Rotary International President for 2022 23, Jennifer Jones, wants Rotarians to imagine the possibilities in the change they can make to transform the Jones,world.
Imagine, a world that deserves our best, where we get up each day knowing that we can make a difference.”
Rotary International President, Shekhar Mehta, India District 6330 Governor, Erin Shankie Club President, Joyce Nolin Capman (2021 22)
a member of the Rotary Club of Windsor Roseland, Ontario, Canada, urges us all to dream big and harness our connections and the power of Rotary to turn those dreams into reality.
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TRF TRUSTEE Chair’s August Message In case you missed it… 21 TRUSTEES Getting to know them 22 Barry Rassin Bahamas 22 Jorge Aufranc Guatemala 23 Marcelo Demétrio Haick Sao Paulo, Brazil 23
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TRF* TRUSTEE CHAIR’s September Message 3 TRF MISSION 4 SUPPORTING EDUCATION WORLD LITERACY DAY SEPTEMBER 8 5
What does Polio mean to me? 17
ROTARY IN UKRAINE 24 SUSTAINING MEMBERS 25 WAYS TO GIVE TO TRF 26 ROTARY’S AREAS OF FOCUS 27 OCTOBER THEME Economic and Community Development 28 ROTARY’S CORE VALUES 29 OBJECT OF ROTARY & FOUR WAY TEST 30 EREY Every Rotarian Every Year 31 BEQUEST SOCIETY 31
For the latest polio information, click here.
How does Rotary support Education? 6 GLOBAL GRANTS Make a difference! 7 DISTRICT GRANTS & Interactive Crossword 8 FUND SHARE with Rotary 9 POLIO ERADICATION Update - WORLD POLIO DAY OCTOBER 24 13
* TRF = The Rotary Foundation
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MORE TO LEARN ABOUT TRF 18 PAUL HARRIS SOCIETY 20
THE ROTARY FOUNDATION
One of my favourite books, A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson, muses on the creation of the universe and how a tiny speck of it we call Earth went from being a fiery ball with seas of molten rock to the lush green and blue home we know today.
Let’s not squander our opportunity to improve our corner of the universe. I encourage you to think bit about literacy and education and change the world = this month and beyond.
Last year alone, The Rotary Foundation approved 104 global grants totalling $6.3 million for basic education and literacy projects, according to preliminary figures. This is on top of decades of work in our clubs and districts. As an Australian, I’m especially proud of the work of Dick Walker, a past district governor from Queensland, who used a Foundation matching grant to develop the concentrated language encounter method that has been adopted by educational leaders around the world.
Bryson’s argument is that it is a miracle that we our planet and our species have survived. “We enjoy not only the privilege of existence” Bryson writes, “but also the singular ability to appreciate it and even, in a multitude of ways, to make it better.”
For those who cannot read these words
Rotary has not forgotten them. In September, let’s celebrate Basic Education and Literacy Month by looking at the long term impact Rotary and The Rotary Foundation are making and how we are finding ways to lend a hand in the effort.
At the community level, our clubs are well known for book drives that have changed the lives of so many children. But when we gather many clubs and districts together and work on large scale Rotary Foundation projects, we have the potential to impact entire communities for generations. The opportunities for Rotary to make a difference in literacy are boundless. Once basic reading and writing is achieved, it opens a path to other types of literacy, such as numerical literacy, digital literacy, and financial literacy.
Ian H.S. Riseley Trustee Chair 2022-23
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TRUSTEE CHAIR'S MESSAGE SEPTEMBER 2022
We are fortunate to be able to read his words or any others. And we are fortunate to be part of an organization that is making our world a better place by helping those who can’t read them. There are an estimated 773 million illiterate adults and most of them women who can’t read these words or write their own name. They are at a clear disadvantage in life, with limited opportunities to work. And this situation isn’t their fault.
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SEPTEMBER IS ROTARY’S LITERACY MONTH!
We take action to empower educators to inspire learning at all ages.
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HOW ROTARY FOCUSES ON LITERACY
How they’re funded
• Vocational training teams, which are groups of professionals who travel abroad either to teach local professionals about their field or to learn more about it themselves
Global grants can fund:
to Global Grants for detailed information on planning your project, applying for a grant to fund it, carrying it out, and reporting on your progress and outcome.
