2016 ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION

Rotary Community Corps: Community Solutions for Community Challenges

ModeratorSafak Alpay – Member, RI Board of Directors (Zones 19-20); Chair, Executive Committee of the Board

PanelistsPDG Rajani Mukerji, District 3291, IndiaDoris Ensomo, Past District RCC Chair, PhilippinesRosemary Mukogo, AG District 9210, Zimbabwe

Meet the panel

• What are Rotary Community Corps (RCCs) • How to sponsor and grow a successful

RCC• How to leverage RCCs to– Strengthen Rotary’s network–Develop future leaders –Conduct effective service projects –Ensure project sustainability

You Will Learn:

• Teams of non-Rotarian men and women who work in partnership with Rotary clubs to improve their communities.

What Are Rotary Community Corps?

• They meet regularly and plan and implement local projects.

• RCC projects address a wide array of needs in their community, such as illiteracy, lack of safe water, hunger, pollution, inadequate housing

What Are Rotary Community Corps?

or vocational skill development.

• Each RCC is sponsored by a Rotary club. As with Rotaract and Interact clubs, the sponsor club acts as its partner in service.

• RCCs may exist for the duration of a single project or go on indefinitely to address various local needs.

RCCs: Flexible Partners in Service for Rotary clubs

• RCCs are active in urban and rural communities, in both developed and developing countries.

• RCC members can comprise an entire village, neighborhood, or community association that wants to work together, or a diverse group of service-minded individuals.

Who Can Join a Rotary Community Corps?

• RCCs offer disadvantaged and underrepresented groups an opportunity to empower themselves and their community.

Identification of local needsCommunity members take the lead in deciding what their community needs and what service activities to pursue.Develop Leaders Working in partnership with Rotarians help RCC members develop leadership skills.DedicationAs representatives of the community being served, RCCs are motivated to produce real, lasting results — not just a quick “feel good” exercise.SustainabilityRCCs can exist beyond the duration of a single project, ensuring that progress is maintained even if the sponsoring Rotary clubs are no longer directly involved.

Benefits of Working with RCCs

• Tell your club about the RCC program and its benefits

• Research the need for and feasibility of establishing an RCC

• Guide the process of forming an RCC once the club(s) has agreed to sponsor one

• Identify and recruit at least 10 members for your RCC who reside, are employed, or study near your club’s community

• Introduce the RCC members to your club and discuss ways of collaboration on service projects

How to a Start Rotary Community Corps

How to a Start Rotary Community Corps

• Register your RCC with Rotary International

• Find resources and application materials at:

www.rotary.org/rcc • Contact your district's RCC Chair or RI

staff for questions (rotary.service@rotary.org)

How to maintain an effective RCC?

• Provide ongoing guidance and support to the RCC in developing its service projects

• Establish an RCC Committee in your club• Have this committee work closely with the

RCC and update the club on the RCC’s activities

• Invite RCC members to your club meetings• Provide RCC members leadership and/or

fundraising training • Publicize RCC success stories (and share

them with RI)

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Rajani Mukerji, RI District-3291, IndiaDistrict Governor 2013-14

# Number of RCCs in RI District 3291: 551

# Number of Grants during 2013: 52 # Value in USD: $1,488,740.50($1.488 Million)

Organic Farming Under Global Grant and Role of RCCs

*Rotary Club of Calcutta Metropolitan has planned a rural agricultural organic farming project through their 3 village-based RCCs

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• Prime objective is to help farmers to adopt Eco Agriculture and Organic Farming • An initiative to address this

global issue

Objectives

• It all started in the year 2001

• One member of the Rotary Club knew the local community members well and played a major role in formation of the RCC in Barasat, West Bengal, India

• RCC Chaltaberia Ganaunnayan Samity

How It All Started

• Education, healthcare, water & sanitation, adult literacy, vocational training, micro-credit, village roads.......the list goes on

• The ongoing organic farming project - Global Grant # 14-18186 is a living example of how RCCs can help in implementation of Rotary programs

Benefits the RCC Received From Working With Rotarians

• Rotary Club Calcutta Metropolitan organized and constituted three RCCs at BARASAT

• Three primary schools were established at the territory of the three RRCs

• RCC played active contributory and instrumental role for smooth management of the schools

Rotary International 3H Grant Project (1343)

