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stouffville suntribunem thursday oct 12 20o6rll dinner helps african clinic by hannelore volpe staff writer whitchurchstouffviile residents have a heart for the people of igoma an ocean away their support of the stouffville igoma partnership means about 40000 residents in the african village have a medical clinic open 12 hours a day before this there was no clinic nurse or doctor in the village when people fell ill they would have to travel about 10 kilometres to mwan- za the nearest big city or be treated by a witch doctor the stouffville igoma partnership is hoping to raise enough at its gala fundraising dinner oct 20 to extend the clinic hours to 24 hours a day and pro vide a source of clean water in the vil lage stouffville resident peter neufeld who chairs sip noted although almost all tickets have been sold for the fundraising dinner at eastridge evan gelical missionary church on 10th line donations aire still needed the dinner is sponsored by council and the whitchurchstouffviile chamber of commerce last years fundraiser made about 35000 this year mr neufeld said hes hop ing for at least 30000 to enable the clin ic to continue operating along with waterborne illnesses malaria takes a heavy toll on the popula tion most of those who die from malar ia are children under five who havent yet developed an immunity to the dis ease which is carried by mosquitos thirty thousand africans die every day and half are due to malaria mr neufeld said on a previous trip members of sip distributed mosquito nets to residents which greatly cut down the risk of being infected with malaria donations of funds or items for the silent auction are still welcome 7b donate call 9056424227 or 905-640- 3911 ext 42 for more information log on to wwwsipartnershiporg library whitchurchstouffville public library 30 burkholder street stouffville ontario l4a 4k1 telephone 905642read 7323 fax 9056401384 toll free 18886034292 looking for goveliment information and services try serviceontarioca or ask your librarian visit the whitchurchstouffviile public library and participate in our serviceontario online scavenger hunt to win valuable prizes ontario paid for by the government of ontario serviceontario making it easier ml msam g0pifiis 1 hr srisffl rsjjslst fv a jsm wr r w h pip jbv f v vs v a l bk 1 11 1 1 rfwbwfl m ki 4ih y flsh jim f w iii jfefl 1 41 i r pa wl sd jtw sjiik h tblii wem ab 1m a jiil ill