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REGIONAL ROTARY FOUNDATION NEWSLETTER
YEARS OF DOING GOOD IN THE WORLD
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WORLD BUSINESS COUNCIL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Water & Sanitation MONTH
on WATER and SANITATION PDG JESS NICDAO Regional Rotary Foundation Coordinator Zone 7A (Indonesia and Philippines)
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oughly 11% of the world’s population are still without access to safe drinking water, and billions are without sanitation facilities. Rotary and many civic organizations around the world work hard to resolve these problems that affect us all. We can only be safe as long as our environment is safe. The Zone has reached a record high contribution of USD 3.2M+ as of 20 March 2017. These contributions will go a long way in helping poor communities, particularly providing the global population access to improved drinking water supply and sanitation. Thanks to the generosity of Rotarians and the work of The Rotary Foundation, we are in the position to give help where needed. And blessed are those who give for they shall receive a thousandfold. Think what kind of world we live in if we do not provide as simple as toilet to those who lack the means to help themselves. Think what kind of environment we live in if there are sick people around us because they do not have clean water to drink. Think of the help you can give to make these problems go away. We Rotarians can make this world better. We have the time, talent and resources to do good, and The Rotary Foundation is our machine to make things happen. By supporting our Foundation, we are supporting our dream of giving a better life for us and for our children. By helping others, we are helping ourselves. Water and sanitation combined is a basic right of human subsistence. Let us make it a compelling theme not only for the month of March but for all months, weeks and days throughout. God bless our Rotarians!
This was how they drank water in Patag Elementary school until Byond Philippines provided the school with a water tank for a year round supply. Madelyn, a grade 3 pupil did not have to drink water from the street pipe anymore. Byond Philippines is a disaster relief organization composed of Rotarians and concerned individuals.
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hen you give to The Rotary Foundation, you can be completely confident that your fellow Rotarians put those donations to work on life-changing projects in our six areas of focus. That confidence should inspire our continued support, especially when we consider the remarkable results. In March, as we observe Water and Sanitation Month, let's take a closer look at how Rotarian-led projects are providing millions of people with access to clean water and adequate sanitation facilities. This area of focus has long been high on many Rotarians' service agendas, and for good reason – 663 million people do not have access to clean water, and one-third of the world's population live without access to a toilet. Think about how different life would be if you had to spend hours each day fetching water or worry about the threat of dysentery, cholera, Guinea worm, and a host of other waterborne diseases.
When you give to The Rotary Foundation
Our efforts in providing clean water have far-reaching effects. An estimated 10,000 clubs participate in water- and sanitation-related projects, with strong support from our Foundation. In 2015-16 alone, The Rotary Foundation provided $19 million for global grants in this area of focus. And that's just one of the six critically important issues that our Foundation is addressing today. In 2015-16, our Foundation provided $76 million for all global grants, which also fight disease, save mothers and children, promote peace, support education, and provide economic opportunities to many people worldwide. Your gifts are what make this good work possible. Our Foundation was conceived in 1917 to "do good in the world, " and that is exactly what it has been doing for 100 years. To celebrate this milestone, I encourage all Rotarians to consider making a special centennial contribution to ensure that we continue our urgent and transformational work throughout the world.
Kalyan Banerjee Trustee Chair, 2016 - 17
Facts and trends
water
Introduction The WBCSD Water and Sustainable Development Program aims to enhance awareness in the business community of critical water issues while actively promoting mutual understanding between business and non-business stakeholders. Engaging leading companies representing a broad spectrum of activity, the current program is focused on the role of business in sustainable water management and on strengthening the foundation for effective business action. Member companies of the WBCSD believe that dialogue with other stakeholders is one of the keys to successfully navigating the future. Their Water Working Group has therefore launched a scenario planning process, with the participation of nonbusiness stakeholders, to develop alternative narratives on how water issues might evolve over the next 20 to 25 years. The project is examining the influence of water-related issues on social, economic and environmental development and exploring the roles business can play in shaping appropriate actions and outcomes. This working document provides an overview of some basic facts and societal challenges related to water. It has been developed by the WBCSD secretariat and is intended to support the ongoing dialogue within the WBCSD membership and with other stakeholders in civil society and government. The emphasis in this initial document is on water availability and people’s use of water for agricultural, industrial and domestic purposes. The scenario planning process will provide opportunities to supplement this work with consideration of other key issues. We have used existing data from many United Nation organizations, documents prepared for the 2nd and 3rd World Water Forums, the OECD, the World Resources Institute and other research organizations. We present it here in a simplified and condensed format to promote understanding of the world water situation and to stimulate forward thinking on business as part of the solution to issues in water and sanitation.
Project director Lead author Research Design Copyright ISBN
Robert Martin Al Fry Eva Haden Michael Martin Š WBCSD, August 2005. Reprint March 2006. 2-940240-70-1
Disclaimer This brochure is released in the name of the WBCSD. It has been developed by the WBCSD secretariat and is intended to support dialogue within the WBCSD membership and with other stakeholders in civil society and government on the role of business in sustainable water management. It does not necessarily represent the views of WBCSD member companies.
Other WBCSD publications on water: Industry, Fresh Water and Sustainable Development Partnerships in Practice Water for the Poor Ordering publications WBCSD, c/o Earthprint Limited Tel: (44 1438) 748111 Fax: (44 1438) 748844 wbcsd@earthprint.com Publications are available at: www.wbcsd.org www.earthprint.com
1998 2000 2002
Fresh water available
The global situation
2.5% Fresh water but frozen
• Less than 3% of the world’s water is fresh – the rest is seawater and undrinkable.
0.5% Fresh water available aquifers
• Of this 3% over 2.5% is frozen, locked up in Antarctica, the Arctic and glaciers, and not available to man. rainfall natural lakes
• Thus humanity must rely on this 0.5% for all of man’s and ecosystem’s fresh water needs.
reservoirs rivers 97% Seawater (non-drinkable)
Where is this 0.5 % of fresh water?
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• 10,000,000 km3 stored in underground aquifers. Since 1950 there has been a rapid expansion of groundwater exploitation providing: 50% of all drinking water 40% of industrial water 20% of irrigation water.3 • 119,000 km3 net of rainfall falling on land after accounting for evaporation.
47,600,000,000
• 91,000 km3 in natural lakes.
36,400,000,000
• Over 5,000 km3 in man made storage facilities – reservoirs. There has been a 7 fold increase in global storage capacity since 1950. The world is not “running out of water,” but it is not always available when and where people need it. Climate, normal seasonal variations, droughts and floods can all contribute to local extreme conditions.
4,000,000,000,000
• 2,120 km3 in rivers – constantly replaced from rainfall and melting snow and ice.
2,000,000,000
848,000,000
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How many Olympic-sized swimming pools is that?
Ref. 1: “Water for People, Water for Life” United Nations World Water Development Report, Part II: A look at the world’s freshwater resources. UNESCO, 2003, www.unesco.org Ref. 2: “The Storage and Aging of Continental Runoff in Large Reservoir Systems of the World” Vörösmarty, C. J., et al. Ambio, Vol. 26 n°4, June 1997, pp. 210-219. Ref. 3: “Groundwater – the processes and global significance of aquifer degradation” Foster and Chilton, Royal Society of London, 2003.
N.B.:
1 cubic kilometer (km3) = 1,000,000,000 cubic meters (m3) = 1,000,000,000,000 litres = 264,000,000,000 U.S gallons 1 m3 weighs 1 ton 1 Olympic-sized swimming pool = 50 m X 25 m X 2 m = 2,500 m3 (estimate) 1
How is fresh water
distributed? The ‘big’ water cycle4 water vapour in atmosphere 13,000 km3
evaporation from land 70,000 km3
precipitation over land 119,000 km3
snow and ice 29 million km3
lakes 91,000 km
run-off from land 40,000 km3
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ater is not distributed evenly over the globe. Fewer than 10 countries possess 60% of the world’s available fresh water supply: Brazil, Russia, China, Canada, Indonesia, U.S., India, Columbia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. However, local variations within countries can be highly significant.
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rivers 2,120 km3
precipitation over sea 390,000 km3
evaporation from sea 430,000 km3 oceans 1,338 million km3
ground water 10 million km3
Ref. 4: “Industry, Fresh water and sustainable development” WBCSD & UNEP, 1998.
Annual renewable water (m3/person/year)5
Ref. 5: “Will there be enough water?” Revenga, C., EarthTrends, October 2000, www.earthtrends.wri.org 2
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< 500
500 - 1,000
1,000 - 1,700
1,700 - 4,000
4,000 - 10,000
> 10,000
Who
uses fresh water? Competing water uses for main income groups of countries6 Industrial use of water increases with country income, going from 10% for low- and middle- income countries to 59% for high-income countries. World High-income Low-and middle countries income countries Domestic use 8%
Domestic use 8% Industrial use 10%
Domestic use 11%
Industrial use 22% Industrial use 59%
Agricultural use 70%
Agricultural use 30%
Agricultural use 82%
Ref. 6: “Water for People, Water for Life” United Nations World Water Development Report, UNESCO, 2003 www.unesdoc.unesco.org
Agriculture Unsustainable water withdrawals for irrigation7 n many developing nations, irrigation accounts for over 90% of water withdrawn from available sources for use. In England where rain is abundant year round, water used for agriculture accounts for less than 1% of human usage. Yet even on the same continent, water used for irrigation in Spain, Portugal and Greece exceeds 70% of total usage.
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Low overdraft Demand equal supply
Supply higher than demand
Globally, roughly 15-35% of irrigation withdrawals are estimated to be unsustainable. The map indicates where there is insufficient freshwater to fully satisfy irrigated crop demands. Ref. 7: “Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Synthesis” Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005.
Percentage of total water used for irrigation8 100
80
Percentage of total use
Irrigation has been a key component of the green revolution that has enabled many developing countries to produce enough food to feed everyone. More water will be needed to produce more food for 3 billion more people. But increasing competition for water and inefficient irrigation practices could constrain future food production.
