The document discusses the organizational priorities of Rotary International and The Rotary Foundation, which include peace and conflict prevention, disease prevention and treatment, water and sanitation, maternal and child health, basic education and literacy, and economic and community development. It then discusses the community service process used by the Dubai Cosmopolitan Rotary Club, which involves assessing needs, planning projects, taking action, publicizing results, and learning from experiences. Finally, it discusses the Dubai Cosmopolitan Rotary Club's effective goals framework, which includes goals being shared, challenging, achievable, measurable, and time specific. It provides an example project of launching a community food bank.

1. ROTARY INTERNATIONAL & THE ROTARY FOUNDATION //
Organizational Priorities
Peace and conflict prevention/resolution
Disease prevention and treatment
Water and sanitation
Maternal and child health
Basic education and literacy
Economic and community development

2. DUBAI COSMOPOLITAN ROTARY CLUB // Community Service
Assess
Plan
Act
Publicize
Learn

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4. DUBAI COSMOPOLITAN ROTARY CLUB // Effective Goals
Shared – representing the aspirations of all involved
Launching a community food bank resulted from a meeting of
community stakeholders, which included representatives from
local businesses, charities, civic agencies, and low-income
families that will benefit from this service
Challenging – ambitious and exceeding what clubs have
achieved in the past
In the past, a club organized seasonal food drives during
major holidays. Now the intention is to scale up our efforts
to make this food bank a permanent, year-round institution
in the community.

5. DUBAI COSMOPOLITAN ROTARY CLUB // Effective Goals
Achievable – based on a realistic assessment of materials,
resources, and time
The backing of project sponsors is secured – local businesses
that will help supply the food and warehouse space – and
beneficiaries – local charities and outreach centers that will
deliver the food to people who need it. Club members,
working with Rotaract club, and Rotary Community Corps,
will provide the volunteer hours.
Measurable – having a tangible, quantifiable point to pursue
Once operational, the food bank will provide 10 kilos of
nonperishable food to 100 families weekly.

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7. DUBAI COSMOPOLITAN ROTARY CLUB // Effective Goals
Time specific – having a specific deadline or time frame for
completion
The food bank will be fully operational within 12
months, at which time club will turn over
administration to a local charitable organization.
Members will continue to support the food bank
indefinitely through advocacy, fundraising, and
volunteering.

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9. DUBAI COSMOPOLITAN ROTARY CLUB // ProjectLINK
Project ACCRA EAST @
ProjectLINK
Most secondary/technical schools in low-
income communities in Ghana lack equipment
to provide students with practical training and
experience. The Rotary Club of Accra East is
looking for partners to help equip the Adukrom
Presby Sec/Tech Senior Secondary School,
located in the eastern region of Ghana, with
necessary tools to acquire practical hands-on
experience in order to graduate. The school
offers academic and vocational courses such as
carpentry but lacks proper equipment to provide
students with hands-on practice. This project
will benefit 25 students per course by providing
better training to the carpentry workforce in the
local community.
Needs: Total US$15,000 for carpentry tools. Volunteers
are also needed to help teach carpentry skills.

10. DUBAI COSMOPOLITAN ROTARY CLUB
Our Club is now on LinkedIn:
http://www.linkedin.com/groups/DUBAI-
COSMOPOLITAN-ROTARY-CLUB-4895366/about