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Join us on September 16, 2017, for a training showcase on Rotary Global Grants. Learn about the scope of grants, considerations for project sustainability, partnership roles, and examples of current grants. Discover how Rotary's overall effort is making a global impact.
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District 7610 Training Showcase of Global Grants- Fredericksburg, VA September 16, 2017
Agenda • Scope of Rotary Grants • Considerations: Areas of Focus, Sustainability, and Writing Logistics • Partnership Roles • Examples of Current Grants: • Kanoni Gomba Schools Water Project • Basic Education for Children of Construction Workers • RC of Montego Bay Sunrise Water & Sanitation Project • Promoting Education in Sierra Leone • Zambia and Water Alliance • Rotary’s Overall Effort • Global Grant Resources • Summing Up • Questions and Answers
The Scope of Rotary Grants • $70 million in grants given each year • 1,100 projects supported each year by grants • $11.2 million in grants for growing local economies last year • $20 million in grants given to water and sanitation projects • Global Grants can fund: • Humanitarian projects • Scholarships for graduate-level academic studies • Vocational training teams
Areas of Focus • Promoting Peace • Fighting Disease • Providing Clean Water, Sanitation, & Hygiene • Saving Mothers and Children • Supporting Education • Growing Local Economies
Global Grants – Building a Sustainable Project • Community Needs Assessment – Local sponsors to find out what the ultimate beneficiaries need and involve community partners • Material/Technology– Use local vendors for work being done and for replacement parts • Funding- Confirm funding for operations and maintenance (after GG Complete) • Knowledge – Provide training, education, and community outreach to make sure beneficiaries have ‘buy in’ • Motivation – Identify local leaders within community to see the project for local ownership • Monitor & Evaluation – Clear and concise measurable project objectives and methods to establish data (significant change in three years)
Basic Logistics to Write a Global Grant • Community Needs Assessment (Local or Intl.) • Build A Coalition (Fellow Rotarians and Fellow Rotary Clubs) • Find A Reliable Host Club (Intl. Partner if Intl. Grant) • Make sure project is sustainable and has measurable goals • Coordinate Project and Financing with these sources: • Your home Rotary Club • Your District 7610 and Other U.S. Districts • Any Partner Rotary Club(s) here or abroad • Rotary District of Host Club • Cooperating Organizations • Start and deliver Global Grant within a Year
Example of Partner Roles - SWA Host Rotarians will: Oversee their District's Grant completion and monetary donation; contact the contractor as needed to obtain or provide information between the contractor and the International Rotarians; visit the sites and provide information and/or photographs, as needed; conduct a quarterly survey/questionnaire to determine approximately how many people are benefiting from the facility; confirm that local school representatives have a structure in place for maintenance and are conducting routine maintenance inspections; participate in hygiene educational activities; participate in ribbon cutting at latrine completion; advertise success locally. International Rotarians will: Oversee their District's Grant completion and monetary donation; maintain regular communication with Host Rotarians and the contractor to facilitate the project; provide the Host Rotarians with the survey/questionnaire to determine project beneficiaries; keep accurate and complete logs of all progress, and advertise successes locally. As in 2013, 2014 and 2016, several International Rotarians will conduct a due diligence trip to Zambia in 2018 to follow progress, provide support to Host Rotarians, evaluate the monitoring and training mechanisms in place, determine whether additional support is required and identify potential additional projects.
Kanoni Gomba Schools Water Project - Uganda • Host Club: Mityana (9211) • International Partner Club: Rosslyn-Fort Myer (7610) • Humanitarian Project • To address community needs and produce sustainable and measureable outcomes • Area of Focus: Water and Sanitation • Total budget: $58,314 USD • Purpose: • This project will provide clean water harvested from rooftops and stored in tanks at schools in Kanoni sub-county, Gomba District. • The three primary schools will be provided with clean water benefiting 2045 students • This project will store and provide safe water for the students and/or their families, and for school staff during the January-March and July-September dry spells each year and reduce conflict between the school and the community. This water project will benefit the health and productivity of the students and the community.
Basic Education for Children of Construction Workers • Host Club: Pune Central, India (3131) • International Partner Club: Great Falls (7610) • Cooperating Org. – Arya Omnitalk Wireless Solutions Pvt, Ltd • Humanitarian Project • To address community needs and produce sustainable and measureable outcomes • Area of Focus: Basic Education and Literacy • Total budget: $45,445 USD • Purpose: • To upgrade school infrastructure by providing computer tables, chairs, computers and RDEP E-Learning systems to 4 schools in rural/semi-urban areas in and around Pune. • These schools cater to the educational needs of children of construction laborers, and daily wage workmen who are unable to pay school fees for the education of their children. • These schools are run by a private trust and do not receive any government funding. They are dependent on charitable funds. • Total students benefitting –2927.
Montego Bay Sunrise Water & Sanitation Project • Host Club: Montego Bay Sunrise, Jamaica (7020) • International Partner Club: Dunn Loring – Merrifield (7610) • Additional Clubs: Batavia, Bromley, South East Nassau, Grand Cayman Central • Humanitarian Project • To address community needs and produce sustainable and measureable outcomes • Area of Focus: Disease Prevention and Treatment Water and Sanitation • Total budget: $39,866 USD • Purpose: • To provide 11 Basic Schools and 1 Children's Home in deep rural St. James, Jamaica with proper in-door bathroom facilities and drinking water; drinking water will be in the form of water tanks, as these areas do not have running water being supplied via pipes. Children are currently using outdoor bathrooms, including pit latrines, and drinking unsafe water.
