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2022 RAGCED Virtual AGM You are cordially invited to attend: The 2022 RAGCED Annual General Meeting (AGM) To Register: https://ragced.org/1/217/Contact_Us/ Please note the limit of 100 participants Wednesday July 27, 2022 at 10:00 AM EST 09:00 Central (Chicago) Read more...	2022 RAGCED Virtual AGM		2022-07-27 04:00:00Z
Community Solutions Program The Community Solutions Program is a professional leadership development program for the best and brightest community leaders worldwide. Rotary International is excited to announce a partnership with the U.S. Department of State’s Community Solutions Program (CSP) that offers Rotarians across the United States the opportunity to host international fellows for a professional practicum at their workplace or a rich cross-cultural exchange through a homestay from August through November 2022 Read more...	Community Solutions Program	Les Miles	2022-06-15 04:00:00Z
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...	Supporting Rural Women Entrepreneurs in Nepal	Vida Haven	2022-05-21 04:00:00Z
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 and Community Economic Development		2022-05-07 04:00:00Z
Rotary and the Savings Revolution The Informal Economy According to a recent report by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 60% of the world's population participate in the informal sector - these are the legions of subsistence farm owners, market traders, street food sellers, seamstresses, and cobblers we see when we visit a poor country. Since the 1970s, international development practitioners, including many International Rotarians, have supported the idea that with a small loan, those running "microbusinesses" in this informal economy will begin to prosper. Over the past several years, however, a growing body of evidence shows that while those with the best established businesses are prospering, most loans are used for immediate needs - food, medicine, school fees. For those living on the edge of survival, repaying these often costly loans is very difficult. Read more...	Rotary and the Savings Revolution	Jeff Ashe	2022-05-03 04:00:00Z
Honduras Economic Development HECD – Honduras Economic & Community Development – was birthed in 2012. It is a multi-faceted, multi-staged vision, founded on the principles of microfinance and sustainable development. Goal: for HECD to have 10 Phases and raise $1M for holistic microfinance / community economic development in Honduras. Read more...	Honduras Economic Development	John Gilvesy	2022-04-25 04:00:00Z
Yumbe Uganda Microcredit with TCP Global Attending a Zoom meeting of the Yumbe, Uganda provisional Rotary Club, my eyes welling up with emotion, I reached out in chat to another Zoomer who had just wiped her cheek. She admitted she too was tearing up. The club is not yet officially recognized by Rotary International, the women are well below the poverty line but they are already doing service projects. Read more...	Yumbe Uganda Microcredit with TCP Global		2022-03-20 04:00:00Z
Uniendo America Project Fair - 2022 Welcome Uniendo América Project Fair District 4240 - 4250, is a space in which Rotary clubs of the world meet to visualize, talk, exchange and decide to help less favored communities in our countries Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Read more...	Uniendo America Project Fair - 2022		2022-03-20 04:00:00Z
Empowering Women Video What works for Women? In this short video clip the focus is on supporting women through joining the Rotarian Action Group for Community Economic Development. Read more...	Empowering Women Video		2022-03-20 04:00:00Z
President Margaret 2022 Message Never underestimate the power you have to make a difference in the lives of others. RAGCED supports sustainable community development projects throughout the world; if you need assistance, reach out to us. In our Newsletter this month are interesting and informative articles featuring sustainable community development projects lead by Rotarians who saw a need, and took action, working together to uplift communities and entrepreneurs in Guatemala, Uganda, and Great Briton. Read more...	President Margaret 2022 Message		2022-03-20 04:00:00Z
Open to Grow - More Than Microcredit Thanks so much for supporting Open to Grow - for 11 years! We appreciate each and every one of you. Together, we have made over 5,400 loans to poor women micro Read more...	Open to Grow - More Than Microcredit	Bob Brown	2021-12-01 05:00:00Z

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