USING ZI PROJECTS TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN MEMBERS

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USING ZI PROJECTSTORECRUIT AND RETAINMEMBERS

• Betty Jane Bourdon
• ZI Foundation Treasurer

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Why did you become a Zontian?

• Fellowship
• Service
• Fun
• Other

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How is ZI different from your local
service organizations?

• Zonta International is an INTERNATIONAL
  organization

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Did you know that we have done projects
in these countries?

• Hungary 1956
• Germany 1959 1961
• Jordan 1962 1974
• Ghana 1972 1974
• Africa 1974 1976
• Colombia 1976 - 1982
• Sri Lanka 1982 - 1986

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1986 -1988

• Zimbabwe
• Thailand
• Comoros Islands
• Botswana
• Argentina

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1986 - 1990

• Mexico
• Uruguay
• Guatemala
• Nigeria
• Sierra Leone
• Brazil
• Philippines

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1990 - 1998

• Delta and Upper Egypt
• Togo
• India
• India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh
• Chile
• Ghana
• Senegal
• Guatemala and Central America
• South Africa

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1998 2000

• Prevention of female Genital Circumcision (FCG)
  Project in Burkina Faso
• Zonta International Strategies to Eradicate
  Violence Against Women and Children (ZISVAW)

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2000 - 2002

• Burkina Faso
• Nepal
• India

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International Service Fund 2002-2004
UNIFEM Reinventing India Preventing Violence
Against Women and Girls Phase II
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International Service Fund 2002-2004

• Long-Term Objectives
• Empowerment through information
• Raise awareness of role of men

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International Service Fund 2002-2004

• Increase womens knowledge and access
• Resource directories

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International Service Fund 2002-2004

• Increase public awareness 
• 2000-2002
• Study completed by Delhi University
• Traveling seminars and workshops exploring
  masculinity
• 2002-2004
• Texts and films

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International Service Fund 2002-2004

• Increase womens and mens understanding of
  womens legal rights
• 10 legal literacy workshops, 331 participants
  from 54 organizations
• 3 posters in Hindi and English
• Legal literacy workshops in 2002-2004, and
  initiation of a community based effort

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2002 - 2004

• India
• Bosnia Herzegovina
• Afghanistan

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TRAFFICKING
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
PREVENTING TRAFFICKING
STAR NETWORK Anti-Trafficking Community
Mobilization Project
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International Service Fund 2002-2004
Afghan Institute of Learning UNICEF Reducing
Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus in Afghanistan
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International Service Fund 2002-2004
Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL)

• Founded in Pakistan in 1995 to assist Afghan
  women and children
• Serves 200,000 women and children annually
• Run entirely by women, employs 360 Afghans, 90
  of whom are women
• Relationships with Afghan government, UN
  agencies and NGOs

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International Service Fund 2002-2004
Goal Provide quality education at all levels of
learning, health education and basic health
services to women and children, training on human
rights and leadership, and skills and
professional training.
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International Service Fund 2002-2004

• 10-day human rights and 15-day leadership
  workshops for 120 women
• Hold teacher training seminars, workshops and
  in-service training for 90 female teachers.

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International Service Fund 2002-2004

• Support eight pre-school classes, approximately
  80 children.
• Provide basic health services and health
  education to women and children through clinics
  in the Womens Learning Center, reaching at least
  500 women and children per month.

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International Service Fund 2002-2004
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International Service Fund 2002-2004
UNICEF Reducing Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus in
Afghanistan
GOAL Reduce cases of MNT to less than one per
1,000 live births by 2005
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2004 - 2006

• Bosnia Herzegovina
• Afghanistan
• Niger

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HIV / AIDS
40 million
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CARE International
Mata Masu Dubara (Women on the Move) MicroCredit
and Health Education for HIV/AIDS-Affected
Women in Niger
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What is MicroCredit ?
The extension of very small loans to those
outside the normal banking system.
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A US10 loan is given to a poor woman to
purchase a goat and feed it. She cares for the
goat, fattens it, sells it for a profit, and puts
some of the money into savings and uses the
remainder to buy shoes so her daughter can attend
school.
Example
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CARE International
Mata Masu Dubara (Women on the Move)
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Discussion Points

• Do most Zontians know about our international
  projects?
• If not, why?
• How can we get our stories out to our members?

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Discussion Points

• Do these stories motivate you?
• How can we use these stories to motivate our
  members?

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Discussion Points

• Where do you meet prospective members?
• How can you share these stories with prospective
  members?