Jamestown Rotary President Ruth Lundin, left, presented Rotarian David Troxell and his wife Marissa with an award honoring their international global ambassadorial activities on behalf of the club.

Rotarian David Troxell and his wife Marissa were honored at the Rotary Club of Jamestown’s annual Recognition Dinner for their international global ambassador activities.

The couple have traveled the Far East extensively where they became involved in a Rotary sponsored school called the Cambodia Academy. Through David’s research, the local couple were able to bring many projects to the Jamestown Club such as planting grass for a recreation field, new white boards for teachers and students, followed by a vision screening, a book drive, installation of a clean water filtration system, new toilets, a freshwater cistern as well as a handwashing area.

Other projects include a Women’s Cooperative Weaving Project in Nepal, clean toilets and handwashing stations at Kaloleini Primary School in Moshi, Tanzania, a health clinic in Karachi, Pakistan, another school project in Addis Ababa, and most recently refurbishing more than 1,000 bicycles for Singapore school students.

The Troxell’s live in Jamestown six months of the year and in Thailand the remainder of the year, however they travel to each of these locations to work on the details of the projects in partnership with local Rotary Clubs in those locations.

The projects chosen also focus on our world’s most persistent issues to promote peace, fight disease, provide clean water, sanitation, and hygiene, help mothers and children, support education, grow local economies, and protect the environment,