Global grants have a minimum budget of $30,000 and a maximum World Fund award of $400,000. Grant sponsors can use a combination of District Designated Funds (DDF), cash, and/or directed gifts and endowment earnings to fund a global grant. The Foundation will provide an 80 percent World Fund match for all DDF contributions. There is no minimum World Fund match.
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• Humanitarian projects
Qualification
What global grants support
Both the district or club in the country where the activity is carried out and the international partner district or club must first become qualified before applying for a global grant. Learn more about the qualification process and grant management. Your club and district Rotary Foundation chairs can help you plan how to use your District Designated Funds and learn how to qualify your club.
GLOBAL GRANTS
Global grants support large international activities with sustainable, measurable outcomes in Rotary’s areas of focus. By working together to respond to real community needs, clubs and districts strengthen their global Readpartnerships.AGuide
• Scholarships for graduate level academic studies
September 2022 , 2020 Page 8 ��ISTRICT GRANTS Grantscanfundimprovementssuchaskitchenequipmentforafoodpantry,assistanceforafter-school programs,adefibrillatorforacommunitycentre,orrenovationstoanaccessibleplayground. ��ℎ����������������������������������������������������������������’����������������������,��ℎ�������������������������������������������������������������������� ℎ������������������ℎ����������������.��ℎ������������������������������������������������������“������������������ℎ������������”���������������� ������������������,����������������������������������������������. Forfurtherinformationvisithttps://my.rotary.org/.../apply grants/district grants Orcontactyourdistrict GrantsChair. TosupportfutureDistrictGrants,donatetotheAnnualFundSHAREwww.Rotary.org/donate #trfcanada#rotary Try your hand at this September Rotary Foundation Interactive Crossword. It’s online! Click here to begin.
• 47.5% is credited to the District Designated Fund.
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The Rotary Foundation transforms your gifts into projects that change lives both close to home and around the world. As the charitable arm of Rotary, we support a global network of Rotary members who invest their time, money, and expertise in Foundation priorities, such as eradicating polio and promoting peace.
THE FUND-SHARE WITH THE ROTARY FOUNDATION
World Fund. The Foundation uses the World Fund portion to pay for the worldwide grant and program opportunities available to all Rotary districts.
EREY (Every Rotarian, Every Year) asks every Rotary member to:
District Designated Fund (DDF). Your district uses the District Designated Fund (DDF) portion to fund the Foundation grants and programs of its choice.
Annual Fund SHARE is the primary source of funding for a broad range of local and international Rotary Foundation activities. Every Rotarian, Every Year (EREY) is the fundraising initiative designed to encourage support for the Foundation’s Annual Fund.
The Rotary Foundation’s funding cycle makes district contributions available for use three years after they are received.
Districts may use any amount of their DDF for global grants or donations.
Through Annual Fund SHARE, contributions are transformed into grants that change lives.
• Participate in a Foundation grant or program every year
ANNUAL FUND-SHARE
Three year cycle. The three year cycle gives districts time to plan projects and activities and allows the Foundation to invest the contributions. For instance, 47.5% of the contributions received during 2021 22 are available for spending in 2024 25.
Source: The Rotary Foundation Reference Guide in PDF format online.
• 47.5% is credited to the World Fund.
District Foundation Committee. Your district Rotary Foundation committee decides how to use the DDF in consultation with the clubs in the district. Districts may use up to 50% of their funds (which might also include spendable earnings from gifts to Endowment Fund SHARE) for a district block grant.
• 5% is credited to operating expenses.
Contributions to Annual Fund-SHARE are divided as follows:
• Contribute to the Annual Fund every year
Starting 1 July 2026, DDF that has not been used for five years will be directed to the World Fund, unless the district requests that it go to the PolioPlus Fund or to the Endowment to support the Rotary Peace Centers, an area of focus, or the World Fund (but not Endowment SHARE).
All Annual Fund contributions count toward Every Rotarian, Every Year (EREY); Rotary Foundation Sustaining Member; Paul Harris Fellow; Paul Harris Society; Major Donor; and Arch Klumph Society Theyrecognition.alsocount toward club recognition opportunities.
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DON’T FORGET WORLD POLIO DAY!
In addition to SHARE, donors may direct their Annual Fund contributions to the World Fund or to any of the Foundation’s areas of focus.
Annual Fund contributions directed to the World Fund, or an area of focus, are credited toward a club’s annual giving goal and per capita giving, but they do not generate DDF.
