More than two decades after the genocide that killed some 800,000 people, most of whom were from the Tutsi tribe, the average life expectancy in Rwanda has doubled to about 60 years today. Yet there are still challenges for the health care system in the small East African country where many hospitals lack even basic equipment and supplies.

That’s why the Rotary club of Scottsville, Arizona, has led a Rotary global grant for more than $63,000 which, along with their partners, has resulted in a gift of about $1.5 million in high quality medical equipment to the clinics of South Rwanda. Their shipping container held about 1,000 pieces of equipment, including an electrocardiogram machine, incubator, anesthesia supplies, examination tables, wheelchairs and feeding tubes. These things we have plenty of here will make the difference between life and death there.

One more way Rotarians are at work doing good in the world.