Final Accounting & Status Letter
| ROTARY
CLUB OF SAVUSAVU
PO Box 115, Savusavu, Fiji |
Thursday, May 04, 2006 |
"Your Club has literally changed these peoples lives forever and quite possibly saved Jone’s life!"
Placerville Rotary Club
President Bill Schmidt
Ref: Jone Tugiri Rotary House
Bula Bill,
Greetings to all members of the Placerville Rotary Club from your fellow Rotarians in Savusavu Fiji. We are all looking forward very much to your upcoming visit and hope that your journey will be safe and enjoyable. For those will who not be at making the journey to Fiji, I certainly hope that at some point we can meet at a club meeting in your community.
I am writing to report to you on the final status and accounting of the Jone Tugiri Rotary House Project. I am pleased to report that the house is essentially complete and Jone and his family are moved in and enjoying their new living space. You cannot imagine the improvement this house has made in their living standards, general health and security. Since Jone’s near brush with death earlier this year and his return from hospital, he is now has easy access to running water, proper showers, and most importantly a flush toilet all within the confines of a strong and sturdy house. This has made a tremendous improvement in his physical health as well as his mental state.
In just the last two weeks I've completed modifications to the water supply which improved the water pressure delivered to the settlement from only 2 psi to over 20 psi. This minor modification will not only improve Jone and Vika’s living standards but those others in the settlement as well.
Jone’s condition continues to improve and as he regains his strength, his sores are continuing to improve. It is an incredibly slow process to rebuild the amount of tissue that was lost due to the infection. However, Jone’s attitude is extremely positive and now that he's feeling better, he is planning for the future of his family. Although he still makes trips to the airport once a week to sell handicrafts, he is spending much more time with his two boys and his wife. He is working with the youngest on hygiene issues related to the flush toilet and even spends time in the kitchen cooking food for the whole family. He's thinking of other business opportunities such as a canteen that he can operate from his own home.
The generous contribution the Placerville Rotary Club has made to this family cannot be overstated. Your Club has literally changed these peoples lives forever and quite possibly saved Jone’s life.
You have given them back their family and the opportunity to recover from Jones dreadful accident. You can be certain that both children have seen the benefits of different people working together for a common goal and that receiving an education matters. Together we have shown the community that people who are disabled should be helped and if given an opportunity, can be important contributors to the betterment of the whole community. Jone is now committed to prove himself once again and there can be no better result from this project.
On behalf of the members of the Rotary Club Savusavu, I want to thank all members of the Placerville Rotary Club for giving us the opportunity to do this project. It is certainly the most focused and targeted individual assistance project we have ever undertaken. As the International Service Director, Mark Payne has been an excellent coordinator and I wish to extend my appreciation to him for his efforts and cooperation. We look forward to the opportunity to work with your club in coming years in the formulation of projects to address wide scale water supply, sanitation, and literacy problems at schools in our area.
Thank you again and Vinaka Vaka Levu!
Yours in Rotary,
Jeffery D. Mather
President 2005-2006
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