Contributions to Annual Fund SHARE provide DDF for the future. Therefore, clubs and districts should set and review fundraising goals in Rotary Club Central to track and increase the financial resources available to you for Rotary Foundation grants and activities.
Where to donate? Donation options include PolioPlus, peacebuilding programs, pooled endowed funds, the World Fund, the Disaster Response Fund, or another district.
DDF empowers your district to undertake the projects that are most important to Rotary members in your area.
Annual Fund SHARE contributions are the primary source of funding for Foundation grants and are strongly encouraged.
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ROTARY FOUNDATION FACTS
We know that the Foundation is helping Rotarians do good in the world, November is Rotary Foundation Month.
The Rotary Foundation is recognized as one of the most effective and well-managed charitable organizations in the world.
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• This story originally appeared in the November 2019 issue of The Rotarian magazine.
Click here to read the PDF report Polio Eradication Strategy 2022 to 2026
Chad: four cVDPV2 cases
DR Congo: two cVDPV2 cases
Yemen: 18 cVDPV2 cases
Benin: two cVDPV2 cases
Click here to learn the difference between Wild Polio Virus (WPV) and Vaccine derived Polio Virus. (VDPV)
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Ghana: two cVDPV2 positive environmental samples
Click here to view a brief history of Polio/Rotary. Summary of new WPV and cVDPV this week (AFP cases and ES positives):
For more information, click here http://polioeradication.org/polio today/polio now/this week/
Pakistan: one WPV1 case and four positive environmental samples
This year, the 16 strong team visited 76 districts across 25 of the country’s 34 provinces. The review determined the likelihood of undetected poliovirus transmission in Afghanistan to be low. Recommendations, including upscaling surveillance in the country’s south and southeast, are being implemented.
• Fifty six children (56) were paralysed by wild polio in 2020.
of nationwide polio vaccination campaigns targeting 9.9 million children has been a critical Sincestep.
2018, local-level bans on polio vaccination activities in some districts controlled by the Taliban had significantly reduced the programme’s ability to vaccinate every child across the country. With access to the entire country following the August transition, seven nationwide vaccination campaigns took place between November 2021 and June 2022, and a sub national campaign targeting 6.7 million children in 28 provinces took place in July.
first review of the polio surveillance system in six years took place with WHO hosting a team of technical experts including epidemiologists and virologists. A small team visited in 2016, but insecurity and lack of access to much of the country limited the visitors’ movements to Kabul, Herat, Kandahar, Jalalabad, Mazar e sharif and Kunduz.
This year to date, only one child has been paralysed, giving the country an extraordinary opportunity to end Thepolio.resumption
With Afghanistan and Pakistan sharing one epidemiological block, the two countries continue to coordinate cross border activities. December and May’s campaigns were synchronized with Pakistan’s national campaigns, focusing on high risk populations including nomadic groups, seasonal workers and communities straddling both Impborders.roved
Of the 3.6 million children who had been inaccessible to the programme, 2.6 million were reached during the November, December, and January campaigns. With improved reach to previously inaccessible children throughout the February to July campaigns, the number children has been reduced to 0.7 million. Further campaigns are planned for the remainder of the year.
Wild poliovirus transmission in Afghanistan is currently at its lowest level in history.
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access also had a significant impact on polio surveillance activities.
Afghanistan’s surveillance indicators remained above global standards throughout the transition. With access to all districts since August, the quality of activities has improved significantly including early case detection and Inreporting.June,the
• In 2021, the number fell to four.
With more than twenty years on the ground in Afghanistan, the polio programme continues to leverage its extensive operational capacity to deliver better health outcomes for all Afghans.
- Margaret Chan, Director General, World Health Organization
"FAILURE TO ERADICATE POLIO IS UNFORGIVABLE, FOREVER."
"When we eradicate polio - and we will - we will have proved ourselves an organization capable of great things. We'll have given the world a gift that will endure forever."
- RI Past President Gary Huang.
In the face of an unprecedented humanitarian crisis, in addition to day to day polio activities, polio staff continue to regularly monitor the functionality of health facilities across the country as well as support ongoing vaccination campaigns including measles and COVID 19.
Click here to view an important Rotary video about Polio.
While the polio programme has made important progress in the last 12 months, sustaining those gains with high quality campaigns that vaccinate all children and build enough immunity to end circulation of the virus for good is critical.
