SUSTAINABLE PROJECTS

Dana MoldovanICC National Coordinator USA

RC Thousand Oaks SunriseDistrict 5240

Email: Danamol@gmail.com

Why all the changes ?

MGs program was established in 1965. TRF awarded the 10,000th grant in 2000 (35 years later). In December 2008, TRF had awarded the 30,000th grant (8 years later).

In 2007, the Foundation was spending 20% of its annual program budget on large grants with high impact and 80% on short-term activities with minimal impact.

The new grant model will flip these percentages so that 80% will support high-impact, sustainable projects.

Why all the changes ?

"Being everything to everyone has left the Foundation struggling to realize its mission. The new structure allows us to build on our strengths and realize more sustainable outcomes."

(Robert S. Scott, 2007-08 Rotary Foundation Trustee Chair)

Because...

The Planet Is In Peril!

If the World were 100 PEOPLE 1 would be dying of starvation 13 would have no clean, safe water to

drink 15 would be undernourished 17 would not know how to read and

write 23 would not have a place to shelter

themfrom the wind and the rain

43 would be living with less $2 / day

Clean Water/Sanitation/Shelter Health/Immunization Literacy Vocational Training Banking/Micro-Lending

Greatest Impact Comes From Consistent Community Involvement

Lessons learned from the field: To Change The Face Of Poverty

The Rotary Foundation Mission

Doing Good in the World

…to enable Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of

health, the support of education, and

the alleviation of poverty

Goodwill and Peace1. Peace and Conflict

Prevention/Resolution

Health2. Disease Prevention

and Treatment3. Water and Sanitation4. Maternal and Child

Health

Education

5. Basic Education and Literacy

Alleviation of Poverty

6. Economic and Community Development

Excerpts from Mission Areas of Focus

Areas of Focus

Peace and conflict

prevention/resolution

Disease prevention and treatment

Water and sanitation

Maternal and child health

Basic education and literacy

Economic and community

development

The New Grants Comparison

Supports the mission of The Rotary Foundation

No minimum budget

Short-term impact Can support scholars

pursuing any level of study, locally or internationally

Active Rotarian involvement

Adheres to the grant terms and conditions

Supports an area of focus

Minimum budget of US$30,000

Long-term, sustainable impact

Can support scholars pursuing graduate-level study internationally

Active Rotarian involvement

Adheres to the grant terms and conditions

Measurable outcomes

District Grant Global Grant

Future Vision Challenges For Us!!

Much larger projects. Sustainability requirements Higher levels of accountability. More planning and technical

sophistication. Increase time spent in host countries to

plan projects. Higher levels of Rotarian collaboration Collaboration with non Rotarian

organizations to take advantage of technical sophistication, infrastructure and other funding.

What means Sustainability in Rotary ?

providing long-term solutions to community needs that the benefiting community can maintain after grant funding ends.

Sustainability Questions

The project will continue to function without Foundation funds.

Equipment purchased with grant funds is being maintained with local materials and expertise.

If training was a component of the project, trainees are using their knowledge and skills.

This project has provided community members with the skills, knowledge, or institutions that will allow them to help themselves.

The community has initiated additional projects related to the same or similar problems.

The project has not been sustainable.

Sustainability

Projects must keep on giving, long after the funds have been disbursed and Rotarian involvement has ended

help as many people as possible respect the environment and the local culture involve grassroots organizations such as Rotary

Community Corps seek input from the community served pass on the lessons learned emphasize training and the exchange of

information so communities can maintain results and solve problems on their own.

Sustainable Projects

Involve local community leaders in planning so that they are invested in the project’s long-term success.

training and the exchange of information prepare communities to maintain results and solve problems on their own, after the Rotary club’s involvement has ended.

offer enduring value and a greater return on Rotary’s investment of money and volunteer hours

Feeding children in Romania Grant provided cows. Milk and meat from

the animals feed children in need, and other cows are sold for income

What makes it sustainable: Each family who received a cow was required to donate the first female calf to another family and slaughter the first male calf to provide protein to children in special education schools, orphanages, and pediatric hospitals. Additional offspring breed, and the cycle continues

Taking care of orphans in Kenya The project is improving the water supply,

health care services, agricultural practices, and educational opportunities, which will enable families to foster or adopt the children.

