Projects / October-December 2016
Rotary Club of 6th of October Shams
Maternal Health Medical Convoy in Mansoureya
To promote health of mothers and children, a medical convoy was arranged at Mansou-ria Village in Guiza where 380 children were checked by pediatricians and 180 mothers were checked and given awareness about birth control methods and those who opted for such measures were given free contraceptives.
- November 24, 2016
Second Convoy for Virus C Screening at Palm Hills
Another 3 days were spent on screening the workers of Palm Hills for Virus C on the 11th, 12th and 13th of November. The campaign screened in total 699 people of whom only 13 were found asymptomatic carriers for the disease after intensive lab testing and currently getting treated.
- November 11-13, 2016
FUN DAY at Mansoureya Kindergarten
Children are our future and so members gave some fun time to local children in order to brighten their lives. Playing with balls and face-painting and singalongs.
- November 9, 2016
Opthalmic Convoy at Qaryet Abd El Samad in rural Guiza
Rotary Club Shams October members making the opthalmic convoy they arranged with Al Noor Maghraby foundation happen today at Qaryet Abd El Samad in Guiza happen. 264 ser-vices were given out of which people were examined and from those, 17 people were re-ferred to the hospital for free cataract operations and 38 for more investigations. 57 patients were given free medicine, 102 people had eye glasses prescriptions made, of which 13 took reduced price glasses and 50 people were found not in need of any intervention.
- November 9, 2016
Clothes Fair for University Students
For three days on the 1st 2nd and 3rd of November, the "Blue Brigade" of Rotary 6th October Shams manned the clothes sale for students and employees of the High Institute of Engineer-ing and Technology at 6th of October City.
The proceeds will fund the Maghraby Opthalmic Convoy to diagnose and operate, free of charge, on patients with cataract. Thanks to all the generous donors who gave beautiful clothes for this sale and of course those who made it happen, our Blues.
- November 1-3, 2016
Handwashing Day
To reaffirm the value of handwashing as a first defense against disease and infection, our Rotary Club of 6th of October Shams visited two of the kindergartens run by the NGO Nahdet El Mansouria for Development. Our team instructed the children and their mothers on proper techniques for handwashing in order to assure that germs on hands causing disease are washed away and children are well protected.
- October 30, 2016
Vocational Training (Maharaty)
On Saturday, October 15th, 13 candidates who were awarded Rotary scholarships to pursue soft skills studies with Maharati, attended their first seminar.
Head of this vocational training project, Dr. Ahmed Abdin and his team, made extensive interviews in order to select these 13 candidates from Cairo University Faculty of Engineering and 6th October High Institute of Engineering and Technology.
Dr. Abdin supervised them and will continue to do so till the course ends. He also introduced them to the principles and ethics of Rotary and its role in serving humanity all over the world.
- October 15,2016
Virus C project in Palm Hills
Rotary Serving Humanity
Two teams of good hearts and strong determination joined efforts in one of the strongest battles against disease. Our Rotary Club of 6thOctober Shams and Rotary Club of 6th of October Palm Hills teamed up and placed their first step in the tough battle against Virus C. Virus C Hepatitis in Egypt is of high prevalence and its consequences lead to a poor quality of life, then gradually takes lives. The two rotary clubs in collaboration with Kasr Al Aini Viral Hepatitis Patient Care Center(VHPCC) and Trust Laboratories guided by its manager Dr. Sanaa Abdel Shafei, our eminent club member, designated a campaign earlier and fulfilled it on the 10th through the 12th of October. The convoy was carried out on employees and workers in Palm Hills Development aiming at screening them for virus C . On the other hand Palm Hills Administration took on its behalf the treatment of these employees on its expense together with their family members who prove to be positive after lab tests. Number of employees added up to 490 tested for the virus during the 3 days convoy.
Each and every member of the two clubs were having all their heart in this project, working very late, forgetting their fatigue. All their mind and heart was set on one goal...
Egypt Free of Virus C!!!
- October 10- 12,2016