November 30, 2005

2006 Club-to-Club Projects Announced
14 Quota Clubs in Developing Countries Seek Support for Hands-on Service

The We Share Foundation Board of Trustees has approved 14 projects for inclusion in the 2006 Club-to-Club World Service Program, including six new initiatives. Quota members in five developing countries—the Philippines, Malaysia, India, Fiji, and Suriname—have identified vital needs in their communities and will undertake hands-on service projects in the year ahead (read the descriptions below). They welcome and rely on the support of Quotarians worldwide to improve the quality of life in their communities.

Donations to the 2006 Club-to-Club projects are being accepted now. One hundred percent of your donation will go directly to service. If you or your club would like to donate to the Club-to-Club program, click here.

New projects this year!
Quota International of Bacolod, Philippines
Char-Wood Fuel Project. By instructing women in an impoverished area of Rodriguez Baybay to produce and sell Char-wood, an inexpensive cooking fuel, the Quota Club's 2006 project will have a tremendous impact on the livelihoods of these people and the environment. The community will benefit as its citizens are able to support themselves and an alternative, lower cost energy source is made available. Club-to-Club funds will support equipment, gloves, masks, supplies, and transportation for the training seminars.

Quota International of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Empowerment Development Program for Disadvantaged Women. Although over 50% of the population of Malaysia is female, discrimination and violence against women is rampant. The Quota Club of Kuala Lumpur, in conjunction with the Women's Aid Organization, is combating this tragedy by providing aid to women who are victims of domestic violence and physical, sexual, and mental abuse through self-help and self-determination programs. Donations pay for food, printing, supplies, transportation, and an honorarium for program facilitators.

Quota International of Legazpi-Mayon, Philippines
Stitch for a Living. By purchasing several sewing machines and offering training in dressmaking, the Quota Club of Legazpi-Mayon hopes to help 10 deaf and hearing impaired women feed their families today and in the future. After a year in the program, the women will have an opportunity to earn their own sewing machine. Sale of their dressmaking projects will generate revenue, a portion of which will be used to replicate the project. Remaining profits will be used to purchase hearing aids for local children who need them. Quotarian donations will be used for start-up funds for equipment, a trainer fee, stipends for the trainees, supplies, and marketing.

Quota International of Manduae, Philippines
Providing Vocational Skills at the Special Education Center. The Quota Club of Mandaue has a sure-fire recipe for success as they supply cooking equipment and instructional training to deaf, hard-of-hearing, speech-impaired, and developmentally disabled individuals at the Special Education Center of Mandaue City Central School. This program will help build participants' self-esteem while teaching them culinary skills that will help them find employment. Donations will support a vocational teacher salary and cooking equipment.

Quota International of Suriname, Suriname
Stuka Prisiri. The title of the Suriname club's project means "To Learn with Pleasure," and that is just what Quotarians will help a group of disadvantaged children in Suriname to do. In support of their belief that well-educated people make a strong nation, Suriname Quota members have developed a three-year program to expose children to business and the arts, broadening their base of knowledge, and building their self-esteem. Members have been raising local funds for the program, but ask Quotarians in developed countries to contribute so that more children may join the program. Donations fund supplies, food, tee-shirts, transportation, facility and training fees.

Quota International of Iloilo, Philippines
An Interactive Library for Hearing Impaired Individuals. The Quota Club of Iloilo is beginning a new project this year—giving hearing-impaired children in the community the gift of a lifetime by providing an interactive library to increase their literacy. With books and computers, these youngsters will be able to open new worlds of opportunity through reading. Quotarian donations will fund books, computer equipment, furniture, and air conditioning for the library.

Continuing Club-to-Club Projects!
Quota International of Ba, Fiji
Audiogram Project and Educational Support for HART. The Ba Club's project aims to improve the quality of life for Ba citizens in three ways: continuing to provide educational support for children from the depressed HART village, training village women in basic skills to become self-sufficient, and providing hearing aids for low-income seniors and younger members of the local Deaf Association to help them gain meaningful employment. While funds are raised locally for the hearing aid project venue and supplies, Quotarian donations will fund school fees, vocational training sessions, hearing aids, and an audiometrist's services.

Quota International of Cebu, Philippines
Sawang Calero and Guba Day Care Centers and Feeding Programs. Cebu Quotarians have responded to the overwhelming poverty in two fishing villages by establishing day care centers that offer nutritious meals and medical care. While keeping children off the streets, these centers provide them with what is often their only meal of the day. These model centers provide a readiness program to prepare the children for future academics in reading, math, and writing. Club-to-Club donations fund supplies, food, clothing, and salaries to run the day care programs.

Quota International of Davao City, Philippines
Mindanao Neonatal Hearing Screening Center. Members of the Davao Quota Club, having acquired space and set up a neonatal screening center at the Brokenshire Memorial Hospital, are raising funds locally to purchase their own otoacoustic emission machine. Club-to-Club support is needed to reach out to groups of physicians and mothers across the city with information about universal hearing screening. Members will also offer free clinics in rural communities and are working to introduce universal hearing screening legislation in their city. Donations fund supplies, food, equipment, and printed materials for their clinics and public awareness campaign.

Quota International of DLF City, India
Charitable Dispensary and Vocational Training Center. Thanks to DLF City Quotarians and the Club-to-Club program, underprivileged DLF City residents are receiving free medical care, medicine, physical exams, and immunizations six days a week, as well as counseling on health, nutrition, and hygiene. Club members currently operate two dispensaries offering these services, and they plan to open a third as funds become available. Donations are also used to help disadvantaged children with their educational expenses and to teach women embroidery and stitching to help them find jobs.

Quota International of Manila, Philippines
Empowering Women through Livelihood and Skills Training. The Manila Quota Club is launching a series of seminars for out-of-school young women, single mothers, and other disadvantaged women. The seminars will teach skills such as cooking, sewing, reflexology, and beauty care to build self-esteem in the women, help them support their families, and help improve their children's educational opportunities. The programs will also include life lessons about health, nutrition, and legal remedies for abusive relationships. Club-to-Club donations will pay for supplies, food, transportation, trainers' fees, and training materials for the seminars.

Quota International of Manila South, Philippines
Deafness Resource Library. Manila South Quotarians are serving teachers, parents, and caregivers of deaf, hard-of-hearing, and speech-impaired individuals through their resource library, which provides much-needed textbooks and information on hearing impairments. Due to the large number of individuals in the Philippines who have hearing-related disorders, club members feel it is critical to make available a wealth of information. Donations to the project in 2006 will go toward procuring books and organizing activities and programs to encourage use of the library.

Quota International of New Delhi, India
Quota Home for Abandoned and Destitute Women. Club-to-Club donations to the New Delhi club go to the maintenance, upkeep, and salaries of the Quota Home, so that it can continue to offer the many successful programs it does, like providing literacy camps for kids, sewing skills for women, and medical clinics for children. New this year, donations will fund several medical programs for individuals in dire need—eye camps, HIV/AIDs treatment, and surgery for children with holes in their hearts.

Quota International of Sainik Farm, India
Home for the Aged, Preschool, Dispensary, and Orphanage. Quota's Sainik Farm Club has long addressed needs of both old and young members of their community by maintaining a senior facility and a preschool classroom for disadvantaged children. Now, they are expanding their Club-to-Club project to include operating an orphanage for 12 girls who have been abandoned or abused and a dispensary with free medicines for people who can't afford to go to the doctor. Donations fund food, clothing, supplies, equipment, and salaries for these programs.

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