Martina Frycova, originally from the Czech Republic, is preparing herself for the Tour that should take place in March - April 2013.

Martina is being supported by the Rotary Club of LaBelle (District 6960), see on the left a photo of Martina together with the LaBelle's Club president. See Martina during her presentation to LaBelle Rotarians here.

Main objective of the Tour is to develop and promote Rotary club humanitarian water projects in Asia, Africa and other areas of need. Specific target for this Tour is a Water & Sanitation Project in a school and a clinic in Nangarhar province in Afghanistan. The goal is two fold - raise funds for duplicating number of latrines (from 2 to 4) & verifying safety of water well in the clinic and raise funds for constructing a new well and improving sanitation of latrines in the school.

A map of the planned Tour is shown on the left. Click on it to enlarge it. The whole trip will be done through AMTRAK. The goal is to visit 15 Rotary Clubs in 15 Rotary Districts and collect $15,000 to promore the Afghan project mentioned above. A Newletter article has been sent to all 65 Districts along the route, see the full Newletter article here.

UPDATE - the initial planned goal of 15 clubs visit has been largely exceeded, 23 clubs have already signed for a presentation! See a spreadsheet with the planned stops (Excel), see a map with the planned stops (KMZ).

As a part of the Rotary Rail & Water planning process, we are preparing online mapping files for each District along the route.

If you would like an editable version of your club locations KML file for your District use in other publications and projects then check this link and send us a request.

Martina is also looking for potential sponsors of her Tour. These collected funds will cover some of the basic travel costs. First $500 donation from the Sanibel-Captiva Rotary Club has been already received, so it is a great start.

See here a copy of the Sanibel-Captiva Newsletter, describing Martina's presentation to this Club.