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A polio-free Afghanistan is within reach but there is still a long way to go.
The sharp rise in the number of wild polio cases in Pakistan is a cause for concern, and the detection of one case each in Malawi and Mozambique is a reminder of the continued risks of poliovirus and the urgency required to permanently interrupt transmission in both Afghanistan and Pakistan.
- Bill Gates, Co chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Although the number of children paralysed by polio has reduced significantly in Afghanistan, the threat is far from gone and the programme faces significant challenges. While access has improved across the country, accessing every child though house to house vaccination remains a challenge in some areas leaving immunity gaps and, with them, children at risk.
WHO’s polio team in the southeast were among the first responders following the devastating earthquake in Paktika and Khost provinces in June. In addition to providing critical health care, the team’s experience working among local communities provided the foundations of an assessment tool that mapped affected communities and ensured accurate data guided a focused response in the immediate aftermath.
“ROTARY CONTINUES TO BE THE HEART AND SOUL OF POLIO ERADICATION.”
On 24 February, eight polio workers were killed in targeted attacks in the country’s north, not the first time polio workers had come under attack in the course of their life saving work. Four of those killed were women. Female polio workers play a critical role in the programme, building community trust and reaching all children.
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Click the photo above to start a short video of the history of Polio in the U.S. We have come even further than this video shows in our fight to eradicate polio, but we are not finished yet!
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The video is brought to you by The Rotary E Club of District 5810. With more help, Rotary can finally end the fight, and eradicate Polio once and for all.
Click the photo below to start another short video the story of Dr. Paul Alexander who is kept alive in the iron lung that was initially the only way to keep polio patients alive. In this video, Rotarians visit Dr. Paul R. Alexander and his Iron Lung Machine, as he discusses his life and fight against Polio.
Click here to see what other clubs around the world are doing.
What does Polio mean to me? I live a comfortable life and I don’t even know what polio is! So, why should I worry about it? Why should I care?
• Growing local economies
For more than 100 years, our guiding principles have been the foundation upon which our values and tradition stand. The Four Way Test, Object of Rotary, and the Avenues of Service express our commitment to service, fellowship, diversity, integrity, and leadership.
When Rotary founder Paul Harris died in 1947, contributions began pouring in to Rotary International, and the Paul Harris Memorial Fund was created to build the Foundation.
MORE ON THE ROTARY FOUNDATION (TRF)
AREAS OF FOCUS
The collective leadership and expertise of our 1.2 million members helps us tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges, locally and globally. We are united by common values and vision for the future as we sharpen our focus with targeted specific causes that will reach communities most in need.
• Protecting the environment
In 1929, the Foundation made its first gift of $500 to the International Society for Crippled Children. The organization, created by Rotarian Edgar F. “Daddy” Allen, later grew into Easter Seals.
• Saving mothers and children
Strong financial oversight, a stellar charity rating, and a unique funding model mean that we make the very most of your contribution. Give and become a part of Rotary’s life changing work!
We direct our efforts in seven areas to enhance our local and global impact. Our most successful and sustainable projects and activities tend to fall within the following areas:
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• Fighting disease
The Rotary Foundation transforms your gifts into projects that change lives both close to home and around the world. As the charitable arm of Rotary International, we tap into a global network of Rotarians who invest their time, money, and expertise into our priorities, such as eradicating polio and promoting peace. Foundation grants empower Rotarians to approach challenges such as poverty, illiteracy, and malnutrition with sustainable solutions that leave a lasting impact.
Atthe1917convention,outgoingRIPresident ArchC.Klumph proposedto setupanendowment“forthepurpose of doing good in the world.” In 1928, it was renamed The Rotary Foundation, and it became a distinct entity within Rotary International.
HISTORY OF THE ROTARY FOUNDATION
• Supporting education
• Promoting peace
GROWTH OF THE FOUNDATION
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
• Providing clean water
Since the first donation of $26.50 in 1917, the Foundation has received contributions totalling more than $1 billion.
1965 66: Three programs were launched: Group Study Exchange, Awards for Technical Training, and Grants for Activities in Keeping with the Objective of The Rotary Foundation, which was later called Matching Grants.
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EVOLUTION OF FOUNDATION PROGRAMS
1947: The Foundation established its first program, Fellowships for Advance Study, later known as Ambassadorial Scholarships.