High overdraft Moderate overdraft
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India
China
Egypt
Netherlands
France
UK
Ref. 8: “Global Water Crisis, the Major Issue of the 21st Century”, Saeijs, H.F.L. & Van Berkel, M.J., European Water Pollution Control, 1995. Vol. 5.4 pp. 26-40; cited by Corporate Water Policies, Dec. 2003. 3
Industry Water for energy Multi purpose hydro projects manage water for many interests: flood control, irrigation, recreation and drinking water, as well as energy.
Storage reservoir
fter agriculture, industry is the second largest user of water. However the amount of water used varies widely from one type of industry to another.
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Water released downstream for immediate reuse
Cooling water The largest single use of water by industry is for cooling in thermal power generation.
steam to atmosphere to fall as rain in another region within months
cooling tower
Thermal electric power plant (coal, oil, gas, nuclear fuel or biomass)
Cooling water
Pond or lagoon to cool
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water returned to river or lake for reuse within days
Industry
Process water Industry uses water to make steam for direct drive power and for use in various production processes or chemical reactions. A modern paper mill in Finland has reduced the amount of water used per unit of output by over 90% over the last 20 years: thanks to change from chemical to thermomechanical pulp, and installation of a biological wastewater treatment facility that permitted recycling of water.
A modern microchip manufacturing plant in Malta was able to reduce its water consumption by over 70% in the late 1990s.
A textile firm in India reduced its water consumption by over 80%, by replacing zinc with aluminum in its synthetic fiber production, by reducing trace metals in wastewater thereby enabling reuse and by using treated water for irrigation by local farmers.
A plant converting sugar cane into sugar in Mexico reduced its consumption of water by over 90% by improving housekeeping and segregating sewage from process wastewater.
Water for products Many businesses, notably the food, beverage and pharmaceutical sectors consume water by using it as an ingredient in finished products for human consumption. Think of dairy products, soups, beverages and medicines that are delivered in liquid form. Some water experts are using the term “virtual water” to describe the water that is embedded both in agricultural and manufactured products, as well as the water used in the growing or manufacturing process. When a country exports goods, it is exporting “virtual water”. Factory Recycled over time Water intake
Water in products wastewater treatment
Treated
To river or lake available for other uses
Polluted water
Recycled
Water as a medium for waste disposal Many businesses dispose of wastewater or cleaning water into natural fresh water systems. Rivers and lakes can “process” small quantities of waste that can be broken down by nature. However, when these limits are exceeded, water quality declines and the downstream water is no longer useable without expensive treatment.
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Water: Essential to health 3,900 children die each day due to dirty water or poor hygiene9 1.8 million people die every year from diarrhoeal diseases (including cholera) – the equivalent of 15 killer tsunamis each year or 12 Boeing 747 crashes every day.
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More than one billion people, most of them in Asia, are still without improved drinking water sources10
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Ref. 9: “Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Links to Health, Facts and Figures” WHO, updated November 2004, www.who.int
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Ref. 10: “Meeting the MDG Drinking Water and Sanitation Target, A midterm assessment of progress” UNICEF & WHO, 2004, www.unicef.org
Eastern Asia
South Asia
South-Eastern Asia
Western Asia
Oceania
Eurasia
Developed regions
Northern Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
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Latin America & Caribbean
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People without improved sanitation, 2002 (in millions)
ndividuals must have clean water for drinking or they fall ill and die. People also need fresh water for cooking, washing, and sanitation.
People without improved drinking water, 2002 (in millions)
People
Per capita use of water 200
Cubic meters per year
The adjacent chart derived from Aquastats data shows the wide variation in average per capita water withdrawals for domestic use from different nations. Humans need a minimum of two liters of drinking water per day to survive, which is less than one cubic meter per year.
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106 100
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Mali
China
India
Egypt
France
USA
Source: AQUASTAT - FAO’s information system on water and agriculture (10-2-2003)
People
Good water coverage attained in most regions11
less than 50%
50 - 75%
76 - 90%
91 - 100%
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Percentage of population using improved drinking water sources
Global coverage figures from 2002 indicate that, of every 10 people: • roughly 5 have a connection to a piped water supply at home (in their dwelling, plot or yard); • 3 make use of some other sort of improved water supply, such as a protected well or public standpipe; • 2 are unserved;12 • In addition, 4 out of every 10 people live without improved sanitation. At Johannesburg in 2002 governments approved a Plan of Action to: • Halve by 2015 the proportion of people unable to reach or afford safe drinking water. The Global Water Supply and Sanitation Assessment 2000 Report (GWSSAR) defines “Reasonable access” to water as at least 20 liters per person per day from a source within one kilometer of the user’s home.
• Halve the proportion of people without access to basic sanitation. The GWSSR defines “Basic sanitation” as private or shared but not public disposal systems that separate waste from human contact. The WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (2004) reports that the world is on track to meet the drinking water target but that sub-Sahara Africa lags behind. However, the same report indicates that progress towards the sanitation target is too slow to meet the goal. Access to water is above all a local distribution issue. The people in urban slums are often as close to water resources as are the more fortunate urban rich, but they often do not have access to the infrastructure in place. Ref. 11, 12: “Meeting the MDG Drinking Water and Sanitation Target, A mid-term assessment of progress” UNICEF & WHO, 2004, www.unicef.org 7
Water stress The concept of water stress is relatively simple: it applies to situations where there is not enough water for all uses, whether agricultural, industrial or domestic. Defining thresholds for stress in terms of available water per capita is more complex, however, entailing assumptions about water use and its efficiency. Nevertheless, it has been proposed that when annual per capita renewable freshwater availability is less than 1,700 cubic meters, countries begin to experience periodic or regular water stress. Below 1,000 cubic meters, water scarcity begins to hamper economic development and human health and well-being. In 60% of European cities with more than 100,000 people, groundwater is being used at a faster rate than it can be replenished.14 Even if some water remains available, it costs more and more to capture it. Cities that have experienced aquifer drops between 10 to 50 metres include Mexico City, Bangkok, Manila, Beijing, Madras and Shanghai.15 s farmers, industry and people take too much water there is nothing left for nature:
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Increases in water use have resulted in high environmental costs, including loss of biodiversity as well as affecting natural water systems such as rivers and aquifers. Half of the world’s wetlands have disappeared over the last century, with some rivers now no longer reaching the sea, and over 20% of the estimated 10,000 freshwater fish species are now endangered or extinct.13
In 2000, the world population was 6.2 billion. The UN estimates that by 2050 there will be an additional 3 billion people with most of the growth in developing countries that already suffer water stress.16 Thus water demand will increase unless everyone finds ways to conserve and recycle the precious resource.17 Ref. 13: “Environment Matters 2003” World Bank Group, 2003, www.worldbank.org Ref. 14: “Europe’s Environment: The Dobris Assessment” European Environment Agency, 1995. Ref. 15: “Groundwater in Urban Development” Foster, S. A. Lawrence and B. Morris, World Bank Technical Paper no.390, The World Bank, 1998. Ref. 16: “World population to reach 9.1 billion in 2050, UN projects” UN News service, 24 February 2005 Ref. 17: “Groundwater – the processes and global significance of aquifer degradation” Foster and Chilton, Royal Society of London, 2003. Ref. 18: Vital Water Graphics, UNEP, www.unep.org
Fresh water stress The following map projects how much water will be withdrawn with respect to the amount that is naturally available.18
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40-20%
20-10%
less than 10%
Water stress
Four ways people contribute to water stress 1. Excessive withdrawal from surface waters Over the past 30 years, the Aral Sea in the former Soviet Union has shrunk to less than half of its original size. The demise of the Aral Sea was caused primarily by the diversion of the inflowing Amu Dar’ya and Syr Dar’ya rivers to irrigate water-intensive cotton and rice crops. This graphic shows the disappearance of the Aral Sea from 1957 to 2001. By 1987, about 60% of the Aral Sea’s volume had been lost, its depth had declined by 14 meters, and its salt concentration had doubled.19
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1993
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Between 1989-1990 the Aral Sea separated into two parts
2001 Between November 2000 and June 2001 Vozrojdeniya Island joined the mainland (south)
2. Excessive withdrawal of water from underground aquifers Along much of the west coast of India excessive fresh water abstraction has allowed sea water to enter aquifers thereby making the water so saline that it is unfit for human use. These consequences have been compounded due to excess irrigation water containing fertilizers and pesticides leaching into these aquifers.
3. Pollution of fresh water resources Pollution can be so severe that the fresh water is no longer useable without incurring unacceptably high clean up costs. Pollution from many small paper mills using outdated technology has depleted the oxygen from the several river stretches in China, making them unfit for consumption by any form of life. China entered into a joint venture with a Finnish company to build a state of the art paper mill. China then closed the polluting firms and these rivers are making a remarkable recovery.20
4. Inefficient use of freshwater
Ref. 19: Vital Water Graphics, UNEP, www.unep.org
Poor irrigation practices, leakage in water delivery systems, inefficient use by industry and excessive consumption by individuals can all contribute to water stress.
Ref. 20: “The River Runs Black: The Environmental Challenge to China’s Future” Economy, E. C., 2004
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Signs of hope Trends in service levels for drinking water21
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In 2002, more than half the world’s population used water from a pipe connection at home
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5,000 Population using another improved drinking water source
4,000 3,000 2,000
n 2002, 83% of the world’s population – around 5.2 billion people – had improved drinking water sources.22
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Some African countries have been making rapid progress in drinking water coverage. For example, Tanzania was only 38% covered in 1990, and in 2002 was 73% covered; Namibia was 58% covered in 1990, and in 2002 was 80% covered.23
Population with piped water into dwelling plot or yard
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0 1990
There is international consensus that improved water supply and sanitation are integral components of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
2002
The water supply target of the MDGs is a challenging, but achievable goal.
