This weeks photo is of the Production Garden in Klamath Falls. Production gardens are volunteer driven and work intensive depending on the size. Typically, all food harvested goes to the local food pantries, banks and kitchens for distribution to families in need.

The project provided packages of supplies donated by Rotarians to children at a school founded and supported by local Rotary clubs. Each child received a package that contained a sweater, packet of biscuits, and a candle.

The boy in this photo is receiving one of the packages.

To read more about the project and the original article from Rotary International please visit: An eye for compassion.

More than 600 skilled laborers volunteered to help build a 3,300-square-foot home in just six days starting July 14.

As the co-owner of Millstone Custom Homes with his wife, Michelle, Clifton believes that a project this size, which included building a barn, chicken coop, and greenhouse, would normally take a crew of 50 about six months.

Chris and Niki Hampton and their six children were selected from a group of families in need.  Their 800-square-foot home in Ash Grove was replaced with a beautiful five-bedroom house.

To read more about the project visit: Extreme Makeover—Rotarian Edition.

Nicholas is a pediatric AIDS specialist who has helped to reduce infant HIV in New York City, and is now working to eliminate mother-to-child HIV transmission in the Dominican Republic.

Nicholas began a family AIDS clinic in La Romana, Dominican Republic in 1999, which is run by the International Family AIDS Program. 

The Yonkers club, the Rotary Club of La Romana, and District 7230 (New York) launched the Mother-Baby AIDS Project in the Dominican Republic in 2006 to expand the International Family Aids Program. 

To read more about the project visit: Clinic takes aim at infant AIDS

Photo courtesy of Nicholas.

Rotarians from the clubs of Muyenga, Uganda, Genk-Noord, and Belgium, are addressing these problems by using a multi-faceted approach to bring long-term economic stability to a rural region in Uganda.

In 2009, the Ugandan and Belgian clubs launched a project in Kasamu-Kyali parish in Uganda’s Mpigi District, to improve the lives of 4,000 villagers. The project provides treated mosquito nets, water boreholes and pumps, agricultural supplies and livestock, vocational training and equipment, and educational materials and uniforms.

The project is funded by a Health, Hunger and Humanity (3-H) Grant from The Rotary Foundation.

To read more about the project visit: Ugandan project takes a long look at ending poverty

Ugandan Rotarians have taken hourlong ferry rides from Kampala to the community of islands for more than 16 years.  The Rotarians provide dental care, general health treatment, and deworming for islanders, many of whom have never left the island or their fishing villages.

Since 200l, twice each year, members of the Rotary Club of Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA, have participated in the one-day clinic.

To read more about the project visit: A Program With Teeth

Bangladesh women line up for fresh water on this year’s World Water Day (March 20, 2009).

AP Photo/Pavel Rahman