A Rotary Club of Alpharetta team traveled to Bogota, July 20-28,
to celebrate with the Rotary Club Bogota Centenario, a global grant to the MYA
Foundation. The Rotary Foundation grant paid for 41 computers, desks, and
seating for the MYA Foundation.
MYA is a non-profit organization created in 1965 in Colombia by
Mothers and Friends of children, adolescents, youth, and adults with
disabilities, special educational needs, and learning difficulties. MYA
provides services with trained professionals to improve the quality of life of
the population served.
The Alpharetta Team consisted of Joe Wargo, Olga Narvaez, Paul
Slavik, Perian Rogers, Krystal Brown, and Michelle Coleman. The residents of
the MYA home welcomed the team with handmade gifts and joyful performances of
singing, dancing, and acrobatics.
While in Columbia, the team also
visited two previous service projects In Medellin. A laproscopy machine for The Noel Clinic and 150
School Children grades K-12 who are receiving Audio, Vision, and Heart Exams.
The results of two different global grants
combined Club Rotario
Medellín El Poblado and Club
Rotario Manizales