Desperate need. That’s one way to describe the situation in Brooklyn, New York’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, which happens to be home to International President Douglas Alexander. Historically a disadvantaged neighborhood, Bed-Stuy, as it’s known to locals, needed an ambulance, residents often waiting 45 minutes for help to arrive. With demand outpacing resources, people were dying. Eager… Continue reading LCIF Helps Save Lives in IP Alexander’s Community
Story Category: Humanitário
Glenside Lions assist Afghan Refugees
Adelaide volunteers have been working with refugees and asylum seekers for many years. A number of volunteers work in particular suburbs to welcome and assist new arrivals, or for particular programs, such as teaching English, or supporting school and higher education. In 2003 these groups joined under the umbrella of Circle of Friends Australia Inc.… Continue reading Glenside Lions assist Afghan Refugees
STAY SAFE- STAY HEALTHY
STAY SAFE- STAY HEALTHY Members of Lions Club Lucknow Ek Parivaar of District 321B1 joined hands to *Fight against Covid* with the help of Government of Uttar Pradesh and decided to organise a Vaccination Camp at Lakshman Gaushala, Jankipuram, Lucknow. The team worked hard and with the support of Zila Parishad they soon spread the… Continue reading STAY SAFE- STAY HEALTHY
Maluk Timor Hospital in East Timor
Glenside Lions (District 201C1) donated $5,000 to the Maluk Timor Hospital in June. They are an Australian and Timorese NGO motivated to advance primary healthcare in Timor-Leste by a sense of kinship and solidarity with the Timorese people. They believe that no one deserves to die or suffer from diseases that have been all but… Continue reading Maluk Timor Hospital in East Timor
International Director
This is a Campaign 100 Story. As an ID I was challenged to do something “fun” to raise money for Campaign 100. I spoke with PID Jim Cavallaro and we agreed to shave our mustaches with over 100 years of combined growth if we raised $10,000 from the sale of $25 tickets. We started in… Continue reading International Director
Free Covid-19 Vaccination to Senior Citizens and Villagers
Covid-19 for a large country like India has been a nightmare, especially when it comes to making the Vaccination available to all. The people who could afford it, managed it well thru their contacts, but what about the Adivasis, the rural villagers, the senior inmates at Old Age Homes etc. who could not afford the… Continue reading Free Covid-19 Vaccination to Senior Citizens and Villagers
UMA CIDADE AGRADECIDA
Dear Mr. President Douglas X. Alexander: The impact in a community and the capacity of Lions members better can serve, we have a good example, in one recently received Grant to “Citizen Health and Dignity” – MAT17774/LD 5, with construction of one more unity to Hospital in a little city named Monte Castelo, in our… Continue reading UMA CIDADE AGRADECIDA
COVID-19 vaccination for People with Disabilities
Leo club of Dhaka Shamoli have done a great job yesterday. Actually they have started it earlier by doing the registration for covid doze of 15 people with disabilities from Cheshire Old Home. Yesterday team Leo hired a car to take all of them from Old Home for vacation and vaccinated successfully, later drop them… Continue reading COVID-19 vaccination for People with Disabilities
Apoio humanitário na Ásia
Leões dedicados e LCIF estão servindo comunidades da Ásia.
Uma volta de bicicleta homenageando Melvin Jones
Veja Leões e seus amigos participarem desta corrida de bicicleta beneficente em homenagem…