Programs
The Ambassadorial Scholarship program has, from 1947 to 1996,
awarded 28,215 scholarships ($298.6 million) to college students from
100 countries to be goodwill ambassadors while studying abroad (1,215
scholars, $20.6 million in 1995-96). Through 1995-96, District 6220
had a total of 53 Scholars ($584,237), with 1 in 1995-96 ($18,737).
From 1965 to 1996, the Group Study Exchange program has
sent 5,988 teams of business and professional leaders from over
115 countries ($55.6 million) to spend 4-6 weeks visiting Rotary
districts in other countries (488 teams, $5.6 million in 1995-96).
District 6220 has exchanged GSE Teams with districts in India (3
times), Australia, Finland, The Philippines, Turkey, Japan, southern
Africa, Brazil, Germany, Argentina and Japan (67 Team Leaders and
Members from our District, $285,401 - through 1996 - in Foundation
expenditures). Our GSE for 1997-98 will be with District 2300 of
Norway.
The Matching Grants program provides matching funds for
international service projects of Rotary clubs and districts. From
1965 to 1996, The Foundation has provided $45.4 million in matches
for 5,229 projects in 159 countries (929 grants, $6.6 million in
1995-96). District 6220 and our clubs have sponsored 13 Matching
Grants and recieved $67,427 in Foundation matches (1 grants, $15,000
in 1995-96), the largest of which have been for medical supply and
equipment projects in southern Africa.
Grants for Rotary Volunteers is a program that allows Rotarians
to receive some subsistance support while offering their services
for a 1-2 month term in another country to improve its quality of
life. From 1980 to 1996 there were about 1,700 Rotary Volunteers
(199 in 1995-96, $625,000). District 6220 has had 6 Rotary Volunteers
($20,861).
Carl P. Miller Discovery Grants provide seed money to Rotary
clubs and districts to help investigate potential international
service projects. There were 18 such grants awarded in 1995-96 ($47,290).
District 6220 clubs have had one ($1,800).
Health, Hunger and Humanity Grants (3-H) are for large
scale, one to five year, projects that improve health, help alleviate
hunger or enhance human development. Since 1978, 153 projects in
53 countries have been funded at a cost of $35 million (Ten projects,
$2.3 million in 1995-96). PolioPlus was intially funded by a 3-H
grant in The Philippines.
The goal of the PolioPlus program is to eradicate polio
throughout the world by Rotary's centennial, 2005. The Foundation
has raised $250 million in support of achieving this goal (plus
$104 million interest) and has appropriated $246 million to purchase
vaccine and technical support in 103 countries. In 1995-96, program
grant expenditures were $13 million; and 150 countries reported
zero cases of polio, up from 85 countries reporting zero cases in
1985. District 6220 raised $356,066 during the PolioPlus campaign.
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