1978: Rotary introduced the Health, Hunger and Humanity (3 H) Grants. The first 3 H Grant funded a project to immunize 6 million Philippine children against polio.
1987 88: The first peace forums were held, leading to Rotary Peace Fellowships.
1985: The PolioPlus program was launched to eradicate polio worldwide.
2013: New district, global, and packaged grants enable Rotarians around the world to respond to the world’s greatest needs.
Supporting families and changing lives! By giving from your heart each and every year, you’ll support families and change lives. Paul Harris Society gifts have helped provide:
PAUL HARRIS SOCIETY
The Paul Harris Society recognizes Rotary members and friends of The Rotary Foundation who elect to contribute $1,000 or more each year to the Annual Fund, PolioPlus Fund, or approved global grants.
• Vocational training for teachers establishing an early childhood education center in South Africa
• Treated mosquito nets and medical services that prevent malaria in Mali
• Water filters, toilets, and hygiene training to prevent fluorosis, diarrhea, and other diseases in India
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What your giving supports
• A scholarship for a medical professional in Italy to research treatments that minimize mortality rates among premature babies
The purpose of the Paul Harris Society is to honor and thank individuals for their generous, ongoing support of The Rotary Foundation.
• Peace building seminars for 200 teachers and 1,300 students in Uganda
The most significant projects done in Rotary’s name are those accomplished through The Rotary Foundation. The list goes on and on. Think of the impact of our polio eradication efforts, our peace education programs, and our Programs of Scale grants. All these efforts to make the world a better place emanate from our Foundation.
TRUSTEE CHAIR’S MESSAGE AUGUST 2022 (CATCH-UP)
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One farmer wrote a letter of thanks on behalf of the remote communities we helped, saying they “were in disbelief that Rotary clubs from other countries would step up and help our relatively small farming region” and adding that “they were very grateful and honored to be considered worthy of such aid.”
To me, Rotary and its Foundation are inseparable you can’t have one without the other. They are two sides of the same coin. I love the friendship and fellowship and projects I experience as a member of the Rotary Club of Sandringham, Australia; but I am also thrilled to be part of a global movement that is changing the lives of countless people through The Rotary Foundation.
During my travels, Rotary often comes up in conversation. Most people associate us with local projects and fundraisers which is great but few know what a global force Rotary is. It’s easier to understand this aspect of Rotary through an example, such as how Rotary responded to the devastating bushfires in Australia in late 2019 and early 2020. The result of extreme drought, global warming, and adverse weather conditions, the fires caused catastrophic damage. The need for help was obvious and substantial.
Remember that other side of the Rotary coin and support your Foundation. By doing so, you will also be supporting your fellow members who are bringing to life the projects our world truly needs.
The Foundation also impacts our club experience, membership, partnerships, and so much more. The more visibility and impact we have through Foundation projects, the more people want to be part of what we are doing as partners or as members. Everybody wins.
Ian H.S. Riseley Trustee Chair 2022-23
Friends, this is the kind of impact your Foundation has every single day around the world and why it deserves the support of all Rotary members.
No stranger to forest fires themselves, Canadian Rotarians knew the best way to help was through The Rotary Foundation. They were soon joined by Rotary clubs and districts in other countries and Taiwan, resulting in three Foundation global grants totaling $280,000 to support the economic recovery of farmers affected by these fires.
THE ROTARY FOUNDATION
Barry Rassin is a director and former president of Doctors Hospital Health System in Nassau, Bahamas, where he retired after a 38-year career. He was the first fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives in the Bahamas and was honored with the National Award of Health Hero by the Bahamas Ministry of Health and the Pan American Health Organization.
GETTING TO KNOW THE ROTARY FOUNDATION TRUSTEES
In 2010, Rassin coordinated Rotary’s disaster relief efforts in Haiti after a devastating earthquake. That included supervising the completion of 105 relief and development projects throughout Haiti that were made possible by the $6.5 million raised by Rotary members worldwide. He is currently active on the Bahamas Rotary Disaster Relief Committee and working on relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Dorian and the COVID 19 pandemic.
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The RI president elect nominates the trustees, who are elected by the RI Board to four year terms.