The School and the Children

The Teacher

Rotary Visit

• Water and Sanitation project was concluded in all the three villages

• Micro Credit and Skill Development operation was also initiated with the help of RCC members to change the livelihood and the means of living

Rotary International 3H Grant Project (1343)

Adult Literacy & Skill Development Center

Water Well

Sanitation Units

Skill Development

Organic Farming

PLOUGHING AT THE FIELD OF ABUL KHAYER

CAULIFLOWER AND CABBAGE OF IBRAHIM ALI

Organic Farming

Flowering Brinjal in the field

Kabirul Islam

Brinjal in the field of Hasibul Haque after use of Maple

products

Cucumber in the field of Icha Haq

• Involve the RCCs in all grant projects, be it a District Grant/Matching Grant/3H Grant or a Global Grant

• This ensures the project remains sustainable, measurable while providing maximum relief to the beneficiaries

• RCC is the biggest tool for identification of community needs

RCC Model Works

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Doris Ensomo, RI District-3830, PhilippinesDistrict Executive Secretary2014-15 RCC District Chair

• How to establish RCC in home communities

• Use RCC to strengthen Rotary’s future leaders, conduct effective service projects in Areas of Focus and ensure project sustainability

Session Objectives

• Meet/discuss with RCC members regularly

• Involve RCC members in Planning and all stages of the project

• Encourage active involvement by establishing personal relationship

• Make them claim ‘ownership’ of the Project

• Listen and value their opinions

How can Clubs work with an RCC?

• Conduct Community Needs and Assets Assessment

• Conduct several field visits

• Conduct various projects

• Community Leaders became the pioneer RCC members. They recruited and expanded membership

How can a Club identify a need for a RCC and identify RCC members?

• Agro Enterprises Development, (from being farmers, they are now farmer entrepreneurs)

• Purified Drinking Water Station (from being housewives and day care teachers, they are now entrepreneurs)

RCC Project Examples

RCC Project Outcomes

RC MAKATI SAN LORENZO

• Calawis RCC Farmers Association Inc – since 2009

• Binayoyo RCC Farmers Association Inc.

• Dumagat RCC Farmers Association Inc.

• Apia RCC Farmers Association

• Antipolo RCC Agroenterprise Farmers Association, registered 2015

• Boosted their morale and self esteem

• Uplifted their social and economic status

RCC Project Outcomes

RCM SAN ANTONIORCC HB1B at CAA, Las Piñas

Registered August 2014

Increased their livelihood by learning reflexology and helped implemented projects such as Feeding Program, Literacy and Gift-

giving.

RCC Project Outcomes

RCM SAN ANTONIORCC HB1B at CAA, Las Piñas

RCC Project Outcomes

• Financial support through the Rotary Grants

• Trainings by Linking RCCs to government agencies such as the Local Government, Dept. of Agriculture, Dept. of Trade & Industry, Dept. of Science and Technology

• Conduct regular service projects

• Mentoring, debriefing, regular monitoring of projects

• Leadership Development Training

What Kind of Support and Guidance Can Clubs Provide to RCCs?

What Kind of Support and Guidance Can Clubs Provide to RCCs?

• RCC helped tremendously in all stages of the Project:

– Assessment

– Identification

– Implementation

– Management and Monitoring of Global Grant

What kind of benefits did the Club obtain from sponsoring an RCC?

• Enhance leadership skills

• Self reliance

• Boosted their morale and self esteem

• Uplifted their social and economic status

What kind of benefits did the RCC obtain working with the Club?

• Shared on Rotary Showcase

• External Audience- Local awareness. 15 seconder video produced and shown in local TV network

• Internal Audience - RCC leaders speak in different fora / banners in strategic places

Promoting RCC Projects and Achievements

• Through close collaboration of the Rotary club and the RCCs and other partners

• Respect and trust without hidden or political agenda

• Sense of ownership

• Adequate funding and seizing opportunities of obtaining grants

• Frequent face-to-face meeting

Why does the RCC model work? What helps RCC thrive?

• Mistrust at the initial stage of the project

• Funding

• Time

• Far flung places

What were the challenges?

