Rotary Foundation An Overview

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Rotary and Our Club  Today, Rotary has –~1.2 million members –Over clubs –Over 200 countries  Remember –YOU are the most essential part of Rotary, –Our CLUB serves our community, both locally & internationally –WE - Our CLUB & YOU are Rotary –Rotary does not exist without US

How is Rotary Organized? MemberRotary ClubRotary DistrictRotary ZoneTwo Zones are paired togetherBoard of DirectorsPresident

Rotary Foundation?  Previous Chart is only half of the organization –Depicts how Rotary International (RI) is organized  The Rotary Foundation (TRF) –Operates separately from RI –Has a separate board of Trustees –But, comes under the guidance of RI

What is the TRF?  Is a Not-for-profit corporation  Supports the efforts of RI  To achieve world understanding and peace  Through International humanitarian, educational and cultural exchange programs  Charitable arm of Rotary

Brief History  RI – 1905 –Three friends met with attorney Paul P. Harris to discuss formation of what became the first Rotary Club  TRF – 1918 –Arch C Klumph (its 6 th President) proposed the creation of an endowment fund … –For the purposes of doing good in the world  First contribution –$26.50 from Kansas City – net proceeds from 1918 International Convention  Today –$200+ million Foundation

Peace and conflict prevention/resolution Disease prevention and treatment Water and sanitation Maternal and child health Basic education and literacy Economic and community development Areas of Focus

Peace and conflict prevention/resolution District Rotary Foundation Seminar

Peace and conflict prevention/resolution  For more than 20 years, northern Uganda lived in the grip of a civil war that killed over 300,000 people, displaced 1.8 million more, and forced 36,000 child soldiers as young as seven years old to fight in the resistance movement.  In November 2011, The Rotary Foundation awarded a US$16,096 global grant to the Rotary clubs of Rubaga, Uganda, and Lambert Airport, Missouri, USA, to provide training in peace-building to 200 teachers and 1,300 students at 10 high schools in the region.global grant  The sponsor clubs works with the Great Lakes Center for Conflict Resolution in Gulu to carry out the project.Great Lakes Center for Conflict Resolution

Disease prevention and treatment

 Last year, malaria claimed the lives of almost 750,000 people in sub-Saharan Africa, 85 percent of them young children.  Some of the region’s poorest residents live in Yirimadjo, Mali.  They now receive protection from the disease through a Rotary Foundation Global Grant project supported by Rotarians in multiple countries.Rotary Foundation Global Grant  Called Bite Malaria Back, the project provides insecticide-treated bed nets, physician services, and medications to help prevent and treat malaria.  Led by the Rotary Club of Bamako-Amitié, Mali, along with the Rotary Club of Capitol Hill (Washington, D.C.) and five others in District 7620 (District of Columbia; part of Maryland, USA).

Water and sanitation District Rotary Foundation Seminar

Water and sanitation  Bringing new life to Sierra Leone  One in five children in the West African nation die before age 5, according to UNICEF, many from waterborne diseases such as cholera, diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever.  Rotary Club of Fishers, Indiana began a project that resulted one year later in the installation of 14 wells, changing the lives of 10,000 people.  It joined with the Rotary Club of Freetown, Sierra Leone, in proposing a project that was awarded the first Foundation global grant greater than $100,000.  The project, which is aligned with the Future Vision Plan ’s water and sanitation area of focus, is moving ahead to install 71 more wells serving as many as 71,000 people in rural communities.Future Vision Plan  In Sierra Leone, 40 percent of all out-patient visits are water-related. So [by] giving clean water, we are really making a difference in people’s lives.

Maternal and child health District Rotary Foundation Seminar

Maternal and child health  A vocational training team specialized in pediatric heart surgery made a profound difference in the quality of life for 11 young people in Uganda in October  A12-member team from Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis, Indiana, performed the life-saving procedures at the Uganda Heart Institute at Mulago Hospital in Kampala.  This was the Riley Hospital team’s third mission as part of an initiative called Our Hearts Are in Uganda to improve care for kids with congenital heart defects.

Basic education and literacy District Rotary Foundation Seminar

Basic education and literacy  Teams (from US & South Africa) of early childhood educators learned firsthand about the challenges of teaching young children in rural villages near Rustenburg and in urban Bridgeport, South Africa. –Both areas face similar hardships of poverty, disintegrating families, poor health, and low parental and childhood literacy  Almost like an exchange program, the teams shared best practices in areas including preschool curriculum, facilities, and community support. –The US team learned about the challenges facing in respect to HIV/AIDS and the difficult situations regarding substandard housing and hygiene, as well as the general poverty of families in the area. –The South African team visited preschools, child care centers, workshops, and parent programs  Funded by a US$35,625 Global Grant, the project supports basic education and online teacher training.Global Grant  Bafokeng teachers attend weekly online professional development workshops.

Economic and community development District Rotary Foundation Seminar

Economic and community development  Jessica Clendenning wants to make life better for people in poor communities by sharing best practices for sustainable development.  A Rotary Foundation Global Grant scholarship sponsored by District 6150 (Arkansas, USA) is helping her realize that goal.Global Grant  Clendenning is earning her master’s in development studies at the Erasmus University International Institute of Social Studies in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.International Institute of Social Studies  This program enable her to learn about the challenges communities face at local and regional levels, as well as the challenges to sustainable development from social, economic, and political perspectives  She will learn how to initiate better infrastructure for social, health, and educational need.  This is the first of three global grant scholarships sponsored by District  The scholarships cover most expenses and fund graduate-level study

TRF Grants Model  District grants  Global grants  Packaged grants

District Grants  Educational and humanitarian activities consistent with the mission  Single “ block ” grant awarded annually  Smaller activities and projects  Local or international activities

Global Grants Long-term projects Larger grant awards Sustainable, measurable outcomes Alignment with areas of focus World Fund match

Packaged Grants Strategic Partners Planned by Rotarians Encourage involvement by smaller clubs No cost to clubs

Strategic Partners

Few parting thoughts  TRF Funding? –Funded solely by voluntary contributions »By Rotarians and Friends of the Foundation  Administratively –Its expenses born solely by interest earned on its contributions