Rotaract clubs and community service go hand in hand. Learn how to assess your community needs, identify resources, activate your project, and evaluate your success. Learn how Rotaract clubs around the world are doing hands on service in their local communities that engages members and makes a positive difference in the world.

1. 2015 ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
Electrify your Community with Service

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* Melody Dobrinin (Rotaractor)
* Bern Igoche (Rotarian)

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• Understand how to assess and evaluate
successful projects
• Go over a service project from community
assessment to celebration
• Know how to plan to implement a new
service project into your club.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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• What makes an awesome service project?
• Exemplar Service Project
• Plan our own project
Presentation Plan

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Time to split into groups
(with people you don’t know)
;)

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What makes an awesome service project?

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What makes an awesome service project?
QUESTION
• What makes a successful project?
- Think of a successful project
- What made that project successful
- How do you measure success

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What makes an awesome service project?
DISCUSSION
How do you measure success?
- The four way test
- Sustainable and measurable

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What makes an awesome service project?
DISCUSSION
This is what we are aiming for!

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What makes an awesome service project?
QUESTION
How can we ensure the 4 way test is followed in every
project we do?
-Is it the truth?
-Is it fair to all concerned?
-Will it build good will and foster better friendships?
-Is it beneficial to all concerned?
How can we make projects sustainable and
measurable

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What makes an awesome service project?
DISCUSSION
Is it the truth?
- Is everyone aware of what they are
getting into?

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What makes an awesome service project?
DISCUSSION
Is it fair to all concerned?
Is it beneficial to all concerned?
- Has one person done all the work?
- Have you taken away a local’s job?
- Are the scarves you are selling made
through slave labour?

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What makes an awesome service project?
DISCUSSION
Will it build good will and foster better
friendships?
- Has one person done all the work?
- Does someone feel unfairly treated?

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What makes an awesome service project?
DISCUSSION
Sustainability
- Community involvement
- Do they really want it
Don’t give people what you want.
Find out what they want.

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Assessing a Successful Service Project
• Determine what is needed in your
community
- Ask club members and families
- Ask other community groups
- Talk with community officials
- Find out what types of projects have
and have not been done in the recent past.

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What makes an awesome service project?
DISCUSSION
Measurable
- S: Specific
- M: Measureable
- A: Achievable
- R: Realistic
- T: Time-oriented

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What makes an awesome service project?
We’ve got a sustainable and measurable
project…
Followed the four way test…
AWESOME!
What’s next?

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Exemplar Service Project!

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Exemplar Service Project
• Pick a project by determining needs
• Plan your project
- Sustainable and measurable
- 4 way test
• Publicity
• Carry it out
• Reflect and write it down!
• Celebrate

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Model of a Community Service Project
• Fresh Drinking Water/Fish Pond Project
for Fatima Girls High School in Aidogodo
– Okpokwu Nigeria

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Model of a Community Service Project

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Model of a Community Service Project

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Model of a Community Service Project

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Model of a Community Service Project

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Model of a Community Service Project

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Model of a Community Service Project

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Model of a Community Service Project

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Benefits of the Project
• The students will have opportunity to
acquire knowledge in aquaculture.
• There will be improvement in the dietary
status of students of the school, which will
also extend to families in their community.
• The revenue from the sale of fish will
enable the school authority provide other
facilities in the school that were hitherto
hampered by lack of funds.

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Benefits of the Project
DEBRIEF

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Benefits of the Project
Reflection and Debrief
• 4 Way Test
- Is it the truth
- Is it fair to all concerned
- Will it build good will and foster better
friendships
- Is it beneficial to all concerned

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Benefits of the Project
Reflection and Debrief
• Sustainable?
• Measurable?

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Let’s make our own projects!

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Group Exercise
Planning
• 4 way test
• Sustainable: Community environment
• Measurable: SMART goals
Publicity
Carry out the project
How will you debrief?
How will you celebrate?

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Group Exercise
• Let’s share our responses
• Comments?

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• Understand how to assess and evaluate
successful projects
• Go over a service project from community
assessment to celebration
• Know how to plan to implement a new
service project into your club.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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Steps for a Successful Project
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• Pick a project by determining needs
• Plan your project
- Sustainable and measurable
- 4 way test
• Publicity
• Carry it out
• Reflect/debrief and write it down!
• Celebrate

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Make it happen!
Don’t forget to be awesome!