Doing Good in the World

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Doing Good in the World

• The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International

Marco Nicosia
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TRF Mission Statement

• to enable Rotarians to advance world
  understanding, goodwill and peace through the
  improvement of health, the support of education
  and the alleviation of poverty.

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• Financial StatisticsAll Fiscal Year 2008
  numbers are preliminary and unaudited
• The Programs
• PolioPlus
• Humanitarian Programs
• Educational Programs
• Examples of real projects
• Goals

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The Rotary Foundation Contribution Trends (US
Millions)
Record Year!
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Paul Harris Fellows July 1999 June 2008
Europe/Africa
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The Rotary FoundationTrends in Program AwardsUS
(millions)
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PolioPlus Challenge

• PolioPlus Challenge
• Supports the general global polio eradication
  efforts in polio-endemic and high risk countries
• Has so far generated approximately 24.9 million
  in donations from Rotarians

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The Humanitarian Grant Programs

• District Simplified Grants
• Volunteer Service Grants
• Matching Grants
• Health, Hunger Humanity (3-H) Grants
• Humanitarian Grants Cadre of Technical Advisors

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The Humanitarian Programs

• As of Year 2007-2008
• Matching Grants nearly 29,242 projects since
  1965
• 3-H Grants 324 projects since 1978
• District Simplified Grants 1,889 grants awarded
  since RY 2003-2004
• Volunteer Service Grants429 grants awarded
  since RY 2006-2007

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The 4 Educational Programs

• Ambassadorial Scholarships
• Group Study Exchange
• Rotary Grants for University Teachers
• Rotary Centers for International Studies

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The Educational Programs

• As of Year 2007-2008
• Ambassadorial Scholarships over 39,000 scholars
  since 1947 (755 in RY 2007-2008)
• Rotary World Peace Fellowships around 340
  fellows since RY 2002-2003
• Rotary Grants for University Teachers 479
  teachers sponsored since 1985
• Group Study Exchange 13,065 teams have
  travelled since 1965

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Doing good in the world with projects

• A District Simplified Grant from RC Gävle-City
  (Sweden) made it possible for a riding club to
  buy a special saddle for handicapped children to
  enable them to ride.
• With the help of RC Bayreuth-Eremitage (Germany),
  RC Szczecin (Poland) was able to help provide a
  ventilator, adjustable bed, and a bedside cabinet
  for an Intensive Care Unit.
• With the help of RC Zaltbommel (Netherlands), RC
  Moscow Capital (Russia) was able to help provide
  equipment for a workshop for deaf-blind
  adolescents.

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Comments

• TRF is the heart of Rotary and the most
  important task is to help Rotarians understand
  the importance of this heart! Doing good in the
  world can only be done through a strong
  foundation! RRFC Edrund Olaisen, Zone 16

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Comments

• To me, The Rotary Foundation is the organization
  that makes it possible for me and other Rotarians
  to do good in the world. RRFC Ann-Britt Åsebol,
  
• Zone 15

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5 Goals 2008-2009

• 1. Keep our promise to eradicate polio
• 2. Embrace the two pillars of support for TRF
  the Annual Programs Fund through Every Rotarian
  Every Year and the Permanent Fund

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5 Goals 2008-2009

• 3. Participate in Your Foundation/Our
  Foundation, a lend a hand program for sharing
  funds from club and district foundations to
  permanently establish the Rotary World Peace
  Fellows program and support global polio
  eradication
• 4. Enhance Rotarys public image
• 5. Support the Future Vision Plan of The Rotary
  Foundation

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• 1,231,483 Rotarians
• are doing good in the world