martes, 2 de septiembre de 2008

Trustee Chair


September 2008

Message from the chair: Future Vision Plan offers strategic roadmap

Dear family of Rotary,

The Rotary Foundation Future Vision Plan is an exciting initiative that promises to bring our Foundation new success and greater recognition. This visionary yet practical plan responds to Rotarians’ assertions that our Foundation is too bureaucratic, that we need to simplify our efforts and align our programs.

The new grant structure does just that. Two kinds of grants will be available. Rotary Foundation District Grants will give clubs and districts more flexibility in carrying out projects locally and abroad. Rotary Foundation Global Grants will offer the opportunity to implement projects with more significant and sustainable outcomes, often in collaboration with other prominent organizations, and will support larger projects in one of six areas of focus that align directly with the Foundation’s mission: peace and conflict prevention/resolution, disease prevention and treatment, water and sanitation, maternal and child health, basic education and literacy, and economic and community development.

In the past, Rotarians have asked why our Foundation is not better known in the world, why our good work has sometimes gone unrecognized. That situation changed dramatically when we began to focus on polio eradication and became part of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. By concentrating our efforts and working with the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Rotary became known as a leading nongovernmental organization in international public health. Our Future Vision Plan builds on that success by focusing Foundation resources on areas of significant Rotarian interest and past involvement.

Learn more about the Future Vision Plan, including how your district can apply to participate in the pilot that begins in July 2010.

Jonathan Majiyagbe
Foundation Trustee Chair

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