Rotary has identified seven
areas to target in order to maximize our local and global impact. At the same
time, we understand that each community has its own unique needs and concerns,
and these must be taken into consideration.
All projects, scholars and vocational training
teams funded by Rotary’s Global Grants (not District Grants) work towards
specific goals in one or more of the following areas.
The goals of Future Vision are to increase
efficiency in grant processing and ensure quality of funded projects. Project
planning is a bottom‐up and host club/district‐driven process, and all
grant requests must comply with the policy statements related to each area of
focus.
For more
information on Rotary’s Areas of
Focus Policy Statements click here.
Peace
and Conflict Prevention/Resolution
Rotary supports the
training, education, and practice of peace and conflict prevention and
resolution by:
- Training leaders, including potential
youth leaders, to prevent and mediate conflict.
- Supporting peace‐building in
communities and regions affected by conflict.
- Supporting studies for
career‐minded professionals related to peace and
conflict prevention/resolution.
Disease
Prevention and Treatment
Rotary supports activities
and training that reduce the cause and effect of disease by:
- Improving the capacity of local health
care professionals.
- Promoting disease prevention programs,
with the goal of limiting the spread of communicable diseases and reducing
the incidences of and complications from non‐communicable
diseases.
- Enhancing the health infrastructure of
local communities.
- Educating and mobilizing communities to
help prevent the spread of major diseases. Preventing
physical disability resulting from disease or injury.
- Supporting studies for career‐minded professionals related to disease
prevention and treatment.
Water and Sanitation
Rotary supports activities and
training to provide access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation by:
- Providing equitable community access to
safe water, improved sanitation and hygiene.
- Strengthening the ability of communities
to develop, fund and maintain sustainable water and sanitation
systems.
- Supporting programs that enhance
communities’ awareness of the benefits of safe water, sanitation and
hygiene.
- Supporting studies for career‐minded professionals related to water and
sanitation.
Maternal and Child Health
Rotary supports activities and
training to improve maternal health and reduce child mortality for children
under five by:
- Reducing the mortality and morbidity
rate for children under the age of five. Reducing the maternal
mortality and morbidity rate.
- Improving access to essential medical
services, trained community health leaders and health care providers for
mothers and their children.
- Supporting studies for career‐minded professionals related to maternal and
child health.
Basic Education and Literacy
Rotary supports activities and
training to improve education for all children and literacy for children and
adults by:
- Involving the community to support programs that
strengthen the capacity of communities to provide basic education and literacy
to all.
- Increasing adult literacy in communities. Working to reduce gender disparity in education.
- Supporting studies for career‐minded professionals related to basic education and literacy.
Economic and Community Development
Rotary supports activities and training to improve
education for all children and literacy for children and adults by:
- Involving the community to support
programs that strengthen the capacity of communities to provide basic
education and literacy to all.
- Increasing adult literacy in
communities. Working to reduce gender disparity in education.
- Supporting studies for career‐minded professionals related to basic
education and literacy.
Environment
Rotary is committed to supporting activities that
strengthen the conservation and protection of natural resources, advance
ecological sustainability, and foster harmony between communities and the
environment by:
- Protecting
and restoring land, coastal, marine, and freshwater resources.
- Enhancing
the capacity of communities to support natural resource management and
conservation.
- Supporting
sustainable agriculture, fishing, and aquaculture practices.
- Addressing
the cause of climate change by reducing the emission of greenhouse
gases.
- Strengthening
ecosystems and communities affected by climate change.
- Supporting
education initiatives that promote behaviour that protects the
environment.
- Advocating
for sustainable consumption to build an economy that uses resources more
efficiently.
- Addressing
environmental justice issues and public health concerns.