Foundation & International
The club's activities in support of the Rotary Foundation and International links.

Foundation & International
Sand Dams
How are they Built

Sand Dams
Our First Sand Dam

Ebola
Helping fund the MSF fight against Ebola

Ebola
So dispirating - help is urgently needed

Ebola
Dr Black outside the compound
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Masizame Shelter
They try to make it colourful
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Masizame Shelter
The Children
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Masizame Shelter
Decorated in the inside too

Masizame Shelter
New Uniforms funded by us
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ShelterBox
Everything you need in one box
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ShelterBox
Nepal needs help
Rotary Foundation and International Programs
International
Rotary has always been internationally oriented and apart from having members and clubs all over the world, it has been a great advocate of international projects in suppport of the needy. We ambrace these objectives and, apart form supporting high visibility projects like End Polio Now and Sand Dams, we like to support smaller worthwhile international Projects.
Foundation
Rotary has its own charity - The Rotary Foundation - which funds the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty throughout the world. The Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation supported solely by voluntary contributions from Rotarians and friends of the Foundation who share its vision of a better world.
Through Rotary Foundation grants and programs, Rotarians and other donors help change the world. Rotary clubs and districts are providing clean water, improving the environment, sponsoring scholarships, and helping reach Rotary's No. 1 goal, eradicating polio.
End Polio
Rotarians have mobilized by the hundreds of thousands to eradicate polio. Theyre working to ensure that children are immunized against this crippling disease, despite weak infrastructure, extreme poverty, and civil strife prevailing in many countries. In 2016 there were only three countries with Polio cases and a total of only 37 cases world-wide.
Every dollar given to End Polio is matched with $2 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help wipe out polio.
Grants Programs
Global Grants
Global grants support large international activities with sustainable, measurable outcomes in Rotary’s areas of focus. By working together to respond to real community needs, clubs and districts strengthen their global partnerships.
What global grants support
Global grants can fund:
- Humanitarian projects
- Scholarships for graduate-level academic studies
- Vocational training teams, which are groups of professionals who travel abroad either to teach local professionals about their field or to learn more about it themselves
District Grants
What district grants support
District grants can be used to fund a variety of district and club projects and activities, including:
- Humanitarian projects, including service travel and disaster recovery efforts
- Scholarships for any level, length of time, location, or area of study
- Youth programs, including Rotary Youth Exchange, Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA), Rotaract, and Interact
- Vocational training teams, which are groups of professionals who travel abroad either to teach local professionals about their field or to learn more about it themselves
How they’re funded
Districts may use up to 50 percent of their District Designated Fund to receive one district grant annually. This percentage is calculated based on the amount of DDF generated from a district’s Annual Fund giving three years prior, including Endowment Fund earnings. You aren’t required to request the full amount available.
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Every Member Every Year 2020
Our club is the only club in our Rotary District to achieve over $100 donation to Rotary Foundation by every club member
detailsThe Gift of Life 2020
Following our successful completion of a well providing fresh clean water to Schoolchildren at Ciamanda Primary school, we have raised enough money to fund three more wells for three new schools in Embu County, Kenya
detailsMwondu House Project, Embu Kenya - 2020
Club Member Margaret Fowler reports on the house for a desperately in need family and for which she was the driving force to raise money
detailsPolio Kicked Out Of Africa
The World Health Organisation has declared Africa free of wild Polio after 4 years without any cases. Club Member Chandra Gupta recalls how he led our club's part in the long haul to end Polio and reach this dramatic moment.
