A village community using a newly installed water pump, thanks to IMPACT


On the path to a better world for us all


RI President Kalyan Banerjee’s call to Reach Within to Embrace Humanity resonates profoundly with IMPACT’s mission to prevent needless disability.


in developing countries, but he soon recognised that impoverished patients were coming to treatment centres with their entire families in tow. He met malnourished and unvaccinated


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children whose lives were threatened by dirty drinking water and poor sanitation; women who were risking their lives to become mothers; and whole families living on the knife-edge of poverty, due to the disability of one member. Instead of treating health problems in


isolation, Sir John realised it made much more sense to meet a family’s interlinked need for safe water, nutritious food and healthcare. The rest, as they say, is history. For 25 years, IMPACT has worked for


a world in which nobody is needlessly disabled by disease, lack of knowledge or shortage of medical services.


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he early career of our founder, Rotarian Sir John Wilson, PHF, focused on alleviating blindness


At the heart of family life Families the world over wish for well-


being and a decent standard of living. Empowering disadvantaged people with the good health, skills and knowledge to achieve this potential is at the heart of our work. Rotarians like you can help us to


achieve so much. Over the past year, you have provided arsenic filters to make drinking water safe for rural families in Bangladesh; equipped mobile clinics with updated equipment; funded operations to reverse disabling conditions on board our floating hospital in Bangladesh and clinic in Cambodia; helped the Lifeline Express hospital train reach even more parts of rural India, and so much more. Likewise, Inner Wheel clubs up and


down Great Britain and Ireland have transformed family life in five Bangladeshi villages. With their support, we have been able to take pioneering action, establishing healthcare and mother and


For 25 years, IMPACT has worked for a world in which no one is needlessly disabled by disease, lack of knowledge or shortage of medical services.


baby clinics; improving water sources and sanitation and establishing home gardens. Men, women and children who once faced daily health risks are now thriving. Parvina spoke for everyone in her village when she told us: “We are out of danger now.” Together, we can make a lasting


difference to families like Parvina’s, by providing a hand-up, not a hand-out. As President Banerjee says: “Good families lead to good neighbourhoods, and good neighbourhoods build good communities.” This puts us all on the path to a better world. For more information about IMPACT’s


work, please visit www.impact.org.uk or call 01444 457080. n


Pascale Noel Development Manager, IMPACT


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