Nearly 800 million people live on less than $1.90 a day. Rotarians are passionate about providing sustainable solutions to poverty.
Our members and our foundation work to strengthen local entrepreneurs and community leaders in impoverished communities.
Rotary creates opportunities to help individuals and communities thrive financially and socially.
Rotary members train people to become resources for their community, offering networking activities, advice on new business development, and mathematics and financial management training.
Rotary Makes Economic Impact Worldwide
Breaking the cycle of poverty for women
Most of the women living in rural Guatemala do not have the collateral to get loans from regulated financial institutions. The Rotary Club of Guatemala de la Ermita helped 400 local women complete financial literacy courses so they could pool their money and fund their own microlending program.
Skills development, business training
Esmeraldas, Ecuador, Rotary members helped grant more than 250 microloans and train more than 270 community members in sewing, baking, plumbing, microcredit, business management, and leadership.
Sustainable farming
In west Cameroon, soil erosion and loss of soil fertility have significantly reduced farmers’ harvests. Rotarians gave farmers the skills they needed to improve soil fertility, control soil erosion, and market their produce. The results: increased crop yields and profits.
Economic Development & Vocational Projects of the Rotary Club of Irvine
With your help we can make a bigger impact locally and abroad.
Support your Firefighters
When natural disasters strike such as the Airport Fire, which burned more than 20,000 acres and destroyed 30 plus structures, Irvine Rotary supported local wildland…
Supplies for Veterans
Irvine Rotary provides baskets full of household items to start a home to formerly unhoused veterans who are provide apartments through Mercy House and who…
Books for the Youth
Irvine Rotary encourages young children to develop a love for reading by donating books and reading to 1st and 2nd grade students at “Dr. Seuss…
