Beira

Quick update from Beira

We were kindly hosted and enjoyed the privilege of staying with the District Governor João Bettencourt and his wife Nela at their home in Chimoio. It was a very busy household with people coming and going in preparation for the District Conference in Beira.

We were lucky enough to visit a scheme that was set up by the Rotary club of Chimoio where disabled people have a factory to make flip-flops and sandals from old tyres, rubber and leather. It was incredible to see the skill of these people, the quality of the products and a very successful Rotary project.

Pictured District Governor João Bettencourt, GSE team leader Bob and a lady with a baby and her maize hat!

We stopped in quickly to the District Governor’s workshop area and got to see how he personally gets involved and helps the local community by providing a maize mill, local people can come and use this and any money made from it is used for more community schemes.

 Also, got to see a lovely dozer and grader loaded on some classic units on their way to the mining areas apparently!! I can’t help it, sorry! It is vocational, honest.

 We are now in Beira for the District Conference and waiting for the sea mist to disappear so that we may be able to enjoy an afternoon in the sea before we depart!

Day 1 of the conference has been fantastic hearing more about the incredible work that the Rotary clubs in Africa are involved with as well as catching up with some our the rotarians that we have met on the rigorous and adventurous trip.

We have our final presentation tomorrow and it will be to our largest crowd, probably around 200-250 people!! Fingers crossed!