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World Community Service (WCS) is the Rotary program by which a club or district in one country provides humanitarian assistance to a club in another country. Typically the aid goes to a developing community where the Rotary project will help raise the standard of living and the quality of life. The ultimate object of World Community Service is to build goodwill and understanding among peoples of the world.
One important way to find a club in some part of the world that needs help on a worthy project is to use the WCS Projects Exchange, a semiannually published list of hundreds of worthy activities in developing areas. The exchange list is maintained in the RI Secretariat in Evanston and is readily available upon request. It outlines projects, provides estimated costs and gives names of the appropriate contacts. The WCS Projects Exchange can also be accessed via the RI World Wide Web site at www.rotary.org
Clubs that need assistance, or are seeking another club to help with a humanitarian project, such as building a clinic, school, hospital community water well, library or other beneficial activity, may register their needs. Clubs seeking desirable World Community Service project may easily review the list of needs registered in the Projects Exchange. Thus, the exchange provides a practical way to link needs with resources.
Every Rotary club is urged to undertake a new World Community Service project each year. The WCS Projects Exchange list is an excellent tool to find a real need, a project description and cooperating club in a developing area. The job then is to “go to work” to complete the project, and at the same time build bridges of friendship and world understanding.
Westport Sunrise Rotary
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Westport, CT 06881-0043
P: 203-454-6446
F: 866-235-5591
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