Derby South

ROTARY CLUB OF DERBY SOUTH RAISES £11,500.00 for the AIR AMBULANCE AND THE BRENTON CAREY HOSTEL IN KARACHI

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At a Gala Charity Dinner and Dance evening held at the Toyota Suite , Pride Park Stadium on 28 February 2009 attended by over 200 members and guests the Rotary Club of Derby South raised in excess of £11,500.00 for the Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance and the Brenton Carey Hostel in Karachi The Air Ambulance is the selected Charity for 2009 of the Club President Rotarian Irfan Wahedna whilst support for the Benton Carey Hostel in Karachi is a joint project between the Rotary Club of Derby South and the Rotary Club of Karachi Sunset Millennium where the sister in law of President Irfan is a member. The hostel was founded by Miss Carey, a C.M.S. missionary in the nineteenth century. The hostel for girls is most important, as girls are vulnerable in the Karachi society and especially open to abuse if left on their own from an early age. They are often put to work at the age of four, sometimes to beg for a sponsor on the streets. The girls live in two dormitories, sixty in each with one washbasin and lavatory at either end! Although the conditions are cramped and inadequate the girls, ranging from five to fifteen years, are always beautifully turned out and the older ones care for the younger ones. The current project will improve the living conditions in the dormitories and provide better washing and toilet facilities


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