Ref. 21,22,23: “Meeting the MDG Drinking Water and Sanitation Target, A mid-term assessment of progress” UNICEF & WHO, 2004, www.unicef.org
Examples of “best management practices” and use of improved technology • Drip irrigation uses plastic pipes that release water directly onto the roots of the plants without flooding the entire field, and recapture any excess water for reuse. • Ashkelon, Israel – a new desalination plant on the Mediterranean Sea, just north of Gaza is delivering fresh water at USD 0.50 per cubic meter down from USD 2.50 in the early 1990’s: This was achieved by an improved reverse osmosis system requiring less energy to drive seawater through the desalination unit. • Singapore is recycling “gray water” to drinking quality standards by using a new filtration technology. • An auto/truck manufacturer operating in an arid region of Mexico reduced its water consumption per unit of output by 90% (Stockholm Industry Water Award winner in 2001).
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Warning signs Trends that will affect fresh water use These five trends are increasing pressure to better manage water:
Population trends 1950 - 2030 8000 7000
Population (millions)
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Urban Less Developed
Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects: 2003 Revision
Population Growth Projected to reach over 8 billion in 2030 and to level off at 9 billion by 2050.
density communities are not feasible within high-density urban areas. Urbanization requires significant investment in water infrastructure in order to deliver water to individuals and to process the concentrations of wastewater â&#x20AC;&#x201C; both from individuals and from business. These polluted and contaminated waters must be treated or they pose unacceptable public health risks.
Increasing affluence The rate of poverty alleviation is increasing especially within the two population giants of China and India. However, increasing affluence inevitably means more water consumption: from needing clean fresh water 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and basic sanitation service, to demanding water for gardens and car washing, to wanting jacuzzis or private swimming pools.
Climate change
Expansion of business activity
Climate change could increase annual precipitation and make more fresh water available in some places. Rising temperatures, however, could increase the rate of evaporation from surface waters and reservoirs and lead to the loss of freshwater held in glaciers. Furthermore, increased rainfall might come in the form of storms that lead to flooding and damage thereby doing more harm than good. Climate change poses a series of risks to water availability and water management systems, although much uncertainty remains.
Business activity ranging from industrialization to services such as tourism and entertainment continues to expand rapidly. This expansion requires increased water services including both supply and sanitation, which can lead to more pressure on water resources and natural ecosystems.
Rapid urbanization The trend towards urbanization is accelerating. Small private wells and septic tanks that work well in low-
Good news & Bad news There is a lot of fresh water in the world Water is free from nature In many areas, water is easily accessible at a low cost Nature is constantly recycling & purifying water in rivers & lakes There is a huge amount of water underground 5 billion people have reasonable access to fresh water 3.8 billion people have at least basic sanitation Millions are working their way out of poverty The pace of industrialization is increasing Industry is becoming more efficient in its water use Awareness of water issues is increasing
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It is not always where man needs it Infrastructure needed to deliver water is expensive People assume it will always be available & take it for granted Man is polluting water faster than nature can recycle it Man is using this water faster than nature can replace it Over 1 billion do not 2.4 billion do not Affluent people use more water Industry will require more fresh water Many industries are still using water unsustainably/inefficiently Translating awareness into action can be slow 11
Economic considerations International attention has focused upon the needs of the developing countries. To meet the MDG targets of halving the proportion of the population lacking access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation by 2015, current annual investment on the order of USD 10 to USD 15 billion would need to be roughly doubled. This does not include investments required for the maintenance of existing infrastructure.25 Once infrastructure is in place, operating water supply and sanitation systems entails significant ongoing costs to cover personnel, energy, chemicals, maintenance and other expenses. The sources of money to meet these capital and operational costs are essentially either user fees, public funds or some combination of the two.
ater supply and sanitation require a huge amount of capital investment in infrastructure such as pipe networks, pumping stations and water treatment works. It is estimated that OECD nations need to invest at least USD 200 billion per year to replace aging water infrastructure to guarantee supply, reduce leakage rates and protect water quality24
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Someone has to pay! When revenue equals expenses, sustainable water service is possible. When expenses exceed revenues, water service deteriorates and is not sustainable.
But this is where the economics of water management start to become extremely complex as they intersect with social and broader economic policy. Such policy questions are beyond the scope of this document, which has concentrated on basic information about water availability and water use. They are, nevertheless, highly relevant to understanding how critical water issues will affect business and industry in terms of both risks and opportunities. The ongoing work of the WBCSD program on Water and Sustainable Development will provide an opportunity for further exploration in collaboration with civil society and government. Ref. 24: “The cost of meeting the Johannesburg targets for drinking water” Henri Smets, Water academy France (Académie de l’eau), March 2004 Ref. 25: “Towards water security: a framework for action” GWP, and “The financing of hydropower, irrigation, and water supply infrastructure in developing countries” Briscoe, J., cited by “Financing Water For All” Camdessus, M., 2003
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Examples of expenses
there are two primary sources of financing:
to build operate and maintain water supply and sanitation systems:
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Maintenance of pipes, pumps and equipment Materials for cleaning water Energy to deliver water
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What can industry do to alleviate water stress? Put its own house in order by
Enter into creative partnerships with
Measuring and monitoring water use Understanding the water “footprint” of the business both inside and outside the corporate “fenceline”.
Municipalities where business operates to develop cost-effective water supply and sanitation options.
Continuing to reduce water consumption per dollar of output and work towards the goal of zero discharge by: • Recycling and reusing water • Lowering toxic and other contaminants in all operations involving water • Changing production processes to be more water efficient
Encouraging suppliers and purchasers up and down the supply chain to adopt best management practices – assisting small and medium sized enterprises to improve water management.
Innovating Searching for new more efficient water treatment technologies.
Non-governmental groups to encourage water conservation and improved water management systems.
The scientific community to improve understanding of water resources and their management and to develop technologies to get the most value out of the water cycle.
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Business leadership: to be a leading business advocate on sustainable development.
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is a coalition of 180 international companies that share a commitment to the principles of sustainable development via
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The business case: to develop and promote the business case for sustainable development.
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ENDING OPEN DEFECATION AND ACHIEVING A CLEAN AND HEALTHY RURAL INDIA March 2016
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new $1.5 billion World Bank program will support the Government of India in implementing the rural component of the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), or the Clean India Mission.
Building on lessons learnt from past experience, the new Mission will use trained facilitators to motivate people to use toilets by addressing the cultural and behavioral patterns that have prevented them from doing so. Once the desire to use toilets is established, villages will be placed in charge of drawing up their own plans to end open defecation. The facilitators will help villagers choose where to build the new toilets and masons will be trained to construct the kind of toilets that are best suited to the local terrain.
The Mission is the country’s largest-ever drive to improve sanitation. It was launched by the Government of India in 2014 with the aim of ending open defecation by 2 Oct, 2019, Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary.
While budgetary resources and technical assistance are being made available from the central government, states will have the flexibility to adopt the messages and methods that resonate most with the social and cultural sensibilities of their people.
The program also seeks to ensure that communities sustain their open defecation free status, and improve the management of liquid and solid wastes. World Bank support will help accelerate results in India’s states by giving them performance-based incentives.
Implementation on the ground will be monitored. A national sample-survey of rural sanitation will be conducted every year by independent third-party agencies. Sanitation improvements will be measured in terms of the number of rural people who have stopped open defecation, whether villages have sustained their open defecation-free status, and the improvements they have made in solid and liquid waste management.
Improving sanitation in the villages has proved to be one of India's greatest development challenges. Three out of five people in rural India suffer the indignity of defecating in the open. Girls and women have to venture out before dawn or after dark, leaving them vulnerable to harassment. One in every ten deaths in India is linked to poor sanitation. And nearly 44 million children under five remain stunted, robbed of the chance to achieve their full potential. All told, the country loses the equivalent of 6 percent of GDP due to inadequate sanitation. Past efforts to address this problem have had little success. Although toilets were built, without adequate motivation to use them, village people often continued to adhere to centuries-old practices, and abandoned the new toilets or put them to alternative uses.
Based on survey findings, the World Bank will release funds every year to the Government of India. The central government will in turn pass on these funds to the states, where the grant money will flow through district and block levels to successful villages. These incentives will be in addition to the budgetary support provided by the central government to the states for funding program investments; they will therefore be additional grants based on states’ performance. By promoting and sustaining changed behaviors, the program will help accelerate progress towards an Open Defecation Free (ODF) India as well as the achievement of other goals under the Clean India Mission. The World Bank will also help strengthen the institutional capacities of the national Ministry of Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation, as well as of selected states, particularly those which face the greatest challenges in sanitation.
CHINA: KEEPING THE WATER AND ENVIRONMENT CLEAN IN THE QIANTANG RIVER BASIN February 29, 2016 mall towns in China have inadequate environmental services due to lack of infrastructure. Investments in water, wastewater and solid waste facilities benefit residents in the Qiantang River Basin. A project demonstrates how to deliver environmental services in small towns.
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Qiantang River is the largest river in China’s Zhejiang Province, providing drinking water for most of the 15 million people living in the river basin. It is called the “Mother River” of Zhejiang. In the last few decades, with rapid economic growth, huge volumes of untreated wastewater and solid waste were dumped into the river, polluting the water and environment. This in turn poses a serious threat to the living conditions and the safety of drinking water of a large number of urban and rural residents. While larger cities have made good progress in improving environmental services in recent years, small towns are lagging behind. Water supply is estimated to be safe in only 29% of Zhejiang’s small towns. Wastewater treatment coverage rate in small towns is only 26%. Sanitary solid waste disposal facilities are almost non-existent. In 2011, with World Bank support, the Zhejiang Qiantang River Basin Small Town Environment Project was launched to improve the environment in the Qiantang River Basin. The project invested in building water supply, wastewater collection and treatment, and solid waste facilities in 22 small towns and two urban districts. Providing safe drinking water Zhuji City, located in the middle of the Qiantang River Basin, is known as the world’s largest producer of socks. In 2014 alone, 25.8 billion pairs of socks and tights were produced in the city. Population growth has increased demand for water and put a strain on the existing water supply. Residents in some areas of Zhuji had no access to tap water. Where there was, it would be inadequate or intermittent due to low water pressure. Financed by the project, the Qingshan Water Treatment Plant was built and went into operation in 2014. It supplies water to more than 200,000 residents in four towns under Zhuji City. Yang Lihong is a resident of Shangyu Village of Caota Town. Tap water has made her life much easier. “We used to drink well water. It had germs. Tap water is clean. It is also more convenient to wash clothes with tap water,” said Yang. For the 1,800 residents in Lingshui Village in the same town, it also means lower health risks. “We used to drink water from the well and the river. It’s not safe. People got cancer and diarrhea. With the new water plant, we get safe drinking water, and villagers are happy,” said Qi Guochu, the village headman. Businesses also benefit from the improved water supply. Socks manufacturer Datang Dongfangyuan Co., has 500 employees. Getting water to the higher floors of this factory used to be a problem. “Now we get water even on the sixth floor, with no need for a pressure pump. The water flow is also more stable,” said Wang Xubing, the company’s administrative manager.
by Claire Chase from The Economist
Building Together:
Toilets and Nutrition
Photo credit: World Bank Studies show children grow taller and perform better on cognitive tests in communities where residents have access to improved sanitation and do not defecate in the open.
