Breakout Session

How to Make a World Community Service Project Sustainable Buck Lindsay (moderator):

Population projects mean sustainability for earth

E. Adedolapo Lufadeju:

‘Teach fishing - do not provide fishes’ leads to more sustainability

Robert Zinser:

Sustainability of maternal health project – Other Examples

Rekha Shetty:

Sustainability of water projects Rotary International Convention 2010 Montréal/Canada 23rd June 2010

How to Make a World Community Service Project Sustainable Buck Lindsay:

Population projects with less unwanted pregnancies means more sustainability for earth Rotary International Convention 2010 Montréal/Canada 23rd June 2010

How to Make a World Community Service Project Sustainable E. Adedolapo Lufadeju:

‘Teach fishing and do not provide fishes’ leads to more sustainability Rotary International Convention 2010 Montréal/Canada 23rd June 2010

Sustainability is Continuity

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When intervention stops, who takes over?

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This question must be answered at the start of a project.

Rotary International Convention 2010 Montréal/Canada 23rd June 2010

Integration of the Community Right from Project Inception

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Traditional Leaders Political Leaders Opinion Leaders Youth Women Groups Other NGOs

Rotary International Convention 2010 Montréal/Canada 23rd June 2010

To Be Sustainable Projects Must Improve:

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The Environment The Economy Human Living Conditions Make Impact in the Overall Community

Rotary International Convention 2010 Montréal/Canada 23rd June 2010

Integration of Stakeholders and Sharing Responsibility helps Sustainability

Rotary International Convention 2010 Montréal/Canada 23rd June 2010

Give a Man a Fish, you feed him for one day Teach a Man how to fish, you feed him for a lifetime

Rotary International Convention 2010 Montréal/Canada 23rd June 2010

How to Make a World Community Service Project Sustainable Robert Zinser:

Sustainable development through sustainable projects – examples and tips Rotary International Convention 2010 Montréal/Canada 23rd June 2010

Sustainable development through sustainable projects

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Importance of Sustainability

“We are a globally unsustainable society” “Sustainable Development - Challenge of our Generation” “Since the mid 1980s we have been consuming resources faster than the sustainable rate of replacement” (Jeffrey Sachs)

Projects should involve government

include awareness/advocacy campaigns behavior change build communities‘ capacity to function without external support get local authorities to take over the project

Examples of sustainable Rotary projects initiated and supported by RFPD Nigeria: “Reduction of Maternal Mortality” (2005 – 2010)

close cooperation with government government built operating theatre – we equipped it governments took over our project Rotary continues with monitoring

Egypt: “Basic Literacy, Child Spacing, and Microcredits” (2001 – 2012)

combined vocational/literacy training + family planning + microcredits (acknowledged by Muhmmad Yunus)

Ethiopia: “Ethiopia Reads” (2009 – 2012)

fought illiteracy combined literacy with education on family planning

Sustainability by reference to important needs

 Choose

areas of international importance

 Contribute to

MDGs

(Millennium Development Goals)

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e.g. 4 + 5  Select an Area of Focus of

Future Vision Plan

 Base project on a

thorough needs assessment

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Implement

your project

stepwise “quid pro quo” with government contribution

How to Make a World Community Service Project Sustainable Rekha Shetty:

Sustainability of water projects Rotary International Convention 2010 Montréal/Canada 23rd June 2010

A Recipe for Unsustainable Development

• 1.2 billion without safe water • 2.5 billion without sanitation • 6,000 children dying daily

Problems and Solutions Problem:

Women and girls walk up to 7 km to get fresh water (in Sariska, India)

Solution:

Check dams

Problems and Solutions Problem:

some communities not attached to water supply, ground water high in fluoride, streams/ponds contaminated (in Kenya, Africa)

Solution:

Rain Water Harvesting

Sustainable vs. Quick-fix Solutions

Digging

bore wells

: • only results in depletion of existing water resources • no option if ground water is contaminated Building

check dams

and

rain water harvesting:

• shorter way/better access to fresh and clean water • time for education and earning their livelihood

Sustainable water projects:

• contribute to MDG 7 • are based on: structured and thoroughly conducted needs assessment • are specially tailored to the project area no “one fits all” – solution • include commitment of community – provision of labor, raw materials • ensure “taking ownership” of facilities by community (e.g. with help of microcredits) • ensure that project facilities can be maintained by locals • also include other issues (e.g. population) pool synergies