other reusable equipment to support WORKAID. Rotary will arrange early collection so
please contact :
Eric Whittaker 01483 808852
eric.whittaker9@uwclub.net
Keith Tatlock 01932 349803 keith.tatlock@ntlworld.com
Graham Fagence 01483 762621 graham.fagence@btinternet.com
You will be helping to break the cycle of poverty in these
countries, in addition to reducing the need for landfill of all such items.
Woking
Rotary Club Upcoming Charity Events 2019
Kids Out (Free
fun day for school children with special needs children) : Army Rugby Ground,
Aldershot - Wednesday 12th June 2019
Mizens
Kids Day (Free day out incl bbq lunch for underprivileged children) : Mizens
Railway, Knaphill - Thursday 15th August 2019
Woking Swimathon (Charity
swim for teams from Woking community) : Woking Pool in the Park - Sunday 13th
October 2019
