Creating Opportunity by Investing in Communities About RAGCED Become a Member Events Subscribe Share your story Global Grant Projects Supporting Rural Women Entrepreneurs in Nepal The Rotary Club of Westminster International in London, UK, has partnered with the Rotary Clubs of Dhulikhel and Gongabu, Nepal, on a microfinance global grant project that aims to support the economic development of Chittari Pokhari Village and to improve gender equality by increasing women's participation in the workforce. Read More Houston 2022 Documents Available for Download The Rotarian Action Group for Microfinance and Community Development is posting here a series of useful documents available in conjunction with the Houston Rotary International Convention. Please click the appropriate link below to download the file you wish to see. All files are in PDF format. If you're attending the Convention, make sure you stop by the RAGCED Booth #829. The booth will feature stories and videos on... Read More Rotary and Community Economic Development Nearly 800 million people live on less than $1.90 a day. Rotary members are passionate about providing sustainable solutions to poverty. Our members and our foundation work to strengthen local entrepreneurs and community leaders, particularly women, in impoverished communities. Read More Rotary & the Savings Revolution For the poorest, disciplined savings is a surer path out of poverty than costly, risky debt. Worldwide half a billion save in groups they organize and manage themselves. Who better to train savings groups for the two billion who don’t save than the leaders of successful groups? In Guatemala Rotary provides a small financial nudge to ten successful savings group leaders who have trained fifty new savings groups. This is only... Read More