Since October last year, I have thought about doing a project here in Brazil. I never quite found anything that really worked though. Unlike our club at home, my rotary club doesn't really do much, and there weren't very many opportunities to help out. One day, I decided to start making paper cranes in order to give as presents during the holiday season in December. I thought maybe I could make a project out of the paper cranes, but then I went traveling and forgot about it for about a month. When I returned, I still wanted to do something. One of my friends that was in India at the time told me about her idea to make door hangers to sell during the Rotary district conference in order to raise money for Polio Plus. I then took her idea and started thinking, asking people how I could make this possible. The project snowballed from there, and with the help of my host families, counselor, and host club, I ended up making 48 mobiles and 1000 paper cranes. For those of you who don't know, the paper crane is/was the symbol for the Rotary International President Sakuji Tanaka for the year 2012-2013. It's a symbol of peace.
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| We're this close! At the conference |
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| Almost all of the mobiles |
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| One I made |
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| Different type |
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| From underneath |
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| Certificate from my Rotary club |
I raised $980 reias or about $490 USD for Polio Plus. It was a great experience and feeling to be able to accomplish this project as well as help out those in need.
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| District Conference! Italy, USA |
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| Only half of the exchange students in my district.....Rotary Dance |
What a great idea - so proud of you for thinking of it and implementing it so beautifully!! Great Job!
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