The UN estimates that 2.4 billion people still lack access to improved sanitation facilities, nearly 1 billion of which practice open defecation.
Toilets have a significant effect on children’s health and nutrition; access to toilets can help children reach their full physical and mental potential. The inverse, however, is also true and the absence of a toilet can have profound implications. Consider the life of a child who lives in a village with poor sanitation. They go outside; they play in the same field where people defecate; they put their fingers in their mouths. They might not be aware of what contaminants are on their fingers. Considering such things is not the job of a young child but it is important for his/her family, village, governments and the development community. We have a growing body of knowledge of the multi-generational and cyclical effects of what happens when a child’s environment is contaminated with feces. The UN estimates that 2.4 billion people still lack access to improved sanitation facilities, nearly 1 billion of which practice open defecation. This year the theme of World Toilet Day focuses on making explicit the link between toilets and nutrition. Malnutrition is a multifaceted problem that involves more than availability and affordability of food. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), roughly 58 percent of diarrhea is associated with poor water, sanitation and hygiene. Children who suffer from repeated bouts of diarrhea have permanent changes in the structure of their intestines which causes trouble absorbing nutrients, leading to stunting, a form of chronic malnutrition. When pathogens in the environment, especially fecal pathogens, constantly assault the gut, the infections, which may remain as sub-clinical infections and hence not evident, damage the gut lining and deprive it of its ability to absorb nutrients, leading to malnutrition. The small intestine becomes more porous, and disease-causing pathogens enter the bloodstream more easily, activating an immune response and diverting energy from human growth.
Children who suffer from repeated bouts of diarrhea have permanent changes in the structure of their intestines which causes trouble absorbing nutrients, leading to stunting, a form of chronic malnutrition
Access to food, health service and a healthy environment, and good caring practices are considered essential for good nutrition outcomes. But no one of these three essential elements (food, health or care), is sufficient in and of itself. For example, an abundance of food may do little to nourish communities that are in constant contact with fecal germs, where water and excreta-related diseases are spread as a result of inadequate sanitation, water supply and hygiene practices. Malnutrition can be widespread even in regions with plentiful supplies of affordable food because this food is not well absorbed by the body [1]. Stunting may not matter as much if the consequences were restricted to children’s height alone. But it is also associated with severe and permanent cognitive deficits, impaired vaccine responses, future predisposition to obesity and chronic diseases, and perpetuating the intergenerational transmission of poverty [2].
The World Bank Group’s health and water teams are working jointly on a US$31 million grant to support implementation of nutrition-sensitive sanitation investments in Pakistan and has enabled a successful pilot of the approach to go to scale in Sindh and Punjab provinces. The project is training grassroots health mobilizers to conduct follow-up visits with households to promote sanitation and monitor village progress towards Open Defecation Free status. The project emphasizes a critical element of sanitation projects: the individual and community [5] level behavior change that is essential for improving health and nutrition outcomes and reaping the rewards of infrastructure investment.
Perhaps even more concerning is that stunting and the poverty induced by open defecation persist across generations. Stunted women are more likely to give birth to stunted children, poor maternal nutrition and exposure to infectious diseases have impacts even before a child is born, setting children on a trajectory of slower growth over the lifetime [3] and conditioning a child for worse health outcomes and lower economic productivity later in life [4]. The development community’s narrow focus on diarrhea may have largely underestimated the health impacts that improved water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) can have on children and on future human capital in countries. The importance of these linkages has gained momentum in recent years to leverage investment projects across the health, nutrition and WASH sectors. This new approach will help ensure that in addition to the other determinants of nutrition - such as nutrient availability and care practices – the WASH constraints are being addressed. The World Bank Group is currently integrating WASH, nutrition and health in at least 13 projects across India, Pakistan, Lao PDR, Cambodia, Vietnam, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Uganda, Zambia, and Haiti for a total of around US$440 million in investments. As the evidence continues to build around this synergy, the demand for integration keeps growing along with the need to strengthen the mechanisms for tracking these investments.
I f we are to reach our goals of boosting shared prosperity and ending extreme poverty, we must work closely with our partners and clients to structure our work for better health outcomes. By working closely across what were long considered silos, we can make the link between toilets and nutrition explicit and help children grow taller with toilets.
A public toilet constructed by RC Dasol Bay, D3790, for a remote community in Zambales funded from district grant
CLEAN WATER is a RIGHT
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OWING up on the shores of Lake Victoria in the 1950s, Anna Tibaijuka would earn a couple of cents by sorting coffee beans for her father. With one of these coins she would buy a sweet from an Indian shopkeeper. With the other, she would buy potable water from a kiosk. But when she returned to her hometown in early 1960s, the kiosk was no more. Julius Nyerere, Tanzania's first president, had declared water free. When it cost a cent, not a drop was wasted, Mrs Tibaijuka recalls. But when the tap ran freely, water was squandered, andâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;inevitablyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;stopped. Mrs Tibaijuka now heads UN-Habitat, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, one of 23 UN agencies with some stake in helping the 1.1 billion people around the world who do not get enough safe water, and the 2.6 billion who live in unsanitary squalor. This week another of those agencies, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), published its annual report on human development. It denounces the world's complacent disregard for such unglamorous subjects as standpipes, latrines and the 1.8m children who die each year from diarrhoea because the authorities cannot keep their drinking water separate from their faeces. In this section
In Meatu district, Simiyu Region, Tanzania (Africa), water most often comes from open holes dug in the sand of dry riverbeds, and it is invariably contaminated.
Whether or not water is a right, it is also a commodity which, unlike liberty of expression or freedom from torture, is costly to provide. If those costs are not covered, water will not be supplied.
The study is both coldly analytical and angry. Its lead author, Kevin Watkins, recalls a visit to Kibera, a Nairobi slum where people defecate into plastic bags, which they toss onto dumps or by the road. These “flying toilets”, as they are called, often land on fractured water-pipes. When the pressure drops, the pipes suck in the matter piled on top. In such conditions, drains and sewers are not just nice to have; they are vital tools of preventative medicine, needed to combat diarrhoea (see chart). The report calls for access to water to be recognised as a human right by governments around the world, as it is by South Africa's. But for all its idealism, the study does not repeat Nyerere's mistake. It acknowledges a hard reality that some people find as unsavoury as the technical details of building latrines: whatever they put in their constitution, governments should also make better use of the most reliable guarantor of supply—price. Whether or not water is a right, it is also a commodity which, unlike liberty of expression or freedom from torture, is costly to provide. If those costs are not covered, water will not be supplied. Moreover, unlike most human rights, a litre of H2O enjoyed by one person cannot be consumed by anyone else. If some people underpay and overconsume the stuff, there will be less of it for others. As the human development report puts it: “Underpricing (or zero pricing in some cases) has sustained overuse: if markets delivered Porsche cars at give-away prices, they too would be in short supply.” But can the poor afford to pay the costs of supplying water? Not without help, the report argues. As a rule of thumb, it takes about $10 a month to supply a household in a poor country with the water it needs to subsist , according to Vivien Foster and Tito Yepes of the World Bank. They calculate that about 90% of Latin American households could afford a water bill that size, without spending more than 5% of their income. But in the continent's poorer countries, such as Honduras, Nicaragua and Bolivia, 30-50% of urban households could not stretch that far. And in India and sub-Saharan Africa, more than half of households would struggle to pay. If the poor cannot pay, someone else must. Taxpayers already bear some of the costs of water, shovelling money into loss-making public utilities. Ms Foster and Mr Yepes reckon that almost 90% of water utilities in low-income countries do not charge their retail customers enough to cover the costs of operating and maintaining their pipes, let alone investing in them.
Utilities, then, are thirsty for taxpayer handouts. But as with blocked plumbing, these subsidies flow largely in the wrong direction. It is mostly the betteroff who enjoy connections to the water grid, and so it is they who mostly benefit from its underpriced water (see chart). In Chile subsidies are better aimed. Poor households must prove their straitened means to the government, which then picks up between 25% and 85% of the monthly tab for up to 15 cubic metres (3,960 American gallons) of water. The UN report praises Chile's model—but it cautions that such an approach requires a government that can identify the poor, and a firm that can meter their consumption. The upshot is that asking utilities to cover more of their costs is not as callous as the left-wing “waterwarriors” claim. It may benefit the poor if the money the exchequer saves can then be handed to them through cash transfers, or spent on connecting them to the mains, rather than on filling the baths and basins of the rich. Nonetheless, “cost-recovery” is taboo in some circles, because of two other unmentionables that are assumed to follow from it: profit and privatisation. The report is sceptical about privatisations of the past, several of which ended badly. But now, the report suggests, arguments over the principle of privatisation are merely a distraction. The same sentiment was expressed earlier this year at a World Water Forum in Mexico, where many delegates were eager to get past the old dichotomy of “public versus private” forms of water supply. Leftwing NGOs, such as the World Development Movement, say this change of tone means the private sector is now on the defensive. The poor would be puzzled to hear that the profit motive is in retreat. As the report points out, many of them rely on water freelancers—laying pipes, drilling wells, or trucking water—who sell water to people unserved by public utilities. In Latin America this “other private sector”—as Tova Maria Solo, a World Bank analyst, calls it—shows business acumen and sets surprisingly keen prices. For all the passion of their utopian defenders, the poor know better than to count on help from their own governments or even on foreign donors for water. Unless Mr Watkins's case for rationally administered aid is heard, poor, thirsty people will continue to turn to the “other private sector”, which is often the only provider they can rely on.
