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International
Service Committee
La Jolla
Golden Triangle Rotary Club
From the
Club’s charter in 1986, the International Service Committee (ISC) of the La
Jolla Golden Triangle Rotary Club is a thoroughly dynamic facet of The Most
Dynamic Rotary Club in The World. ISC members currently facilitate over 30
projects in 10 countries, building upon individual ISC member commitment,
Committee approval, relationship-building, and effective practices.
The ISC
meets at 12 noon sharp on the first Wednesday of each month at Coco’s on Nobel
Drive in the Golden Triangle.
Projects by
Country, 1986 – Present
Afghanistan
Charter of
Jalalabad Rotary Club (Steve Brown, 2003)
College
text book drive (Irwin Rubenstein, John Peak, 2003)
Dictionaries,
college texts, encyclopedias (Steve Brown, 2003)
Group
Study Exchange with Nangarhar University, Jalalabad,
2004-05 (Steve Brown)
Jalalabad
School (Steve Brown, Rick Clark, Fary Moini, and
Jan Percival, 2002 – present; photo at left)
Nangarhar
University Computer Lab (Steve Brown, 2003)
Sister
Cities: San Diego and Jalalabad (Steve Brown, 2003)
Sister
Schools: Doyle Elementary and Jalalabad School (Fary
Moini and Steve Brown, 2003)
Ultrasound
machine (Marty Rosenstein, Steve Brown, 2003)
Argentina
Copy and
fax machines to school, Moscow
Bolivia
Revolving loan program for women in need, La Paz
Village Bank project (2000)
Brazil
Sponsorship: Physician’s research at UCSD (Eric Freeberg)
Village Bank project (2000)
Central America
Village Bank project (2000)
Chile
University Teacher Grant: Professor Wolf Berger, Scripps
Institution of Oceanography (Steve Brown,
Cynthia Villis and Irwin Rubenstein,
2003)
Costa Rica
Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar Terry Duong (Carl Lower, 2001)
Village Bank project (2000)
District
9200 (Uganda, Kenya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Tanzania)
Biology
textbooks to university faculty and professionals in biology/agriculture
industry (with Rockefeller
Foundation; Steve Brown and Irwin Rubenstein, 2003)
Encyclopedia
distribution (Steve Brown, 1997)
Group
Study Exchange (Steve Brown, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003)
GSE Team
request: Pentium-qualified computers to five schools (Steve Brown, 2001)
UCSD
medical student: Africa travel stipend (Dennis Bucko, 1998-99)
Ecuador
GSE Team
Visitors Program (1999)
Proposed
matching grant for foster home van, Quito (John Thill)
Sponsorship
of Teacher Sofia Villanueva, Group Study Exchange (John Thill, 2003)
Village
Bank project (2000)
Eritrea
Biology
books, dictionaries and International Book Bank books (Steve Brown, 2002)
Computer
Lab with Internet connection for Asmara secondary school (Steve Brown, 2001)
Polio National Immunization Day: In-country participation
(Steve Brown, 1999)
Possible
eye project with Eritrean Development Foundation (Steve Brown, 2003)
Rotary
Ambassadorial Scholar Dr. Bissrat Ghebru and daughter Titi (Steve Brown, 2000)
Rotary
Ambassadorial Scholar Dr. Bissrat Ghebru: Computer and printer (Steve Brown,
2001)
Rotary
Ambassadorial Scholar Dr. Ghidei Zedingle (Jack Dodds, 2001)
Rotary
Ambassadorial Scholar Saba Tesfayohannes Kidane (Mary Griffin, 2002)
Rotary
Ambassadorial Scholar Saba Tesfayohannes Kidane: Laptop and printer (Art Garner,
2003)
French
Polynesia
University Teacher Grant (Randy Willoughby and Steve Brown,
2000)
India
Humanitarian transportation grant for school computers
(David Tansey, John Stephan, 2002)
Indo/Pak Rotary Peace Project (Dory Beatrice, 2003)
Nyingtobling Tibetan Handicapped Children’s Craft Home,
Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh: Fence, septic
tank, toilets, and roof repairs
(Dory Beatrice, 2001)
Polio National Immunization Day: In-country participation
(Steve Brown)
Proposed matching grant: Tibetan settlement electricity
generation projects (Dory Beatrice,
2003)
Tibetan Children’s Village for orphaned and destitute
refugee children, Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh:
