YOU CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT THEM It's both of who you know and who you blow. These guys got thousands of dollars in grants without publishing a single request for partners on the online fair for matching grants. They didn't need. Click here to see what I mean.

You are a new President and don't know how to successfully apply for a MG? (Matching Grant) The VAP (Village Aide Program) has the best you can find in the org. Top quality, always fresh, certified audited by two Rotary districts, no bugs or defects..And it's free! He will even pay you to apply!.Derek Pyrah and his lieutenant script writer Dave Collins will do all the paper work for you! It will look professional will look good, a good looking application! All you as the president will have to do is sign the 4th page with out ever seen the content of the first 3 pages! Easy! They will mail your application to the TRF for approval and it's done! Almost ...we'll see later why. But unfortunately these MG are not odorless... In fact, are stinky.

To obtain one you must agree that Rotarian engineer Dave Collins will erect a waterless dry toilet in a school. It's his business. (See highlighted portion on the advertisement page left). You must also provide a crew in a daily basis to clean up the mess before it looks like this. Click here please. Have plenty of sawdust available to throw in, if not, the smell will certainly reach Derek Pyrah's office in Australia, even worst, Collins mansion in Panglao creating you trouble for lack of maintenance!

But all aren't negative. There is the fun part also. Once they will show you the bill (300.000 pesos) prepare yourself for a big loud laugh, hysterical, a long laugh as you hadn't one since long time. Because you don't need to be an architect or builder to evaluate the real cost which is maximum the third of it. You don't even need a calculator. Is so obvious, a simple Filipino construction laborer can see it! As for the water collection system, water filtration, medicines distributed "by a licensed Pharmacist of the Philippines Board" we'll tell you more a little later. Be patient, you'll know everything.

Now, in the first paragraph of this column, I mentioned about how easy it is - thanks to the support of Pyrah and Collins- to obtain a MG. There is an important detail you should know before apply. The TRF (Rotary Foundation) requires your club has a bank account like this.Cick please)They (Collins and Pyrah) will ask you as a president, to demonstrate the ability to keep members' eyes out of this account. Even though Dave Collins will be your coach and explain you how he did it in the ROTARY CLUB OF TAGBILARAN, still you will need some training on your own to achieve this extremely challenging requirement which will determine if you will be admitted in the inner circle of the "Brothers in Christ" as a trusted lieutenant, or your project will be implemented, money handled and monitored by Dave Collins. Upon completion, you will be asked to sign the final report to be submitted to TRF containing misleading facts like this.Cick please.

What is misleading? He built the toilets with his own workers in violation of the "conflict of interest" provision as clearly described in the RF MG terms and conditions by paying Philippines wages for a total cost as generously and in his favor estimated by 6 engineers of 1 500 US$ each and told TRF that a construction company named GUILBERT VALLES performed the job and paid them 6 000 US$ each. Do you still want it?

Mr President of any club in the Philippines and else where, my advisement to you is this: Stay away of this kind of crooked business. Don't be credulous to believe Derek Pyrah is here to help you. He desperately needs clubs to invest the money he's raising in Australia. How he and Collins are benefiting from this investment? We already explained how the laundry machine is working in previous postings, but seen the circumstances we need to revisit the topic to refresh our memories. This will be done in the next update.

 

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THE TRIAL updated May 1st 2009 Conflicts, misunderstanding rivalry exists within any group of people that gather to achieve a common goal, be a club, a church or a fraternity; usually will end up with the exclusion of one party preserving so the unity of the group, exclusion not always carefully and rightfully planned and executed. The last place you would have expect this to happen is the Rotary International. Is this the first time that happened? We don’t know. Don’t count on Rotary to tell you, neither on active Rotarians. It’s a secret. Click here to read more

HOME PAGE updated Jan 16th 2009 Dear reader. In the last few days I have been flooded with mail coming from new visitors both positive -mean supportive- and negative, meaning Rotarians who disagreed with me of making public this story as being only a few bad apples' actions. Others - mostly new comers to my site could..... Click to read more

 

THE BEGGINING Dave and Baby Collins joined the Rotary club of Tagbilaran (RCT for short) sometime in the year 1997-98 -I believe – and began restructuring the club in their own way and tactics to be6come the leaders “the most indispensable members, the ones who will elevate the glory of the RCT to the international level thanks to their connections abroad”  (Both are Americans citizens, Baby Collins did not apply to regain her Filipino citizenship as of the year 2005)Their first task was to get rid of members susceptible ...Click to read more

 

THE M3EDICAL MISSIONS RIP-OFF Touring the Philippines at donors and often Australians taxpayer expenses, shot some videos and go begging for money. "For the poor and needy?"Those tourists you see were the only beneficiaries.Two weeks in the Philippines they participated in 4 medical missions for a duration of 4 hours each Click t read more

 

VILLAGE AIDE PROGRAM (VAP rip-off) as we know it. Sick and tired of all those "philanthropists" begging us for money for the “poor children in the third world”! They are all over the web, in the streets, malls, airports, PP presen5tations in Rotary and other clubs and associations and I'm sure I missed many!. How much of this money will actually reach the destination intended? Dear reader,s not the first time you are reading this. You heard before about crooks in the charities business, don't you? CLICK to read more...

 

THE CASATE VILLAGE DROUGHT RELEIF RIP-OFF Some time in the year 2006 Dave Collins and Derek Pyrah were unhappy that not enough money flows on the VAP account in the Philippines. This can be demonstrated in several ma2ils exchanged I have in file. In these mails they are looking for ways to increase their income “for the poor and needy” out side the Rotary where apparently the collect didn’t work as they wanted to. The Matching Grand Applications to TRF were slow to produce, too bureaucratic for a Collins as anxious he can be. They decided to seek instant gratification by inventing a Darfour situation in the North of the island in a place named Ubay in the village of Cassate. Click tp read more

 

MRS SING RIP-OFF STORY Rotarians Philanthropists, contributors good heart people, any one donating to the charities, what you are about to read in this site is the actions of 1a few bad apples members of the ROTARY INTERNATIONAL. Hiding the facts isn't doing any good, just will prolong the sin, enrich some to the detriment of others, members and donors losing trust in Rotary in its ability to prevent fraud through the Matching Grants process t the clubs. We are several to participate in this investigation and if you are a True Rotarian or any one else who know something,we are asking your help to dig deeper .You do not have to disclose your ID, Click here to read more

 

OTHER PEOPLE MONEY. WHERE IS IT? Let's take a walk through history starting some t7time in the year 2005 and talk about the then DG Bob Richard. I have in my archives a mail he sent to Derek Pyrah making him fuming like a angry dragon. For respect to the PDG I'm not going to publish it although he wasn't the one sent it to me but forwarded by Dave Collins Click to read more

 

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