Service Projects
Footbridge Project for Guangxi Du’An
Mountain Village
In 2011, Rotary Club of Macau received a request from GuangXi Du’An United Front Department for assistance in replacing a single-plank bridge with a more durable concrete footbridge for local villagers and students.
We then joined with the local government of Du’An County to begin construction of the concrete bridge. The new bridge spanned 5 meters
at the only straight section of the mountain path, as a daily commute passage for approximately 100 villagers and students. Without the bridge, the walk would be three times longer.
Guangxi Schools
Since 2000, Rotary Club of Macau together with the Rotary Club of Kowloon North, Rotary Club of Taipei North, Ama Rotary Club
in Nagoya, and Macau Catholic Social Services, has built a total of 7 primary schools and 1 middle school in remote mountain villages in Du’An County, GuangXi Province, with dormitories, labs, playgrounds, and reservoirs. We also provided the middle school with facilities for multimedia classrooms and computer rooms.
Since then, Rotaractors from Rotaract Clubs of Macau organized regular fundraisers contributing to school fees, stationery and books for students in Du’An and the Rotaract Club of University of Macau Students’ Union joined in also since its establishment in 2008. We arrange visits for Rotaractors, as well as students from Macao, to have cultural exchanges with Du’An students.
We have also provided oral health education and checkups together with volunteer dentists from Macao. With the mobile dental units, students and villagers were able to receive dental treatments.