“We have to listen to local people, to local Rotarians, it is not enough just to send money for projects”. This reason gives the Incoming District Governor of District 1040 in Great Britain, Rotarian Roger Parcival for his trip to Rotary Clubs in Uganda and Ethiopia in a joint meeting of the Clubs Addis Ababa Bole and Central Mella. Rotarian Parcival will lead the District 1040 with 80 Rotary Clubs in the Rotary year 2010/11. He says his visit to Ugandan and Ethiopian clubs shall contribute to an better understanding between Africa and Europe and expand fellowship. The DGE of District 1040 was looking for the acute needs in the visited countries to design district scale projects together with the local clubs. His program in Ethiopia was mostly visiting site of Water projects and areas in which water and sanitations projects are necessary to improve the life of the people.
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