International Service Committee - Providing Aid for The Developing World
The International Service Committee of The Rotary Club of Toronto focuses on assisting marginalized communities in the developing world.
Core Focus Areas
The committee aligns its global humanitarian projects with Rotary International's six primary areas of focus:
- Promoting peace
- Fighting disease
- Providing clean water, sanitation, and hygiene (such as piping and water tanks for schools in Kenya)
- Saving mothers and children
- Supporting education (such as reusable sanitary pad sewing projects for girls in the Dominican Republic to keep them in school)
- Growing local economies
How Projects Work
- Partnerships: Projects are executed alongside Canadian Registered Charities, local and international Rotary clubs, and with financial backing via Rotary International Global Grants.
- Examples of Past Initiatives:
- Connecting Hope School in Kenya to municipal water infrastructure with storage tanks and a rainwater collection system.
- Providing new girls' toilets and hand-washing stations across 14 rural schools in Mumbai, India.
- Organizing hands-on club volunteer events like the International Service Pads Sewing Project for students in Consuelo, Dominican Republic.