Science and Math Multimedia Laboratory, state-of-the-art
center with 60 networked computers,
instructional kits, books, videos, software for science and
math learning. (Dory Beatrice, 2001)
Japan
Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar (LeRoy Willoughby, 1996)
Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar Hisako Shimono (Tim Evans,
1997)
Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar Kiyotaka Sato (Bob Griffin)
Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar Mika Omori (Mary Griffin and
Louise Andres, 2003)
Kenya
Book Grant (2001)
Chartering
of Homa Bay Rotary Club (Steve Brown, 2003)
Don Bosco School, Nairobi (Steve Brown, 1999)
El Polei
Primary School, Nairobi: food, supplies, equipment, and furniture (Steve Brown,
1993)
Environmental
Awards (1999)
Environmental
School Project: Educational supplies, equipment, and furnishings (2001)
Grade
school textbooks (Steve Brown, 1997)
Homa Bay
Girls’ School (1999)
Mfangano
Island Widows’ Garden Hippo Fence (Steve
Brown; see sample photo left)
Mugima
School VCR (Steve Brown) 2001)
Rotary
Ambassadorial Scholar Dennis Onyango: USA speaking tour transportation costs
(Steve Brown,
1999)
Rotary
Ambassadorial Scholar Patrick Afundi (Steve Brown, 1997)
Rotary
Ambassadorial Scholar Patrick Afundi: Computer classes (Steve Brown, 2000)
Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar Patrick Afundi: Glasses (Lisa
Galstian, 1997)
Rotary
Ambassadorial Scholar Patrick Afundi: Laptop (LeRoy Willoughby and Steve Brown,
1997)
Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar Patrick Afundi: USA speaking tour transportation costs (Steve Brown, 1997)
Rotary Volunteer Patrick Reilly to Don Bosco Boys’ School (Steve Brown)
School
project (1993)
Seven
boxes of dictionaries (Steve Brown)
Schools
(Steve Brown, 2000)
Siaya
Primary School (1999)
Single
Mothers’ Association, Millimani: Sewing machines, cookers and 3-month supply
of food for 500
children (Steve Brown, 2002)
Solar
energy for orphanage (Jack Dodds)
Textbooks
to schools, Voi (1998)
Water well
project phase I (Steve Brown)
Water well
project phase II (Steve Brown)
Westlands
Project (2001)
Korea
Physiotherapy
equipment, Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged, Tamyang, Korea (Jack
Dodds,
2000)
Rotary
Ambassadorial Scholar Kee Sub Ham (Carl Lower, 1997)
Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar Ko Sang-Ho (Jack Dodds,
2001-present)
Tamyang
Little Sisters of the Poor Home for Aged grant (Jack Dodds, 2001)
Van for
Sisters (Jack Dodds)
Malawi
100+ Wheelchairs (Bonnie Brunner and Club members, 2002)
Orthopedic
equipment for several facilities (Steve Brown, 2001)
Mexico
100
computers and software in 4 schools (Steve Brown)
Ambulance
and station at Cruz Roja Mexicana, Rosarito (Steve Brown, 1994)
Aztlan
School Restoration: School Supplies and Books (John Thill and Jim Thomas,
1998-99)
Aztlan
School Fence restoration and book drive (Bob Griffin and Bonnie Brunner, 1999)
Basketball
courts and playground equipment for two schools (1991)
Casa Hogar
de la Immaculada Orphanage, Zamora: Remodel potato chip business (Dennis Bucko,
2001)
Children’s
Dental Clinic donation (1998)
Children’s
Hospital of the Californias: Calendar (Steve Brown, 1999)
Children’s
Hospital of the Californias: Equipment for pediatric specialty clinic (2000)
Children’s
Hospital of the Californias: Gastro-interology equipment (1995)
Children’s
Hospital of the Californias: Generator and sterilizer (2000)
Children’s
Hospital of the Californias: Grant (John Thill, 1999)
Children’s
Hospital of the Californias: Medical equipment and furniture for 12 examination
rooms (2000)
Children’s
Hospital of the Californias: Playground equipment (Eric Freeberg and John Thill,
1995)
Children’s
Hospital of the Californias: Textbooks, teaching videos, computers, overhead
projectors for
community outreach (with Joseph’s Foundation, John Thill
and Eric Freeberg, 1999)
Children’s
Hospital of the Californias: Training for rural doctors (Steve Brown, 2001)
