International Committee
A community that supports communities.
Our vision is to make the world a better place by providing direct aid to communities in need.
The International Service Committee is responsible for implementing international service projects primarily in the developing world, usually in conjunction with other Rotary Clubs worldwide.
We define success by impact – we’ve completed a successful project if the lives of impacted people have been enhanced, and infrastructure has been created that will provide long term benefit, or lay the foundation for ongoing development.
Funding for Ukraine
In total, the Rotary International Ukraine Disaster Fund was just over 15 million U.S. dollars.
Rotary World Help
Our club has sent 436 containers to 61 countries, with Kiev receiving the first and 400th container.
Water Project
“Water is life”. Bringing clean water to a community that had to walk miles before this was implemented.
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Rotary Foundation Global Grant project providing hygiene products programs to women and girls in Dar es Salaam.
WASH Mankeo Well
Menkao, Kinshasha, Congo. Drilling of 300 metre deep well to provide clean water to support village projects and agricultural centre.
Ethiopia Library
The funding provided allowed for a library to be built at the Hibret School in Debre Zeyit, Ethiopia. This library serves the school as well as the wider community. It is a resource centre and a meeting place for clubs, entertainment, and education for thousands of people.
Youth Exchange
Rotary Youth Exchange students on long-term exchanges during the academic year spend up to a year living with a few host families and attending school in a different country. They learn a new way of living, a great deal about themselves, and maybe even a new language!
Women’s Training
Providing literacy and employment – provided financing for women to learn how to read and write; provided financing to purchase sewing machines to allow women to learn how to sew and to give them the opportunity to earn extra income to provide for their families.
FUNDING FOR UKRAINE
In total, the Rotary International Ukraine Disaster Fund was just over 15 million U.S. dollars. These funds were allocated to everything from ambulances, fire engines, medical supplies, refugee support and temporary housing.
ROTARY WORLD HELP
Rotary World Help has sent 436 containers to 61 countries, with Kiev receiving the first and 400th container. On 22nd October, members of the Ukrainian Community in the Lower Mainland assembled and loaded invaluable medical equipment into a Rotary World Help container. This is the Community’s sixth container sent during the Ukrainian conflict and the contents will be directed to frontline hospitals that have suffered damage in the current war.
WATER AND SANITATION PROJECTS
“Water is life”. Bringing clean water to a community that had to walk miles before this was implemented.
MENKAO WELL
Menkao, Kinshasha, Congo. Drilling of 300 metre deep well to provide clean water to support village projects and agricultural centre.
WOMEN’S TRAINING PROJECT
Providing literacy and employment – provided financing for women to learn how to read and write; provided financing to purchase sewing machines to allow women to learn how to sew and to give them the opportunity to earn extra income to provide for their families.
Rotary World Help
Rotary World Help Network (RWHN) is a non-profit, registered charitable organization that coordinates the shipment of used and donated educational, humanitarian and medical supplies to countries in need throughout the world. This project has sent over 40 containers full of medical equiptment to 16 countries and counting.
