This week I have been reminded how lucky we are to have a fully equip'd health service when needed in time of crisis. When the Rotary Club of Marlow responded to the Ebola crisis in West Africa in August 2014,…
Category: International
Week 40 – Emergency homes for Cyclone Idai victims
Thank you Sherborne for supporting our event to raise funds for the cyclone victims in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe. Due to your generosity we raised, £376 in the "cafe" and £700 from the street collection which, together with other generous…
Week 39 – Friday 29th March 12 noon to 4pm – fundraiser for cyclone victims
We are fundraising for the people who have been made homeless by the floods in MOZAMBIQUE, ZIMBABWE, MALAWI. Join us on Friday at CHEAP STREET CHURCH HALL SHERBORNE for Light lunch or Afternoon tea and help us raise funds to purchase…
Week 8 – Rotary in Action at home and overseas
We are launching "Friends of Rotary in Sherborne" to support us with our very busy schedule of activities. If you are too busy to become a regular member of our club, but would like to support your local Rotary club…
Memorial Garden in Klaipeda a gift of Sherborne Castles Rotary Club
On 28 September Helena Peart and her son Christopher arrived in Klaipeda form the UK in order to present a cheque for 34,000 Euros to the St Francis oncology Centre. The money had been collected by the Sherborne Castles Rotary…
Collection for Nepal
Both Rotary clubs in Sherborne were in Cheap Street last Friday collecting to help the victims of the earthquake in Nepal. We are so grateful to everyone who gave so generously to help with this cause. We raised just under…
Bridge over the Mudi River now complete
David Pearson's work with Joshua Orphan & Community Care in Malawi, and funding by our club, has now reached another milestone as the bridge over the Mudi River has now been completed. Manyenje Bridge has provided easy access to Manyenje Village while the Manyenje…
Mudi River Footbridge in Malawi
Good news from Malawi. After a late start due to continuing rains rapid progress has been made in the construction of the new footbridge spanning the Mudi River. The latest photograph from Malawi shows the footbridge nearing completion with only…
Village Life in Malawi
While the major construction work was going on in Malawi, there were a number of other projects which David and Marjorie have been working on which have significantly changed lives. Feeding Kitchens Most of the children in the village are…
David Pearson wins Times/Sternberg Prize for African aid work
Congratulations David on winning this award. We are all very proud to be associated with your work. Just see the Times Online to find out what this is about. See more about Davids international work on our web site.
Well done Sherborne! Updated Jan 2014
You very generously gave a total of £2,463 in our street collections last weekend. This is enough to purchase 4 shelter boxes for homeless people in the Philippines, in addition to the 2 that our club has donated. In addition…
Philippines Disaster Appeal in Sherborne
We will be collecting in Cheap Street on Saturday and Sunday. Please do help us to raise funds for Shelterbox. The Rotary of Clubs of Sherborne Castles and Sherborne, and the Inner Wheel club are all working together this weekend…
Hidden Gardens of Sherborne hits a new record
The Hidden Gardens of Sherborne event, organised by the club over the weekend of 8th and 9th June, managed to create a new record this year: over 500 people visited the gardens and an unparalleled £4167 was raised. The beautiful…
We are all choc’d out!
Members of the club and their guests enjoyed an evening of chocolate tasting - and wine pairing - on Monday 25 March. The evening started with a glass or two of rosé prosecco accompanied by a chocolate dipped strawberry. Once everyone…
Club sends medical equipment to Ecuador
Part of the proceeds from our last Film Festival -SHIFF’12- has been earmarked to help provide medical equipment to a small community in Ecuador. The project is being overseen by the LATA Foundation and concerns the village of La Bocana…
