1. 2016 ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
Rotary Community Corps: Community
Solutions for Community Challenges

2. Moderator
Safak Alpay – Member, RI Board of Directors (Zones
19-20); Chair, Executive Committee of the Board
Panelists
PDG Rajani Mukerji, District 3291, India
Doris Ensomo, Past District RCC Chair, Philippines
Rosemary Mukogo, AG District 9210, Zimbabwe
Meet the panel

3. • 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:

4. • 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.

5. • 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.

6. • 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.

7. • 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.

8. Identification of local needs
Community 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.
Dedication
As representatives of the community being served, RCCs are
motivated to produce real, lasting results — not just a quick “feel
good” exercise.
Sustainability
RCCs 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

9. • 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

10. 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)

11. 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, India
District Governor 2013-14

13. # Number of RCCs in RI District 3291: 551
# Number of Grants during 2013: 52
# Value in USD: $1,488,740.50($1.488 Million)

14. 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

16. • 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

17. • 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

18. • 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)

19. The School and the Children

20. The Teacher

21. Rotary Visit

22. • 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)

23. Adult Literacy & Skill Development Center

24. Water Well

25. Sanitation Units

26. Skill Development

27. Organic Farming
PLOUGHING AT THE
FIELD OF ABUL
KHAYER
CAULIFLOWER AND
CABBAGE OF
IBRAHIM ALI

28. 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

29. • 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, Philippines
District Executive Secretary
2014-15 RCC District Chair

31. • 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

32. • 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?

33. • 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?

34. • 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

35. 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

36. • Boosted their morale and self esteem
• Uplifted their social and economic status
RCC Project Outcomes

37. RCM SAN ANTONIO
RCC 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

38. RCM SAN ANTONIO
RCC HB1B at CAA, Las Piñas
RCC Project Outcomes

39. • 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?

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

41. • 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?

42. • 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?

43. • 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

44. • 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?

45. • Mistrust at the initial stage
of the project
• Funding
• Time
• Far flung places
What were the challenges?

46.  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, Zimbabwe
Assistant District Governor
President of Rotary Club of Highlands (2012-13)

49. SUBTITLE

50. • 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

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

52. • 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..

53. HYPERINFLATION ERA

55. • 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

56. GRADUATION FROM TRAINING UNDER THE COMMUNITY
EMPOWERMENT 3 H GRANT
Computer
training
graduates

57. SELF HELP GROUPS BUSINESS SKILLS SUCCESS STORIES

58. 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.

59. EMPOWERED COMMUNITY MEMBERS DOING SMALL SCALE BUSINESSES

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

61. • 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

62. 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

63. RCC MEMBERS INVITED TO CELEBRATE END POLIO NOW CAMPAIGN

64. RCC MEMBERS INVITED TO CELEBRATE END POLIO NOW CAMPAIGN Cont…
END POLIO CAMPAIGN
AWARENESS

65. 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

66. • 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

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

68. 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…

69. • 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

70. • 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

71. Questions?

72. Rotary Community Corps Resources
REMINDER:
• Don’t forget to grab a copy of the Rotary
Community Corps brochure on your way out.
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Other resources: www.rotary.org/rcc
Contact RI Staff at Rotary.Service@rotary.org

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