An overview of The Rotary Foundation and Rotary International District 5580 projects and initiatives (created in 2012 for the Fargo-Moorhead AM Rotary Club)

1. Foundation
on
Presentation
A
Annual Giving
The Rotary
2011-12
EVERY ROTARIAN, EVERY YEAR
OUR ROTARY FOUNDATION

2. The Rotary
Foundation
Enables Rotarians to:
Advance world understanding
goodwill and peace through the
improvement of health, the support
of education and the alleviation of
poverty.

3. Rotary’s
US$200
Million
Challenge

4. National Immunization Day
Agra, India
Children < 6 immunized 6x / yr
ROTARY & UNICEF with
Rotarians from District 5580,
Northern Israel & Australia

5. How your
donations
travel
around the
world

6. Investment
Earnings
Investment
Earnings
District
Designated
Fund
(DDF)
District
Designated
Fund
(DDF)
TRF
Program
Funding
TRF
Program
Funding
SHARESHARE
World FundWorld Fund
Rotarian
Contributions
Rotarian
Contributions
How Your Contributions Work to
Support the Rotary Foundation

7. TRF
Program
Funding
TRF
Program
FundingRotarian
Contributions
Rotarian
Contributions
Straight to fight polio ->
How Your Contributions Work to
Support the Rotary Foundation

8. TRF
Program
Funding
TRF
Program
FundingRotarian
Contributions
Rotarian
Contributions
Donation Held / Invested
How Your Contributions Work to
Support the Rotary Foundation

9. TRF
Program
Funding
TRF
Program
FundingRotarian
Contributions
Rotarian
Contributions
Annual Gifts to TRF
How Your Contributions Work to
Support the Rotary Foundation

10. Investment
Earnings
Investment
Earnings
TRF
Program
Funding
TRF
Program
Funding
SHARESHARE
Rotarian
Contributions
Rotarian
Contributions
How Your Contributions Work to
Support the Rotary Foundation

11. Investment
Earnings
Investment
Earnings
District
Designated
Fund
(DDF)
District
Designated
Fund
(DDF)
TRF
Program
Funding
TRF
Program
Funding
SHARESHARE
World FundWorld Fund
Rotarian
Contributions
Rotarian
Contributions
How Your Contributions Work to
Support the Rotary Foundation

12. SHARESHARE
Rotarian
Contributions
Rotarian
Contributions
Your EREY & PHF contributions are
held by TRF for 3 years
Annual Programs Fund
How Your Contributions Work to
Support the Rotary Foundation

13. District
Designated
Fund
(DDF)
District
Designated
Fund
(DDF)
TRF
Program
Funding
TRF
Program
Funding
SHARESHARE
World FundWorld Fund
Rotarian
Contributions
Rotarian
Contributions
Your EREY & PHF contributions are
held by TRF for 3 years
Annual Programs Fund
After 3 years, 50% goes to your
District Designated Fund, and
50% goes to the World Fund
50%
50%
How Your Contributions Work to
Support the Rotary Foundation

14. Future Vision Areas of Focus Selected by The Trustees for
TRF Program Funding

15. • D5580 has had just 2 Peace
Scholars ‘02/’03 & ‘04/’05
• Partnered with eight leading
universities around the world,
establishing 7 Rotary Centers
• To advance knowledge and
world understanding among
potential future leaders
Rotary Centers for
International Studies

16. Rotary Centers for
International Studies
Karla Berg from Walker, MN,
2002-03 Rotary Peace Scholar
now working in Africa

17. Steven Houghton, 2004-05
Rotary Peace Scholar for
District 5580
Rotary Centers for
International Studies

18. • Provides travel grants for teams to
exchange visits between paired
areas in different countries
• A team consists of four non-Rotarian
young professionals and one
Rotarian who leads the group
• All Rotarians are eligible to apply as
team leaders
Group Study
Exchange

19. D5580 2000 GSE Team to Sweden

20. • Established in 1947 to further
international understanding
• Among the world's largest privately
funded international scholarship
programs
• More than 39,760 scholars from over
115 countries have served as
ambassadors of goodwill
Ambassadorial
Scholarships*
*not applicable to FV Pilot Districts
Greg Tehven
District 5580 2012-2013

21. Rotary
Ambassadorial
Scholars
Clint Schmidt, PhD
Son of Herb and Bonnie
Schmidt
Fargo Moorhead AM
Rotary Club

22. • A District Simplified Grant (DSG) is a
tool Rotary districts utilize to support
short-term, humanitarian projects that
benefit the community
• Funded thru District Designated Funds
(DDF) to support projects locally or
internationally
• D5580 requests $25,000 of their
annual DDF in DSG funds
District
Grants*
Simplified
*not applicable to FV Pilot Districts