detailsRotary Foundation Reacts to Covid-19
Rotary is committed to End Polio but is also addressing Covid-19. Its own charity immediately changed its rules to help fund the Covid-19 fight and mobilised its Polio teams to fight the disease
detailsBush Fire Relief in Australia 2020
Our member visits the area and hands over our club donation to the relief effort
detailsMercy Ships Donation 2020
We joined other Rotary Clubs in Great Britain and Ireland in donating to the Mercy Ships 2020 campaign
detailsWater Boreholes in Kenya 2020
Our first borehole is completed at Ciamanda primary school, bringing the Gift of Life to the pupils and neighbours there.
details2019 Support in Kenya
Working and visiting Embu in Kenya for ten years to support the community there, with two trips in 2019
details2019 Bansang Hospital Donations
We support new male medical and surgical wards at Bansang Hospital
detailsSchool Success in South Africa
Our Club's seed money has helped fund repainting, roof waterproofing, tree planting trees, a vegetable garden and, with the help of a District Grant, installed permanent room dividers between classrooms
detailsDrilling for Water -Kenya 2019
First steps in delivering secure water supplies in Kenya through new boreholes.
detailsInternational Day Lunch
136 Paul Harris Fellows attended a lunch to celebrate the birthday of Rotary International, and we received a certificate for our financial support of the End Polio Now - for the second year running.
detailsInternational Project - Life Saving Straws
We join our International "twinning" clubs in funding Beausoleil's “Life Straw” project
detailsSupporting Education in Harkersville South Africa - 2018
A Rotary plea from the heart of South Africa prompts the club to donate £300 to the Rotary Club of Plettenberg Bay's project for Harkersville School.
detailsSupporting Education in Ciamanda 2018
Our very own member, Rev Margaret Fowler, enlightened us on June 4 about her eighth visit to the African continent and Ciamanda, Kenya and its need for support for secondary education.
detailsCentenary of the Rotary Foundation
We celebrated a hundred Years of the Foundation at a dinner on July 31, 2017, also attended by other local Rotary Clubs
detailsMasizame 2016
In December 2015, we donated £500 for school uniforms to the Masizame Children's Shelter. Our support for the centre has recently been recognised in an email to our club.
detailsThe Fight against Ebola
Main beneficiaries of our Grand Raffle were charities involved in the fight against Ebola. This year's main recipient was Medecins Sans Frontieres, from whom a most moving letter of thanks has been received.
detailsFighting Ebola In The Market Place
Billericay Rotary Club's annual Grand Christmas Raffle is in Aid of Charities facing the threat of Ebola, ShelterBox, and other charities supported by Rotary.
detailsMasizame Children's Shelter 2015 - II
The Shelter expresses its gratitude for the generous donation to fund new school uniforms for this year.
detailsMasizame Children's Shelter Bus Appeal - 2015
Masizame Children's Shelter - urgent support needed to help feed, shelter educate and provide counselling for these abused children. Immediate need - funding to replace a decrepit bus.
detailsShelter Box Donations
In an outstanding achievement - Billericay Rotary club has gained a Bronze award for donating over £10,000 to fund 25 Shelter Boxes for international disaster relief - a notable achievement in charitable donations.
detailsHow many Rotarians does it take to ...
How easy is it to erect a ShelterBox tent? Our Rotary Club decided to find out and try a test set up to document the process.
detailsShelterBox Donation to the Philippines
ShelterBox saves lives ..again. The latest of our sponsored boxes goes to the Philippines.
detailsNew Club ShelterBox Donations 2014
ShelterBox saves lives ..again. Our latest sponsored box goes to Zimbabwe.
detailsAid to Kosovo
We were privileged to have as speakers the two Ingatestone postmen, Dennis Sweeting and Steve Biggs, who have taken the time to organise a convoy of clothing and other vital materials to the stricken people of Kosovo.
detailsEnd Polio Now
Billericay Rotary Club hs supported the End Polio campaign since 1987, as a club initiative and in support of Rotary International's campaign to "End Polio Now". Highlighting Rotary's contribution in the Press is great publicity and encourages donations.
detailsInternational GSE Team visit 2011
Group Study Exchange supports travel for teams of non-Rotarians from a variety of professions. This records briefly the visit of the GSE Team from Brazil in 2011.
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