WCS PowerPoint Presentation

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District World Community Service
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• Education
• Water Sanitation
• Health Hunger

Reduction of child mortality (30,000
children/day)
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Finding Projects

• RI ProjectLINK
• RI International Service Update
  international.service_at_rotary.org
• RI Disaster relief relief_at_rotary.org.
• District WCS database
• Project Fairs
• Rotarian Action Groups
• Resource Groups
• District Governors focus

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Rotary Emphasis - Sustainability

• Community involvement
• Larger multi-facetted projects

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International Project Challenges

• Local knowledge
• Quality of record keeping
• Good/timely communications
• Financial due diligence

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Club Projects

• Use own club funds
• Contribute to others
• Access WRF matching

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Club Project - Leverage
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TRF Non competitive projects

• Size
• Matching available
• Reasonable paperwork
• Flexible application deadlines

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TRF Volunteer Service Grant

• preliminary WCS project planning
• 3000 max-travel incidentals
• 6000 for a group of 5 max.
• 3 month lead time

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TRF Matching Grants Non competitive

• Grant awards USD5000 - USD 25,000.
• accepted July 1-March 31.
• Matching
• 50 club funds,
• 100 DDF
• Lead time 8-12 weeks
• Apply to WRF TRF CRCID simultaneously.

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District Designated Funds (DDF)

• Guaranteed 1,000 per club Dec 31
• Competitive Jan 1-March 31
• TRF matches 11
• Apply using TRF application
• DWCS receives recommends
• DG TRF Committee Chair sign off

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Importance of Leverage
WRF Wild Rose Foundation TRF The Rotary
Foundation DDF District Designated Funds
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CRCID Canadian Rotary Collaboration for
International Development

• Rotary committee manages CIDA
• Programs supporting projects
• Matches 80 of TRF total
• 3 year program windows (2009-2011)
• Focus - water, literacy, health

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Now this is leverage!!!
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Competitive projects

• Large TRF Matching Grants gt25,000
• 3-H (Health, Hunger, Humanity)

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TRF Matching Grants competitive

• MG USD 25,001 USD 150,000
• Considered semi-annually
• Community Needs Assessment
• More due diligence

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TRF 3H Grants competitive

• Large long-term projects
• improve health
• alleviate hunger
• community development via self help activities.
• Project size 100,000-300,000
• Clubs donate 10, max 30,000

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MANDATE District WCS Committee

• Promote
• Inform
• Educate
• Track Report

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District WCS - Committee Members

• 15 Rotarians
• Liaise with assigned clubs
• Provide info to clubs
• Track club international involvement
• Prepare annual report
• Spending Seminar
• DG, DGE, DGN attend as able
• Casual visitors welcome

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District World Community Service

• International Projects
• Matching Grants, CRCID,
• Presentations, etc.
• See Contact Listing

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Club Liaison

• Calgary
• Lethbridge area
• Medicine Hat
• Red Deer area (open)

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Key roles

• District Grants Subcommittee Chair
• District CRCID rep
• Child Mortality Focus Grants

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Key roles - Resource Groups

• Health/Literacy/Water/Microcredit
• Reports to Zone on D5360 projects
• Source of info re projects
• Water Resource Group position open

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Child Mortality Focus Grants

• Incentive funds
• Projects to reduce infant mortality
• Via TRF Matching Grants
• Jacquie Brown
• [phone]
• jandwbrown_at_shaw.ca

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District Grants Subcommittee Chair

• For signature of completed
• TRF Matching Grant applications
• with/without DDF
• Garth Toombs
• [phone]
• garthtoombs_at_shaw.ca

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Questions
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Benefits of International Partners

• Rotary Club or NGO (both)
• Communications
• Oversight
• Local knowledge
• TRF - leverage good governance

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Types of Projects

• Club
• Non competitive
• Competitive

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Wild Rose Foundation

• Overdue reports block new applications
• Save time apply TRF WRF simultaneously
• Approval time approx. 8 weeks
• Web site http//www.wildrosefoundation.ca/

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TRF Matching Grant Criteria

• 1) humanitarian in nature
• 2) clubs in two or more countries are involved
• 3) One of the countries contains the site of
  the project

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CRCID Canadian Rotary Collaboration for
International Development

• Clubs apply to create programs
• Or apply to create projects supporting existing
  programs
• Match 80 of Canadian funds
• Deadline for new programs Sept 2008

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TRF Matching Grants non competitive

• Lead time 8-12 weeks
• Rotarian control
• project management,
• funds
• Cooperating NGO
• Apply to WRF CRCID TRF simultaneously.
• Overdue reports block applications

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TRF 3H Grants competitive

• Demonstrable sustainability
• Prior track record with foreign club
• Community needs assessment
• Applications - March 31st deadline, reviewed
  August.
• Significant up-front planning, long term
  commitment