Creating Opportunity by Investing in Communities About RAGCED Become a Member Events Subscribe Share your story Global Grant Projects The Power of the Rotary Network – Empowering Women Entrepreneurs in Guatemala. RAGCED makes a difference! Connections made through RAGCED helped us to achieve microloans to 55 women entrepreneurs in Guatemala. The loans are part of a nine-month business training program offered by Fundacion Namaste Guatemaya (Namaste). Clubs from Victoria Canada, Antigua, Guatemala, Portland USA, & Berlin Germany contributed. Read More Dajabon Greenhouse Project Dajabon Story Introduction A successful International project starts with a solid idea. It’s all that follows – drawing plans, testing the concept, gauging the early results, editing and adjusting, creating partnerships, finding funding and at last, going to market – that validates the idea’s value. This is the story of the Rotary Club of Everett’s greenhouse gardens venture in Dajabón, Dominican... Read More LaunchDETROIT Success Stories With the collapse of many businesses only the nimble and creative businesses will thrive and nothing guarantees success like following the pattern of prior successes. In this article find out about the Motor City Popcorn story (including TV footage) plus the importance of having a business mentor, Social Media support & possibly a start up grant from Rotary. Read More Advancing Peace with Chocolate Like the false promise of gain without effort or peace without intention, Rotary Peace Scholars recognize that Peace is more than the absence of war. It is proactive, intentional, deliberate. Peace will not happen in an economic vacuum. Jobs, satisfaction from work well done and the dignity of helping oneself are corner stones of Community Development including Peace and Harmony in Mexican Villages. A pilot Development... Read More