Activities and Projects of ROTARY CLUB of CHOUF
Year 2007-2008
1. In progress Projects
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Kitchen Equipment for the Village Welfare Society. Value 24,000 USD. The
Village Welfare Society in Deirkouche serves the community in offering
training for practical skills, such as cooking, home economy, crafts, small
business management. This school is of great assistance to the community,since
they teach the ladies how to work from home. So they utilize their
time effectively and they can earn an income, during winter season this
income may become the only income. Thus, equipping the center
with a kitchen where experts will demonstrates the art of cooking, the way
to preserve agricultural produces of the land, start catering business. At
the same time, land cultivation will
increase since it will be a profitable business and hence they will not migrate to the
city.Time needed to implement the kitchen is between 4 to 6
weeks when the funds are
secured.
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Water Purification Plant connected to the existing Water Reservoir in the
village of Aammatour. Value 30,000 USD. There around 360 fountains, springs
and streams in the village of Aammatour and still the villagers have to buy
bottled water due to the contamination of their water resources. The municipality
completed the piping network from the main spring Ain-El-Arish (vine
spring), so when the purification plant is installed then the
villagers can make use of the water in their households.
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Equipments for the social & sports club of
Beit-el-deen and Maaser el Chouf for their sports and social
activity.
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Small fire fighters for the village of DierElKamar and surrounding villages
that can easily drive in the forests of the Chouf region. This is quite
important especially after the fire that erupted in September and threatened
the whole area. for f
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EKG for the public medical clinic in the Mazraet El Chouf.
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2. Pending projects from Year 2006-2007
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Six small Tractors and Six pesticides Spray pumps for the Agricultural
Co-operative in Chouf. Value is 20,000 USD.
- Nursing Emergency Unit for the "Sœurs de la Croix" Home for
the disabled. Value is 20,000 USD. The "Sœurs de la Croix " (Sister
of the Cross) is a humanitarian home for the disabled (mental and physical
disability) in Deir-el-Kamar. The nuns are taking care of the 300 residents
of the Home, having a nursing emergency unit at the center will help them in
demonstrating an effective first aid assistance prior to moving the patients
to a hospital. The timely and efficient handling of an emergency case will
decrease the risk on the patient and increases the recovery
percentage.
- Post-operative Recovery Bed for Ain-Wa-Zein Hospital. Value 22,500 USD. Provide a
bed outside the operating rooms for monitoring under-anesthesia patients
after undergoing surgery. Instead of keeping the patients in the operating
rooms after surgery, they could be moved to the recovery bed prior moving
the patients to their rooms, thus will lead to proper
utilization of the hospitalization period and increase the patients
satisfaction as well as efficient health monitoring. Up-to-date and fully equipped
Recovery Room is one of the main requirements in the accreditations
standards requested by Ministry of Health in Lebanon. Ain-wa-Zein hospital
serve the Chouf area, around 700,000 resident during winter and 1,700,000
resident in summer. Availability of the funds determine the project
implementation and finalization, purchase and installing the recovery-bed
will take maximum two weeks and the bed would be
operational.
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Educational equipments and materials for the ARC-EN-CIEL school in
Kafarnabrakh - Chouf. Value 25,000 USD.
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Projects History
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Year 2006 - 2007
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- Distribution of medical equipments for the 70,000 displaces refugees from
the south due to 12th of July Israeli war on Lebanon, with the assistance of
Rotarians Olivier Daher from France and Rotarian Jihad Suleiman and Rotarian
Marie-France Suleiman from Belgium.
- Washing Machine & Dryer for the "Sœurs de la Croix" Home for the
disabled.
- Free Hearing Test sessions was organized throughout the villages of
Chouf by Rotarian Bassem El Sayed (ENT Doctor).
- Free Early Eye disease inspection in the Baaklien Medical center
demonstrated by Dr. BouHamdan under the supervision of Rotarian Talaat Talih.
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Year 2005 - 2006
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- Construction of a roundabout in Maser-Beit-El-deen that is a main
intersection in the Chouf district, with the assistance of .Rotary Clubs of Chateaux-Roux, Chateaux-roux Georges Sand, Issoudun, Le Vroux Boishcat
Champagne, Le Blanc Val de Creuse Argenton and La Chatre en Bas Berry.
- Building a Drinking Water Reservoir for Mazraet-El-Dahr village with
assistance of Rotary Clubs of Chateaux-Roux, Chateauxroux Georges Sand, Issoudun, Le Vroux Boishcat
Champagne, Le Blanc Val de Creuse Argenton and La Chatre en Bas Berry
(Matching Grant No. 59866).
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Donating Equipments for the Library at the Mazraet-El-Dhar Municipality that
includes Computer, LCD Projector, books, wooden shelves , tables and chairs.
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Donating a Ceramic Kiln for the Lebanese University Fine Arts Branch in
Deir-el-Kamar. Cost 2,260 USD with the assistance of Rotary Club of Baabda.
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Furnishing the French Cultural Center in Deir-el-Kamar "Bibliobus"
with new books and a computer with LCD screen to fit in the mobile library
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Donation 1200 USD to sponsor SIX orphans from Annout Welfare
Association.
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Donated 1000 USD for the "PEACE" sculpture in Baaklien.
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Awards for Mr. Bassam Roukoz, Mr. Elie Nakhle, Mr. Ghassan Saab and Mr.
Walid AbuShakra for their generous contribution of 1000 USD each.
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Year 2005 - 2006
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Installing Aluminum railing in the IDAD center for the persons with mental
and/or physical disability.
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Distributing 17 Wheel Chairs for the disables in Chouf region with the
assistance of Rotary Club of Baabda & Rotary Club Beirut Cosmopolitan. Cost
5,000 USD
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Furnishing a school room in the Beit-el-deen Elementary school which is a
non-profit Catholic school.
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Donation 1200 USD to sponsor SIX orphans from Annout Welfare
Association.
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Planting 100 Cedars in Al-Shouf Cedar Reserve commemorating ROTARY
CENTENNIAL.
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Year 2004 - 2005
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Guidance Signs & Bulletin Boards in the Al-Shouf Cedar Reserve. Cost 15,000
USD.
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Donating 25,000 USD for Saint Jude Children Cancer Center at American
University Hospital of Beirut.
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Donation of Books for the French Cultural Center in Deir-el-Kamar program "Bibliobus"
which is a mobile library that visits the schools in the Chouf district and
lend the student all kinds of books.
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Year 2003 - 2004
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Surgical Equipments for bone surgery for Irfan Hospital with the assistance
of Rotary Club de Salernes- France. Cost 35,000 USD.
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Ophthalmology Early Eye Disease Detection machine for Baakleen Medical
Center with the assistance of Rotary Club of Genessy Valley - Flint. Cost
28,000 USD.
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Year 2002 - 2003
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Waste Water Treatment Plan for Ain Wa Zein Hospital. Cost 50,000 USD.
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Infectious and Biological Waster Incinerator for Ain Wa Zein Hospital. Cost
50,000 USD
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