Rotary Districts 6580 and 4110

1
And

• Rotary Districts 6580 and 4110
• Partnering in an International Water Project

2
Tarahumara

• Who are they and where do they live?

3

• For at least 2,000 years the Tarahumara have
  lived in the mountains of northern Mexico,
  resisting outside intrusion by retreating, when
  necessary, to ever more inaccessible territory.
  In this way the Tarahumara have been better able
  to retain their traditions than many native
  peoples in North America.

4

• The Tarahumara are a native group inhabiting the
  rugged terrain of the Sierra Madre mountains in
  north central Mexico. Their original home was on
  the fertile plains, but they were forced to leave
  that area for their own survival, and to maintain
  their culture, several hundred years ago.

5

• Their numbers are not well known. It is estimated
  that there may be up to 130,000 Tarahumara living
  in over 6,000 communities throughout the Sierra
  Madre range. Europeans called the tribe the
  Tarahumara, but the Tarahumara refer to
  themselves as the Raramuri

6

• The Tarahumara continue to live much as they have
  for centuries because of their separation and the
  difficulties in reaching them. They are a people
  rich in culture, dedicated to their families and
  extended families, who live in widely scattered
  collections of small adobe houses or caves.

7
The Tarahumara and Districts 6580 and 4110

• December 2005, Bob Kuck, Rotarian from Canada
• New Life International
• Desperate need for safe drinking water
• Jeffersonville club raised money
• February 2006 4 purifiers went to the Tarahumara

8
The following is a report from the web site Radio
Tarahumara

• The Coordinación Estatal de la Tarahumara in its
  arduous work to benefit to the indigenous people,
  4 water purifiers were acquired, this was
  possible to the donation of NEW LIFE
  INTERNATIONAL organization, within the program
  BRINGING SAFE WATER TO A THIRSTY WORLD, being
  Mrs. Terry Bivens in charge of the donation.

9
Training on the water purifiers
10
(No Transcript)
11
Four purifiers were donated and installed in the
following communities of the Sierra Tarahumara
between July 14th and 16th 2006

• Norogachis Clinic, in the Municipality of
  Guachochi, in the State of Chihuahua.
• Hueleyvos Clinic, in the Municipality of
  Guachochi, in the State of Chihuahua
• Choguitas community clinic
• The fourth purifier will be installed in
  Retosachi, in the Municipality of Batopilas, in
  the State of Chihuahua.

12

• Its important to say that in the places where
  purifiers were installed, the people of the
  community were trained about the functioning and
  installation of the equipment. Mr Joel Gómez was
  in charge of the training.

13
(No Transcript)
14
(No Transcript)
15
What is next?

• Ten clubs in District 6580 and the Chihuahua
  Campestre Rotary club are joining in partnership
  to provide even more New Life water purifiers
  systems to more Tarahumara communities.
• They will be installed in September 2007
• Rotarians from the sponsoring clubs will travel
  to Chihuahua Mexico to observe the installations.

16
Rotarians are making a difference!!!!

• New Albany, Indiana
• Jeffersonville, Indiana
• Franklin, Indiana
• Greenwood, Indiana
• Greenwood White River, IN
• Linton, Indiana
• Martinsville, Indiana
• Clarksville, Indiana
• Brown County, Indiana
• Bedford, Indiana

17
Service above Self