Posted by Bob Gravino on Feb 19, 2018
Lonnie Hackett, the founder and president of Healthy Kids/Brighter Future, will speak at the Rotary Foundation Supporters Dinner as part of the Presidential Peace Building Conference in Coventry, England, February 23 and 24. Lonnie is attending Oxford University as a Rotary Global Scholar, where he is pursuing a degree in public health.
 
Lonnie, Bowdoin College Class of 2013, has visited many clubs in District 7930 to describe his non-profit, which helps the children in Lusaka, Zambia. Working in the poorest sections of Lusaka, the teachers learn to recognize and treat common childhood illnesses and educate children for better health. The Rotary Club of Brunswick successfully sponsored a Global Grant in 2014, to begin the training of classroom teachers as front-line health workers. A number of District 7930 clubs were partners in this Global Grant. In 2016, District 7930 clubs sponsored a larger Global Grant to continue the work in other schools and compounds in Lusaka.
 
The Presidential Peace Building Conference in Coventry highlights disease prevention and treatment as an avenue to peace. Lonnie will also facilitate break-out sessions during the conference. Claudia Frost, former member of the Rotary Club of Hamilton-Wenham and now a member of the Rotary Club of Brunswick, Maine and an AG for District 7780, is a delegate to the Peace Building Conference.
 
For more information on Lonnie or Healthy Kids/Brighter Future, go to: www.healthykidsbrighterfuture.org.