Promoting Education in Sierra Leone • Host Club: Bo, Sierra Leone (9101) • International Partner Club: West Springfield (7610) • Cooperating Org. – Deeper Missions & Local Schools • Humanitarian Project • To address community needs and produce sustainable and measureable outcomes • Area of Focus: Basic Education and Literacy Water and Sanitation • Total budget: $101,788 USD • Purpose: • To provide quality education by training teachers and giving adequate school supplies and furniture to three schools in small villages in Sierra Leone, as well as installing latrines and solar power electricity in the schools. • Offer training that enhance communities’ awareness of the benefits of safe water, sanitation and hygiene. • Beneficiaries will be the students at the schools, the teachers, and the villagers. • Total students benefitting –450.
Zambia and Strategic Water Alliance • Host Club: Luanshya, Zambia (9210) • International Partner Club: McLean, et al. (7610) • Cooperating Org. – Mwaspa Enterprises Ltd. • Humanitarian Project • To address community needs and produce sustainable and measureable outcomes • Area of Focus: Water, Sanitation & Hygiene • Total budget: $92,200 USD • Purpose: • At four schools in Zambia's copper belt region to rehabilitate existing toilets, build new toilets and install a tower for water tanks. • To oversee sanitation and hygiene training at each site. • Goal: Providing equitable community access to safe water, improved sanitation and hygiene; Strengthening the ability of communities to develop, fund and maintain sustainable water and sanitation systems; Supporting programs that enhance communities’ awareness of the benefits of safe water, sanitation and hygiene.
Rotary’s Overall Effort • Promoting Peace • 100 peace fellowships are offered each year at Rotary Peace Centers around the world • 65 million people are currently displaced by armed conflict or persecution • $142 million has been raised by Rotary to support peace • Over 1000 students have graduated from Rotary’s Peace Centers program • Fighting Disease • $65 million in grants have been given to fight disease • 99.9% reduction in polio so far • 400 million people do not have access or cannot afford basic health care
Rotary’s Overall Effort • Providing Clean Water, Sanitation, & Hygiene • $24 to provide one person with safe water • 23 million people now have safe water because of Rotary • 21 million people have access to sanitation and hygiene due to Rotary projects • 2030 is when Rotary hopes to finish its work in this focus area • Saving Mothers and Children • 5.9 million children under 5 die each year • Rotary provides education, immunizations, birth kits and mobile health clinics - including $3 million to save the lives of mothers and children in Nigeria during home deliveries
Rotary’s Overall Effort • Supporting Education • More than 775 million people worldwide are illiterate = 17% of the world’s population • Efforts include $100 million in grants for clean water in Lebanese schools • Efforts include 500 adults with raised reading levels by 3 grades in Detroit • Growing Local Economies • Nearly 800 million people worldwide live on less than $1.90 a day • Rotary has spent $9.2 million to grow local economies and reduce poverty • 795 million people worldwide do not have enough to eat • 60% of the world’s hungry are women and girls • 70% of the world’s poorest are in rural areas and dependent on agriculture
Global Grant Resources - RI www.rotary.org/myrotary/grants A Guide to Global Grants (PDF) Areas of Focus Policy Statements (PDF) Cooperating Organization Memorandum of Understanding (DOC) Global Grant Application Supplement for Microcredit Projects (DOC) Global Grant Application Template (DOC) Global Grant Calculator (XLS) Global Grant Monitoring and Evaluation Plan Supplement (PDF) Global Grant Report Supplement for Microcredit Projects (DOC) Global Grant Scholarships Supplement (PDF) How to use the Grant Center (PDF) Lifecycle of a Project Six Steps to Sustainability (PDF) Terms and Conditions for Rotary Foundation District Grants and Global Grants (PDF) Training Plan for Global Grants (DOC) Vocational Training Team Itinerary (DOC) • Web-based Tools: • Start your grant application • Take a course in the Learning Center • Rotary Grants: Building a Global Grant • Orientation for Scholars and Vocational Training Teams • Discussion groups • Find your Rotary grant officer (PDF)
Global Grant Resources – District 7610 • andrewdwade@gmail.comAndrew Wade • bjansen@jansenland.comBob Jansen • jameswchurch@aol.comJim Church • wkkrist@aol.comBill Krist • Renee.reiling@rotary.orgRenee Reiling District Points of Contact
Summing Up • These grant examples demonstrate: • How we can organize the efforts of Rotary Clubs and Cooperating Organizations to address specific community needs • The variety of ways in which the Rotary Areas of Focus can be served with Global Grants • How our efforts at the District and Club levels can make significant contributions to the world-wide impact of Rotary • The extent of resident expertise within our District for planning and executing Global Grants • The importance of project planning and follow up to ensure quality execution of the project and sustaining activities • The financial leverage that is realized by collaboration among clubs and within the Global Grant process
Questions and Answers All questions are good questions Follow-on Seminar Today: 2:10-3:10 Global Grants in Depth, Room 217
Global Grants – How the Money Flows Extra Annual Shares from Global Funds Paul Harris Society 7610 Annual Shares to The Rotary Foundation $500,000 2013/14 Rotary Year Every Rotarian, Every Year (EREY) Sustaining Members 50% Returned to 7610 in 3 Years $250,000 to the District Designated Fund (DDF) 2017/18 Rotary Year District Grants $125,000 Global Grants $125,000 This is today’s discussion.