What makes it sustainable: Villagers pay a small fee for water, and the funds are collected for community development. New irrigation systems have increased crop production, and now families have enough food for themselves and to sell in the market.

Improving the lives of the Batwa in Uganda

Rotarians are showing the tribe how to identify clean water sources and build latrines. They are also teaching tribe members how to raise goats.

What makes it sustainable: The clean water sources will be maintained by members of the the Batwa tribe and Rotary Community Corps. Milk, cheese, and meat from the goats will provide food and can be sold for additional income

Sustainable Projects Characteristics

Planning Community Needs & Strengths

Implementing Materials & Technology Funding Knowledge Motivation

Reporting Monitoring & Evaluation

Global grant projects must be sustainable and display the following characteristics:

CommunityNeeds/

Strengths

Have local sponsors conduct

a thorough assessment of the community’s needs

to identify a need that sponsors

are able to support and that

meets beneficiaries’ needs and fits

their values and culture. Involve

multiple communitypartners in the

planning process.

Materials/Technology

Funding Knowledge Motivation Monitoring/Evaluation

Purchase equipment andnew technology

from local sources,when possible.Ensure spare

parts are readilyavailable.

Involve communitymembers when

selectingtechnology or

equipment, andtrain them to

operate, maintain,and repair it on

their own.

Confirm local funding source

to provide long-term operation,

maintenance, repair, and

project longevity. Compensate

project participants appropriately

for their work to ensure continuity

of services.

Provide training, education, and

communityoutreach to strengthen

beneficiaries’capacity to meet

project objectives. Confirm that

recipients have a plan to transfer

knowledge to new beneficiaries.

Collaborate withlocal agencies/ organizations to

supply expertise, as needed.

Provide incentives for beneficiaries

and project participants to

continue ongoing support. Identify personnel willing

to lead beneficiaries to sustain project

outcomes.Prepare the

community to assume ownership

of the projectonce global grant

funds are fully expended.

Develop clear andmeasurable

project objectives,and identify methods for

collecting projectdata. Establish

baseline data for evaluation capable of demonstrating significant change for at least three

years.

Global Grant Timeline

Planning

Implementation

Reporting

TRF Principles of Sustainability

1. Continued impact after Foundation funding is fully expended.

2. Multiple levels of sustainability which involve:

resource management, economic considerations, cultural norms social norms.

3. Use of local resources, regional input, and local knowledge as much as possible.

4. Respect for natural resources and avoidance of harm to the local environment.

TRF Principles of Sustainability (cont.)

5. Reach the most beneficiaries possible.6. Prepare scholars and individuals to

contribute to new and innovative methods in professional fields within a Foundation area of focus.

7. Prepare participants to increase impact and improve effectiveness in the communities and vocations in which they work.

8. Use the input and skills of grassroots individuals and groups to ensure continuation of projects and activities.

Work with partners

By leveraging the unique strengths and resources of multiple project stakeholders, partnerships can dramatically enhance the scope and effectiveness of service projects

Partnerships benefits

Connections — Forming a partnership cultivates service and fellowship opportunities for your club

Greater potential — Service projects can grow substantially with more Rotarians involved

Knowledge sharing — Partnerships enable Rotarians to learn from one another’s experience and skills.

ICCs

Rotary gives us the way through ICCs:

to build strong friendships and partnerships

to work together in strategic, long term relationships to find solutions to eliminate extreme poverty by supporting communities to become self-sufficient

The Role of ICC in Rotary

Country based activity for bilateral humanitarian and peace efforts, using programs and initiatives fitting into the RI strategic Plan.

ICC

Focus on long term relations between Rotarians, clubs of two countries

Common activities and service projects

Special focus on team building projects

ICC

“Know-how” build up through longer term commitment

Combine efforts and project know-how of Rotarians, their clubs and their districts – who all have real interest in the other country

ICC

Section with local expertise in each of the two countries - feasible and sustainable projects

Encourage more clubs and districts to join – bring new ideas – true country activity

Conclusion

In Order to fulfill the mission of Rotary Foundation: to Educate to provide better Health outcomes to alleviate Poverty to create Good Will and Peace

Conclusion

We need to change the way we develop projects They must Empower Be Sustainable

We should develop Partnerships