International Services

International Services

Our Avenue for International Services, driven by The Rotary Foundation Committee and the World Community Service, supports international causes aligned to the mission of Rotary international. 

The Rotary Foundation

The Rotary Foundation is the charitable arm of Rotary International and is supported solely by donations from Rotarians and friends of the Foundation. Through Foundation grants, Rotarians are able to advance world understanding, goodwill and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education and the alleviation of poverty.

The role of the club Rotary Foundation Committee is to develop and implement a plan to support the Foundation through program participation and financial contributions through community and international service.

Rotarians and their clubs can support the Foundation financially and through participation in one of its many programs. The Rotary Foundation has three main program areas:

Educational Programs – Ambassadorial Scholarships, Group Study Exchange, Rotary Centres for International Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution

Humanitarian Grants Program – Matching Grants; District Simplified Grants; Health Hunger and Humanity (3-H) Grants;

Grants have to address humanitarian needs with the aim of providing sustainable development;

Grants require the active participation of Rotarians and should assist in the development of stronger Rotary networks

PolioPlus – Rotary’s most recognized program with a goal to eradicate polio;

Rotarians have contributed US$800 million to PolioPlus; Rotarians also volunteer at the local level providing support at clinics and mobilizing their communities for immunization or other eradication activities; recently Rotary received two grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation totaling $355 million and in response Rotary committed to raising $200 million in matching funds.

World Community Service

The World Community Service Committee actively supports charity organisations that are working at fighting diseases, providing clean water, supporting women and children and growing local communities around the world. The Committee supports both micro projects at grass root levels and bigger projects. 

Shelter Box Canada

Farmers Helping Farmers

We provide funding assistance to Farmers Helping Farmers for various of their projects in Kenya. We have supported them in developing vegetable gardens and school feeding programmes. Our latest collaboration with them is the Food Empowerment of Kenyan Women in the district of Meru. 

See the work of Rotarian Winston Johnston in developing vegetable gardens. 

Sister Noreen's school in Cameroon 

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, North Korea (DPRK) –

We provided assistance to an orphanage near Pyongyang to purchase one energy efficient cook stove suitable for providing cooked meals for up to 500 orphans. The Club has also donated $6,000 to assist in the provision of solar water heaters to ensure the children have warm water for bathing. Soap supplies for one year are also being provided. Cleanliness is essential for proper child health when so many children live in close quarters in a relatively small building. The solar water heater acquisition is part of a multi-club project involving Rotary Clubs in the Atlantic area and in several other countries. The government of DPRK is providing a percentage of the funds which illustrates the significance of the donation in generating cooperation between DPRK and western countries.

Haiti

Lloyd Dalziel of PEI works with the International Sustainable Community Foundation in Haiti and this organization has been active in improving the lives individual Haitians and their communities. The Club has assisted in a chicken rearing project for the past two years and will continue its assistance. The small scale chicken farms being established have expanded using profits generated into community businesses.