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ICCs Water and Sanitation Symposium
October 15th, 2015WATER FOR LIFE IN A CHANGING
WORLD
ICCs Distribution worldwideHow it all started…
After the end of World War 2, members of
Rotary France and of Rotary Germany
decided to establish a new forum for Rotary`s
activities with the aim of re-establishing
friendship bonds and promoting peace.
Present situationClose to 300 ICCs have been created so far
all over the world but they can be found still
in only about 80 of the 206 countries where
Rotary International clubs have been
established.
Europe
41
32
23
20
13
12
12
12
2
2
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EuropeAs shown in the map, the leading countries are France
(41 ICCs), Germany (32) and Italy (23),Romania/Moldova
(20) followed by Serbia (13 ICCs), Turkey, Austria,
Portugal, Ukraine (12 ICCs each), Czech and Switzerland
(9 each), Belgium and Poland (8 each)
Countries like Great Britain and Ireland have only 2 ICCs
and in the Scandinavian countries there is but one ICC,
in Sweden. The same goes for many more European
countries.
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2
5
2
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6
2
1
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More data on ICC`s DistributionAs per the latest official data on our hands,
North and South America together number so
far 34 ICCs.
Africa 17 ICCs ,the Asian continent 5 and
Australia just one.
In Israel, we have at present 16 ICCs
Why are ICCs important?ICCs offer Rotary districts and clubs an
additional tool for fulfilling the aims of the 4th
avenue of service, the international service -
which focuses on understanding, goodwill
and peace worldwide.
A short list of ICCs water and sanitation projectsWe know that various water projects, mostly focused
on bringing drinking water to needy and remote
areas, have been carried out by the ICCs in the past
few years: a project providing water to 3 villages in
Argentina, another for the supply of water to the
town of Douala - Cameroon, boreholes drilling in
Morocco, water purification systems in Egypt,
supply of 50 water filters in Mexico and many more.
Another example of water projects
A huge 3 –year project for the securing of
clean drinking water in all of the 1500
Lebanese public schools was initiated in the
Rotary year 2013-14 by Lebanese ICC with the
partnership of the Lebanese Ministry of
Education and Health and the “Boecker”
company.
A very special water project.A few years ago Dr. Amnon Shefi of High-
Teach started an educational program in Israel “Youth Water and Knowledge .”
“Hands Across Water” is an educational program sponsored by a GG and which is implemented in Israeli mixed Jewish-Arab schools.
Dr. Gerald Sussman and Rotarian Brendan McGinnis from the USA are its main partners and sponsors.
ICCs` Mission
ICCs, just like all of the Rotary organization,
act mainly as ambassadors of goodwill and
have no political agenda. Our main mission is
to address humanitarian needs
T H A N K Y O U!!PDG Avner Fuchs
ICC Water and Sanitation Symposium Chair
October 15th, 2015