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12 - The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday March 14, 2007 www.oakvillebeaver.com Rotary eyes Ghana for next Water for Humanity project By Krissie Rutherford OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Tzaneen, South Africa was the first beneficiary. Ghana is next. Oakville Rotary is once again fundraising to bring fresh water to an underdeveloped country through Water for Humanity, a global initiative dedicated to delivering clean water to those in need. After the 2006 campaign brought a system that supplies more than 10,000 people in Tzaneen with fresh water, Oakville Rotary now has its sights set on two regions in Ghana. Longtime rotary club member David Angas chaired the first Water for Humanity project, a campaign he began as incoming president to celebrate Rotary's 100th anniversary. Angas was one of a handful of Rotary members who went to South Africa on their own dime to see the project installed, and to see its benefits first-hand. "How do I put that experience into words. Let's put it this way, I've saved the cup of the first water that came out of that system," said Angas. "I cannot tell you what a moving experience it was to see the combined efforts of a lot of people to get this system installed and running. It remains one of the high points in my life, quite honestly." And it all began with an idea to bring a fundamental need ­ water ­ to a region in need. "It was as naïve as knocking on the door of Zenon to see if we could somehow get a water system cheap and install it some place in the world that needed it," said Angas. "That's how it started." Canada's best PVRs from only $5 a month. 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