To anatol and Aikya on supporting ex-prisoners

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anatol wrote:

 

I am

wondering if the local Rotary Clubs in USA offer the kind of aid

that Themba and others in similar situations require?

Is anyone familiar with the local Rotary Clubs in USA?

 

 

 

Dear anatol ~ In my last job, our organization worked closely with Rotary

International. The project was to immunize children on time following a measles

outbreak in the US where a number of children died (should never have

happened). Generally, the organization picks one cause a year to devote its

attention to, but I'm not sure about the local Rotary clubs. I know when I

lived in

Oregon and worked as a consultant for a children's summer arts camp, we

approached the Rotary for support, and they did donate some money. So I guess

if

one wanted to initiate a outside prisoner support project with the Rotary, the

best first step would be to contact the local Rotary club. The one caveat is

that the local Rotarys generally only support programs that are in their own

geographic area, so in the case of Themba, someone would have to approach the

Rotary Club there. If they are interested, they will ask someone to come and

give a presentation, which, I guess, would be a presentation on the whole

COL project and how the project is still trying to offer support to prisoners

after they have been released.

 

This comment to Aikya ~ Aikya, this support of prisoners after their release

has come up several times now, and you did such a terrific job of developing

guidelines for writing people in prison ... now perhaps we need some

guidelines on what kind of continued support is appropriate after a person has

been

released to society. This can be very challenging because they are basically

thrown back into the sea with very little resources to count on. This is one

of the reasons for the revolving prison door, where released inmates end up

back in prison. Just a thought, but the program is continuing to evolve.

 

Jai Ma ~ Linda