About the Presentation: Providing Water, hygiene training and more for 6 communities/schools in Uganda: Access to sustainable clean water changes everything for a community. Providing a sustainable project and income for a community provides economic development and raises up a community. Ms. Hall's talk described how she started interest and involvement with Africa -- thanks to 1960's Tarzan -- and how a trip led to a non-profit called H20 for Life and to Rotary projects to bring water to African villages. In response to a question, Patty told us that "the magic of Rotary" is leveraging about $23,000 of club contributions -- including ours -- to a total grant of more than $66,000. Patty Hall's slides can be seen by clicking Download Files at the bottom of the Tidings. Click READ MORE to read about Patty Hall.
About the Speaker: Patty Hall has been a member of White Bear Lake Rotary for 9 years. Prior to that she founded and was the Executive Director for H2O for Life, a non-profit that engages US youth to learn about the global water crisis and take action bring water to schools worldwide. Now retired from direct work with H2O for Life, and through Rotary and many global connections, she focuses on District and Global Grants to support access to clean water, and other club initiatives.
Ms. Hall had a more than 30 year career as an educator. She says that she's been married for 55 years, has 3 children,6 grandchildren and one great grandchild. She loves traveling and has visited many countries with the most recent focus being on Africa and Central and South America (and all about WATER).