How to establish RCC in home communities

Use RCC to strengthen Rotary’s future leaders, conduct effective service projects in AOF and ensure project sustainability

Session Objectives

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Rose Mukogo, RI District-9210, ZimbabweAssistant District GovernorPresident of Rotary Club of Highlands (2012-13)

SUBTITLE

• The Rotary Community Corps (RCCs) in Harare, Zimbabwe is a group of non Rotarians made up of mostly women and few men

• The four RCCs were established by Rotary Clubs in Harare after successful implementation of the 3H, - Hunger, Health and Humanity Grant

• The 3H Grant was a Community Empowerment Project implemented by the Rotary Club of Highlands in partnership with other Harare clubs and international partners over a period of 3 Years.

Background to Formation of RCCs in Harare 3 H GRANT

FOUNDATION of the RCCs in HARARE -3 H GRANT

• The project was aimed at economically empowering participants in the high density suburbs of the Harare.

• The participants had been grossly affected by the economic meltdown and hyperinflation during the period 2006 - 2008.

FOUNDATION of the RCCs in HARARE-3 H GRANT continued..

HYPERINFLATION ERA

• The RCC members were drawn up from active and successful participants ,mostly women, who had been part of the 3H Grant program

• The RCCs were sponsored by the local Rotary Clubs who were participants and partners of the 3 H Grant under the coordination of Rotary Club of Highlands

• Each RCC is aligned to a different Club in Harare and have their own community projects

IDENTIFICATION OF THE MEMBERS FOR THE RCCs

GRADUATION FROM TRAINING UNDER THE COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT 3 H GRANT

Computer training graduates

SELF HELP GROUPS BUSINESS SKILLS SUCCESS STORIES

An RCC Member, mastered financial management principles during training in from the 3H Grant opened a money lending facility and become a mentor to the community.

EMPOWERED COMMUNITY MEMBERS DOING SMALL SCALE BUSINESSES

DISTRICT 9210 PDG STELLA WITH 3H GRANT TRAINED MEMBER IN SHOE MAKING BUSINESS

• The RCC members were drawn up from active and successful participants ,mostly women, who had been part of the 3H Grant program

• The RCCs were sponsored by the local Rotary Clubs who were participants and partners of the 3 H Grant under the coordination of Rotary Club of Highlands

• Each RCC is aligned to a different Club in Harare and have their own community projects

IDENTIFICATION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE RCCs

Rotary Club of Highlands invited the RCCs Members to commemorate World Polio Day as a way of promoting one of the six focus areas of Rotary focus in the area of Health

INCULCATING THE SPIRIT OF SERVICE OF ROTARY TO RCCs & SHARING FOCUS AREAS

RCC MEMBERS INVITED TO CELEBRATE END POLIO NOW CAMPAIGN

RCC MEMBERS INVITED TO CELEBRATE END POLIO NOW CAMPAIGN Cont…

END POLIO CAMPAIGN AWARENESS

The RCC have been carrying out various programmes supported by Rotarians. In Budiriro the RCC

partnered with the sponsoring club to distribute dictionaries to schools in Mufakose and Kambuzuma.

PROGRAMMES OF THE RCCs AND IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY

RCC DICTIONARIES HANDOVER

• Two girls- children of RCC members were offered scholarship to train at a Hotel Catering College run by a Rotarian at Rotary centre in Harare

ROTARY CLUB OF HIGHLANDS FOCUS AREA OF BASIC EDUCATION WITH AN RCC MEMBERS

ROTARY CLUB OF HIGHLANDS FOCUS AREA OF BASIC EDUCATION WITH AN RCC Cont…

Another Budiriro RCC called

Miracles Girls opened a corner

shop which created employment

for other people in the Community

RCC PROGRAMMES AND IMPACT TO THE COMMUNITY Cont…

• The major challenge faced by RCC is the economic environment which is slowing down the active participation of a number of members.

• The RCCs face resource limitations though communities now appreciate their leadership and coordination capacities

CHALLENGES

• Whilst the establishment of RCCs is a great way of sustaining some projects and the good work of Rotary it is recommended that clubs ensure that they keep their connection with the RCCs through appointing a focal person in the Clubs for contact with the RCCs.

RECOMMENDATIONS

Questions?

Rotary Community Corps Resources

REMINDER:

• Don’t forget to grab a copy of the Rotary Community Corps brochure on your way out.

• This presentation is available for downloading through the Convention Mobile App

Other resources: www.rotary.org/rcc

Contact RI Staff at Rotary.Service@rotary.org

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