Rotary Club of Chapala Sunrise held a posada at Tepehua Centro Comunitario.

Music and Posada Story Telling by the ever entertaining Richard Glauber with Yolanda!

A fantastic event! From the Rotary meal to the Posada walkabout through the community! Gracias Santa!

 

 

This week, our Club, in partnership with the Rotary Club of Zapopan, distributed 11 wheelchairs to locals who were in desperate need. Many of the recipients had been housebound and were identified through contacts with "Avon Ladies" and taxi drivers who knew about these people. Club members paid for, assembled and fitted the wheelchairs, ably assisted by one of our members who is a polio survivor, confined to a wheelchair himself.

Past President, Barbara Wilson, presented a local TED talk about our Board adopted philosophy on working with donors and communities in need.  Click on this 15 minute video.

Classes have continued for 3 years at Ojo de Agua, teaching villagers about the water contamination and sanitation. This is preparing them for understanding the wetlands sanitation system that we are constructing and the long term maintenance needs.  The group is predominately made up of village women and they have begun to take on leadership roles in other areas of their village, advocating for more health services and education for their families.