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Bibliothèques Sans Frontières (Libraries Without Borders, or LWB) is an international non-profit that strengthens the capacity of people in vulnerable situations by facilitating access to education, information, and cultural resources.

In more than 50 countries, Libraries Without Borders creates innovative cultural and learning spaces that allow those affected by crisis to learn, to play, to strengthen their communities, and to construct their futures.

Speaker: Azure Grimes

For more Info:

https://www.librarieswithoutborders.org/

https://www.librarieswithoutborders.us/

⁠⁠More about the Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley⁠⁠

• Website: ⁠⁠Rotary.cool⁠
• Meetings’ ⁠⁠Video Archive⁠⁠
• YouTubeChannel⁠⁠
• How to become a member in ⁠⁠this online Rotary eClub⁠⁠

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Podcast and Zoom Host: ⁠⁠Rushton Hurley⁠⁠

Podcast Producer: ⁠⁠Elton Sherwin⁠⁠

Audio edited and enhanced with: ⁠⁠Descript Studio Sound ⁠⁠

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Leanne Fan is a high schooler from San Diego, CA. In 2022 she was named America's Top Young Scientist by 3M.

Fan's invention can both detect and treat mid-ear infections, and at a low cost.

Details: By 2050, 1 in 4 people will have hearing loss to some extent. In children, the majority of this hearing loss is caused by mid-ear infections.

Loss of hearing that comes from repeated ear infections can also affect one's future and health. For a child, this can affect the ability to learn and develop social skills. Diagnostic and treatment may be too expensive and unavailable in lower income countries, as over 50% of the world’s population doesn’t have access to healthcare.

Our speaker, Leanne Fan, was inspired by her mother's battles with multiple ear infections to invent the Finsen Headphones, a prototype that detects and treats mid-ear infections using acoustic reflectometry, machine learning, and phototherapy.

These headphones can both detect and treat mid ear infections, and at a low cost.

A high schooler from San Diego, Fan was named America's Top Young Scientist by 3M and Discovery Education in 2022 and rang the New York Stock Exchange opening bell. She strives to provide a low cost and non-medicinal ear infection treatment in place of antibiotics for kids to prevent hearing loss, control infections before surgery is needed, and reduce the spread of antibiotic resistance. Fan also encourages science and art in her community and in younger children by promoting her local science fairs and teaching children science at science expos.

To learn more about Leanne's project in the 3M Young Scientist Challenge, go to: https://wvnexus.org/?p=13513

⁠⁠More about the Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley⁠⁠

• Website: ⁠⁠Rotary.cool⁠
• Meetings’ ⁠⁠Video Archive⁠⁠
• YouTubeChannel⁠⁠
• How to become a member in ⁠⁠this online Rotary eClub⁠⁠

⁠⁠More about Rotary International:⁠⁠

• Website: ⁠⁠www.Rotary.org⁠⁠
• Find a ⁠⁠local Rotary club⁠⁠
• Find an ⁠⁠online Rotary Club⁠⁠

Podcast and Zoom Host: ⁠⁠Rushton Hurley⁠⁠

Podcast Producer: ⁠⁠Elton Sherwin⁠⁠

Audio edited and enhanced with: ⁠⁠Descript Studio Sound ⁠⁠

#PositiveChange #Inspiration #Rotary

“It was 12 years ago now, when I heard the words that no woman wants to hear: that I had breast cancer…”

From a casual knitter to the founder of a global organization, Barb Demorest's story is one of passion, purpose, and service.

More about Knitted Knockers:

• www.knittedknockers.org

• www.facebook.com/knittedknockers

• Knitted Knockers’ YouTube channel

More about the Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley

• Website: Rotary.cool

• Current and Past Meetings’ Video Archive

• YouTube Channel

• How to become a member in this online Rotary eClub

• Podcast and Zoom Host: Rushton Hurley

More about Rotary International:

• Website: www.Rotary.org

• Find a local Rotary club

• Find an online Rotary Club

Our speaker this week is Barb Demorest, and three simple words from a caring surgeon changed her life. Out of the adversity of breast cancer, an organization was birthed that has impacted hundreds of thousands of women who have had a mastectomy and helped thousands of others find passion and purpose in their lives. Hear the personal story from the founder of Knitted Knockers Support Foundation, aka knittedknockers.org, of how the organization has grown to provide over 10,000 free breast prostheses per month, provide support to over 1,970 medical offices and have a presence in 61 countries.

Barb is the founder of Knitted Knockers Support Foundation. She describes herself as a wife, mother, grandmother, and casual knitter residing in Bellingham, Washington. She retired from her 30-year career as a CPA and owner of a tax practice in order to pursue her passion of connecting volunteer knitters and crocheters with breast cancer survivors to provide free knitted knockers to those who can use them.

After hearing the awful words, "you have cancer," and struggling with the impact of having a mastectomy, a simple gift of comfort and dignity knit by a caring friend changed her life. Her purpose and passion is now to inspire and equip the wonderful and caring fiber arts community to provide these gifts of love to their fellow women in their own communities.

Like a Rotarian who has discovered the joy of active service, she says, "I no longer get paid in dollars for my work, but the rewards are priceless.

Podcast Producer: Elton Sherwin

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Dateability is the only dating app designed for the disabled and chronically ill communities.

People with disabilities and chronic illness often encounter ableism on other dating apps. We understand the unique circumstances that present when dating with a disability, which is why we created a safe and accepting space to create meaningful connections for people with physical, intellectual, and psychiatric disabilities.

Our speakers are Alexa and Jacqueline Child. Alexa graduated from College of the Holy Cross in 2012 and Georgetown University Law Center in 2015. After law school, she began her career in public service and is currently a public interest attorney. Alexa and her sister collaborated on Dateability after Jacqueline’s negative experiences dating with chronic illness. She enjoys all the typical Colorado things—hiking and skiing—but also loves to cook and binge watch TV.

After becoming disabled due to chronic illnesses as a teenager, Jacqueline’s life was forever changed. She was quickly exposed to the ableist behaviors and expectations perpetuated by society. She found dating challenging and would always fear disclosing her disability. She constantly wished she could meet someone else who understood life with chronic illness and disabilities. Since there wasn’t an app to do that, Jacqueline and Alexa decided they would make one.

Jacqueline Child graduated from Colorado College in 2016 with a degree in Psychology and received her master’s degree in Family and Human Development in 2017. She spends her free time playing music, volunteering at the local animal shelter, and hanging with family and her dog, Luna.

To learn more, go to:

https://info.dateabilityapp.com/

Download Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dateability/id6443474660

Download Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dateabilityapp&hl=en&gl=US