Category: Feature
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Video: Hands Across Waters – Rotary Global Featured Project
This video was featured at The Rotary National Conference in Atlanta, Georgia on June 2017. Of the 1,165 projects completed this past year, The Rotary Hands Across Waters effort was selected by The Rotary Foundation as one of 20 noteworthy global grant-funded projects.
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Ganey Aviv School Rainwater System Update
The rainwater harvesting system at the Ganey Aviv School was recently updated. The system was expanded so that it now collects from nearly 500 square meters of rooftop and has a total reservoir volume of 12,000 liters. Eight toilets along with the school garden are hooked up to the system, which also has a new pump and two…
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Promoting Cross-Cultural Collaboration
Rotary Hands Across Waters aims to utilize principles of water conservation within schools as a platform for promoting social interaction between various ethnic and religious communities in Israel. Efforts to construct rainwater harvesting systems and implement environmental education thus far have catalyzed cross-cultural exchange amongst the schools and have led to complementary sustainability projects and an adoption…