Children’s
Hospital of the Californias: Training for pediatric physical therapists (Steve
Brown, 2003)
Christmas
in April, Rosarito Beach (Rick Clark, Mexican and LJGTR Rotarians, 1998)
Christmas
in October, Rosarito (Eric Freeberg, 1998)
Cistern to
supply fresh water to a dental clinic in the Flores Magnon region (1983-94)
Clinic
equipment, Tijuana (1998)
Club
Rotario Rosarito Promote/Demote (1999)
Computers
to Rosarito and Tijuana (Luis Sztuden, 1995)
Computer
equipment and training: New high school computer centers, Northern Mexico (1994)
Esperanza
International Health Clinic: Dental, opthamology, laboratory and emergency
operating
equipment (Bob Griffin and Cynthia Villis, 1997)
Esperanza
International Health Clinic: Medical and dental equipment (Cynthia Villis, 2002)
Esperanza
International Health Clinic: Telephone and intercom system (Cynthia Villis,
1999)
Esperanza
International Health Clinic: Promotoras’ outreach training (Cynthia Villis,
1998)
Esperanza
International Health Center: Computerization (Cynthia Villis, 2000)
Esperanza
International Volunteer Orientation Center: Audio-visual equipment, furniture,
and furnishings
(Cynthia Villis and Steve Brown, 1999)
Food drive
for Ensenada (Bill Radcliffe, 1994)
Gift of
Sight Program (Lisa Galstian, 2001)
Health
Care Program in Mexico (2000)
Medical
and dental supplies, Tijuana (1992)
Medical
Interns (Steve Brown, 2001)
Mercy
Cleft Palate Project (Dennis Bucko, 2001)
Mexican
doctors committee: Funds and equipment (Steve Brown, 2000)
MOST
(Dennis Bucko, Emidio del Conte, 199_ - present)
Navidad in
Noviembre (since 1998)
Padres
2-for-1 matching grant for Children’s Hospital (Steve Brown, 2000)
Painting
of Tijuana school
Para Los
Ninos de las Californias (1998)
Project
Concern: Medical and health related equipment
Provide
eye care and diagnostic medical equipment, Tijuana (1996)
Reconstructive
surgery: Young boy from Tijuana orphanage (Dennis Bucko, 1998)
Rosarito
children’s visit (1995)
Rosarito
Immacular House of Orphans (2000)
Rosarito
school trip to San Diego Zoo (Dennis Bucko, 2000, 2001)
Rosarito
School for the Deaf (Eric Freeberg and Tom Theodorelos, 1999)
Rosarito
School for the Deaf: Computer and printer (1999)
Rosarito
School for the Deaf: Shoes that Fit
(Cynthia Villis, 1999)
Rosarito
School rehab (1998)
Rosarito
sports day (George Mannschreck, 1994)
San
Diego Journey through the Universe Community
Science Night: Bus and translator for Mexican
students (Cynthia Villis and Tom Theodorelos, 2003)
Solar
Energy project in Rosarito (Owen Thomas and Tom Theodorelos, 2001)
Tarahumara
Indian Wells, Copper Canyon (Ann Wille, 1999-00)
Village
Banking (Sheryl McTear)
Water
system for Tijuana health clinic
Pakistan
Individual
Grant (Fary Moini and Steve Brown, 2003)
Rotary
Volunteer (Fary Moini, Steve Brown, Jan Percival, Barbara Levin, and Rick Clark,
2002)
School
Computer Lab, Peshawar (Steve Brown, 2003)
Peru
Lima
Children’s Hospital: Respirators (John Thill, 1996)
Village
Bank (2000)
Romania
One month’s training for four physicians (Mary Ann Eddy,
1992)
Russia
Computer
to Oriental School, Vladivostok (David Tansey, 1995)
Computer,
software and internet access to Children’s Clinical Hospital, Vladivostok
(David Tansey, 1996)
Copy and
fax machines to school, Moscow
Textbooks
and Supplies for Soviet Anglo American School (1991)
Vladivostok
Friendship Club (Tana Alcalay)
Rwanda
Fulbright/Rotary
District 5340/USD Intern Eugene Gatari: Peace & Justice Studies (Steve Brown
and
Cynthia Villis, 2003)
South
Africa
Outreach
with Fr. Wayne’s son (Fr. Wayne Sanders, 1999)
Rotary
Ambassadorial Scholar Claudine Storbeck (Steve Brown, 1998)
School
library, Soweto (Steve Brown, 1992)
Sponsorship
of high school Principal Ellen Kondowe: Travel from Soweto to San Diego for 1
month
South
America
Village
Bank (Jan Percival, 2000)
Soviet Republic of Georgia
Proposed
project, Soviet Georgia (David Froman, 2003)
Swaziland
Home economics equipment, St. Anne’s High School, Malkerns
(Steve Brown, 1995)
Horse jumping competition sponsorship for youth exchange
