Rotarians have access to items which have no further use in Australia but can serve a need in the developing world.
D I K will coordinate the dispatch and delivery of these items.
Rotary has been donated the use of some storage facilities to store, sort and pack donated books that are to be subsequently shipped to deserving and charitable organisations within developing countries.
A simple starting project would be to approach all the schools in your Club area and seek their culled books from their libraries each year. These educational books are invaluable in developing countries where English is the second language.
I would ask you to consider making some allowance for funding of DIK projects in your Club's budget.
A word of caution – Make sure the books are suitable for students where English is the second language.
- • Make sure the books are not heavily marked by students.
- • Make sure the books spines are intact.
- • Make sure the books do not have pages missing.
Books should be packed into easily handled boxes. Wine boxes or A4 boxes are ideal.
I am prepared to visit any Club in District 9790 to talk about DIK. I have a Powerpoint presentation on CD which is the best way of informing Clubs of this valuable program of Rotary.
David Meller PP PHF
Rotary Club of Strathmore
Ph: (03) 9379 3577
Mob: 0409 165553
e-mail: dik@rotary9790.org.au
Art craft - Primary
Art craft - Secondary (Put commercial, technical or life requirement applications under Technical Reference)
Dictionaries and Encyclopaedias
English language - Primary (Grammar, vocabulary, composition, etc.)
English language - Secondary (Grammar, vocabulary, composition,)
Health and Physical Education (Limited)
Languages other than English /Reference (Limited)
Maths - Primary
Maths- Secondary (Limited)
Music
Reading - Primary
Reading -Secondary
Science - Primary
Science -Secondary (Limited)
Social Science - Primary
Social Science - Secondary (Limited)
Technical Reference (woodwork, metalwork, horticulture, engineering etc.)
Theology (Bible stories, comparative theology, etc.) (Limited)
NOTE: If Australian content in books is significant, then books have very limited use overseas.
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