Now in its 11th year, the Heart 2 Heart partnership between districts in the U.S. and Mexico’s District 4170 can serve as a model that provides opportunities for all clubs, districts, and individuals to easily and safely be involved with solid projects, including global grant projects, in all areas of focus. Learn how even a small rural club can grow stronger, increase service activities, and enhance public image through partnering. Get inspired to help your clubs and your district start building partnerships and making a positive international impact.

1. 2016 ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
Heart 2 Heart –
Mexico and USA Partnership

2. 1. Session objectives
2. Heart 2 Heart
3. Partnership basics – elements for success
4. People and projects
5. The Nebraska story
6. Impact for international partners
7. Impact for host partner
8. Summary and Q&A
AGENDA

3. 1. Provide a model framework for multi-
district and multi-club partnerships
2. Demonstrate how a small club can
embrace the RI strategic plan through
partnership
3. Inspire clubs and districts to be involved
internationally and have an impact
SESSION OBJECTIVES

4. Informal partnership
District 4170 and US districts
11th Year
Deep water well project
“Mexico Initiative”
Three US districts in the beginning
The Rotary Foundation as a partner
HEART 2 HEART

5. 1. PEOPLE
“All great change in the world begins as a
conversation between friends.”
Margaret Wheatley
PARTNERSHIP BASICS – ELEMENTS FOR SUCCESS

6. 1. Rotarians in both countries
2. Local Rotarians on the ground
3. District leadership support
4. “Hand up” instead of “hand out”
PEOPLE

7. 1. PEOPLE
2. PROJECTS
PARTNERSHIP BASICS – ELEMENTS FOR SUCCESS

8. 1. Local community based
2. Designed by local Rotarians
3. Grants written by local Rotarians
4. Signature project(s)
5. Wide variety of other projects
6. All six areas of focus
7. Global grant and non-global-grant
options, available year round
8. Hands-on opportunities
PROJECTS

9. 1. PEOPLE
2. PROJECTS
3. PROCESS
PARTNERSHIP BASICS – ELEMENTS FOR SUCCESS

10. 1. Main contact person in both countries
2. Advisory group in both countries
3. “Packager”
4. Stated expectations of information
required for project review
5. Project priority determined by host
6. Project fair prior to funding year
7. Communications during project
development and implementation
PROCESS

11. 1. PEOPLE
2. PROJECTS
3. PROCESS
4. PRODUCTION
PARTNERSHIP BASICS – ELEMENTS FOR SUCCESS

12. 1. Grant projects submitted
2. Projects completed
3. Interim and final reports completed
timely and accurately
PRODUCTION

13. 1. PEOPLE
2. PROJECTS
3. PROCESS
4. PRODUCTION
5. PROMOTION
PARTNERSHIP BASICS – ELEMENTS FOR SUCCESS

14. 1. District and zone websites and social media
2. Wear your Rotary hat & pin everywhere
3. Rotary website opportunities – Rotary
Ideas, Rotary Showcase, Discussion Groups
4. Communication and updates to club and
district partners
5. Pictures, pictures, pictures
6. Club and district presentations
7. Personal stories
PROMOTION

15. 1. PEOPLE
2. PROJECTS
3. PROCESS
4. PRODUCTION
5. PROMOTION
6. PARTNERING PRINCIPLES
PARTNERSHIP BASICS – ELEMENTS FOR SUCCESS

16. 1. Use the Rotary Foundation
2. Accessible – any club, district, and/or
individual can partner at any time and at
any financial level
3. Team ownership of projects
4. On going – not a one-time partnership
5. Regular site visits
PARTNERING PRINCIPLES

17. 6. Safe financial vehicle for smaller projects
7. Financial support goes in both directions
8. Flexibility to add and drop projects
9. Patience
10. Persistence
11. Evolving
PARTNERING PRINCIPLES

18. PDG Jerry Wear
District 6780, Tennessee, USA
PEOPLE AND PROJECTS

19. Reviewing Projects and Planning
Projects for the Coming Year for
Heart 2 Heart
Working Partnership with Mexican
Rotary District 4170
and
Heart of America Rotary
participating Districts

20. The American-British Hospital in
Mexico City
Rotarians reviewing progress

22. Talking to doctors and patients

23. How did Rotary effect your life?

24. Sharing ideas for improvements

25. Visiting sites, reviewing projects, discussing plans

32. Cleft Palate Project
• Volunteer doctors repair lips and
palates of young children born with
this condition. Many infants die each
year due to the failure to receive
proper nutrition from breast feeding
mothers. As a result of cleft palate
the the infant is unable to properly
nurse.

38. I can smile now!

41. Babies can grow up
beautiful with a little help
from Rotary Heart 2 Heart

46. I do not want my baby to die because
he can not nurse.

49. It is going to be better

53. Kidney Transplant Project
•Heart 2 Heart provides
kidney transplants to youth
and young adults who have
no funds to cover the
procedure.

