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5th Charter Anniversary
The Rotary Club of Portsmouth is a Resilient Crew…
Allow me, President Hans, to give you my version of the history of RCP - Rotary Club of Portsmouth.
I believe I’m in a good position to talk about our history because I was there all the way ;-)
What most of you will not know is that our history starts in the late part of 2010.
Rotarian Dan Hopkins, member of the Rotary Club of Dominica in Roseau suggested to his board to start a Rotary Club in Portsmouth. He proposed to ask Rotarians Lise and Hans to form a committee together with him to do the necessary preparations.
The board of the Roseau club was a little hesitant. Dan, Lise, and Hans wanted to create a club mixed between Dominicans of the North and the Ross community. Concerns were that Ross members would come and go, but the challenge was accepted and so the journey started….
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Rotary Grenada Supports Dominica Plastic Recycle Project
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Portsmouth Rotarians and Guests Celebrate Achievements and Welcome New Officers to their 2018-2019 Term

Rotary Club of Portsmouth Provides Seed Money For Plastics Recycling Project



Although our club has received a lot of assistance in goods and in contributions to help rebuild, this money is earmarked for general service projects and not to use for Club finances. We as a club would like to reward Matilda for her service and give her the opportunity to attend PETS training and meet her fellow Rotarians from our district.
Matilda is administrator at the volunteer institute Colls Center, dedicated to giving a second chance to at risk young adults from the Portsmouth area, through vocational training and motivational programs. The young Rotary Club of Portsmouth will benefit immensely by the training our treasurer elect receives.
Matt Gemmell has recently returned from the hurricane-ravaged island of Dominica where he worked as part of the Rotary-backed Disaster Aid International. This is his story
Maria, a category five hurricane, was undoubtedly the worst storm to ever hit Dominica.

Matt Gemmell with children from the region
Thirty one people died and, as the world rushed to help restore the broken Garden of Eden, so did Disaster Aid International.
It’s amazing to think how this scheme is 47-years-old with its origins planted in the Rotary Emergency Box, which was conceived by Arthur Bowker who, at the time, was a member of the Rotary Club of Ashton-under-Lyne in Greater Manchester.
Rotary Helps Local Fisherman Get Back to Work
Restart Dominica's Economy Fundraiser
- Keep people healthy by giving everyone access to good quality filtered drinking water and reduce plastic bottle pollution.
- We want to buy building materials and hire local carpenters to build permanent roofs through our Cover a Home Program.
- Put fisherman back to work. We will make new fishpots to distribute to the fisherman who have lost their equipment.
Distribution of FREE Water Filters

Their mandate is to deliver fresh pure drinking water to those in extreme need.
- Right by the riverbank in Dublanc 80 systems were distributed.
- In Portsmouth at the home of Wayne Abraham, who has served the community relief effort via ham radio services plus providing a much needed place for people in the community lacking power to charge their phones and other devices, 37 unites were demonstrated and distributed.
- 15 systems where provided at the Primary School in Savanne Paille.
- In front of the UNICEF tent at Bense village primary school 16 more systems were made available to households.


Help RC Portsmouth to
COVER A HOME IN DOMINICA
COVER A HOME IN DOMINICA - - Saturday Oct 21, 12 noon
Occupants. 2 elderly displaces by TS erika 2 children 1 . disable girl 2 sons. Husband and wife

HOUSE 2
This is small house in Bioche about 20x20 ft
It is occupied by Nita, a mentally challenged person. She will not be able by herself to repair her house.


HOUSE 3 > in Westley
This house was the home to 6 vulnerable persons who stayed there after a very difficult experience with tropical storm Erika 2 years ago. This was their home after being rescued by boat from the southern side of the island. The family consisted of 3 children and one child age 6. The house in the photo consists of 4 bedrooms. The owner of the house is due for a leg surgery which costs minimum ec $ 10,000. After Maria the occupants of this house were forced to flee for shelter in different places. The mother of the owner of this house is 85 years of age and together with her brother of 90 now lives in a shop temporarily, hoping and waiting for the roof to go back on so that they too can go live in the said house. The owner is not able to to do much physically because of post pains, swelling and discomfort in his leg before surgery. In one of the images his crutch had to be used to hold up the ceiling from caving in on him during the storm.
The size of the roof is about 30 x 50 ft



HOUSE 4 > in Kalinago Territory
A small house with one bedroom occupied by a mother with a baby and other children.
No picture available yet. The picture below is not of the said house but a general image of the devastation in the already poor indian territory.

HOUSE 5 > in Anse de Mai
Home of senior citizens in seaside village Anse de Mai.
No image available yet.

HOUSE 6 > in Marigot (East Coast)
Waiting for details to be passed - communication with the area still difficult
Estimate to repair this house (material and labor sourced locally):
Depending on the size of the house between EC$ 6000 and EC$ 12000
SUMMARY with amounts in US$
House 1 - North of Portsmouth - Family of 9 - EC$9000 / US$3400
House 2 - Bioche - Mentally disabled person - EC$6000 / US$2300
House 3 - Westley - Family/Group of 8 - EC$12000 / US$4500
House 4 - Kalinago Territory - Single mother - EC$6000 / US$2300
House 5 - Anse de Mai - Senior citizens - EC$6000 / US$2300
House 6 - Marigot - Details will follow - 6 to 12 EC$ / 2300 to 4500 US$
PLEASE HELP THE ROTARY CLUB OF PORTSMOUTH TO COVER THESE HOMES
DONATE WITH YOUR CREDIT CARD AT OUR GENEROSITY FUNDRAISER WEB-PAGE: CLICK HERE
OR TRANSFER YOUR DONATION TO OUR DISASTER ACCOUNT IN DOMINICA
Transfer your donation to our Disaster Account and indicate which house you want to help repair.
We will keep you informed about the progress by regular updates of this web article.
Rotary Club of Portsmouth, Disaster Account 315 00 13 93
National Bank of Dominica NBD
64 Hillsboroughstreet, Roseau, Dominica, 00152
SWIFT: NCDMDMDM
Corresponding Bank: Bank of America NY
SWIFT: BOFAUS3N
ABA Number: 026009593
For any questions or remarks, feel free to WhatsApp to Hans Schilders at +1 767 616-3002 (prefer WhatsApp rather than call)

Bingo Fundraiser Nights coming...
Wednesday 13th of September we will host the First RC Portsmouth BINGO FUNDRAISING NIGHT.
To play you need to buy 2 bingo cards ($15 for 2 cards).
Info Update from "Nigeria"


August Monthly Foundation Meeting


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Home Page News
Following the visit of our District Governor Lara Quentall-Thomas on Nov 1, 2011 we now have a confirmed agenda for the set-up of the new Rotary Club in the North of Dominica, the Rotary Club of Portsmouth.