24. May 17, 2007 Dedication Ceremony

25. The Fargo Park District built this facility in 2008 naming it
the Rotary Shelter to honor the four Rotary clubs for
their contribution to the community

27. Second Harvest Food Van sponsored by:
Grand Rapids, Walker, Hibbing, International
Falls, Virginia, Central Lakes Rotary Clubs
DSG Project 09.1.03

28. International Falls Community Kitchen DSG 10.1.02 completed in 2010

29. Baudette Rotary’s Ambulance project – DSG 10.2.12

30. TRF Matching Grant of $15,500 for braces to help Congolese
children affected by polio.
Go to www.StandProud.org to see more.
Stand Proud
The Rotary Clubs
of Fargo
Moorhead

31. • Matches contributions raised
by Rotary clubs and districts
for international service
projects involving Rotary clubs
in two or more countries
• Over US$342 million spent on
30,560 grants in 199 countries
since 1965
Grants*
Matching
*not applicable to FV Pilot Districts

33. D5580 India projects since 2005:
• 25 computers to Rajus College computer lab $14,640 -
06.2.04 MG
• Desks & furnishing to Rajapalayam matriculation school
$19,512 - 07.3.03 MG
• Desks & furnishings to Meenakshipuram school $18,605
- 09.2.08 MG
• Classroom additions to Rajapalayam Matriculation
school (two additions) $26,062 - 10.1.05 WCS
• Water supply to 10 schools in 20 Km radius of
Rajapalayam $17,660 - 11.1.01 MG
• Furnish 1,000 desks to 57 schools in 40 Km radius of
Rajapalayam $41,500 - 12.2.04 MG

34. Rajapalayam,
India

35. Project to furnish
25 computers for
Rajus University
Rtn. Dan Ratnasamy powers up
computer

36. Sweet Water Wells
Guskara, India
Thunder Bay, Fort William
& Guskara Clubs

38. 3-H Grants*
• Funds long-term, self-help
grassroots development
projects too large for one
club or district to
implement on their own
• Since 1978, 340 projects
have been funded at a
cost of US$88 million
*not applicable to FV Pilot Districts

39. Choquechampi Agricultural Water Reservoir in Bolivia
sponsored by Harbortown Rotary & partners (Duluth
Club 25, Duluth Skyline, Superior and Walker Rotary).

40. Like most high
country villages,
Choquechampi,
Guatemala,
receives 3 months
of torrential rains
and 9 months of
drought annually;
thus the need for
a reservoir

41. Choquechampi Agricultural Water Reservoir in Bolivia
sponsored by Harbortown Rotary & partners (Duluth
Club 25, Duluth Skyline, Superior and Walker Rotary).
• The reservoir levee project involved construction of a
120’ high, 330 ‘ deep earthen levee which holds rain
water that flows down surrounding mountains into a
natural ravine.
• Built on public lands that belong to the community in clay
and rock bottom terrain that will prevent water from
seeping into the ground below.
• Water is released from the reservoir via a 12” pipe
controlled by a valve.
• When full, the reservoir will hold 700,000 cu meters of
water
• 4,800 inhabitants will benefit and 1,600 acres can be
irrigated.

42. This project was completed in the fall of 2010

43. • Every club will set its APF & Permanent
Fund goals
• Suggested Annual Programs Fund goals:
– 100 % Member Participation
– US$100 per capita
– 10-15 % Increase

44. The Rotary
Foundation

45. The Rotary
Foundation
Enables Rotarians to:
Advance world understanding
goodwill and peace
Through the improvement of health,
the support of education and the
alleviation of poverty.

46. •“What an impact this wonderful
organization has had on my life! I can
hold my head high and say...
•I helped to …
– eliminate Polio;
– educate thousands of students;
– build numerous houses, schools,
medical clinics;
– I am helping promote peace and
global understanding.
•I am doing all of this because I am a
Rotarian! “ - Mary Q. Garrison
Wilber Rotary Club
District 5650

47. How D5580 spends its DDF:
• Typically with 3,200 Rotarians, D5580 gives
$320,000 each year to TRF APF . . . 3 years
later $160,000 is returned in the form of DDF
• Ambassadorial Scholarships @ $27,000 ea
• Peace Scholarship funded by TRF World Fund
• GSE Team @ $13,000/team roughly
• Polio Plus commitment 20% = $32,000
• District Simplified Grants @ $25,000/yr
• Matching Grants (average $33,000/year) +
unspent funds carried over from previous
years
• TOTAL = $160,000/yr

48. District 5580 WCS Grants

49. World Community Service
Grants are exclusive to D5580
• Adopted at the General Assembly of D5580
Presidents in May 1998 (Gary Nolte’s year as DG)
• Funds raised for D5580’s WCS are strictly for
International “Bricks & Mortar” Projects.
• Began with a $10/D5580 Rotarian annual dues,
thus raising roughly $33,000/year
• In May 2009 at General Assembly (Minot), the
dues were raised to $15/Rotarian/year, thus
raising approximately $48,000/year.