55. Thank you Rotary for giving my child a life!
She has a new kidney and a life.

64. Water Tanks for Schools
• Heart 2 Heart provides water
tanks for schools that have no
drinking water or proper
sanitation on the school
grounds.

71. Friends coming together
to provide water

79. Home for Girls
• Throw-away girls from the
streets of Mexico are given a
place to live, grow and be
educated in public schools.
Sixty-six girls are housed here.

87. Computer lab provided by Heart 2 Heart

89. Heart 2 Heart helped to
establish a school for
Native Indians of Mexico
Our Heart 2 Heart partners in Mexico
with District 7140 to teach Spanish
to Indians in the high mountains that
do not speak Spanish and are not
able to attend school or get jobs.

103. The First Global Grant
for
Heart 2 Heart to build sanitation
units in Clay County Kentucky.
This grant is sponsored by
Heart 2 Heart, District 4170
Mexico and Rotary District in
Turkey

105. Families travel up to five
miles to get clean water
from Red Bird

106. Five Cents a gallon

107. Pay box for the water

112. Global Grant of District 6780 for Nyonya
Wurnpong Volta Region GHANA
1. Medical facilities renovated
2. Basic medications sent to establish as clinic in the
city of Ho
3. Rotarian doctors and members providing basic
care and instruction
4. Establishment of Elementary, Middle and High
School
5. Provide Library Books from Seymour, Primary,
Intermediate and Middle Schools
6. Provide Used Textbooks from 10 Sevier County
Schools

113. Textbooks from Sevier County Schools

114. Packing books to ship to Ghana

121. Other Heart 2 Heart Projects not pictured
1. Documentation of 650,000 American Children in
Mexico City to establish dual citizenship.
2. Mid wife training and aspiration kits for infants.
3. Daycare for infants of mothers working in the
garbage dumps to salvage usable food.
4. Pacemakers for adults who can not afford them.
5. Mediation training for settling community and
family disputes
6. Sixty teams of ten dental students from the
University of Mexico Dental School for free dental
care.
7. Toilets for schools with no sanitation facilities.

122. Other Heart 2 Heart Projects not pictured
1. Documentation of 650,000 American Children in
Mexico City to establish dual citizenship.
2. Mid wife training and aspiration kits for infants.
3. Daycare for infants of mothers working in the
garbage dumps to salvage usable food.
4. Pacemakers for adults who can not afford them.
5. Mediation training for settling community and
family disputes
6. Sixty teams of ten dental students from the
University of Mexico Dental School for free dental
care.
7. Toilets for schools with no sanitation facilities.

123. Other Heart 2 Heart Projects not pictured
1. Documentation of 650,000 American Children in
Mexico City to establish dual citizenship.
2. Mid wife training and aspiration kits for infants.
3. Daycare for infants of mothers working in the
garbage dumps to salvage usable food.
4. Pacemakers for adults who can not afford them.
5. Mediation training for settling community and
family disputes
6. Sixty teams of ten dental students from the
University of Mexico Dental School for free dental
care.
7. Toilets for schools with no sanitation facilities.

124. Other Heart 2 Heart Projects not pictured
1. Documentation of 650,000 American Children in
Mexico City to establish dual citizenship.
2. Mid wife training and aspiration kits for infants.
3. Daycare for infants of mothers working in the
garbage dumps to salvage usable food.
4. Pacemakers for adults who can not afford them.
5. Mediation training for settling community and
family disputes
6. Sixty teams of ten dental students from the
University of Mexico Dental School for free dental
care.
7. Toilets for schools with no sanitation facilities.

125. Be A Gift To The World
Your donation to the Rotary Foundation
provides funds to improve the world.
Service Above Self

126. DG Don Peterson
District 5630, Nebraska, USA
RI Strategic Plan
1. Support and strengthen clubs
2. Focus and increase humanitarian service
3. Enhance public image and awareness
THE NEBRASKA STORY

127. PDG Steve Sorenson
District 6540, Indiana, USA
IMPACT FOR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS

128. DG Patricia Vela
District 4170, Mexico
IMPACT FOR HOST PARTNER

129. 2015-16 participation
US partner districts 21
US partner clubs 30+
Global grants – 8 $580,629
US partner districts DDF $192,858
Rotary Foundation match $270,404
Non-grant projects – 3 $28,500
Last 8 years - total projects - $2,000,000+
HEART 2 HEART TODAY

130. Summary of objectives
1. Model framework
2. RI Strategic Plan
3. Impact and opportunities
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SUMMARY

131. Ron Appuhn
Rotary Club of Maryville-Alcoa, Tennessee,
USA
rappuhn53@yahoo.com
865-567-9576
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