• About Rotary
• Our Avenues of Service
• Our Members
• Our Officers
• Flags of Friendship
• Photos of the Chippewa Valley
• Club Photos
• Chippewa Falls History
• Community Resources
• Links to other Rotary Sites
• Club Reference Page
• Resources for Makeup
• Information for New Members
• Rotary Grant Application (pdf)

The Rotary Club meets:
Every Tuesday at 12:00 noon
Avalon Hotel & Conference Center
Map to the Avalon
Avalon website
1009 W Park Avenue
Chippewa Falls, WI 54729, USA
Phone: 715-723-6941

Sivingani Water Project

Cochabamba, Bolivia

A 2009-2010 District wide project

---

Rotarians teaming up on clean water project

Rotarians from Chippewa Falls, WI, and Cochabamba, Bolivia are teaming up on a second water project. We would like to invite you to join us!

We recently returned from a project planning trip to Sivingani—an immigrant neighborhood of 200 households located on the fast growing outskirts of Cochabamba, Bolivia.

Sivingani residents currently suffer from an unreliable and very expensive water supply. Poor water conditions result in a high infant mortality rate and leave little money for families to re-invest in education, health, and economic security.

What we are doing about it?

We are working with the community to install a community-owned water system which will result in a cleaner, more stable, and more economical water supply. This is our second water project in this area and we have assembled a knowledgeable team of private businesses, nonprofits, and community leaders to ensure this project is successful and sustainable.

Our objective is to empower local leaders to solve their own problems using local resources, knowledge, and talent.

To ensure our projects are sustainable, we follow the guidelines set forth by the Water and Sanitation Action Group (WASRAG) (www.wasrag.org/) as we develop a water project:

• Identify and develop alliances within the host country
• Ensure community ownership
• Focus on need
• Involvement of women
• Choose appropriate technology
• Focus on the overall goal

Can you help us?

We are just getting started. We are looking for clubs to commit some funding to the project in their 2009-2010 budget. We have $8,000 raised thus far. Any additional amount is tremendously helpful because for each dollar we raise from local clubs, the district and RI contributes another $3.

For more information please contact:

Andrew Dane, Chippewa Falls Rotary
709 W Willow Street
Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

David Crane, Chippewa Falls Rotary

Mark Broses, Chippewa Falls Rotary

Jim Barnier, Chippewa Falls Rotary

---

Projects Completed

San Buena Vista/Illimani Water Project
Cochabamba, Bolivia
Community owned water distribution system
Project Sponsors, Ketchikan, Alaska, Chippewa Falls, WI, Rotary Tunari, Others
Click here to see a pdf of the project

Projects Under Development

Potosi Water Project
Northern Potosi, Bolivia
Project Sponsors to Date: Chippewa Falls, WI, Rotary Tunari, Cochabamba, Bolivia
March 2010 Project Planning Trip under development.  To join us or learn more please:
Contact Dave Crane, Chippewa Falls Rotary for more Information