Club Information - Service Projects

International Service

"We have learned that we cannot live alone, at peace; that our own well-being is dependent on the well-being of other nations, far away.  We have learned that we must live as men, and not as ostriches, nor as dogs in the manger.  We have learned to be citizens of the world, members of the human community." Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Kenyan Projects

For many years, Oshkosh Rotary Southwest has worked with African citizens in the area around Machacos, Kenya.  Past projects have included rural electrification and providing running water, and the club is currently engaged in a project to assist the process of building a hospital for the community.

Peruvian Projects

The club works with an orphanage in Lima, Peru.  The Club is working with the orphanage to assist hundreds of  children by providing funding and on-site assistance to the orphanage.  A current project at the orphanage is the installation of a Southwest Rotary-purchased "Soy Cow" machine which produces a healthy milk substitute from soybeans.

Read a story of former Southwest Rotarian Caryn Cain's trip to the Orphanage.

Rotary Youth Exchange

For almost 20 years, the Club and its members have been sponsoring and hosting foreign exchange high school-age students from abroad for a year in the U.S. Additionally, the Club recruits American students to spend a year studying in a foreign country in the sponsorship of another Rotary club.

See the Youth Exchange page for more information on Rotary Youth Exchange, including application information, costs, deadlines, etc.

Group Study Exchange

Oshkosh Rotary Southwest regularly participates in this program in which young professionals from our area each year spend six weeks immersing themselves in a foreign culture, and by hosting Group Study Exchange participants from other countries as they visit our area.

Host Flying Rotarians in a picnic at the EAA Air Venture Convention

Each year, in partnership with the other two Oshkosh Rotary clubs, the Club hosts Rotarians from all over the world to a picnic with a special guest speaker at the annual EAA Convention.

Sponsorship of Student Attendance at World Affairs Seminar

Each July, the Club sponsors four Oshkosh high school students to attend a World Affairs Seminar at the University of Wisconsin Whitewater campus.