In 2015, Pieter Koeleman from the Rotary Club of Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada, traveled to Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, for the annual West Africa Project Fair. Throughout the weeklong event, Koeleman was immersed in local culture, visited Rotarian-led service projects, participated in a project, learned about local priorities, and gathered information about projects his club could support. Koeleman also struck up a friendship with the host district’s governor, Marie-Irène Richmond Ahoua, whose passion, vision, and hospitality evolved into a long-term global grant partnership. Click here to here their story.Global grant partnership started with a project fair visit
In 2015, Pieter Koeleman from the Rotary Club of Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada, traveled to Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, for the annual West Africa Project Fair. Throughout the weeklong event, Koeleman was immersed in local culture, visited Rotarian-led service projects, participated in a project, learned about local priorities, and gathered information about projects his club could support. Koeleman also struck up a friendship with the host district’s governor, Marie-Irène Richmond Ahoua, whose passion, vision, and hospitality evolved into a long-term global grant partnership. Click here to here their story.