1. 1. Getting Started Take responsibility to make it happen in your club Start with your passion Water, literacy, health, etc.--or Region + Needs Get club President & Board Support Get a WCS line item budget commitment Recruit committee members Learn, study; develop experience & skills

2. 2. Do Some Basic Homework • Read about Humanitarian Service on www.Rotary.organdD5100WCS.orgincluding: • Guide to Matching Grants (form 141en at www.Rotary.org/RIdocuments) http://bit.ly/I7Nh7s • Study the booklets, forms, spreadsheets & checklist on our District 5100 website • D5100WCS.org • Imagine you lived in the village … how would you assess, prioritize & begin to meet needs?

6. 3. Attend Our Project Exchanges/Workshops • District Level: Every 3rd Wednesday at the District Office in Wilsonville • 4:00-5:30 PM • Ask to be on Pmail list • RonK@theHGroup.com • K.Stromvig@comcast.net (after June 30) • Attend a successful club’s International Service committee meeting • List available on our website

7. 4. Finding a Project--1 • Team up with a project underway with another club in our district • $500 to $5,000 • Come to our monthly exchanges, read pmail, notes • Call clubs … collaborate • Find available projects: D5100WCS.org, MatchingGrants.org, ProjectLink and Wasrag.org • Homework & due diligence is always required

13. 4. Finding a Project--2 • Use existing connections & relationships: • Y.E. & G.S.E. • Friendship Exchange • Personal travel, International Business • Project Fairs – in person or electronic • Partners in Service • RAGM.org … Wasrag.org … other RAGs

14. 5. What do we mean Sustainable? • Deliverable/benefit lasts indefinitely; for a lifetime • TRF Definition: Sustainability is the capacity for maintaining outcomes long‐term to serve the ongoing need of a community after grant funds have been expended. • Essential elements of sustainability: • technical solution, issues • social & cultural factors • financial & business-like elements • empowerment & community self-sufficiency • some examples … Key concept in Upcoming Vision

15. Needs  Assist  Sustainability • Slow, Reduce: • “1 of” Projects • Donor-dependency • Supply- or Grant-driven • Think, Identify & Use: • Community Solutions • Empowerment • Use alternatives with • Local materials, jobs, manufacture, skills • Vision & Path to Future • Monitor, Measure • Evaluate & Learn

16. 6. Other Elements of Successful Project • Appeals to Hearts & Head (greatly improves human condition) • Reliable long-term partner (reputation, checklist) • Community & members volunteerism, commitment • Meets Area of Focus, Terms & Conditions • Fiscally sound, with stewardship process • Optimizes use of $$ (aka “bang for buck”)

17. 6. Other Elements of Success (cont’d) • Measurable Outcome – Evaluate it • Repeatable, Growable, Generalizeable • Adopt-a-village, -area, -watershed, -country • Add-in features (WaSH > stoves; School > literacy, compost>crops, microlending>enterprise) • follow community lead on needs, priorities • Plan to visit, to share, to promote ... to celebrate ... and repeat. Be infectious!

18. 7. Resources: • RI Communities In Action booklet 605a & RI Community Assessment Tools 605c • Rotary.org – Future Vision materials, training • FV Resources page http://bit.ly/Il8sgP • Vocation Training Teams (VTT) can support International & Vocational service • TRF Performance Enhancement Program • Wasrag  other RAGs and Areas of Focus

19. 8. Have Fun! It’s not only the end product of the project, and all the good it may do … Also about the process and friendships you build along the way. Collaborate - do more than you could ever do on your own!

20. Thank You! Ron Kelemen RonK@TheHgroup.com www.D5100WCS.ORG Stew Martin StewMartin@Nehalemtel.net