News of D5170 and Beyond TRF NewsToday ROTARY DISTRICT 5170 A P R I L 2 0 1 4 A B O U T THE ROTARY ROTARY BRINGS FREE HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION INTO UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES The Rotary Foun- dation enables Ro- Rotary clubs of South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho, Nigeria and South tarians to advance Nigeria, Uganda, and Ghana team up with NGOs, Africa, reaching over world understand- businesses and governments for Rotary Family 275,000 people. Health Days More than 5,500 ing, goodwill, and Rotary members peace through the EVANSTON, Ill. — Rotary Family Health Days from 362 clubs par- – an innovative international campaign provid- improvement of ticipated. ing free health-care services to underserved health, the sup- families -- launches its fourth edition in April “We believe we have achieved ‘proof of con- port of education, 2014, aiming to reach 350,000 people in Ugan- cept’ and identified the power of our health and the alleviation da, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, Swaziland campaign,” said Marion Bunch, director and and Lesotho. managing partner of RFHD and a Rotary club of poverty. member from Georgia, USA, who became ac- Rotary Family Health Days (RFHD) promotes tive in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Africa af- healthy living and disease prevention by ter losing a son to the disease, and has since providing free, comprehensive health-care ser- expanded the scope of her efforts to address Inside this issue: vices to tens of thousands of people in under- other health issues. “We have learned that privileged communities. The program, led by News Around the 1 when a campaign delivers several interventions World Rotary’s mobilizing arm - Rotarians for Family at once, the benefits rise exponentially for Health & AIDS Prevention - addresses Africa’s families and communities.” News 2-3 most pressing health challenges, including HIV/ According to the World Health Organization Notes from the Chair 2 AIDS, tuberculosis, and reproductive health, as well as conditions such as diabetes (WHO), every year millions of Africans die Grants by Club 4-5 and hypertension. An important component is from diseases that are preventable and treata- APF Giving Update 6-7 immunizing children against polio, and ble. The region faces many challenges including other vaccine-preventable diseases. weak and fragmented health systems, inade- Tools for Success 8 quate resources for delivering proven inter- The Rotary-led program is sponsored by The ventions, limited access to health-services and Coca-Cola Africa Foundation, the South Africa extreme poverty. Rotary Family Health Days Department of Health, the Centers for Dis- addresses these challenges by bringing life- ease Control and Prevention CDC, USAID, saving health services into the communities the SABC and Caxton as primary media part- most at risk. ners as well as YFM, Media 24 news and Inde- pendent Newspapers in the Western Cape. Rotary Family Health Days 2014

RFHD launched in 2011 at 160 sites in Uganda South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho: April 2-4 and Kenya and immediately exceeded organiz- (160 sites) ers’ expectations by drawing 38,000 people to Ghana: April 10-12 (30 sites) the one-day event. In 2012, Nigeria signed on Uganda: April 10-12 (120 sites) and the program expanded to three days. By Nigeria: April 24-26 (150 sites) 2013, RFHD operated 368 sites in Uganda, From the desk of the chairman Roger Hassler, PDG In this edition of the TRF NewsToday you will read about all the wonderful grants that our clubs have been working on, and I applaud each and every one of them. Rotarians have Engaged Rotary and now are Changing Lives!

I would specifically ask you to note how our Global Grants leverage our money to achieve and even great impact on the lives of people in the world. With approximately $195 thousand dollars of District Designated Funds (DDF) grants in excess o $1.1 million dollars have been generated. With the matching funds from TRF: One to one on DDF and .50 to 1 on cash, plus the contributions from host clubs and contributing organizations, so much more can be accomplished with Global Grants.

Although the District is now at 97% of the Foundation Goal (the accumulation of the clubs goals), there are still 30 clubs that have not achieve the goal they set for themselves at the beginning of the year. There is still time and I would like to encourage club Presidents and Foundation Chairs to have a one on one conversation with the mem- bers who have not as yet made a contribution. Currently in our District there are 1412 members who have not made a donation and please do not forget our new members! The contribution does not have to be much, so $10 to $1,000 or more makes a difference in the life of someone less fortunate.

OK, I can't end this note without mentioning Polio. It is vital that we continue our effort to eradicate this scourge against children. Please encourage members to be generous as with their help we can get this done!

