Service in Action

By Ellina Kushnir, Rotary Programs staff

Rotarian Julie Leverenz, president of the Rotary Club of Hannibal, Missouri, USA, District 6060, attended the ninth annual West Africa Project Fair 16-23 October 2013 in Lomé, Togo. With support from the Reach Out to Africa Committee, Rotarians from West African nations host this annual event to foster international partnerships, promote local service projects that need assistance, and build lifelong friendships among Rotary family members around the world. In addition to building project partnerships, fair attendees also attended workshops and panel discussions and had the opportunity to volunteer with local service projects and administer polio vaccinations. Take a look at Julie’s Rotary experience in Togo:

Fair attendees meet new friends as they gather for the Fair’s opening reception

Preparing for the West Africa Project Fair Gala

Rotarian Julie Leverenz poses with new friends in Davia, Togo

Fair attendees help build a school in Davia, Togo

Panelists at the 9th Annual West Africa Project Fair

Making new friends at the West Africa Project Fair

Project exhibitors from the host region meet with prospective international partners

Project exhibitors from the host region

West Africa Project Fair Gala

West Africa Project Fair Gala celebrates international partnerships, new friendships, and long-term sustainable development in west Africa

West Africa Project Fair attendees assist with polio immunization in Bagja

Photographs courtesy of Julie Leverenz.