PARTNERSHIPS

Since 2008 the Rotary Club of Plymouth has been a key partner with their Friends of Senegal Project. This project has been a vehicle that has allowed other Rotary Clubs to help save lives in Senegal, West Africa. In 2010, Rotarian Ann Dillard oversaw the execution of the Matching Grant that was received from Rotary International in the amount of $48,000.
 

ROTARY PARTNERS

Buffalo, Dakar Soleil, Edina, Fairmont, Fridley-Columbia Heights, Hopkins, Maple Grove, Minnetonka, Minnetonka, Monticello, Plymouth, Redwood Falls, Springfield, St. Cloud Granite, St. Louis Park Sunrise, St. Micheals/Albertville, Wayzata
 

OTHER PARTNERS

SagePresence & Washburn High School French Students ​

ACCOMPLISHMENTS WITH THIS INITIAL GRANT

1. Provided and distributed 16,000 pre-treated mosquito bed nets to poor residents of Diokoul Kher in Rufisque, and surrounding areas in Senagal, West Africa 

2. Provided medical supplies and equipment and established a 20-bed maternity ward at the Diokoul Kher Medical Center

3. Provide school supplies and equipment to Cite Radio Elementary School  

SINCE THE INITIAL GRANT

Since the initial project was executed, the Rotary Club of Plymouth along with other Clubs have continue to support the work in Senegal in the following ways:

• Purchased and distributed additional pre-treated mosquito bed nets

• Provided electricity and a security system, renovated the bathroom, and provided funding to start the construction of the administrative wing which will include a media center, established the Hen House Project at Citi Radio Elementary School

• Continue to provide medical supplies to the Diokoul Kher Medical Center where the maternity ward is located.

THE HEN HOUSE PROJECT

In 2012, the Minneapolis College of Arts and Design initiated the Hen HouseProject at the Citi Radio Elementary School with funding from multiple Rotary Clubs.  

The purpose of this project is created to promote sustainability and to offer transferrable skills to students who are less like to further their formal education. Students purchase, raise and sell chickens to local business and residents. The proceeds are reinvested and also used to provide school supplies. The project is currently in its third cycle.

For more information about the Rotary Club of Plymouth please visit: www.rotaryplymouth.org.

COLUMBIA ACADEMY DIGITAL MEDIA CLASS

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8th grade Media Arts students are working with Ann Dillard and "Project Safety Nets". They designed flyers that can be seen here: The three top designs are shown below. Students will be collecting donations through the holidays, then creating and designing care packages to be sent to students in Senegal, West Africa. Please send donations our way!

MINNEAPOLIS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN​

Every year for five years now, Project Safety Nets has worked with a group of interns from the Aesthetics of Sustainability class at MCAD under the leadership of MCAD Professor Dr. Jerry Allen to help promote sustainability in Project Safety Nets. Through this partnership, these interns help outline the construction of a skills center for women and children in Njau, Gambia.

The images to the right and below are the outlines of the skills center created by the MCAD interns.

A leader is a person who has the vision and understands the consequences (importance/critical nature) of the small steps.

-Dr. Jerry Allen, MCAD Professor.

PEN PAL LETTERS

French students from Peachtree Ridge High School in Suwanee, Georgia collaborated with Project Safety Nets and wrote pen pal letters to students in Citi Radio Elementary School in Senegal. This action not only strengthened created global connections, but also helped the Peachtree Ridge students discover new and interesting things about Senegal such as the difference in length of the paper.