As always the Foundation team stands ready to help so feel free to call on us! SOUTH-EAST ASIA REGION OF 1.8 BILLION PEOPLE DECLARED POLIO-FREE Global Initiative of the WHO South-East Asia Region The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) today congratulates the South-East Asia Region of the World Health Organization (WHO) on being certified polio-free, a historic milestone in the worldwide effort to end polio and real- ize the broad benefits eradication will bring. The 11 countries in the region – Bangladesh, Bhutan, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, , Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Timor-Leste – are home to 1.8 billion people and represent the fourth of six WHO regions of the globe to be officially certified polio-free.

India, once deemed the most difficult place to end polio, recorded its last case January 2011, enabling completion of regional certification. Other countries such as Sri Lanka, Maldives and Bhutan have been polio-free and waiting for this day for more than 15 years.

Ending polio in these countries forged strong systems now being used to advance other health priorities. In Bangla- desh, immunization coverage for diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis rose from 82% to 96% between 2000 and 2012, in a pe- riod of intense polio eradication activity; in Nepal, the rate went from 74% to 90%. Some countries have expanded their polio surveillance networks to track other vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles & Japanese encephalitis.

South-East Asia’s remarkable achievement in ending polio was made possible by unprecedented commitment from governments to hold high-quality campaigns that reached a total of 7.5 billion children over 17 years, in every home from the busiest city street to the remotest rural corner, with the dedication of millions of community health workers and volunteers. Between 1995 and 2012, the polio program conducted 189 nationwide campaigns across the region and administered more than 13 billion doses of oral .

The region’s accomplishment marks a vital step toward the GPEI’s goal of delivering a polio-free world by 2018. Inno- vative approaches and new partners are driving global progress against a plan to stop , improve immuniza- tion rates and make a lasting impact on child mortality. However, this progress is at risk unless polio is ended in the three countries where it has never been stopped: Recent outbreaks in the Middle East and the Horn of Africa are stark reminders that polio anywhere is a threat everywhere. Until polio is stopped in the remaining three endemic areas, all countries need to maintain sensitive surveillance and high immunization rates to rapidly detect any importa- tion of poliovirus and minimize its impact. Now that 80% of the world’s population lives in regions certified polio-free, the goal of eradication is closer than ever.

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative is a public-private partnership led by national governments, the World Health Organization (WHO), , the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Unit- ed Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. P A G E 3

Total cases Year-to-date 2014 Year-to-date 2013 Total in 2013 Globally 61 19 414 - in endemic countries 52 19 160 - in non-endemic countries 9 0 254

Polio Updates from around the globe

- See more at: http://www.polioeradication.org/

Afghanistan in all of Asia. positive samples were detected in  No new WPV1 case was report-  The Peshawar valley is considered 2013 and 2014. ed. Total number of cases for the main engine of transmission.  Immunization activity with bOPV 2013 is 14 and for 2014 the total targeting children up to age nine is 4. Central Africa are ongoing in West Bank and  No new cases reported of vaccine  In Equat Guinea 1 new WPV1 Gaza. case was reported. Total for 2014 -derived poliovirus (cVDPV2). West Africa  Nationwide eradication activities is 3.  No new WPV cases were report- are planned for late April using  Due to continued virus circulation ed. bivalent OPV.. in Cameroon, WHO has elevated the risk of international spread to  National campaigns are planned Nigeria “very high” . for April and May (multi country)  No new WPV cases were report-  Emergency response campaigns The Middle East ed . The total number of WPV are being conducted and assessed  The most recent WPV1 case in cases for 2013 was 53. Total num- throughout the region in April, the region was in Iraq. ber for 2014 remains 1. May and June. This includes Cam-  40 cases are confirmed in Syria;  No new cVDPV2 was reported. eroon, Chad, CAR, Gabon and  Comprehensive outbreak re- Total number for 2014 remains 1. Congo. sponse continues across the re-  Immunization days occurred in Horn of Africa gion in Syria, Irawq, Egypt, Turkey Jan, March and April and are  No new WPV1 cases were re- and Lebanon aiming to reach 20 planned for May and June. ported. million children over 5 days.  The total number of cases for  Comprehensive outbreak re- 2013 in the Horn of Africa was  4 new WPV1 cases were reported sponse continues across the re- 217 (194 Somalia,, 14 Kenya, 9 bringing the total WPV1 cases for gion. WHO and UNICEF are Ethiopia). Pakistan 2014 to 47 committed to working will all par-  The largest concern currently is  No new cVDPV2 cases reported. ties providing humanitarian assis- surveillance gaps in infected areas. The total cVDPV2 cases to date in tance to Syrians. 2014 the total is 7 Israel, West Bank / Gaza  The situation in North Waziristan  Although no cases of paralytic po- is dire with the largest number of lio has been reported environ- children being paralyzed by polio mental surveillance continues and -14 Grants P A G E 4 District 5170 2013

