Hello once again from the Rotary Club of Great Harwood and Rishton. As this article is prepared we are again faced with harrowing images in the media of starving and sick people, particularly children. This time the cause is drought in the Horn of Africa and, although the situation is exacerbated by the seemingly endless wars and unrest that tear the region apart, Rotary is again setting out to assist the aid operation. It may surprise readers to know that Rotary Clubs exist in the region and the Governor of the Rotary District which covers Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda describes the situation on their website,: “Huge parts of our Rotary District are currently facing the worst food crisis of the 21st Century. We cannot afford to sit back when some 12 million people across Ethiopia, Kenya, northern Uganda and Somalia are in dire need of food, clean water and basic sanitation. We are witnessing a human catastrophe as 12 million lives are on the line. This crisis is worsening and we have heard the denial and blame game, but as Rotarians it is time to act.” To answer the call our District, covering Lancashire and Cumbria, has organised the means to send out cash directly to the District concerned and will be collating donations from local Clubs. The advantage of this is that all the money donated goes to dedicated Rotarians in the affected area who will use it locally for the provision of relief, and there are no overheads to be deducted. A couple of weeks ago Morrison’s Store in Great Harwood willingly gave us permission, at short notice, to hold a fund raising collection and this raised £414.


All this money,


together with other donations received, will be forwarded to the relief effort. You will also recall


that in the June issue of the Herald we


described the use of LifeStraws as an effective means of supplying clean water and the partnerships we were forming with local schools to supply these life-saving items. As a result of the efforts of children, parents and teachers donations were received from St Hubert’s, St Wulstan’s and St John’s schools in Great Harwood and St Nicholas’ school in Church, which enabled the Club to send £750 to the LifeStraws charity in July. We have been informed that the money has already been used to send out supplies of LifeStraws to the Horn of Africa. In addition to the above, Aquaboxes and Shelterboxes, previously paid for by the Club, have also been despatched. Once again we must


thank all those in our area whose


generous support has helped to play a small part in providing a rapid response at this time of urgent need. The Rotary Club meets each Tuesday evening at


the Sparth


House Hotel, Whalley Road, Clayton-le-Moors. For more information contact Secretary Graham Charnley on 01254 235142 or e-mail rotaryinghr@aol.com


In Her Defence ! An 80 year old woman was arrested for shoplifting in a supermarket and was up in front of the judge. He asked her, “What did you steal?” She replied, “A can of peach- es.”


The judge then asked her why she had stolen the can of peaches, and she replied that she was hungry. The judge asked her how many peaches were in the can ? She replied that there were six. The judge then said “ In that case I will give you six days in prison.” Before the judge could actually pronounce the punishment, the woman’s husband stood up and asked if he could say something. The Judge said, ”What is it?” The husband said, “ She also stole a large can of peas.”


Ahhh Memories.


I remember the days when we had trust in a hospital and not the hospital in a trust


Design Fault ?


I also remember the days when the staff were super and the bugs were nowhere to be seen. Now it’s the other way around.


Who are these better known as ? 10. Miles Davis.


(They all appear in these pages.) Faroukh Bulsara Ellen Naomi Cohen Harold Lloyd Jenkins Virginia Patterson Hensley Yusaf Islam Harry Roger Webb. Raymond Edward O'Sullivan


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