A Rotarian since 1980, Rassin served as RI president in 2018 19, when he advocated for closer partnership between Rotary and Rotaract clubs and presented the measure that broadened the definition of membership in Rotary International to include Rotaract clubs at the 2019 Council on Legislation. He has served RI in many other capacities, including as RI director, Rotary Foundation trustee and vice chair, chair of both the Finance and the Shaping Rotary’s Future committees, RI training leader, and seminar trainer.
Outside of Rotary, Rassin chairs Volunteer Bahamas, a national program to create a culture of volunteerism in the country. He also helped found the Haiti National Clean Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Strategy (HANWASH), a collaborative program to bring potable water and adequate sanitation to all the citizens of Haiti. In 2018, the government of the Bahamas named him as an Officer of the Order of Distinction.
Rassin has received the Service Above Self Award. He and his spouse, Esther, are Rotary Foundation Major Donors, Benefactors, Paul Harris Fellows, and members of the Paul Harris Society.
The Board of Trustees manages the business of The Rotary Foundation, the charitable arm of our organization that funds service activities.
Barry Rassin, Chair-elect 2022-23 Trustee 2020 24 Rotary Club of East Nassau, Bahamas PR International President 2018 19
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Marcelo Demétrio Haick is president of Sologic South America, a division of a global company that provides root cause analysis methods, technology, and expertise to help companies reduce risk and solve problems. Haick performs investigations and manages the company’s training and consulting services throughout South America.
He graduated from Santos Medical College in 1982 with a focus in occupational medicine. His professional background includes environmental, health, and safety management systems; strategic planning; and ergonomics consulting.
He and his wife, Maria Silvia, are Benefactors of The Rotary Foundation and Major Donors.
A Rotarian since 1991, Haick has served in many roles, including End Polio Now coordinator, PolioPlus national advocacy adviser, and vice chair of the Cadre of Technical Advisers. He has also served as district governor, a committee member, and a training leader.
September 2022 , 2020 Page 23 Jorge RotaryTrusteeAufranc2029-23ClubofGuatemala Sur Guatemala
Aufranc has served Rotary in many roles, including as RI director; founder and president of Rotary en el Corazón de las Americas, the Rotary regional magazine for Central America; and director of the Water and Sanitation Rotarian Action Group. He and his wife, Débora, participated in a National Immunization Day in Moradabad, India, in 2009.
Today, Jorge is the primary contact for the $600,000 WASH in Schools competitive grant program in Guatemala, which is bringing water, sanitation, and hygiene to 48 schools in the country.
He is a Rotary Foundation Benefactor, Major Donor, and Bequest Society Member, and is a recipient of the Citation for Meritorious Service.
Marcelo Demétrio Haick Trustee 2021-23 Rotary Club of Santoso Praia São Paulo, Brazil
Jorge Aufranc is a chemical engineer and director of Corporación Instatec, which designs and builds networking telecom systems. He first saw the power of The Rotary Foundation in 1995, when he led a project to bring clean drinking water to an orphanage using matching grants.
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• The Rotary Club of Cherkasy purchased and delivered medical supplies and medicine to multiple local hospitals. The club has also organized daily meals for 250 evacuated families from Sumy, Herson, Kharkiv, and Chernihiv.
ROTARY IN UKRAINE
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Ukrainian Rotary clubs take action
• The Rotary Club of Kyiv Sophia are preparing and delivering hot meals to residents of Kyiv and Irpen Bucha. Members have purchased and delivered hygiene products and medicine to young mothers and the elderly.
• Members of the Rotary Club of Lviv are unloading and organizing relief aid from European countries, then facilitating delivery to several humanitarian hubs across the country.
• Some members of the Rotary Club of Kharkiv International have traveled to border countries to help refugees adapt to their new situations. Members are also working, through their project Yellow Help, to evacuate families near war zones.
Rotaract clubs in Europe and around the world have taken swift action and are working with members nearby to provide food, water, medical equipment, and shelter for refugees.
• Club members of the Rotary Club of Kyiv Synergy collected 350 boxes of medical supplies from Italy and distributed them to areas in Kyiv and Sumy.
By Rotary International
The war in Ukraine is having devastating consequences on civilians as families flee their homes. According to the United Nations, more than 5 million people, most of them women and children, have sought refuge in neighboring countries and across Europe, while about 7 million more people have been displaced within RotaryUkraine.and
Below are some of the latest projects as of 20 April
Because of our generous donors, The Rotary Foundation has received more than $15 million in contributions that will be prioritized for disaster response grants.
