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COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Rotary supports investments in people and communities to alleviate poverty, creating measurable and
enduring economic improvements in poor and underserved areas.

Area of Focus Statement of Purpose and Goals

TRF enables Rotarians to alleviate poverty by:

1. Building the capacity of local leaders, organizations, and networks to support economic
development in poor communities
2. Developing opportunities for productive work and improving access to sustainable livelihoods

3. Empowering marginalized communities by providing access to economic opportunities and
services
4. Building the capacity of entrepreneurs, social businesses, and locally supported business
innovators

5. Addressing gender or class disparities that prevent populations from obtaining productive work
and accessing markets and financial services
6. Increasing access to renewable energy and energy-efficiency measures to create more sustainable
and economically resilient communities

7. Empowering communities to develop environmental and natural resource conservation skills for
economic gain
8. Strengthening communities’ economic resilience and adaptive capacity in response to
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environmental and climate-related hazards and natural disasters

9. Developing and supporting community-based basic emergency preparedness services to improve
economic resilience
10. Funding graduate scholarships for career-minded professionals related to community economic
development

Parameters for Eligibility

TRF considers the following activities to be within the scope of the community economic development
area of focus:
1. Providing poor communities with access to financial services, including microcredit, mobile
banking, savings, and insurance

2. Offering training related to community economic development, including entrepreneurship,
community leadership, vocational skills, and financial literacy

5 Adaptive capacities refer to the social and technical skills of individuals and groups that allow them to respond
effectively to environmental and socioeconomic changes.

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