http://www.wasagabeachrotary.ca The Rotary Club of Wasaga Beach and Area Tsunami and Hurricane Disaster Relief. en-us Copyright 2005, Rotary Club of Wasaga Beach & Area. http://www.wasagabeachrotary.ca/club-projects/disaster-relief/202.html The Rotary Club of Wasaga Beach andamp; Area supports the victims of Hurrican Katrina by donating funds as follows: $ Can 1,000 have been sent to the Canadian Red Cross to be used for Katrina relief efforts. $ US 1,000 will be sent to Rotary Clubs in the desaster zone. Our District 7010 handles the technicalities... http://www.wasagabeachrotary.ca/club-projects/disaster-relief/201.html What can Rotarians do to support the relief efforts for those people in the southern Untited States that have been displaced by Hurricane Katrina and the flooding that followed in its path? It has become evident that the size and magnitude of the catastophe has stretched public emergency and law enforcement services to their limits, leaving thousands of souls unrescued and unsupplied even a week after the storm had hit. Even those who could evacuate on time find themselves displaced and w.. http://www.wasagabeachrotary.ca/club-projects/disaster-relief/191.html As District Governor Bryn Styles wrote previously, all Rotarians were shocked and dismayed by the horrors of the tsunami that devastated south east Asia December 26, 2004. Rotarians around the world, including District 7010 responded instantly to the urgent need for food and fresh water. But after the initial outpouring of aid there now remains the much greater need to help rebuild the affected countries' infrastructures. And it is this sustainable aid that Rotarians traditionally do best. .. http://www.wasagabeachrotary.ca/club-projects/disaster-relief/192.html The Rotary Club of Wasaga Beach andamp; Area has put out a challenge to raise $ U.S. 40,000 for a Tsunami Relief project in Sri Lanka. Please read the open letter by our Club President Martin Jurgeit. If every Club in our District pledges only $U.S. 1,000 we will be able to fund the project very quickly and efficiently. Due to excellent personal contacts to the Rotary Club of Colombo Central, Sri Lanka, we will guarantee proper project management. More... .. http://www.wasagabeachrotary.ca/club-projects/disaster-relief/190.html Brenda Sigouin, of the Wasaga Beach Lioness Club today presented Wasaga Beach Rotary members with a cheque for $200.00 towards Rotary's Tsunami Relief Fund. The presentation was made at the Wasaga Beach Rotary Club's weekly meeting. According to Bruce Young, Rotary International Projects Chair, the Wasaga Beach Rotary Club has collected $5200.00 thus far. The donations will be used to build a Trauma Centre for the Matara Hospital in Sri Lanka. .. http://www.wasagabeachrotary.ca/club-projects/disaster-relief/187.html To assist Rotarians in supporting longer-term recovery efforts in communities in South Asia that have been hit by the deadly tsunami, The Rotary Foundation will accept contributions earmarked for Solidarity in South Asia... http://www.wasagabeachrotary.ca/club-projects/disaster-relief/185.html On December 26, 2004 a series of large and powerful tidal waves, called Tsunamis (Japanese expression meaning "harbour wave"), struck the Indian Ocean shores. The catastrophy, which was caused by a powerful 9.0 marine earthquake near the Indonesian coast, affected several South Asian and African countries: India Indonesia Malaysia Maldives Myanmar (former Burma) Somalia Sri Lanka Thailand..