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A new book in the field of public health highlights Rotary’s role in the global effort to wipe out polio, and places it in the context of humanity’s relentless struggle to contain the world’s epidemics.
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In “The Health of Nations: The Campaign to End Polio and Eradicate Epidemic Diseases” (Oneworld Publications), British journalist and Sunday Times best-selling author Karen Bartlett surveys the global landscape of epidemics past, present, and future. Beginning with the 1980 eradication of smallpox, she guides us through more timely threats such as the Ebola and Zika viruses, and looks ahead to a future without malaria, measles, or polio.
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A Rotarians guide to the plus in polioplus by Rotary International
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hen Rotary launched PolioPlus in 1985, the “plus” signaled the belief that the polio eradication effort would increase immunizations against five other diseases prevalent in children: measles, tuberculosis, diphtheria, whooping cough, and tetanus. As time went on, the list of benefits grew. polio immunization campaigns created an avenue for other lifesaving health interventions, such as the distribution of vitamin a supplements. new equipment for transporting and storing vaccines made it easier to combat infectious diseases in developing areas. The enormous network of laboratories and health clinics charged with identifying new cases of polio began to monitor the spread of other viruses as well. and the global polio eradication initiative, which rotary helped create, rose to international prominence as a model for public-private partnerships to address world health issues. The “plus” in polioplus means that Rotarians are doing more than stopping the spread of polio in the last countries in which it is endemic; they also are building a legacy of infrastructure and partnerships that will support the fight against infectious disease long after polio is gone. Ron Nethercutt D 3790 Rotary Information Chair RC Mabalacat
“Who decided to rid the world of polio? Not politicians or global health organizations, as you might expect,” she writes, in one of several chapters devoted to polio. “The starting gun was fired by Rotary International, a network of businessmen more used to enjoying convivial dinners, raising money for local good causes, and organizing floats to carry Santa Claus around suburban neighborhoods at Christmas.” Bartlett offers a comprehensive, readable account of the polio-eradication campaign’s history and Rotary’s unlikely role as its chief advocate. From epidemiologist John Sever’s early suggestion that Rotary adopt ending polio as an organizational mission to the first immunization drives in the Philippines and Central and South America, the world community doubted both the idea of a campaign targeting a single disease and Rotary’s capacity as a volunteer organization to execute it. The narrative traces Rotary’s mission to reach all the world’s children with Albert Sabin’s polio vaccine, the formation of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), and the struggle to interrupt transmission in the world’s poorest communities, particularly in densely populated countries like India, which has not reported a new case since 2011. “Polio eradication is a twentieth-century dream, conceived by idealists and driven by big international institutions and mass mobilizations of volunteers, working together to make a better world for all,” Bartlett writes. “It must succeed or fail, however, in a twenty-first century marked by factionalism, religious intolerance, and rising inequality.”
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ow can membership and volunteer-based organizations such as service clubs grow? This short book aims to answer this question by documenting the experience of the Rotary Club of Capitol Hill in Washington, DC (USA). Over a period of six months in the second half of 2016, the club succeeded in doubling its membership. The experience of the club suggests that it is a good idea for membership and volunteer-based organizations to (1) Plan strategically; (2) Reduce meetings and increase their service work; (3) Improve service opportunities; (4) Reduce membership costs; (5) Partner with local nonprofits; (6) Invest in their public image; (7) Tap their membersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; networks; (8) Apply for funding; (9) Set targets and monitor progress; and finally (10) Ensure leadership and enjoy their luck! None of this is rocket science. Whether these simple lessons can work in practice depends on the dedication of an organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leadership and members. But hopefully, these simple lessons will be of interest to members of other Rotary and service clubs, as well as other membership-based organizations that rely on volunteers to improve lives in their communities.
Books in the Rotarian Economist Short Books series provide rapid and practical introductions to topics related to volunteer work, service clubs, nonprofits, and the areas of focus of the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International. These areas of focus are promoting peace, fighting disease, providing clean water, saving mothers and children, supporting education, and growing local economies. Other topics are considered as well, including polio eradication and development work more generally. The book series is associated with the Rotarian Economist Blog . The aim of the blog and the book series is to provide analysis that can help readers make a positive difference in the life of the less fortunate. To receive email alerts of new books in the series, as well as new blog posts and resources made available on the Rotarian Economist blog, please provide your email through the widget at https://rotarian economist.com/.
The book is published as part of the Rotarian Economist Short Books series. The series provides rapid and practical introductions to topics related among others to volunteer work, service clubs, nonprofits, and the areas of focus of the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International (promoting peace, fighting disease, providing clean water, saving mothers and children, supporting education, and growing local economies). The book series is associated with the Rotarian Economist blog.
The A-TEAM PETS 2017 in Tagaytay, D3830
SOME BASIC THOUGHTS ABOUT ROTARY Excerpts of Speech by M.A.T. CAPARAS, RI Past President To the COUNCIL OF ROTARY PRESIDENTS, May 31, 1995
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am delighted to be with you this evening. I am especially delighted to learn that we also have here current and incoming club presidents. Although I had past presidents in mind when I prepared what I am to say this evening, it may be applicable, or will be, to the current and incoming
It is, after all, a truism in Rotary that one is club president for only one year, but a past president forever. officers.
I must confess I often have misgivings when talking to clubs and club officers. There is such a gap in our years of service that I wonder if the concerns which I feel I should address are still relevant to the newer Rotarians to whom I speak. Thirty years have passed since I served as district governor, and many significant changes have taken place in Rotary in that time. Some of those changes have very profoundly affected not only the organization but even the focus of Rotary. I have had the pleasure of playing some part in bringing about some of those changes, and I could perhaps be excused from wanting to talk about them whenever I had a suitable audience. I am afraid, however, that they are not intimately related to the usual preoccupations of most of our Rotary clubs. I am consequently limited many times to sPeaking about basic things. But that is not necessarily bad, for there are so many new and comparatively young Rotary clubs and Rotarians that talking about Rotary basics is hardly ever completely out of place. When I talk about the basics, however, I cannot help but wonder whether I am having any more success with the young Rotarians as I have when I talk with my grandchildren. You all know, I am sure, of the difficulty we old folks sometimes have in reaching the young. And yet I am not really surprised that they often find it hard to listen to us. We talk of goals and means that they often find difficult to grasp. I spent my childhood at a time and in circumstances that the children of today cannot even imagine. Can the things that served me during my time really be of any use to them now? What I learned from my experience brought me well enough to where I am. Will they be appropriate for the trials that my grandchildren will have to face in a lifetime that has already known breathtaking changes in the mere decade and a half that have passed since they were born? But I patiently talk to them anyway because I know I have been guided many times in my life by things I first heard from my grandmother. Perhaps some things are indeed immutable.
RIPP Mat Caparas at the booth of Rotarians On The Internet (ROTI) being greeted by past chair Ron Nethercutt
Past club presidents have a special opportunity to demonstrate friendship to current leaders. They must, first of all, be conscious of the fact that their term is over, they have had their day, and a new crew is now in command. Friendship demands that they support the current president with encouragement as needed, and with counsel if asked. And if, for some reason, they are unable to give encouragement or counsel, they should kindly get out of the way. It may be that they feel some things have to be said. They certainly should say them, but in sincere friendship and without rancor. And after relieving themselves of what they have to say, they should as I do now hold their peace and sit down.
He could do so because everyone - every one, including the past district governors recognized him as the only officer of Rotary International in the district, and we willingly accorded him the respect due him as such. We knew he had received special training for the governorship, and he had access to information in the district and from Evanston that were not available to us. We were therefore glad to take him at his word, and he proved himself worthy of that kind of respect. >>> Times have changed since then, and we now have many more past district governors. But the level of dedication to service of all these governors during their tenure remained undiminished, while the volume of their work multiplied many fold. I am sure that, as the young lawyer I was in 1964, I would not have been able to cope with the volume of work that the governor now has to do. I admire the present governors, and I thank all of them for the work they have been doing.>>> Perhaps the times I have been talking about were simpler because there were as yet comparatively fewer Rotarians. There were just a few clubs in which we could make up, so that we got to know each other quite well. We could call each other by first names, without the use of the various distinguishing letters that are now prevalent. We had no CP or PP or DS or DAD, or any of the other initials now in use. We did not recognize each other as charter president, past secretary, past director, or any other such. Not meaning to be critical, I note that there are so many such initials being employed these days even in correspondence that one has to be functionally literate to be able to make heads or tails of them. Because we did not use these distinguishing initials or titles that seemed to invest rank or caste to those who use them, it was easy for us to accept that all Rotarians are equal. That comfortable feeling of equality of everyone, I am sure, was what conduced to our great fellowship and warm friendships. >>> On the national level, our 523 Rotary clubs reported a member ship of 16,445, or an average of 31.4 per club. Our district has 79 clubs, with a total membership of 3,441. The district average is therefore less than 44 members per club. >>>Considering that, in many clubs, one third of the members do the work, another third promise to help, and the last third criticize, 36 is hardly enough manpower to do meaningful corporate Rotary service.
