Rotary & Rotaract in Gent
Voedselondersteuning Gent vzw
Gent, Belgium
About
Rotary & Rotaract in Gent is a non-profit network based in Gent, Belgium working on poverty & hunger, health, addiction +5 more.
Joint website of the six Rotary clubs and two Rotaract clubs in Ghent, Belgium. The clubs run shared charitable and community projects, including food support for people in poverty through the vzw Voedselondersteuning Gent (VOG), an annual wine weekend fundraiser, litter clean-up and tree-planting actions, blood drives, addiction prevention and cultural events such as concerts and the Festival voor Vrede. Volunteer members contribute expertise, material and financial support to projects in the city.
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Voedselondersteuning Gent (VOG)
Poverty & Hunger · Belgium
Supports initiatives that improve food provision for people in poverty in the Ghent region, coordinating food distribution organisations and delivering Christmas meals and winter clothing.
Wijnse Feesten
Poverty & Hunger · Belgium
Annual wine festival and fundraiser run jointly by the Ghent Rotary and Rotaract clubs, with proceeds going to VOG.
Rotary Cleanup and boomplantactie
Environment & Climate · Belgium
Litter clean-up walks and tree-planting actions in Ghent to raise awareness about littering and environmental care.
Bloedbad
Health · Belgium
Blood donation drives held in the Ghent courthouse in cooperation with the Red Cross Flanders, open to people working in the justice sector and sympathisers.
Verslavingspreventie
Addiction · Belgium
Addiction prevention initiative encouraging Rotary clubs to set up committees and develop local prevention activities.
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Koning Boudewijnstichting, Rode Kruis Vlaanderen, KRAS vzw, BAVET, CAW Artevelde
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