Lalitpur, Feb. 14:
Rotary International Wednesday
handed over 49 houses to the quake-victims in Manegaun Burungchuli of Lalitpur
district.
RI Vice-President Dean
Rohrs provided the keys of the houses, built with the support from various
Rotary Clubs around the globe, to the beneficiaries amidst a special programme
organised in the village.
Rohrs was an Operating
Room Nurse on Professor Christian Barnard's team that performed the first-ever
human heart transplant.
RI is also constructing
46 houses in Sindhupalchowk and 69 in Kavreplanchowk districts, said Rajendra
Shakya, coordinator of the Earthquake Relief, Rehabilitation, Reconstruction
Programme of RI District 3292 Nepal.
"It is RI's
mission to bring smile to the people in difficulties. We will collaborate with
Nepal in terms of humanitarian works in the future," said Rohrs while
interacting with journalists.
According to her,
Rotary works for the advancement of humanity by developing peace in communities
through education, good health and opportunities.
She said that Rotary was working in six key
areas: peace and conflict resolution, disease prevention and treatment, water
and sanitation, mother and child health, education and literacy and economic
and community development.
Rohrs, a Canadian, owns
a company, Rhide Technologies Inc., which supplies soil stabilisation products
for road construction.
She has already served
as Rotary Director, Regional Rotary Coordinator and Regional Rotary Foundation
Coordinator.
Published in The Rising Nepal on 15 January 2018.
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