ICCs Water and Sanitation Symposium

October 15th, 2015WATER FOR LIFE IN A CHANGING

WORLD

ICCs Distribution worldwideHow it all started…

After the end of World War 2, members of

Rotary France and of Rotary Germany

decided to establish a new forum for Rotary`s

activities with the aim of re-establishing

friendship bonds and promoting peace.

Present situationClose to 300 ICCs have been created so far

all over the world but they can be found still

in only about 80 of the 206 countries where

Rotary International clubs have been

established.

Europe

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EuropeAs shown in the map, the leading countries are France

(41 ICCs), Germany (32) and Italy (23),Romania/Moldova

(20) followed by Serbia (13 ICCs), Turkey, Austria,

Portugal, Ukraine (12 ICCs each), Czech and Switzerland

(9 each), Belgium and Poland (8 each)

Countries like Great Britain and Ireland have only 2 ICCs

and in the Scandinavian countries there is but one ICC,

in Sweden. The same goes for many more European

countries.

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More data on ICC`s DistributionAs per the latest official data on our hands,

North and South America together number so

far 34 ICCs.

Africa 17 ICCs ,the Asian continent 5 and

Australia just one.

In Israel, we have at present 16 ICCs

Why are ICCs important?ICCs offer Rotary districts and clubs an

additional tool for fulfilling the aims of the 4th

avenue of service, the international service -

which focuses on understanding, goodwill

and peace worldwide.

A short list of ICCs water and sanitation projectsWe know that various water projects, mostly focused

on bringing drinking water to needy and remote

areas, have been carried out by the ICCs in the past

few years: a project providing water to 3 villages in

Argentina, another for the supply of water to the

town of Douala - Cameroon, boreholes drilling in

Morocco, water purification systems in Egypt,

supply of 50 water filters in Mexico and many more.

Another example of water projects

A huge 3 –year project for the securing of

clean drinking water in all of the 1500

Lebanese public schools was initiated in the

Rotary year 2013-14 by Lebanese ICC with the

partnership of the Lebanese Ministry of

Education and Health and the “Boecker”

company.

A very special water project.A few years ago Dr. Amnon Shefi of High-

Teach started an educational program in Israel “Youth Water and Knowledge .”

“Hands Across Water” is an educational program sponsored by a GG and which is implemented in Israeli mixed Jewish-Arab schools.

Dr. Gerald Sussman and Rotarian Brendan McGinnis from the USA are its main partners and sponsors.

ICCs` Mission

ICCs, just like all of the Rotary organization,

act mainly as ambassadors of goodwill and

have no political agenda. Our main mission is

to address humanitarian needs

T H A N K Y O U!!PDG Avner Fuchs

ICC Water and Sanitation Symposium Chair

October 15th, 2015