News from the Rotary Doctor Bank

Issue no 3, 1999 -- English edition -- home

Page: -- Contents -- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, (8)

• This is How You Can Support the Doctor Bank
• To Doctors, Dentists, and Other Specialists
• Some Web-links
• Donatations

This is How You Can Support the Doctor Bank

Donations

Cash donations are needed to fund the Doctor Bank work, and are therefore very welcome, whatever the amount. We send an issue of News from the Rotary Doctor Bank and a thank-you card as acknowledgement of received donations.

Doctors

A good idea for a club that wishes to make a direct contribution.
Doctors work without pay, but obviously there are other costs involved.
The cost for travel and lodging for each doctor is about SEK 25,000.

Mosquito Netting

Nets are the best protection against malaria, a disease that kills 3 million people annually, most of them children. The nets are distributed by our jeep-doctors.
Each net costs only SEK 50.

Water for Life

Dug or drilled wells, and plastic bottles to "sun-purify" water - the Doctor Bank effort to prevent disease caused by impure water. SEK 25,000 for digging a well, which includes pump and other extras. Water "purification" bottles cost only SEK 1.50 each.

Poverty Fund

More than half of the people in African developing countries live in what we call absolute poverty. If they become ill, they often can neither afford hospital patient fees nor medication costs. Through the Doctor Bank Poverty Fund, immediate assistance is available.

Rotograms

You must surely sometimes wish to send a happy message to good friends. Doctor Bank Rotograms are well suited to this, and cost SEK 120 for a pack of 6.

Celebrations

An appreciated way of celebrating someone is to use a colourful folded congratulation card and at the same time make a donation to the Doctor Bank. Each card costs SEK 10.

Commemorations

Instead of flowers to commemorate a dearly departed, you can use a beautiful colour-print card and at the same time make a donation to the Doctor Bank. Each card costs SEK 10.

New from the Rotary Doctor Bank

This newsletter issued quarterly. 195 clubs subscribe to it for their members. An excellent idea!
All clubs can do the same:

• 30 copies of each issue costs SEK 300 per year,
• 60 copies costs SEK 600
• and 90 copies SEK 900.

Specify with your donation if you want the money to be used for a particular purpose.

Orders can be made by mail, telephone, fax or email.

(Approximate exchange rate: US Dollar [USD] 1 = Swedish Crowns [SEK] 8.20)

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To Doctors, Dentists, and other Specialists

You who have already been part of our effort and wish to go out again (of course you do!), contact the Coordinator (currently Benny Assarsson) by mail, telephone, fax or email.

We will send out 150 doctors this year, and we hope even more in future!

If you have not participated before and wish to join this effort, then please also check out our recruitment page for more information and fill in the form there. You may of course contact the Doctor Bank administration directly using the links above.

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Some Web-links...

... relevant to the aid effort in Africa, in particular Kenya and East Africa.

Drought situation in Kenya: http://www.reliefweb.int/emergenc/kenya

Africa maps: http://www.reliefweb.int/mapc

Info about Kenya: http://www.kenyaweb.com

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Donations to the Rotary Doctor Bank

Swedish Post Giro: 900472-2

Swedish Bank Giro: 900-4722