Focus on Economic and Community Development

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Focus on: Economic and Community

Development

Moderator: PRIP Luis Giay

ResourcesRotary supports investments in people to create measurable and enduring economic improvement in their lives and communities.

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Rotary’s Support of Economic and Community Development

Narrow Focus

Broad FocusGlobal and Packaged Grants

District Grants

Service Projects

Rotarian Action Group for Microfinance and Community Development

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Economic and Community Development Goals:

• Building the capacity of entrepreneurs, community leaders, local organizations, and community networks to support economic development in impoverished communities;

• Developing opportunities for productive work;

• Reducing poverty in underserved communities;

• Supporting studies for career-minded professionals related to economic and community development.

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Panelists:

Steve Rickard, Founding President, Rotary Action Group for Microfinance and Community Development, RC Calgary West, Canada District 5360 Francis Tusubira, Future Vision Trainer, DRFC Chair, RC Kampala North, Uganda District 9200 Jorge Aufranc, Past Regional Rotary Foundation Coordinator, RC Guatemala – Las Americas, Guatemala, District 4250

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Microcredit & Community

Development

Steve Rickard

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THE PROBLEM: 26,000 Children in the World Dying Daily of Hunger & Malnutrition Related Diseases.

THE SOLUTION:Microcredit – it is the Single Largest Anti-Poverty Tool Known to Mankind.

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John Hatch Founder of FINCA

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Costa Rica Jan 2008

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Imagine a Museum of Poverty where children could see the way poverty used to look.

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This is for whom it is that we do our work!

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Obrigado

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“Empowering Communities, Changing Lives”

How Rotarians

from D9200 and D5340 are working

with a community in Rural Uganda

Francis Tusubira, DRFC

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The will to improve comes from within

You cannot support a community to develop unless it has the internal motive power to change….

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Community engagement and gaining their trust, all of which lead to ownership, take time and have to be worked on.

Engage, gain trust

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They know what they want, really

The community is best placed to define their needs. Guide them in shaping the action around the needs, but never impose on them what you think they need.

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Poverty is a state of mind

• Greatest cause of poverty is not lack of “things” but mindset: Poverty is a state of mind.

• Nkondo Focus - mindset change and skills building,

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Address all facets of poverty

Poverty is multi-faceted. To address it, one must address all facets.

Multiple skill resources: VTTs (Incoming and Outgoing); Local Rotarians; Salama Shield Foundation; Department of Food Science and Technology; NKDU

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There is no two ways about it,..

The Community must contribute to own the project, going from in-kind contributions to cash.

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Ownership and Sustainability (1)

Government has posted a nurse, with periodic grants for drugs; $1 User fee at the Health Unit

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Parents contribute $2 per student per term to maintain computers

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Self-help: school kitchen; land for the bore hole; land for maize mill building; new mill building – all initiated and mainly funded by the community

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Microcredit component – self-managed; 100% recovery over two cycles; Users and savings increasing

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Local government has built a new classroom block since one of the old classroom was taken up by computers and library!

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New power line to Nkondo - $90,000. Government contributing 98% of this! Construction starting…

Asante Sana!

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Ownership and Sustainability:

It is not about what Rotarians have done, but what the community does in response

ASANTE SANA!

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Sustainability

It’s the KEY for a successful Global Grant

PDG Jorge AufrancRotary Club Guatemala Sur, GuatemalaDistrict 4250

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Guatemala, Central América

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What is Sustainability?The capacity for maintaining long term outcomes to serve the ongoing need of a community after grant funds have been expended

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Vocational Training Team

Capacity building

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To be consideredEconomicCulturalSocialEnvironmental

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The key to a successful sustainable project

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Develop sustainable solutions

• Community needs and strengths

• Materials and technology

• Funding• Knowledge• Motivation• Monitoring and

evaluation

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Partnerships are essential• Rotary Corps• NGO’s• Local authorities• Community leaders

• Government• Beneficiaries

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Creativity is essential

Foto lavamanos

Hands washing station

Artesanal

SoapProduction

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Community involvement is the solution for

sustainability

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Economic and Community Development Resources:

• Area of Focus Publication;

• Rotarian Action Group for Microfinance and Community Development;

• Economic and Community Development Policy Statement (global grants);

• District/regional leaders;

• Staff

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Thank you for your time and service to

Rotary

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