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3. Developing community members’ economic and employment potential through leadership
training and empowerment tools, especially through initiatives for women, refugees, and young
adults

4. Supporting small-business, cooperative, or social-enterprise development and income-generating
activities for the poor, including organizing area-wide businesses that provide employment
5. Furthering agricultural development for subsistence and small farmers, including building
capacity and facilitating access to financial markets and capital

6. Organizing community-led and -coordinated adopt-a-village initiatives, or comprehensive
community development activities
7. Supporting equal and effective economic opportunities for women, refugees, and other
marginalized populations

8. Providing access to renewable, clean, and efficient energy through sustainable, locally purchased,
and innovative technology, as well as substantial training directly connected to economic
outcomes
9. Training communities in conservation and resource management to help them preserve, protect,
and sustainably use natural resources for their economic benefit and growth

10. Improving communities’ ability to adapt to environmental and climatic changes through capacity-
building, and developing sustainable economic activities
11. Providing training and basic resources to support basic emergency preparedness initiatives and
enhance communities’ economic resilience, including fire prevention and natural disaster
preparedness

TRF considers the following activities to be outside the scope of the community economic development
area of focus and not eligible for global grant funding:

1. Community infrastructure or equipment projects without direct economic results, or without
operational and maintenance plans
2. Community beautification projects such as parks and playgrounds

3. Projects to rehabilitate community centers

Elements of Successful Humanitarian Projects and Vocational Training Teams

Community economic development global grants are:

1. Sustainable — Communities can address their economic development needs after the Rotary club
or district completes its work.

2. Measurable — Sponsors need to set targets and identify measurements to track project outcomes.
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.

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