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Soroptimist International President, Ann Garvie, has chosen \u201cSee Solar, Cook Solar<\/strong>\u201d for her International President\u2019s Appeal:<\/p>\n \u201cI first became aware of the scale of this problem at CSW in New York in 2012. Several side events highlighted the health implications of the continued use of firewood in generating poisonous air pollution and the perpetual darkness which prevents women and girls from learning. It is a problem that will only get worse with the diminished availability of firewood in the very near future for rural communities in Africa, Asia, and South America.<\/p>\n \u201cThat is why I have chosen to support projects providing women with education on renewable sources of energy and solar cookers and lanterns for my December 10 Appeal.<\/p>\n \u201cBy financing green solar power and promoting and enabling education and life long learning for women and girls, we will help many more women and girls to fulfil their dreams. See Solar, Cook Solar will be launched on 10 December\u00a0 2013. The chosen project is \u2018Going Solar\u2019 to give cooking pots and lanterns to women and girls.\u00a0 SI Europe have already shown the benefits that this project can bring.\u201d<\/p>\n To kick start the campaign, Ann has pledged \u00a31,000 and agreed to do a sky dive \u2013 she will be looking for sponsors!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Celebrating together in style at The Golden Lion … To pause on a slide…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2256,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
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\nAs usual we used the occasion to collect money for our <\/span>International President’s 10th December Appeal*<\/strong> in lieu of sending each other Christmas cards. \u00a0This year our donation was boosted by a surprise raffle. \u00a0The raffle prizes were kindly donated by Jane Howard in memory of her aunt, Veronica Coleman-Rowthorn, our founder member who died this year, a month short of her 100th birthday. \u00a0In total \u00a3380 was collected.<\/span><\/p>\n* 2013-2014 International President’s Appeal: See Solar, Cook Solar<\/h2>\n
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\u201cCan you imagine finding time to earn your living if you had to spend hours every day collecting firewood?\u00a0 Or how you would study with no electric light in the evening?\u00a0 One quarter of the world\u2019s population do not have reliable access to electricity; 70% of these are women and girls living in developing countries.<\/p>\n