About Us & What We Do

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What We Do
Below is a summary of our activities , please check out the other tabs at the top for more detail
LOCAL PROGRAMMES/PROJECTS
Much of our local programming is with youth. 
  • The Model United Nations Assembly has been operating since 1957. High school teams from Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Northern Ontario and the Dakotas meet in Winnipeg in May for 3 days to debate world issues https://winnipegmuna.ca
  • Rotary Adventures in Citizenship  happens every May where one young person goes to Ottawa for 4 days.  https://rotaryottawa.com
  • Rotary Youth Leadership Assembly - a 5 day camp for youth in August  https://rotary5550.org/sitepage/ryla
  • Rotary Adventures in Human Rights - a 5 day leadership development and awareness workshop for students in grades 11 and 12 from all parts of Canada.  It is held in Winnipeg at the Human Rights Museum.   https://rahr5550.ca
 
Our programming focus includes  not only youth but homelessness, poverty, mental health, women and girls, promotion of peace and the environment by responding to needs identified in the community 
 
HONOURING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES (HIP)
Established to focus the Rotary Club of Winnipeg’s participation in reconciliation with  indigenous people. We have responded to requests from remote northern communities for winter clothing, boots, hockey equipment, books, summer learning materials and equipment to care for the land.  It is part of the national Rotary HIP Movement.  HIP website  https://honouringindigenouspeoples.com/

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS
  • 1,000 Survival Garden Project where women are growing food to sustain themselves.  
  • Support to education through Humankind International in the Dadaab Refugee camp
  • Support to ShelterBox
  • Empowerment of women and girls in Democratic Republic of Congo and Bangladesh
  • Improved water supply in South Africa and Zimbabwe
  • Support to early childhood education in South Africa
  • Support and fund raising for the Elimination of Polio in the world