student
Uganda
480 Encyclopedia sets (Steve Brown, 1997)
Group Study Exchange (1997)
Instructional Equipment, vocational school, Kisoro (1998)
Solar energy power system, Nyakagyneme Secondary School,
Rukungiri (Jack Dodds, 2000)
Two 82,000
gallon tank water system, Nyakagyneme
Secondary School, Rukungiri (Jack Dodds, 1999)
Utility project (Steve Brown and Jack Dodds, 1998)
Vocational school (1997)
United
States of America
Christmas
in April (Rick Clark, Mexican and LJGTR Rotarians, 2000 - present)
City
Heights Sewing Project (Steve Brown and Cynthia Villis, 2000 - present)
Somalia
single mothers project (2000)
UCSD
International Café (John Peak, 1995 – present)
US/Mexico Rotary Peace Program, USD Kroc Institute for Peace
and Justice Dedicatory Conference
(Steve Brown and Cynthia Villis,
2001)
Viet Nam
Orthopedic Saw for Children’s hospital (Dennis Bucko,1999)
San Diego Vietnamese Community Liaison (Steve Brown and
Cynthia Villis)
Current
Projects by Country, Rotary Year 2003-04
Afghanistan
Charter of
Jalalabad Rotary Club (Steve Brown)
College
text book drive (Irwin Rubenstein and John Peak)
Dictionaries,
college math books, and encyclopedias (Steve Brown)
Jalalabad
School construction: Update (Steve Brown)
Jalalabad
School: Helping Grant and other funding (Steve Brown)
Jalalabad School: Possible new addition (Steve Brown)
Nangarhar
University Computer Lab (Steve Brown)
One-way
Group Study Exchange with Nangarhar University, 2004-05 (Steve Brown)
Possible
Sister Cities: San Diego and Jalalabad (Steve Brown)
Possible
Vocational Training Center, Jalalabad (Steve Brown)
Sister
Schools: Doyle Elementary and Rotary School in Jalalabad (Fary Moini and Steve
Brown)
Ultrasound
machine (Marty Rosenstein and Steve Brown)
Chile
University Teacher Grant: Professor Wolf Berger, Scripps
Institution of Oceanography (Steve Brown,
Cynthia Villis and Irwin Rubenstein)
District
9200 (Uganda, Kenya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Tanzania)
Biology
books/Rockefeller Foundation books (Steve Brown and Irwin Rubenstein)
Group
Study Exchange (Steve Brown)
Ecuador
Sponsorship
of Teacher Sofia Villanueva, Group Study Exchange (John Thill)
Proposed
matching grant for foster home van, Quito (John Thill)
Eritrea
Biology
books, dictionaries and International Book Bank books (Steve Brown)
Group
Study Exchange Team (Steve Brown)
Possible
eye project with Eritrean Development Foundation (Steve Brown)
India
Indo/Pak Rotary Peace Project (Dory Beatrice)
Proposed matching grant: Tibetan settlement electricity
generation projects (Dory Beatrice)
Japan
Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar Mika Omori (Mary Griffin and
Louise Andres)
Kenya
Charter of
Homa Bay Rotary Club update (Steve Brown)
Hippo
Fence update (Steve Brown)
Seven
boxes of dictionaries to schools (Steve Brown)
Sewing
project (Steve Brown)
Water well
project, phase II (Steve Brown)
Korea
Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar Ko Sang-Ho (Jack Dodds)
Mexico
Children's
Hospital of the Californias: Training for rural doctors (Steve Brown)
Children’s
Hospital of the Californias: Training for physical therapists (Steve Brown)
Esperanza
International (Cynthia Villis)
INScience:
Mexican student participation (Cynthia Villis)
Navidad en
Noviembre (Rick Clark)
Pakistan
Individual
Grant (Fary Moini and Steve Brown)
Computer grant (Steve Brown)
Rwanda
Fulbright/Rotary
District 5340/USD Intern Eugene Gatari, Peace & Justice Studies (Steve Brown
and
Cynthia Villis)
Soviet
Republic of Georgia
Proposed
project (David Froman)
United
States of America
Somali
Sewing project (Cynthia Villis and Steve Brown)
UCSD International Café (John Peak)
Chairs
of the International Service Committee
Jack
Dodds, Cynthia Villis, David Froman, Co-Chairs
2002 - present
Jack Dodds
and Cynthia Villis, Co-Chairs
2001 - 2002
Jack Dodds
1998 - 2001
Bob
Griffin
1996 - 1998
Steve
Brown
1995 - 1996
David
Tansey
1994 - 1995
Eric
Freeberg
1993 - 1994
Frank
McGrath
1986
Cynthia
Villis
September
2003