50. • Every club will set its APF & Permanent
Fund goals
• Suggested Annual Programs Fund goals:
– 100 % Member Participation
– US$100 per capita
– 10-15 % Increase

51. Gracias Amigos Rotary!

53. 60% Indigenous Mayans

55. 23 Mayan
Languages

56. 70% of rural population lives
below the poverty level

60. Mission Goals
• Building schools (11 to date), school classroom
additions, and school improvements
• Corn mill grinding machines (3 to date) and
water projects (9 to date)
• Library books and instruction materials for
classrooms (3 MG Projects to date through
Wahpeton Rotary)
• Cultural Exchange
• Fellowship

61. Guatemala Facts
• Average Life Expectancy – 66.85 yrs
• Per capita income - $3,700
• Infant Mortality Rate – 44.55/1,000 births
• Literacy – 63.6% over age 15
• 95% of Wealth is owned by 16 families
• Population below poverty line – 60%
• Inflation rate – 7.6%
• Income – Adoption, Coffee & Tourism

62. District 5580 reaching out to District 4250
(Guatemala, Honduras & Belize)

63. Computer Lab building added to school in Zacualpa
(highlands of Guatemala) through donation of Rotarian
Rita Krank of Dickinson Rotary

64. School in Chixocol

65. 2 story/4-classroom addition to Chixocol (4 Km from Zacualpa)

66. Repaint and Thin No More!!

74. Mas Café…1000 lbs.

75. Pack it up and take it home. With the
proceeds, we’ll build another school.

76. Medical Clinic/Pharmacy 2003

77. Project Foreman Edwin (eth-ween’)

78. Grand Opening of the Clinic in May 2003

79. San Felipe la Tabla Clinic as it looks today

80. El Rodeo School - 2004

81. El Rodeo School - 2004

82. Dedication of the El Rodeo Escuela in August 2005

83. El Rodeo Escuela dedication ceremony (Aug ’05)

85. Lake Atitlan (from 2500 feet).
The lake is 8 miles by 15 miles and it’s depth is 1,100 feet!

87. San Juan
La Laguna

88. Paul Embleton

89. The 1st Step was tro build a boat-ambulance dock

96. The 2011 WCS Project … the El Dormido School
replacing a school destroyed in June 2010 by Pacific
based Hurricane Agatha.

97. Gracias Amigos Rotary!
Very Muy Utz!
Rotary District 5580 in
Guatemala

98. This Clinic was built in Cantar Gallo, Bolivia sponsored by Duluth
Harbortown Rotary and partners working with the NGO Mano a Mano.

104. RAJAPALAYAM SCHOOL PROJECT ~
FARGO/MOORHEAD CLUBS / RAJAPALAYAM

105. RAJAPALAYAM SCHOOL PROJECT
CAUTION : ROTARIANS AT WORK

106. RAJAPALAYAM SCHOOL PROJECT

108. INDIA PROJECTS FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION ~
MEENAKSHIPURAM SECONDARY SCHOOL
• The Meenakshipuram school
began with 54 students in 1984, as
of 2010 they had 866 students with
classrooms sized for 450
maximum, so they run a double
shift
• Cost of a new 8 classroom
structure with administration offices
and latrines is estimated at
$108,000.
• The community of
Meenakshipuram has pledged
$33,000
• The Rajapalayam Rotary has
pledged $10,000
• D5580 is hoping to raise the
remaining $65,000 by 2013/2014
when Future Vision takes place for
all districts world wide.
• A partnership with 5580 Rotary
Clubs is formally requested.

109. ROTARY
Facilitating Goodwill, Peace & Positive Change
in the World One Project at a Time
“As Rotarians we must accept responsibility to address the problems
faced by our community and other communities around the world.
Rotary does not ask us to become heroes or do the impossible.
Rotary is made up of ordinary people inclined to give selflessly.
By giving a little of our time, a little of our goodwill and a little of our
knowledge and expertise, Rotarians can make a difference. It may
not be possible for us to wipe away all the tears in the world, but we
can surely try.” Ajit Arom DG 3240 India