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community governance, financing and planning, system maintenance, and delivery

8. Organizing strategic advocacy initiatives to encourage regional, national, and local authorities to
implement policies that support sustainable access to water, sanitation, and hygiene. These
include allocating funding for related services, establishing standards and guidelines, and
developing processes for certifying communities as open defecation-free.

TRF considers the following activities to be outside the scope of the water, sanitation, and hygiene area of
focus and not eligible for global grant funding:
1. Hygiene programming that focuses on increasing knowledge and providing standardized
information rather than changing behavior. One-time education sessions are not eligible.

2. Single-event river or beach clean-ups that are not part of a watershed management project

3. Projects that solely construct water and sanitation systems

Elements of Successful Humanitarian Projects and Vocational Training Teams

Water, sanitation, and hygiene global grants are:

1. Sustainable — Communities and governments can better address their water, sanitation, and
hygiene needs after the Rotary club or district completes its work.
2. Measurable — Sponsors need to set targets and identify measurements to track project outcomes
in water, sanitation, and hygiene and water resource management. Standard measures are listed
in the Global Grant Monitoring and Evaluation Plan Supplement.
3. Community driven — Projects meet the needs identified by the host community. Governments,
communities, and businesses work together to build, own, and operate sustainable water and
sanitation systems.

Elements of Successful Scholarships

Global grants support graduate-level scholarships for professionals interested in pursuing careers in
water, sanitation, and hygiene. TRF considers the following when evaluating global grant scholarship
applications:

1. The applicant’s previous work experience in the field of water, sanitation, and hygiene or water
resource management
2. The academic program’s alignment with water, sanitation, and hygiene or water resource
management. Examples include water and sanitation engineering, environmental engineering,
integrated water resource and systems management, hydrology, and public health.

3. The applicant’s career plans as they relate to water and sanitation

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