District Grants Club Project International Budget DDF Alameda Planting for Drip Irrigation Project San Salvador $ 1,954 $ 1,954 Alameda Spring Egg Scramble $ 1,200 $ 1,200 Alameda Dream Catcher Shelter $ 1,801 $ 1,801 Alviso Art Education Project $ 2,998 $ 498 Campbell Backpacks foor EMQ $ 5,000 $ 1,600 Campbell Enterprise Leadership Conf Silicon Valley West $ 6,250 $ 2,566 Capitola/Aptos Rotacare Santa Cruz Free Clinic $ 31,000 $ 2,000 Castro Valley FESCO Banyon House Fence $ 1,000 $ 1,000 Castro Valley Castro Valley Center for Arts $ 880 $ 815 Dublin Dictionaries for Third Graders $ 7,000 $ 2,503 Freedom Watsonville Wetlands Watch Trail Enhancement $ 3,739 $ 3,739 Fremont Warm Springs Kennedy High School "redo" Baseball Backstop $ 1,500 $ 1,458 Hayward Dictionary Literacy Projecet $ 19,603 $ 4,489 Los Gatos People's Hospital - Operating Room Lights Tuguegarao $ 9,500 $ 3,700 Los Gatos Leigh High School Engineering $ 3,000 $ 3,000 Niles/Fremont Escuela Las Margaritas San Juan Sacatepequez Guatemala $ 11,207 $ 5,500 Niles/Fremont Blacow Elementry School Improvement $ 3,200 $ 3,200 Oakland Sunrise Faces of Hope Guatemala $ 2,500 $ 2,500 Oakland Sunrise Dictionaries for Oakland 3rd graders $ 947 $ 947 Palo Alto Mend a Broken Heart - Phillipines $ 6,200 $ 5,735 Palo Alto Common Core through Balanced Literacy $ 2,400 $ 1,120 Palo Alto University Community Center Projects for Youth $ 4,000 $ 2,000 Palo Alto University Caluco 2014 Health Care Inititive San Salvador $ 3,000 $ 3,000 Palo Alto University Willow Oaks School Tree Planting $ 3,000 $ 3,000 Palo Alto University Belle Haven Community School Literacy $ 1,465 $ 1,465 Pleasanton Wheelchairs Mexico $ 21,000 $ 2,864 Pleasanton North Keystone Senior Ball $ 1,925 $ 1,925 Pleasanton North Open Hearth Kitchen $ 2,000 $ 2,000 San Jose $ 5,000 $ 5,000 San Jose Assistance to Health Clinics in Rural Vietnam Vietnam $ 20,000 $ 12,750 San Jose Silicon Valley 5th Graders from Grant Elementry to Science Camp $ 5,191 $ 5,191 San Juan Bautista Town Plaza Work A Day $ 12,328 $ 6,164 San Leandro Rotacare--Free Medical Clinic $ 2,000 $ 2,000 P A G E 5 District 5170 Grants Con’t

District Grants Continued Santa Clara Gravity Water Filters - Maintenance Honduras $ 3,000 $ 1,000 Santa Clara Steps for Success $ 4,258 $ 2,000 Santa Clara Enterprise Leadership Conference 2014 $ 28,056 $ 3,889 Santa Cruz Cowell Beach Clean Up and Beautification $ 4,770 $ 4,770

Santa Cruz Sunrise Rotary Classroom at the Monterey Bay NMSEC #2 $ 10,000 $ 8,373 Watsonville EA Hall School Calender $ 755 $ 755 Watsonville Renaisance High School Sports Program $ 2,781 $ 2,559 Watsonville EA Hall Lunch Tables $ 2,039 $ 2,039