This and the other legitimate criticisms that we hear give us, members of the council, and all serious Rotarians, great opportunities to serve. We should all strive to help strengthen all our clubs in quality as well as in number so as to enable Rotary to participate effectively and meaningfully in the needed social formation and national economic development. It is not for me to point out to you how significant a role the council and each of you can play in that endeavor. You know best the occasion and the most effective way in which such service may be rendered. I will only advise that we always keep in mind the two ideas that are truly basic in Rotary: First, in and through Rotary, we seek to make friends; and, second, in and through Rotary we make friends through service above self. The themes of our international presidents indeed always remind us of them. >>>This year's theme, "Be A Friend," is a particularly good example. It is so apt, so perfectly right, for it completely states in three words all that we are about in Rotary. You know that our organization started as an attempt by a lonely young man to enlarge his circle of friends in a cold, unfriendly city. That attempt has proved so successful that a Rotarian can now proudly claim to have more than a million friends all over the world. It has been successful because it has for its base the desire to serve. That is the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rotary Wayâ&#x20AC;? -- to serve. Let us, then, extend Rotary in our district to wider and more elevated circles through the Rotary way of service in search of friends. M.A.T. Caparas
But let us not, in our eagerness to serve, forget to be a friend. Let us of course be friends to those we serve. It is equally important that we be friends with those with whom we work so that we may maximize our service. It is unfortunate how some clubs have been disrupted, and necessary service to the deserving prejudiced, by bickering among otherwise excellent Rotarians. Such bickering is most saddening because, in most cases, neither of the quarreling parties is motivated by a lust for credit, but only by the desire to be able to serve. We should all be able, as true friends, to settle such differences, if not by sharing, then by accommodation. MatC
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ur club, The Rotary Club of Seoul, was established in 1927 as the first club in Korea. We are unique in that our members are multinational and our official language is English. Like most other clubs, our challenges were: diminishing membership; inability to attract younger people; lack of community service; and uninteresting meetings sinking motivation and enthusiasm. In recent years, our club board decided to transform our club with several new initiatives. We decided to form a satellite club for English speaking young leaders in Seoul between age 19-35. The group got started with Ray Chetti as its first leader, and we were successful in recruiting 65 young leaders. During the first year, this “Seoul Young Leaders Satellite Club” conducted 38 fundraising and community service events, raising over $7,000. Now with new co-presidents (Sayel Cortes & Haein An), the club is focusing on helping single mothers without support. Another exciting thing we did was to create a “convertible membership program” for busy people of age 36-55 to pay only half of our annual fee and come only a couple of times per month. We also decided to lower the barriers for new members. We got rid of the clerk and lowered the annual dues and made our meetings more interesting. Now, every month, we have one formal lunch meeting, one community service event, one informal fellowship night, and one cultural or outside activity to engage new friends. By cutting down operational expenses enough to give a $100 contribution to The Rotary Foundation for every member, we became the only 100% Foundation Giving Club within our district. During the first year of our transformation, we increased our membership from 38 to 125 including 65 young leaders. We wiped out almost all district awards and restored our club image and reputation. It is important to create a challenging vision with stretching goals, but it is more important to sustain that momentum for several years. We are lucky to have club leaders like Andrew Lee, Marc DeVastale, Sugar Han, and many others who really care for Rotary and our club.
VIBRANT CLUB By S. David Chang Rotary Club of Seoul, Korea
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Rotary is all about service and friendship; and we must continue to be creative to make it enjoyable and meaningful.
Members of the Seoul Young Leaders Satellite Club in Seoul, Korea.
CLUBflexibility R Over the past 15 years, Rotary has carried out pilot programs that have explored innovations in membership, classification, and the club experience. Consistently, in research and in the experiences of members, we have found that when clubs have more freedom to determine how they hold their meetings, who they invite to membership, and what defines engagement, the club is more vibrant and more able to grow. D3790, RC San Fernando La Union Rotaractors’ umbrella donation to adopted school
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esearch and our members' experiences have shown that when clubs have more freedom to decide how and when they hold their meetings, who they'll invite to become members, and what member engagement means, their ability to attract new members and keep current members motivated increases.
The 2016 Council on Legislation voted to give Rotary clubs more flexibility than they've ever had. The changes in policy affect when, where, and how clubs meet and the types of membership they offer. 5 ways to use the new flexibility It's up to your club to decide how — and if — you want to use the new options. Start by reviewing the updated Standard Rotary Club Constitution to see which guidelines are flexible. Once you've decided what changes would benefit your club, edit your club bylaws to reflect them, and try them out. If you decide they aren't working, try something else.
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Change your meeting schedule. Your club can vary its meeting days, times, and frequency. For example, you could hold a traditional meeting on the first Tuesday of the month to discuss business and service projects and get together socially on the last Friday of the month. You just need to meet at least twice a month. Vary your meeting format. Your club can meet in person, online, or a combination, including letting some members attend in-person meetings through the Internet. Relax attendance requirements. Your club can ease attendance requirements and encourage members to participate in other ways, such as taking a leadership role, updating the club website regularly, running a meeting a few times a year, or planning an event. If your club is dynamic and offers a good experience for members, attendance won't be a problem. Offer multiple membership types. Your club could offer family memberships to those who want to bring their families, junior memberships to young professionals with leadership potential, or corporate memberships to people whose employers want to be represented in the club. Each type of membership can have its own policies on dues, attendance, and service expectations. Rotary will count these people in your club membership and will consider them active members if they pay RI dues. Invite Rotaractors to be members of your club. You can invite Rotaractors to join your club while remaining members of their Rotaract clubs. If your club chooses to, it can make special accommodations for these members, such as relaxed attendance requirements or reduced fees, as long as they are reflected in the club bylaws.
INTERNATIONAL
WOMEN’S DAY 8 MARCH
International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated on March 8 every year. It commemorates the movement for women's rights.
2017 Theme: “Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030”
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nternational Women’s Day is a time to reflect on progress made, to call for change and to celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women who have played an extraordinary role in the history of their countries and communities. The idea of this theme is to consider how to accelerate the 2030 Agenda, building momentum for the effective implementation of the new Sustainable Development Goals, especially goal number 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls; and number 4: Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning. The theme will also focus on new commitments under UN Women’s Step It Up initiative, and other existing commitments on gender equality, women’s empowerment and women’s human rights. Some key targets of the 2030 Agenda: Ÿ By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys
The earliest Women's Day observance was held on February 28, 1909 in New York and organized by the Socialist Party of America. On March 8, 1917, in the capital of the Russian Empire, Petrograd, a demonstration of women textile workers began, covering the whole city. This was the beginning of the Russian Revolution. Seven days later, the Emperor of Russia Nicholas II abdicated and the provisional Government granted women the right to vote. March 8 was declared a national holiday in Soviet Russia in 1917. The day was predominantly celebrated by the socialist movement and communist countries until it was adopted in 1975 by the United Nations. The United Nations began celebrating International Women's Day in the International Women's Year, 1975. In 1977, the United Nations General Assembly invited member states to proclaim March 8 as the UN Day for women's rights and world peace. On International Women’s Day, 8 March, it is important to reflect on the milestones women have achieved in economic opportunity, and the role Rotary clubs can play.
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complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and Goal-4 effective learning outcomes. By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and preprimary education so that they are ready for primary education. End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere. Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation. Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.
The world of work is changing, and with significant implications for women. On one hand, we have globalization, technological and digital revolution and the opportunities they bring, and on the other hand, the growing informality of labour, unstable livelihoods and incomes, new fiscal and trade policies and environmental impacts—all of which must be addressed in the context of women’s economic empowerment.
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MARCH 2017 Water and Sanitation Month Ÿ 1 March — Rotarian Spouse/Partner Service Award nominations (from district governors only) are due Ÿ 13-19 March — World Rotaract Week Ÿ 15 March — Significant Achievement Award nominations (from district governors only) are due Ÿ 31 March — Preregistration discount ends for Rotary International Convention APRIL 2017 Maternal and Child Health Month Ÿ 30 April — Rotary International Convention registrations and ticket cancellations are due
JULY 2016 1 July — Start of new Rotary officers year of service AUGUST 2016 Membership and New Club Development Month SEPTEMBER 2016 Basic Education and Literacy Month OCTOBER 2016 Economic and Community Development Month Ÿ 1 October — Deadline to submit nominations for the Rotary Service Above Self Award Ÿ 24 October — Rotary's World Polio Day Livestream Event Ÿ 31 October-6 November — World Interact Week NOVEMBER 2016 Rotary Foundation Month Ÿ 1 November — Service Award for a Polio-Free World nominations are due
DECEMBER 2016 Disease Prevention and Treatment Month Ÿ 15 December — Early registration discount ends for Rotary International Convention JANUARY 2017 Vocational Service Month Ÿ 15-21 January — International Assembly, San Diego, California, USA FEBRUARY 2017 Peace and Conflict Prevention/Resolution Month Ÿ 23 February — Rotary's anniversary
MAY 2017 Youth Service Month JUNE 2017 Rotary Fellowships Month The Rotary Foundation's 100th anniversary Ÿ 10-14 June — Rotary International Convention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Ÿ 10-14 June — The Rotary Foundation's Centennial Celebration, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Ÿ 30 June — Last day for Rotary and Rotaract clubs to report activities to earn a Presidential Citation Ÿ 30 June — Rotary Foundation Distinguished Service Award nominations are due Ÿ 30 June — Rotary Global Alumni Service to Humanity Award nominations (from zones) are due Ÿ 30 June — Rotary Alumni Association of the Year nominations (from zones) are due JULY 2017 1 July — Start of new Rotary officers year of service AUGUST 2017 Ÿ 15 August — Last day to report activities to earn
a Presidential Citation for Interact clubs Look ahead to international events in 2018 and 2019. All dates are tentative. Ÿ 2018, 24-27 June — Rotary International
Convention, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Ÿ 2019,12-19 January — International Assembly, San Diego, California, USA Ÿ 2019, 1-5 June — Rotary International Convention, Hamburg, Germany
The last day for the preregistration discount to the Atlanta convention is 31 March. After that, the registration fee increases $75 for Rotary members. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss out on your chance to experience the hospitality of the American South and be part of The Rotary Foundationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 100th birthday party.
The House of Friendship, Atlanta 2017
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2018: 24-27 June Toronto, Canada
2019: 1-5 June Hamburg, Germany
2020: 7-10 June Honolulu, USA
2021: 13-16 June Taipei, Taiwan
2022: 5-9 June Texas, USA
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Events
his year’s convention offers a variety of events to ensure that you make the most of your time in Atlanta. Look through the offerings below to start planning your convention activities. The information is subject to change; check back often for the latest updates. All Rotary-ticketed events will be held at the Georgia World Congress Center unless otherwise noted.
