Rotary hopes to enhance long-term relationships with Rotary Peace Fellows by encouraging partnerships on peacebuilding and conflict prevention projects, including those funded by Rotary global grants. Peace fellows can gain a better sense of how to partner with Rotary clubs and districts by understanding how grant projects are initiated and funded. The purpose is for peace fellows to learn about this topic from Rotary staff and other peace fellows.
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Welcome to the webinar
Bill Rintz
Alumni Relations Specialist
Rotary International
Vanessa Vegas
Regional Grants Officer
Rotary International
Rebecca Crall
Area of Focus Manager
Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention
Rotary International
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You will learn:
• What projects are funded by Rotary grants
• Where funding comes from
• How grant projects are initiated, and by whom
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2018 PEACE FELLOW SURVEY
53 - How would you like to be involved with Rotary once you
have completed the program?
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GLOBAL GRANTS
• Large, long-term projects
• Sustainable, measurable
outcomes
• Alignment with areas of focus
• International partnership
• $30,000 - $400,000 budget
• Rotary Foundation match
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AREAS OF FOCUS
• Peacebuilding and conflict prevention
• Disease prevention and treatment
• Water, sanitation, and hygiene
• Maternal and child health
• Basic education and literacy
• Community economic development
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ELIGIBLE PROJECTS - PCP
1. Workshops, trainings, and other programs that support
peace leadership and education, Positive Peace, etc.
2. Education for youth on constructive ways to prevent,
manage, and transform conflict
3. Training programs or campaigns to address conflict, or the
risk of conflict, related to the use and management of
natural resources
4. Legal, psychological, social, and rehabilitative services
that help integrate vulnerable populations into society
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INELIGIBLE PROJECTS - PCP
• Peace conferences primarily for Rotarians
• Programs with a sole focus on music, sports, or
extracurricular activities.
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FUNDING
• Rotary Global Grants match funds raised from Rotary clubs
and districts.
• Every global grant includes a match of at least $15,000
from The Rotary Foundation, and project budgets are at
least $30,000.
TAKEAWAY: Global grant applications have to be submitted
by Rotary clubs or districts. Peace fellows or their
organizations cannot directly apply for global grant.
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FUNDING
Local funding can come from:
– Rotary district funds, matched 100% by TRF
– Rotary member cash contributions, matched 50% by TRF
– Non-Rotarian donations, eligible for a 50% match from TRF
– Possible directed gifts with no TRF match
TAKEAWAY: Local funding must be raised before a grant
is eligible to receive a match from TRF and all partners
should work together towards their fundraising goals.
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EXAMPLE: YOUTH PEACEBUILDING TRAINING - ISRAEL
District contributions: $47,235
Cash contributions: $5,000
TRF match: $49,735
Total budget: $101,970
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Empowering Women & Families in Mining Communities of Bolivia
Ximena Murillo, Chulalongkorn, 2018
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Peace fellow grant projects
• Conflict Early Warning and Early Response (Uganda) -
Godfrey Mukalazi, Robert Opira
• Pushing for Peace; Sanitation and Dignity for Pune's
Waste Pickers (India) - Taylor Cass Talbot
• Strengthening the Pillars of Positive Peace in Mexico –
Summer Lewis; Jorge Meruvia
• Colombia Symposium: Dialogue, Decisions, and
Cooperation - Lucas Peña
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RediKids – refugee and at-risk youth in Berlin and Bavaria
Panelist: Anne Kjaer Riechert
ICU, 2010-12
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NewGen Peacebuilders in Argentina
Panelist: Patricia Shafer
Rotary Club of Charlotte
Chulalongkorn University, 2012
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RESOURCES FOR FINDING PARTNERS – DISTRICT LEADERS
• District International
Service Chair
• District Alumni Chair
• District Rotary
Foundation Chair
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OTHER RESOURCES FOR FINDING PARTNERS
• Rotary Ideas
• Rotary discussion
groups
• Rotarian Action Groups
• Project Fairs
– Russia, Sep 2019
– Brazil, Sep 2019
– Liberia, Oct 2019
– Philippines, Nov 2019
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KEY TAKEAWAYS
• Grants go to Rotary districts and clubs only
• Lay the groundwork through relationship building
• Don’t be afraid to ask, but know who and how to ask
• After one project, it is easier to instigate others
• A grant project may be more work than you expect and
can take a long time to be approved