In January of 2014 Pedro Molina contacted me through our mutual

In January of 2014 Pedro Molina contacted me through
our mutual friend, Andrew Walker. Pedro is a member of
the Rotaract Bahia Notre club from Brazil.
Pedro asked if the e-Club of the
Southwest USA would consider
donating $500.00 US to the service
projects they were planning. Our club is
a strong advocate of the PATH to
ROTARY and did not hesitate to say,
YES !
Pedro has sent this report. I am presenting it as he has
written it in his own words.
Members and Guests please enjoy the report and
success of these young people from Brazil.
1st Project
• The rest home is called Abrigo Vila Fraternidade and is
located in Alto de Coutos.
• The rest home didn’t have treated drinking water to supply
all the people, because in Brazil the tap water is not
drinkable. Therefore, we used your donation to buy 6
water filters and help them to drink clean water. We
also bought, with your donation, 6 refills to substitute
when it is required.
• The project was done in the morning of May 18th
Participants of the Rotaract Bahia Norte Club:
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Silvino Bastos
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Pedro Ramalho
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Otacílio Vilas Boas
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Juliana Vilas Boas
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Laíse Santos
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Rafael Sobrinho
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Avanilson Lima
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Lucas Bitencourt
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José Gomes
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Larauê Dias
• Guests:
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Larissa Ribeiro
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Kauana Lopes
The filters were easy to install, the participants and
guests installed them.
2nd Project
We used the rest of the donation to buy toys and the club
went to a Children Center to play with the kids and donate
the toys. This center works to help educating poor children
and teenagers and give them food, hygiene items and
clothes.
The name of the center is: CIAC (Centro Integrado de
Apoio às Crianças e Adolescentes) and is located in
Alto de Ondina.
The club did an activity to teach that mathematics could be
fun. They used games and team works to do that.
After the activity we donated dominoes, UNOs, puzzles,
LIGs 4 and checkers games (popular games in brazil).
They also bought snacks to the children and teenagers.
About 70 children/teenagers participated of the event.
• Our Participants:
• Of the Rotaract Bahia Norte club:
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Juliana Garrido Dourado
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Indaíra Vilas Boas
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Otacílio Vilas Boas
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Juliana Vilas Boas
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José Gomes
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Xaline Rocha
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Camilla Franco Mattos.
The activity was done in the morning of 06/07/2014.
Note:
We are pleased to receive this report and photos from Pedro.
The club had no hands on participation and knew that our
Rotactors could be successful in the planning and the successful
outcome. The $500.00 donated by our club helped purchase what
was needed but it was the Rotactors who changed lives, built
“Goodwill and Better Friendships” and followed the 4 Way Test.
The future of Rotary, worldwide, is in excellent hands with the
Rotarians of tomorrow.
Pedro Peral Molina
Federal University of Bahia – Brazil
Arizona State University – United States
Stanford University – United States
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee – United States
Alumni of IESEG School of Management – France