Rotary-ticketed events
Donor events
Purchase tickets when you register for the convention online or by mail or fax. Prices are in U.S. dollars.
Each year, the Trustees of The Rotary Foundation host special events at the Rotary International Convention to honor our generous donors. The Arch Klumph Society Dinner recognizes donors who have contributed $250,000 or more to the Foundation. The Major Donor Reception acknowledges those who have contributed at least $10,000.
Rotaract Preconvention For Rotaract and Rotary members interested in Rotaract. 8-9 June | $126.50 Youth Exchange Officers Preconvention For Rotary members who work with Youth Exchange. 8-10 June | $126.50 Youth Exchange Officers Banquet For Youth Exchange Officers Preconvention participants and their guests, but all convention registrants are welcome 9 June | location to be decided | $100 Presidential Peace Conference For Rotarians, Rotary leaders, Rotary Peace Fellows, alumni, youth, and friends of Rotary to explore Rotary's impact on peace and conflict resolution. 9-10 June | $126.50 President’s Recognition Luncheon For current RI officers, district governors, club presidents, RI committee members, and spouses, but all convention registrants are welcome. 12 June | location to be decided | $45
Arch Klumph Society Dinner 13 June | Georgia Aquarium, Oceans Ballroom | Attendance by invitation only Major Donor Reception 13 June | Omni Atlanta Hotel, Grand Ballroom | Attendance by invitation only
Host-ticketed events The Atlanta convention’s Host Organization Committee is planning an unforgettable experience for all attendees. Visit the HOC site to learn about the many events, tours, and activities available to help you get the most out of your visit. Make plans now to meet with club members from your zone, district, or Rotary community by organizing an unofficial affiliate event. More information will be coming to help you find a venue and plan your special event. Each organizer is responsible for all costs associated with the event, including, but not limited to: catering, audiovisual equipment, security, transportation, and venue.
President-elect’s Leadership Luncheon For incoming RI officers, district governors, club presidents, and their spouses, but all convention registrants are welcome. 13 June | location to be decided | $45
Note for Rotary Fellowships and Rotarian Action Groups
The Rotary Foundation’s 100th Birthday Party Help us celebrate 100 years of doing good, in the city where it all began. Learn more 14 June | House of Friendship | $26.50
A space will be assigned at the convention center for Rotary Fellowships and Rotarian Action Groups to use for their annual meetings. Check back for more information.
Zone 7A Executive Summary MEMBERSHIP
DISTRICT
TRF CONTRIBUTIONS
as of 20 Mar 2017 As of 1 July As of 20 Mar 2017 No. of Clubs /Members No. of Clubs /Members Other Funds Annual Giving
3410
59
1,154
60 1,216
$ 39,460 167,141
3420
55
1,111
58 1,177
48,242 198,414
3770
76
1,993
72 1,981
3780
103
2,386
103 2,624
3790
103
2,612
102
3800
97
3810
8,011
98,282
5,903 252,567
2,793
10,666 222,482
2,358
98 2,597
32,137 485,837
114
3,038
121 3,645
36,183
309,821
3820
107
3,001
107 3,303
31,119
631,241
3830
89
2,701
92 3,157
92,450
372,338
3850
53
1,283
52
1,381
17,761
151,358
3860
99 2,484
98 2,632
60,833
279,250
3870
44
45 1,339
3,701
110,485
TOTAL
1,253
999 25,374
994 27,032
$ 386,466 3,279,215 US$ 3,665,681
DISTRICT 3410, INDONESIA
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as of 1 July 2016 Number of clubs 59 Number of members 1,1154
PESISIR ANAK
his group was created to be a place to coordinate and collaborate in an effort to help the education of poor children with a variety of power and social society fundraiser
as of 20 March 2017 60 1,213
as of 20 March 2017 TRF Annual Giving Other Funds
$ 167,141 39,460
When it's been 14 years we even with kids sink angke dikampung fisherman.
Video of our activities can be seen through this link, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc95lhxKONk We currently have a program to build a school for children in all the provinces in Indonesia through the fundraiser "limaribumu pintarku" build a house Limaribumu is the program by central coast kids foundation for building a smart home on 34 point in some provinces in Indonesia. The first smart home development has been completed and the house was built in the smart guy, complete with a mini library and computer and the internet has been in use for a school for 1.158 children in the mouth of fishermen angke north Jakarta. Coming soon next house in bogor area smart - west java and smart home / home taintless area tangerang banten.
Today Rotary in Indonesia has two Districts, District 3410 (West) and District 3420 (East). District 3410 covers the area of the provinces of: Aceh, North Sumatra, West Sumatra, Riau, Riau Islands, Jambi, South Sumatra, Bangka Belitung, Bengkulu, Lampung, Jakarta, Banten, West Java, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, East Kalimantan; Special Region of Jogyakarta; and these regencies in the province of Central Java: Banjarnegara, Banyumas, Cilacap, Kebumen, Magelang, Purworejo.
A joint community service with RAC Semanggi to visit Yayasan Rumpun Pesisir Anak (YRAP), a center for caring of indigent coastal families
DISTRICT 3420, INDONESIA http://rotaryd3420.org/ as of 1 July 2016 Number of clubs 59 Number of members 1,111
as of 20 March 2017 58 1,117
as of 20 March 2017 TRF Annual Giving Other Funds
Miss Humanity Australia 2014 Brittany Moorman origin Perth, WA, for the first time visiting the foster children Listya Ni Komang Ayu Dewi who sit in first class at SDN 3 Sobangan, Mengwi, Badung. Brittany adopting foster children through Bali Kids School Sponsorship Program (www.balischoolkids.org) organized by the Rotary Club of Bali Denpasar in cooperation with the Rotary Club of Swan Valley Western Australia since 1999. During the visit, Brittany opportunity face to face with the foster children at once see the atmosphere of the school as well as teaching and learning in every classroom and for the first time participated Balinese dance lessons with the children who happened when it was no extras dancing. After a group photo of all children in school, Brittany invited to visit the homes of foster children within approximately 1 Km from the School.
$ 198,414 48,242
ROTARY CLUB OF BALI TAMAN
Bali Taman Rotary March 22 at 10:35pm · 18.03.2017 # Handover # 209 pcs different use # WHEEL CHAIR # JOINT PROJECT RC CAMPBELL RIVER DAYBREAK. D5020 CANADA with RC BALI TAMAN and RC Rotary Bali Tirta Gangga # PUSPADI BALI # UCP Wheels.# Google User's Voice # MIT # FITTING # SENSOR INSTALLMENT #
DISTRICT 3770, PHILIPPINES D3420 as of 20 as of 1 March 2017 July 2016 Number of clubs 76 Number of members 1,993
72 1,981
as of 20 March 2017 TRF Annual Giving Other Funds
$ 98,282 8,011
zumba bonanza
ROTARY CLUB OF CAUAYAN
District Family Day and MidYear Review 2017 at Chateau By The Sea, Cebu, that started with envigorating zumba bonanza exercise by the sea, and culminated into a sports-theme fellowship event, among other activities.
Rotary Club of Malolos District 3770 Aerobics before gun start â&#x20AC;&#x201D; at Malolos Sports and Convention Center.
DISTRICT 3780, PHILIPPINES as of 1 July 2016 Number of clubs 103 Number of members 2,386
as of 20 March 2017 103 2,624
as of 20 March 2017 TRF Annual Giving Other Funds
$ 252,567 5,903
COUNTRY’S TOP 10 POLICE OFFICERS IN SERVICE 2016 A joint project of MetroBank and
Rotary Club of Manila East, Quezon City MANILA. The 2016 MBFI-RCNME Country's Outstanding Police Officers in Service (Cops) from left top row: Police Chief Inspector Ryan Manongdo, Police Superintendent Jemuel Siason, Police Senior Superintendent Susan Jalla, Police Senior Superintendent Mario Rariza Jr., PO2 Fatima Lanuza, PO3 Nida Gregas, SPO1 Mhay Rubio, SPO2 Jeffrey Ojao, SPO3 Hamidhan Tebbeng, and SPO3 Ezrael Lantingan. (Contributed photo) THE Metrobank Foundation Inc. (MBFI), together with the Rotary Club of New Manila East (RCNME) and the Philippine Savings Bank (PSBank), once again honors the best cops in the country, as they announce this year's awardees of the Search for Country's Outstanding Police Officers in Service (Cops). Composed of four police commissioned officers and six non-commissioned officers, the awardees join the rank of 128 outstanding police officers who have been honored by the Foundation since 2002. They will be conferred with gold medallions, trophies, and cash prize amounting to P500,000 each. "The previous year has been a tough year for the PNP. Forty four (44) members of the special action force were lost and several others wounded during the high-risk mission in Mamasapano. Although grieving, they still gave honor to those fallen men as they preserved in their fight against crime and lawlessness. This is why we at Metrobank and Metrobank Foundation together with Rotary Club of New Manila East and PSBank, have taken it upon ourselves to honor and recognize the excellent men and women in our police force who relentlessly serve the country and people, through the annual search for the Cops," said MBFI president Aniceto Sobrepeña. “Cops 2016 Awardees are examples that criminalities can be resolved by peaceful means through the active involvement of the community in assisting and working with the police force in order to ensure peace and order," said RCNME president Engr. Manuel Gorospe.
