MBR International Projects
The International Service Committee was created to extend the service impact of our Club beyond our regional borders. The goal is to support and fund international projects collaborate with like-minded Rotarians in different corners of the world.
These international projects are funded by the metroBethesda Rotary Foundation. Learn more about the Foundation here.
MBR IS LEADING THESE PROJECTS
TÜRKİYE
Designing Peace: Rebuilding Resilience in Hatay
MBR is collaborating with Gundogdu Rotary Club in Izmir to fund a Karam Foundation project that leads hands-on design-based workshops that merge peacebuilding and conflict resolution lessons for Syrian and Turkish youth displaced by the 2024 earthquake.
MOZAMBIQUE
Cha De Magoma Pathology Clinique
MBR is currently raising funds for a project with Eat the Change, a non-profit founded by activist entrepreneurs Seth Goldman and Spike Mendelsohn, to establish a pathology clinic to care for an underserved population in a remote tea-growing region of Mozambique, particularly to address illnesses such as malaria, typhoid, and AIDS. This would establish the first such facility in this community of 10,000 people.
KENYA
RCM Elimika Rotary- Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Project
MBR is partnering with the Global Partnership for Education and Muthaiga Rotary Club and Thika Road Rotary Club in Kenya on a project to facilitate a strategic partnership consisting of direct support to schools and engaging ministries of education in Turkana, Kenya.
MBR IS PARTICIPATING IN THESE PROJECTS
TÜRKİYE
Children’s Paliative Care Unit in Izmir
MBR collaborated with Gundogdu Rotary Club in Izmir to establish the first pediatric palliative care unit in Türkiye. The project aimed to provide the best possible quality of life for children with advanced, progressive, and incurable diseases to keep little Gizem’s memory alive.
CHILE
Burned Children’s Center
MBR provides funding to the Coaniquem Burned Children’s Center in Chile, which Rotarians founded and have administered for over 40 years. The Clinic has operated on over 122,000 children totally free of charge thanks to Rotarians and other donors. The Clinic treats children, supports educational and preventive programs, researches better treatment methods, and advocates controlling the use of fireworks without supervision.
INDIA
“You Go Girl” Bicycle Campaign
MBR, in coordination with AID India supplied bicycles to female students without access to public transportation with the goal of ensuring continuity of their education.
INDIA
Education Computer Upgrades
MBR partnered with the Rotary Club of Bombay Powai, located in Mumbai, India to upgrade computers, add a digital whiteboard, and train educators to enhance computer learning,
UKRAINE
Kids Operating Room Project
MBR is helping to fund the Kids Operating Room project, providing state-of-the-art surgery and health care to a children’s hospital in Lviv, Urkaine.
KENYA
Sikhona Stoves Project
MBR is helping fund the Sikhona Stoves project, spearheaded by the Sikhona Rescue Centre, which empowers women in a remote community outside Nairobi. These stoves provides economic independence by enabling women in the community to cook food to sell locally.
MBR HAS COMPLETED PROJECT SUCH AS THESE:
UKRAINE
Medical Supplies & Turnkey Participation
MetroBethesda Rotary was the catalyst for a major humanitarian assistance project in Ukraine. Club members spearheaded the purchase and delivery of more than $1 million of medical supplies and equipment to the front lines of the war and wherever else it was needed. We partnered with United Help Ukraine, a nonprofit run by local Ukrainian ex-pats who themselves have raised $40 million this year, along with the Lviv International Rotary Club, who were our eyes and ears on the ground in Ukraine.
Read more about this major project
HONDURAS
School Supplies Project
MBR is collaborating with Usula Rotary Club in Honduras to supply several schools in the mountain communities with desks and chairs for teachers, blackboards and basic school supplies reaching 400 students. We’re now helping communities deeper in the mountain in depressed areas devoid of support by providing backpack & school supplies for middle schools in the Merendon reserve area in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
COLOMBIA AND VENUEZELA
Refugee Aid
MBR has provided several grants to help the city of Cucuta, Colombia, which borders Venezuela. Cucuta is being overwhelmed by the influx of desperate Venezuelans who are fleeing intolerable conditions, including lack of food, clean water, electricity, medicine, jobs and freedom. This funding helps provide travel kits and other aid to these refugees.
