How to Make a World Community Service Project Sustainable Rotary International Convention 2010...

How to Make a World Community Service Project Sustainable

Rotary International Convention 2010 Montréal/Canada23rd June 2010

Breakout Session

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



Buck Lindsay:

Population projects with less unwanted pregnancies means more sustainability for earth



E. Adedolapo Lufadeju:

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

Sustainability is Continuity


• When intervention stops, who takes over?

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

Integration of the Community Right from Project Inception


• Traditional Leaders• Political Leaders• Opinion Leaders• Youth• Women Groups• Other NGOs

To Be Sustainable Projects Must Improve:


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

Integration of Stakeholders and Sharing Responsibility helps Sustainability


Give a Man a Fish, you feed him for one day

Teach a Man how to fish, you feed him for a lifetime




Robert Zinser:

Sustainable development through sustainable projects – examples and tips

Sustainable development through sustainable projects

• 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 projectsinitiated 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), e.g. 4 + 5

Select an Area of Focus of Future Vision Plan

Base project on a thorough needs assessment

Implement your project stepwise - “quid pro quo” with government contribution



Rekha Shetty:

Sustainability of water projects

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

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