With contributions of US$100 from every member every year, Rotary could nearly double its efforts to help needy people the world over, supporting the continued growth of programs. Way back in April of 2001, The Council on Legislation unanimously passed a resolution approving the goal of US$100 per capita.
When you make a contribution to Rotary, you can be assured that your gift will be used to its fullest by Rotarians throughout the world. Rotarians who give US$100 or more to the Annual Programs Fund will automatically become Rotary Foundation Sustaining Members.
Each and every Sustaining Member gift to The Rotary Foundation is a gift of hope to those less fortunate.
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Members of the Rotaract Club of Klagenfurt Wörthersee, Austria, collect medical supplies, food, sleeping bags, and generators for transport to the Polish Ukrainian border to assist people displaced by conflict in Ukraine.
Every gift truly makes a difference in someone's life.
Why are Rotary Foundation Sustaining Members critical to the Foundation?
Become a Rotary Foundation Sustaining Member today
Rotarians recognize that without sustained support of the Annual Programs Fund, the programs of The Rotary Foundation cannot happen.
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…at home and abroad
The Rotary Foundation the Engine that runs Rotary!
WAYS TO GIVE TO THE ROTARY FOUNDATION
• $100 can buy textbooks for one elementary school in Zambia
This method expedites processing your tax receipt and Paul Harris Fellow recognition points. For online donations please visit https://www.rotary.org/en/donate.
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Your donation changes lives!
• $100,000 can buy funding for two to complete a two year graduate program for a Rotary World Peace Fellow
There are numerous ways to support The Rotary Foundation.
Every amount contributed to The Rotary Foundation is spent in support of humanitarian, educational, and cultural programs and their operations. Clubs and districts apply for and receive Foundation grants to carry out worthy projects worldwide.
When you donate online, you get to choose where your donations go. Support thousands of service projects our people of action are tackling around the world. Outright gifts can be made easily with The Rotary Foundation online contribution form.
Donate Online
Here are a few of the ways that your contribution can make a difference:
• Memorial or Tribute Donations: A gift to The Rotary Foundation is a meaningful way to honour a loved one.
• Recurring Donations: Rotary Direct allows you to help year round by automatically giving each month, quarter, or year
• $24,000 can buy an academic year Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarship
• $5,000 can buy vaccine to immunize 10,000 children against polio
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FOUNDATION GRANTS must fall into one of Rotary’s 7 Areas of Focus
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COMING IN OCTOBER Economic and Community Development Month
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Nearly 1.4 billion employed people live on less than $1.25 a day. Our members promote economic and community development and reduce poverty in underserved communities through training, well paying jobs, and access to financial management institutions. Projects range from providing people with equipment to vocational training. Our members work to strengthen local entrepreneurs and community leaders, particularly women, in impoverished communities.
• Join Rotary and help grow local economies around the world.
• Give now to promote economic growth in communities.
WHAT IS ROTARY?
ROTARY’S CORE VALUES
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Rotary International is an international service organization whose stated purpose is to bring business and professional leaders in order to provide humanitarian service and to advance goodwill and peace around the world. It is a non-political and non-religious organization.
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Those who have made commitments for future gifts of $10,000 or more to The Rotary Foundation are invited to join the Bequest Society.
Donors may elect to receive various benefits and recognition pieces commemorating their commitment at each new recognition level, including pins, crystals, named funds, and special seating at the Rotary International AConvention.bequestgift of at least $10,000 in your name to The Rotary Foundation creates a legacy of your generosity and compassion as you are helping many people live better lives around the world.
Today there are over 18,000 Bequest Society Members worldwide.
What is a Rotary Foundation Bequest Society Member?
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Will you join them by leaving a gift to Rotary in your estate? Contact the Rotary Foundation’s Planned Giving team
THE ROTARY FOUNDATION
ROTARY BEQUEST SOCIETY
Our Every Rotarian, Every Year (EREY) initiative encourages all Rotary club members to contribute something each year to The Rotary Foundation. We hope that you can consider at least $100 USD every year to help us reach our goal to support the Rotary Foundation financially each year.
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EREY – Every Rotarian Every Year
Sustaining member. One who contributes $100 USD every year is a Sustaining Member. With EREY, we encourage you to contribute an amount you can afford every year.
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When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever. In its place is something that you have left behind. Let it be something good.
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