The final board of judges who chose this year's winners was chaired by senator Cynthia Villar and co-chaired by Court of Appeals senior associate justice Magdangal De Leon. The other members of the Final Board were: National Police Commission vice chairman and executive officer Atty. Rogelio Casurao; Quezon City vice mayor Maria Josefina "Joy" Belmonte-Alimurung; Robinsons Retail Holdings, Inc. president and chief operating officer Robina Gokongwei-Pe; Rappler editor-at-large Maria Teresa "Marites" Vitug; and Diocese of Pasig Bishop Mylo Hubert Vergara. Read more: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/ manila/ feature/2016/08/16/metrobankannounces-2016-cops-awardees-491591
as of 1 July 2016 Number of clubs 103 Number of members 2,612
as of 20 March 2017
DISTRICT 3790, PHILIPPINES
102 2,793
as of 20 March 2017 TRF Annual Giving Other Funds
$ 222,483 10,666
Let's congratulate our district's newest TRF Major Donor, PP
BERNABE "BERNIE" FABIAN of RC Subic. DG RAUL RERALTA
HUNDRED ISLANDS
D-3790
ANNUAL ROTARY PUBLIC IMAGE PROMOTION at FLOWER FESTIVAL of BAGUIO CITY
D3790 GUVS’ SIGNATURE POSE
White event for Governors, officers and presidents/ secretaries - elect of DGE Boboy Valles at the colorful ambiance of Palawan. The 3-day/2-night learning event rendered new and current Rotary information for all attendees. Add DGE Boboy’s slow-rock singing voice (in photo with spouse Cheryl) - you have a fellowship that is relaxing and memorable!
DTTS 2017 @ PALAWAN PESETS all white, and nice, and spiced.....
as of 1 July 2016
DISTRICT 3800, PHILIPPINES
Number of clubs 97 Number of members 2,358
as of 20 March 2017 98 2,897
as of 20 March 2017 TRF Annual Giving Other Funds
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$ 485,837 32,137
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ROTARY CLUB of PASIG
DRUG REHAB & LIVELIHOOD PROJECT
The largest club in D3800, Rotary Club of Pasig continues to garner qualified members. Above, another member was inducted by RIDN Raffy Garcia to the clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current number of 69 members.
ou see, the Pasig City government, in its efforts to rehabilitate these former drug addicts, offered them short term jobs, spanning for ten days. Thereafter, they will have to wait for another two to three months before they could be rehired again. Our offer, on the other hand, is a sustainable employment opportunity after gaining two to three months of training in a school. That formal education is precisely what they do not like because they want instant gratification for their time and effort. Because of the lukewarm response of these drug surrenderees, and considering that training classes will start on April 8, we most likely can only conduct two sessions: one in welding and another for electricians. These are the two most popular choices of the two batches we interviewed. To date, out of the 43 interviewees, only 26 of them obtained the passing grade of 75%. 13 of them want to be trained as welders, 7 as electricians, 4 as masons and carpenters, and 2 as plumbers. We have three more interview dates left: March 16, 23, and 30. The entire month of April should be devoted to the preparation of PCIST for the opening of training classes on April 8. We can only do it if all of the stakeholders in the Memorandum of Agreement will do its part. Most of the tasks lie in the hands of RC Pasig, being the lead convenor of the Reintegration Team
DISTRICT 3810, PHILIPPINES http://3810rotary.org As of As of 1 July 2016 20 March 2017 Number of clubs Number of members
114 3,038
121 3,654
As of 20 March 2017 TRF Annual Giving Other Funds
$ 309,821 36183
ROTARY CLUB of MANILA BONIFACIO EAST
Distribution of bags raincoats school supplies foods to students of San Jose Elementary School Alaminos, Pangasinan....Th ese children cannot afford to go to school because they don' t have school supplies.... by june will come back to bring them rubber shoes socks uniforms and school supplies and food.
ROTARY CLUB OF MANILA AND GAWAD KALINGA
As of 1 July 2016 Number of clubs Number of members
107 3,001
As of 20 March 2017
DISTRICT 3820, PHILIPPINES http://web.rotary3820
107 3,303
As of 20 March 2017 TRF Annual Giving Other Funds
$ 631,241 31,119
"PIANO ROTARACT CLUB of para kay TAYABAS CENTRAL ROTARY KUYA ALEX - a blind street musician" fundraising project March 18, 2017 (venue: SM Calamba)
BLOODLETTING PROJECT of the ROTARACT CLUB of BATANGAS
ROTARY CLUB OF NAGA Chartering of new Rotary Community Corp and Rotaract Club
UNVELING “LET THE KIDS PLAY” PROJECT
As of 20 As of 1 July 2016 March 2017
DISTRICT 3830, PHILIPPINES /http://rotary3830.org
Number of clubs Number of members
89 2,701
92 3,157
As of 20 March 2017 TRF Annual Giving Other Funds
$ 372,338 92,450
ROTARY CLUB of MAKATI JOSE P RIZAL PROJECT BAHILE, PALAWAN Started 2014 Gg1413271 – The Habitat Village Integrated Development Project Ÿ 13.7 Ha Location: Purok Pinagpala, Puerto
Water system Planting of citronilla seeds
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Princesa City, Bgy Bahile, Palawan SOURCE: donated by City Government initially to build a sustainable community for family of fishermen LEAD CLUB: RC Makati Jose P Rizal LOCAL PARTNER CLUBS: RC Makati PoblacionRC Makati Olympia RC Makati UptownRC Makati Salcedo RC Puerto PrincesaRC Puerto Princesa Central RC Cainta (D3800 FOREIGN PARTNER CLUB: RC New Daecheon (Dangjin), Korea COOPERATING ORGANIZATION: RCC Bahile Jose P. Rizal HOME PARTNER: Habitat for Humanity thru Ihome Rehabilitate water system Strengthen existing RCC set up a cooperative for fisher folks and other organizations needed values formation, capacity building on community/communal living and leadership education and training for organization development and livelihood skills in 5 years Rehabilitating the existing water supply system and installation of built in water filter to make water potable setting up a water use and management mechanism formulating and recommending barangay ordinance for water use and management in 5 years INCREASE INCOME THROUGH a community enterprise or agri-production and processing of citronella tie up with the Department of Tourism in marketing the produced citronella to the tourists visiting the place development of micro and small enterprises in 5 years
as of 1 July 2016 Number of clubs 53 Number of members 1,283
as of 20 March 2017
DISTRICT 3850, PHILIPPINES
52 1,381
as of 20 March 2017 TRF Annual Giving Other Funds
$ 151,358 17,761
ROTARY CLUB of BACOLOD NORTH Donation of 50 mattresses for the residents and inmates of of Social Development Center
Donation of 50 folding beds
from FLOOR to BED for the patients of Don Pedro G. Trono Memorial Hospital
A MILLION TREES for PAGADIAN The Rotary Clubs of Pagadian and Pagadian West in one of their tree planting activities for PCWD'S "A Million Trees Projectâ&#x20AC;? "A Million Trees" (1MT) Project was launched by Pagadian City Water District . The project aims to plant one million trees within Pagadian City, covering 54 barangays. Buoyed by the support of different groups in its tree planting activities earlier in Manga, PCWD has now gone into forest nursery and massive tree planting in all barangays in Pagadian City. Manga became the center of activity; it is where the forest nursery has been established.
as of 1 July 2016 Number of clubs 99 Number of members 2,484
as of 20 March 2017 96 2,632
as of 20 March 2017
http://district3860.org/ TRF Annual Giving Other Funds
$
279,250 69,833
Balay Silonganan - House of Shelter, Butuan City, Philippines
Balay Silonganan Home for Street Children, Inc. as a home for abandoned and homeless children, caters to male children 3 to 12 years of age. It was established in 1995 by The Rotary Club of Butuan, is led by Dr. Claudio (Dick) Estacio, and operated by the Missionary Sisters of our Lady of Fatima. Bryan and Diane, founders of Humanility, lived in Butuan for 14 years, and through their long-term friendship with Dr. Estacio, and Bryanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s participation with the Rotary Club of Butuan, we have partnered with them to help meet the needs of Balay Silonganan, and change the lives of abandoned children in Butuan.
DISTRICT 3870, PHILIPPINES http://www.rotarydistrict3870.org/
as of 1 July 2016 Number of clubs 44 Number of members 1,253
as of 20 March 2017 45 1339
as of 20 January 2017 TRF Annual Giving Other Funds
$ 110.485 3,701
INTERACT CLUB of the ROTARY CLUB of COTABATO SOUTH
ROTARY CLUB OF COTABATO SOUTH Groundbreaking for the construction of handwashing station at adopted school DESES, funded from district grant
EDITORIAL We are an Innovative and Flexible Club
by PP Glo Nethercutt, D3790 DGSC
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hen the Rotary Club of Mabalacat was assigned to be a pilot club (among 200 clubs in the world) for Innovative and Flexible Pilot Club program in 2015, we had instituted changes to make our club attractive and effective. Reflected in our bylaws were the following changes: Ÿ Membership. We have started to accept family and corporate
membership. Former Rotaractor is exempted from paying 1st year dues; Ÿ Meeting - board meeting 1st week; club assembly on 2nd week; regular
meeting on 3rd week; fellowship meeting on last week of the month. Even when the board meets, members are allowed to attend as observers. We have projects that members can choose to assist in, such as, medical surgical program/screening/surgery of patients every Tuesday and Thursday; radio broadcast, Rotary Hour every Friday at GVAM; and daily sewing course in two training centers. From 34 in July 2016, we are now 50, as of 28 March 2017. Our current president is allowed to have a ‘mate’ whom we call a 2nd president. Two heads are better than one, so to speak. Our president elect is 26 years old and is looking forward to prove his mettle. We have a former Rotaractor who is now doing graphics work for the club. We are attracting new members. Our meeting is short. Dinner starts at 6:30pm, program starts exactly 7pm, rain or shine. We are so used to being on time that we find ourselves alone and waiting when attending other club/cluster meetings and events. We still have a room for improvement and a lot to learn as we aim higher - be more and better, be a club to be proud of. This is not hard to accomplish as long as we enjoy the company of one another in doing good to the needy and deserving. INNOVATION 1. DOUBLE PRESIDENCY We have 2 presidents for RY 2016-2017 because the elected president wanted a ‘team mate” she could consult and work with to run the club. President May Valdez handles the day-to-day operation of the club, while 2nd President Paul Hart minds the international connection and needs of the club - getting grant partners, securing donations, arranging visit exchanges, etc. When Paul is in town, he takes turn with Pres. May in presiding club meetings. The club has become used to seeing two presidents on the front table, giving us twice the inspiration and leadership that we deserve.