International Service Projects
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The Rotary Club of Coronado conducts service projects across Rotary International's Five Avenues of Service: Club Service, Community Service, Youth Service, International Service, and Vocational Service. We are able to finance our service projects with the following fundraising activities:
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Rotary Scholars This program, supported by our club, is the largest foreign study program in the world. Its purpose is to further world peace and understanding among peoples and nations by sending outstanding scholars to countries the world over to live and interrelate with the citizenry of those countries, thereby fostering better human and personal relationships. The awards can reach as high as $25,000, including airfare for a year of study in a foreign country. |
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Limbs of Freedom In cooperation with the DIF (Mexican Government Family Health Group) Rehabilitation Center in Ensenada, B.C. Mexico, the Coronado Rotary Club and the Calafia Rotary Club of Ensenada support volunteer prostheticians who evaluate, fit, build, re-fit and adjust prosthetics for those in need. Our club has provided funds to equip the clinic with the necessary tools, equipment and materials and continues to provide the personnel and funds needed for food and lodging for the volunteers. We strive to conduct three to four clinics per year. |
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Pan American Institute This is a secondary school located Tijuana, Mexico. In addition to providing the students at this school with a library, a club member coordinated with other clubs in our district to supply computers to the school. Currently our club and other clubs in the district are contributing financially to provide Internet access for the school's computers. |
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Polio Plus This is the most ambitious program in Rotary's history. For more than 30 years, Rotary has led the private sector in the global effort to rid the world of this crippling disease. Rotary has committed to raising $50 million a year to be matched 2-to-1 by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, yielding $450 for polio eradication activities over a three-year period. To date, Rotary has contributed more than $1.8 billion to fight the disease, including matching funds from the Gates Foundation, and countless volunteer hours since launching its polio immunization program, PolioPlus, in 1985. In 1988, Rotary became a core partner in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative with the WHO, UNICEF, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Gates Foundation later joined. Since the initiative launched, the incidence of polio has plummeted by more than 99.9 percent, from about 350,000 cases in 1988 to 22 confirmed in 2017. |
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Thousand Smiles Started by our own Dr. Jim Vernetti and other Rotarians in District 5340, Thousand Smiles focuses on care of the less fortunate children in Mexico who suffer from lack of dental care and from maxillo-facial deformities such as cleft palate. Four clinics take place each year and many Rotary Clubs join the effort. The volunteers, many of whom are Rotarians, are the backbone of the team and include both medical professionals and non-medical individuals. Our club also makes an annual contribution to this project. |
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Shelter Box This project was conceived and developed by a Rotarian in England in 2001. The mission is to deliver immediate relief to victims of natural and other disasters anywhere around the world. It provides a large plastic container containing a 10-person tent and a range of equipment which varies based upon the needs of a particular disaster. In response to the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, our club rapidly raised enough funds to provide twenty-four boxes. |
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Missionvale Care Center In Port Elizabeth, South Africa, our club has successfully completed several Rotary Matching Grants to assist this poverty stricken area. Several club members have traveled to this township to determine the priority of needs for the people of this area. Examples of support include food warehouse stocking and stoves for families and sports equipment and uniforms for school teams. Our club recently secured a grant from Tom's Shoes Corporation resulting in over 16,000 children receiving a new pair of shoes every six months. |
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Tanzania Hospital and Orphanage An area of high mortality due to HIV/aids, there are many orphans who need medical assistance and care. There are 43 dispensaries in the Moshi, Tanzania area in need of medical supplies. Our club has provided financial aid to the personnel administering to these facilities to assist the orphans. |
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