Rotary
International (RI) President Ian H. S. Riseley is arriving Nepal Saturday on a 4-day visit.
This is the
first visit by any RI president to Nepal , one of 541 districts of the Rotary.
Riseley is
scheduled to inaugurate a new higher secondary school and girls’ hostel in
Makwanpur.
The higher secondary school with
more than 1,000 students was devastated by the 2015 earthquake and has been
reconstructed by Rotarians of RI District 3890 Tasmania ,
Australia
with a budget of Australian $ 225,000.
According to Rotary
Nepal, more than 3,000 temporary shelters have been constructed by the RI, and
Rotary plans to construct 1,000 plus permanent low-cost houses and 140 primary
schools in the 14 crisis-hit districts.
Schools will be
constructed in collaboration with the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of
Commerce and Industry (FNCCI), where Rotary will provide water and sanitation,
school furniture, computers, books.
The total cost of
the project is US$ 9.08 million.
Rotary was founded on February 23, 1905 in Chicago , USA
Rotary Club of
Kathmandu joined Rotary International on April 13, 1959 as the1620th club. Nepal ,
thus, became the 111th nation to join Rotary, which is now spread
around more than 202 countries and territories around the world.
Rotary has supported
in establishing different hospitals in the country, such as Nepal Orthopaedic
Hospital , Bhaktapur
Cancer Hospital ,
Koshi Zonal
Hospital , National
Dental Hospital ,
Gautam Buddha
Community Heart
Hospital , Bandipur
Hospital and Cardiac Surgical Unit at Bir Hospital
“Some of the other
notable Rotary projects benefiting the communities of Nepal are
drinking water, health and sanitation, and solar/ micro hydro projects. Basic
literacy and educational support from Rotary has reached many districts of Nepal ,” said
Rotary Nepal.
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