SPOON PROJECT

Helen Batting, of the Rotary Club of East London Sunrise, South Africa, designed a double-ended spoon, called the Spoon of Hope, that measures the exact amount of sugar and salt to be added to a cup of boiling water to create a rehydration fluid for children with diarrhea, a condition that can be deadly in places where access to medical care is sporadic or nonexistent. The project, recognized last year with anRI Significant Achievement Award, has produced and distributed more than 60,000 spoons to families in rural communities and medical clinics in Eastern Cape. A large shipment of spoons has been sent to Zimbabwe as well. Visit the RI website to learn more about the Spoon of Hope. If you would like to support the project, it is registered as W05799 on ProjectLINK, Rotary International's database of projects in need of resources. (ProjectLINK also includes successfully completed model projects as examples of best practices.) You may also visit the Spoon of Hopewebsite to find out more. If your Rotary club has a project eligible for the RI Significant Achievement Award, please visit the Awards page of the RI website and submit an application to your district governor. District governors may select one project to submit to RI before the 15 March deadline.