Rotary Club International Service
Director 2007/08 : Don Riedel

Our International Service expands Rotary's humanitarian reach around the globe to promote world understanding and peace.

Through Matching Grants the Rotary Foundation matches contributions raised by Rotary clubs and districts for international service projects involving Rotary clubs or districts in two or more countries. Frequently, these are World Community Service (WCS) projects.

Below are our goals for the 2006-2007 year:

• Group Study Exchange (GSE)
• Ambassadorial Scholar

Past International Projects:

• El Salvador Wheelchair Program
• Don Bosco Foundation
• Physiotherapeutic Center in collaboration with the Lebanese Red Cross
• First Step Together Association in Tripoli-Lebanon
• FISTA Association in Tripoli Lebanon
• Ambulance for the Lebanese Red Cross
• Container of Wheel Chair to Lebanon
• Orphans in Zgartha, Lebanon
• Literacy Campaign for Working Children
• Mammogram Machine
• Public Library in Nepal
• Japanese Youth Exchange
• Open World
• Matching Grants: Children Cancer Center, Water Well and Literacy
• Eye Rescue with Columbia
• El Salvador Project - Matching Grant Award (pdf)
• International Doll Museum Project - Bangalore
• Ambassadorial Scholar

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Below are some banners from Rotary Clubs in other areas. (The first banner is from the Rotary Club of Zghorta Lebanon Club, our Twin Club.)