Rotary Foundation of Rotary International

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Wayne T.

My Role: Volunteer & Coordinated and led delegation groups to project sites as part of our sustainable project management process. Login to send private message

May 19, 2011

I've been a member of Rotary since 2003, and immediatley began serving as a local and international volunteer. For the past few years I've been focused on clean water projects in Central America. Last year we dedicated the first, entirely solar powered, community wide potable water system in a rural village in El Salvador. This would not have been possible without the support of local clubs in multiple districts in Michigan, Ohion, Indiana and Ontario, nor especially without the help of The Rotary Foundation. We are continuing to build ecologically friendly, solar powered and UV filtered community potable water systems and look forward to the continued support of The Rotary Foundation. Thanks!

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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...

I've been involved in working with Rotary Clubs and other organizations in developing, leading and implementing these water projects, including coordinating with local host clubs and writing the grant requests supported by The Rotary Foundation. If you want to see results, check this website: http://cocoda.weebly.com/projects.html

Ways to make it better...

If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...

TRF and Rotary is implementing a beta test of Future Vision, which provides for more District-level control of the granting management process, which I believe will assist Rotarians in implementation of a more nimble project managment structure, creating a faster turnaround on project wrapup and allowing clubs to move to other project implementations more quickly.

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Would you volunteer for this group again?

Definitely

For the time you spent, how much of an impact did you feel your work or activity had?

Life-changing

Did the organization use your time wisely?

Very Well

Would you recommend this group to a friend?

Definitely

What one change could this group make that would improve your volunteer experience?

Increase publicity of the projects for which grants have been provided. Help coordiate delegations to key project sites so that donors from outside of Rotary International could see the work of Rotarians first hand. Highlight successful project management methodologies that support the development and implementation of sustainable projects.

Did your volunteer experience have an effect on you? (teaching you a new skill, or introducing new friends, etc.)

I'm a Certified Public Accountant by training and I've learned so much about building and implementing clean water projects through workshops, seminars and speaking engagements that I've been asked to participate in. Many people think that I must have an engineering background to be involved in these projects. All you need is the desire to be involved and make a difference.

How did this volunteer experience make you feel?

Volunteering on these delegations and sharing my experiences with the delegates, and learning from members of these affected communities has a huge impact on my desire to continue to be involved in expanding the project methodologies thorughout projects in Central America and the world.

When was your last experience with this nonprofit?

2011

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haerse1

My Role: Donor & Volunteered with the organization immunizing children against Polio. Login to send private message

June 6, 2010

Inthe past 2 1/2 years I have gone with organization to immunize children in both Bangladesh and Nigeria. While I was there in both countries I saw how the Rotary Foundation provided the funding to buy the vaccine and volunteers to immunize 24 million Children in Bangladesh. In Nigeria the Rotarians actually worked with village elders, and mullahs to convince them to allow Rotarians and Health Care works access to schools so that children 5 years and younger could be immunized. Since 2009 Rotary in partnership with WHO, Unicef and the Center for disease control have reduced the # of cases to 3 in the country for the first half of 2010. Additionally I witnessed that the Rotary Foundation was providing funding for Water and Sanitation projects to drill wells for safe drinking water, Pond Sand filters in Bangladesh, Eye Clinics, Health Clinics, Polio Rehabilitation surgery ands therapy, Mosquito netting, Perinatal care. If there was acause they were addressing it on there own and in partnership with other Non Goverment Organizations. All Rotarians are VOLUNTEERS and pay there own way for travel/transfers/accomodations while on volunteer trips and in there daily lives. This assist the Rotary Foundation to have a very low administrative cost factor. Within the past year the Gates Foundation has made two matching Grant Challenges to the Rotary Foundation for a total of 355 Milion dollar (US). This is to be matched by the $200 milion from the Rotary Foundation which will be collected within three years. The foundation has already raised 120 million. I have since made a major donation to this foundation and I highly recommend to those who are looking to put the donation to work and to make a difference around the world and in the USA.