TOTALS $ 259,447 $ 124,069

GLOBAL GRANTS Club Grant Title Area(s) of Focus Est. Project $ Location Area 6 Clubs Egbe Hospital Cardiac Care Disease Prevention/Treatment $46,750 Nigeria Area 6 Clubs Computadoras para Escuelas Basic Education/Literacy $41,741 Mexico Cupertino Gift of Vision Rural Outreach Disease Prevention/Treatment $48,878 India Cupertino Adopt Tuinuane Village Econ Comm Dev & Water Sani $95,000 Kenya Cupertino Rural China Education VTT Basic Education/Literacy $73,952 China Cupertino Village Water Connections Water and Sanitation $41,542 India Cupertino Rotary-Pratham Vocation Trng Basic Education/Literacy $50,183 India Cupertino Rural China TEACH Basic Education/Literacy $150,000 China F.U.N. Sunset Help the Needy Water and Sanitation $35,000 India Livermore Special Needs School Kitchen Basic Education/Literacy $42,484 Brazil Los Altos Child AIDS Prevention Disease Prevention/Treatment $192,500 Liberia Los Altos Child AIDS Prevention Disease Prevention/Treatment $61,765 Nepal Los Altos Sustainable Technologies Economic & Community Dev. $37,297 Nepal Oakland #3 Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Disease Prevention/Treatment $77,212 El Salvador Palo Alto Education for Mayan Families Basic Education/Literacy $34,566 Mexico San Leandro Honduras Dental Project VTT Disease Prevention/Treatment $35,000 Honduras Santa Cruz Sunrise Global Scholar Andonis Marden Peace and Conflict Resolution $30,000 England Tri-Valley Basic Education for Kids Basic Education/Literacy $41,311 India

Total Project Value $1,135,181 Average Project Size $63,066

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District 5170 Annual GivingAnnual Fundto Goal Date Annual Fund APF Per % of Goal Club Members 2013-2014 through April 10 Capita Achieved Alameda 82 $15,000.00 $13,443.00 $163.94 89.62% Almaden Valley 43 $11,000.00 $11,800.00 $274.42 107.27% Alviso 13 $1,500.00 $2,205.00 $169.62 147.00% Campbell 59 $9,250.00 $7,655.00 $129.75 82.76% Capitola-Aptos 44 $9,004.00 $7,912.00 $179.82 87.87% Castro Valley 52 $10,000.00 $8,530.00 $164.04 85.30% Cupertino 199 $55,000.00 $65,176.74 $327.52 118.50% Dublin 53 $14,000.00 $10,150.00 $191.51 72.50% East Oakland 7 $700.00 $600.00 $85.71 85.71% Fighting Hunger East Palo Alto Bayshore 41 $1,800.00 $670.00 $16.34 37.22% Freedom 40 $5,000.00 $4,413.00 $110.33 88.26% Fremont 35 $9,000.00 $6,055.00 $173.00 67.28% Fremont UnionCity Newark 23 $2,050.00 $3,315.00 $144.13 161.71% Fremont Warm Spring 19 $5,400.00 $5,390.00 $283.68 99.81% Gilroy 107 $19,000.00 $21,430.00 $200.28 112.79% Gilroy Sunrise 18 $4,450.00 $4,400.00 $244.44 98.88% Hayward 86 $7,000.00 $8,350.00 $97.09 119.29% Hollister 71 $8,000.00 $9,750.00 $137.32 121.88% Livermore 132 $35,000.00 $40,475.00 $306.63 115.64% Livermore Valley 48 $10,030.00 $4,564.50 $95.09 45.51% Los Altos 178 $25,000.00 $31,905.33 $179.24 127.62% Maternal Health Los Altos Sunset 11 $2,400.00 $5,910.00 $537.27 246.25% Los Gatos 104 $19,000.00 $14,920.00 $143.46 78.53% Los Gatos Morning 75 $20,020.00 $13,370.00 $178.27 66.78% Milpitas 30 $5,500.00 $3,400.00 $113.33 61.82% Mission San Jose 20 $5,000.00 $4,535.00 $226.75 90.70% Morgan Hill 118 $17,000.00 $24,740.00 $209.66 145.53% Mountain View 35 $6,000.00 $8,900.00 $254.29 148.33% Newark 34 $10,500.00 $1,500.00 $44.12 14.29% Niles (Fremont) 87 $21,500.00 $12,033.00 $138.31 55.97% Oakland 305 $32,000.00 $42,721.00 $140.07 133.50% Oakland Sunrise 17 $5,120.00 $4,295.00 $252.65 83.89% Palo Alto 141 $20,000.00 $15,400.00 $109.22 77.00% Palo Alto/University 95 $20,014.00 $16,893.00 $177.82 84.41% Piedmont-Montclair 19 $2,601.00 $1,350.00 $71.05 51.90% Pleasanton 90 $8,250.00 $3,210.00 $35.67 38.91% Clean Water Tri-Valley Evening 14 $3,000.00 $4,600.00 $328.57 153.33% Pleasanton North 46 $5,500.00 $5,055.00 $109.89 91.91% San Jose 421 $44,000.00 $31,710.00 $75.32 72.07% San Jose East-Evergreen 21 $5,000.00 $3,828.18 $182.29 76.56% San Jose Silicon Valley 31 $9,500.00 $7,860.00 $253.55 82.74% San Juan Bautista 25 $4,040.00 $5,790.00 $231.60 143.32% San Leandro 46 $13,150.00 $10,000.00 $217.39 76.05% San Lorenzo Valley 21 $1,900.00 $3,425.00 $163.10 180.26% P A G E 7 Annual Fund Goal Annual Fund APF % of Goal Club Members 2013-2014 through February 10 Per Capita Achieved Santa Clara 85 $12,500.00 $14,650.00 $172.35 117.20% Santa Cruz 130 $15,600.00 $19,510.00 $150.08 125.06% Santa Cruz Sunrise 98 $20,625.00 $19,658.00 $200.59 95.31% Saratoga 129 $24,950.00 $21,626.00 $167.64 86.68% Scotts Valley 44 $10,500.00 $12,583.00 $285.98 119.84% Silicon Valley Star 14 $2,001.00 $1,100.00 $78.57 54.97% Sunnyvale 72 $17,740.00 $21,525.00 $298.96 121.34% Sunnyvale Sunrise 13 $3,010.00 $4,410.00 $339.23 146.51% Watsonville 82 $15,000.00 $8,117.00 $98.99 54.11% District Totals 3823 $660,105.00 $636,813.75 $166.57 96.47%

