Projects Around Africa
Rotaractors in Africa are taking action to create lasting change in themselves and their communities. Rotaract Districts across Africa serve their communities through projects that revolve around Rotary’s 7 areas of focus.
Rotary Areas of Focus
Explore Projects from Member Districts
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- Water, Sanitation & Hygiene
- Environment
- Peace & Conflict Resolution
- Maternal & Child Health
- Basic Education & Literacy
- Community & Economic Development
- Disease Prevention & Treatment
Zero Hunger Project Phase 2
Rotaract district 9125 partnered with Rotaract clubs in Abuja and Jale Foundation in distributing foodstuffs to members of an indigent community in Abuja
Zero Hunger Project Phase 1
Rotaract district 9125 partnered Rotaract clubs in Abuja to harvest farm produce in Jale Foundation farm meant to feed a indigent community in dire need of food.
Save the Environment 2.0
Rotaract district 9125 mobilised all clubs to embark on a sanitation project within their respective communities on a specific date chosen by the district.
And encouraged clubs to conduct a follow up on save the environment 1.0
Save the Environment 1.0
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Prison Project
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Peace Project
Rotaract District 9125 partnered with other organizations and distributed Rotaract peace handbook for RYLA participants and some clubs. This was meant to promote peace in our immediate environment
Community Football Match
Rac Gboko central organised football match between two communities, Mbawav and Mbaav. This was aimed at prevention of communal crisis and social vices especially cultism between both communities.
Empowering Rotaractors
Empowerment of Rotaractors with sewing machine and bench grinder during the investiture ceremony of DRR 9125 Washima Cleo Iornder
Blood Donation
PDRR Washima Cleo Iornder lead Rtrs in District 9125 in blood donation drive to mark the World Rotaract Week celebration, Rotaract @53
Bellville Jars of Hope
Since the beginning of February, the Rotaract Club of Bellville has been collecting jars in order to fill them with 1/2 cup of rice, 1/2 cup of split peas, 1/2 cup of lentils, 1 unwrapped stock cube and a packet of soup powder. Each jar is supposed to produce a meal that could feed a family of 4. Since the onset of this project up to its completion 150 jars were collected. These jars were donated to For the Love of the Kidz, which runs a feeding scheme in the Heinz Park community.
Blouberg Food Garden
The Rotaract Club of Blouberg together with our sponsor Rotary club have established a food garden to feed 600 children. Recently, we gathered at the farm at Klein Dassenburg to have a wholesome day filled with gardening and a lovely braai brought to us by Marius. We got together in the morning and we spent hours gathering compost, laying cardboard and filling manure and many more, we then got spoilt by Marius with an amazing steak fillet, salad, rolls and his special home made tomato sauce. We had an incredible turn up from our Rotarians and Rotaractors and the job was phenomenally done. We will keep you guys updated with how the garden goes further.
Hout Bay Mentorship Program
The Rotaract Club of Hout Bay's main project of the club is providing mentoring for high school learners in the Imizamo
Yethu. We are working in partnership with local high schools within the Hout Bay area to recruit new mentees yearly. Since the establishment of the club, we have grown in numbers and our quality of work has also changed for the better.
Hout Bay Reusable Sanitary Towel
The Rotaract Club of Hout Bay does this drive in August in celebration of Women’s month and parcels that contain re-usable sanitary towels and various toiletries are packed and distributed to 100 young girls.
The re-usable sanitary towels have a span of up to 3 years and will ensure that the young girls do not resort to using unhygienic alternatives when on their periods. These young girls are usually from a local primary school and mostly aimed at those in Grade 6 as they have been identified by the school teachers and the vulnerable ones with the greatest of needs.
Seapoint Mural
Rotaractors, Rotarians, and interested members of the public gathered to paint a mural at the Rotary Pavillion Park.
The event was a kick-off project for the soon-to-be-charted Waterfront Rotaract Club. The Rotaract Club idea came from the Waterfront Rotary Club, Captained by Janet Kriseman. Sea Point and Waterfront Rotary decided to refurbish the 10-year-old Rotary Pavilion Park, which was done a few months ago.
Sandwich Drive
On Saturday 8th of May 2021, Rex Omameh, PDRR 9350 gathered Rotaractors, friends, and sponsors for his birthday at 1st Blaauwberg Sea Scout’s Hall to make over 5000 sandwiches to give to the neighboring communities. The team worked while following all Covid protocols from 8 am till early afternoon and managed to make 5193 sandwiches with 75 loaves left to spare. This incredible experience shows
the power of what can be accomplished together, it is never too little, your one act of good can inspire thousands to act.
Green Rotaract Concept
The Green Rotaract Concept is a Rotaract District 9212 initiative that focuses on environmental management and conservation projects. We seek to accomplish our objectives through tree planting, community cleanups, waste management site visits, and community awareness campaigns. Established in 2017, it continues to involve and encourage over 200 Rotary and Rotaract Clubs to take up environment projects and involves them in district-wide projects. This has seen many clubs take up the challenge to take care of our environment and go green thus our mantra “DO NOT BE MEAN GO GREEN”
Blood Donation Drive
Rotarians, Rotaractors, and Interactors from in conjunction with the Kenyan Ministry of Health is holding a blood donation drive starting June 14 -19 to commemorate World Blood Donors Day
The Kenya National Blood Transfusion Center urges any and all people eligible to take time out of their week to donate blood in order to ‘KEEP THE WORLD BEATING’
The target was to collect 12,000 pints with various collection points in Embu, Kisumu, Mombasa, Nairobi, Nakuru, Eldoret counties.