Yearbook 2012 - The Rotary Club of Bangkok South

total 507 and will have provided clean drinkingwater for almost 200,000 children. During thispast Rotary year we have installed or haveunderway 63 systems. Funding has come fromour own fund-raising events, from sponsors andfrom Rotary International matching grants.Each project includes a shed to house the system(paid for by the local community), the machineitself (each suitable for up to 400 children) anda maintenance fund handed to the local Rotary sustainability of the projects is vital and has beenan ongoing concern of those involved. In 2010-11a survey of participating clubs revealed that 90%of the systems are still producing clean, drinkablewater. Our supplier has also done a survey ofschools in the north in the past 12 months withsatisfactory results.Embassy did another three this past year under itsDirect Aid Programme, and now has 19 under itsbelt. Rtn Prasert Mangkornkarn very generously Foundation from the Netherlands, in conjunctionwith Dutch Rotary clubs, did six. Dennis Kramerdid another two. New sponsors this year includedthe International Women’s Club, Cadeaux Jewelryand the Chaîne de Rôtisseurs. Those are just afew. It is not possible to name everyone here, butwe mention and thank each and every one in alater section of this book.Clean Drinking Water for Schools is a programmethat provides a basic human need and has animmediate impact on the lives of the children andthe villages in which they live. The Rotary Club ofBangkok South is proud to be involved in this vitalinitiative.Sponsorship, both corporate and personal, isalso a key element of this programme, with manysponsors returning year after year. The AustralianThe Water Team: Volker Betsch, Marco Casanova,Rotary Club of Bangkok South Yearbook 2012 31