Zone 26 Every Rotarian Every Year Tracker Goal - 100% of Rotarians Participate

District 5170 is one of 13 Districts in Rotary Zone 26 which covers Central and Southern California, Ari- zona, Hawaii and part of Nevada. The goal of the Every Rotarian Every Year Campaign, as the name indi- cates, is for Every Rotarian to give to the Rotary Foundation, every year, at whatever level they are able. Below is the current tracking for the 2013-14 Rotary Year. Keep up the good work 5170! P A G E 8 Your Rotary Foundation Committee General Chair: Roger Hassler, PDG Polio Plus: Jim Mealey, PDG [email protected] [email protected]

Fundraising Chair: Robert Kidd Grants Chair: Cecelia Babkirk [email protected] [email protected]

Paul Harris Society: Pamela Philbert Foundation Resources: Charlie Wasser [email protected] [email protected]

Major Gifts: Mike Kearns TRF NewToday Editor: Jolene Bortz [email protected] [email protected] Videos Areas of Focus Foundation Grants End Polio Now Peace Centers Doing Good in the World Improving Our Foundation Rotary Fights Voices for Peace

Promote peace Lessons Learned Shot Felt Around the World Practicing Peace

Fight disease Sustainability The Final Inch

Provide clean water District Grants This Close

Save mothers & children Global Grants The Last Hurdle

Support education Vocational Training Teams Crutch | Tree | Faces

Grow local economies Mercy Ships & Rotary

Contribution Forms Contribution (123): Form

Multiple Donor (094): Form

Please note the 2014 Rotary Fiscal Year-end Deadlines for TRF Contributions below

Credit Cards: Online via www.rotary.org– must be authorized on or prior to 30 June 2014, midnight (CSTime) Fax: (+1-847-328-5260)—must be received by 30 June 2014 Phone: (+1-866-976-8279) - must be received prior to the close of business 28 June 2014 Checks: must be postmarked 30 June 2014 or prior and received at the Foundation by 8 July 2014

Break up your gift into smaller pieces through out the year using Rotary Direct: Form (USA) ▪ Guide ▪

Donors may also enroll using The Rotary Foundation Contribution Form (123), by selecting “Make this a recurring contribution”. To learn more about Rotary’s recurring giving program, visit the Rotary Direct sec- tion of the website.