The Rotary Club of Basildon Concord

12/04/2026

ZVAMAIDA SCHOOL LIBRARY - MAKING GOOD PROGRESS

The planned Library at Zvamaida Primary School, is now progressing above foundation level (the foundations were laid in 2022).

Assisting us again in this project are Hope for African Communities, and this time The Rotary Club of Harari Dawn.
After all the initial work was done, including our due diligence, contractor appointed, and contracts signed, materials were delivered on 17th March to the school and work started straight away.
Progress has been good since this time, as the pictures show.
We are hopeful now that the roofing will be shortly completed and then finishing off the inside of the building will begin. Inside will have the main Library space and also consist of two smaller internal rooms for book storage and admin.

12/04/2026

CLUB COMPLETE THEIR ANNUAL STROKE AWARENESS DAY

Once again, our club held their annual Stoke Awareness day at Eastgate Shopping Centre in Basildon Town Centre, with St John Ambulance in attendance to take the public’s blood pressure.
As always, we as a club believe it is an essential service that we provide to ensure early detection of potential problems. Knowing your blood pressure saves lives!
Whilst these days, more people are aware of their blood pressure because of the GP’s attention to this, and the public more likely to check their own blood pressure on purchased monitors, we still find those who have no idea of their blood pressure and need the service we offer. This year we found that the knowledge of knowing your blood pressure was even more widespread and were encouraged that it seemed that less people as a result were at risk. Of the 78 people that agreed to the checking, just four were given a referral to their GP for further testing. However, in one case it was an urgent referral as the readings taken were dangerously high in the case of a 30-year-old man.

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