Strategic Plan of Rotary Club of Thamel

Vision:
Rotary Club Of Thamel will be a club of inspired Rotarians of serving the community and the most needy, and additionally contributing to the promotion and preservation of heritage in and around Thamel.

Mission:
The club will organize fellowship meetings with the sole mission of inspiring members to support the most needy, and promoting compassion, peace and harmony by doing GOOD in the community and society.

Strategic Goals
The club aims to achieve its vision and mission through following strategic goals by promoting the core values of Rotary movement; Fellowship, community service, integrity and diversity in its all engagements.

1. Strengthening the Club
   1. Members
      The current number of members is 41 after an increment this year. The target will be to retain current members and increase the quality membership to upper target.
   2. PHF/MPHF
      The target is to have all club members as PHF and increase the MPHF members to 25% of club membership.
   3. Rotary Community Corps
      The club plans to have one more RCC at Devi Chour in the outskirts of Kathmandu in addition to the current one RCC at Bhatte Danda, Dhulikhel. The target is to sustain the two RCCs and support their social service activities.
   4. Rotract Clubs
      The club plans to sustain the current Rotaract Club of Thames College, former Rotaract club of Thamel, and support social activities of the Rotaract club, such as regular distribution of warm clothes to needy communities in winter.
   5. Interact Clubs
      The club will focus on sustaining the two current interact clubs in two schools, Annapurana school, J. N. Pyakuryal Memorial Schooland supporting the two clubs keeping active all the time.
   6. Human Resource Development:
      The club is continuously assessing the interest of members, and is arranging for taking up “projects in interested area or field” and associated “on the job training” visits to inspiring social service sites and meeting inspiring personalities, inviting inspiring personalities to club meetings with spouses. The club has been carrying out these kinds of activities already, inspiring members to take up some social work or contribution will continue such efforts. The club prefers such ”training visits” rather than classroom training. The club activities will involve all members, especially new membership, finally identifying active core membership in social service to lead the club.
   7. Leadership Development
      The club will promote leadership development by encouraging the current program of in-house presentations by members on social issues, at least 6 presentations by members in a year to a maximum of 12 presentations. The club plans to ensure new members participate in district programs and promote information sharing with other Rotarians. The club plans to have at least two members on a district leadership team each year.
2. Humanitarian Services
   1. Focus on the Core Areas of Services
      The club will focus mainly on two areas; literacy and disaster preparedness.
      1. Literacy
         The club plans to continue scholarship programs in adopted village Ghumar Chowk, and Taudaha. The club plans to raise funds in house for this program and seek international support from other clubs.
         The club will focus on completing the ongoing reconstruction of two schools, a primary wing for Shanti Sikchhya schools in Thahiti, Kathmandu and a 4 room school building of BinduKeshar at Taksar, Nuwakot.
         
         The club will focus on sustaining the scholarship of 16 children at Ghumar Chowk village and Rs. 6,000 /child scholarship of 10 children in various schools in Kathmandu until their school graduation. With the aim of avoiding drop out from schools, the club will continue weekly feeding program of around 25 street children currently to encourage their continuation of school education.
      2. Disaster preparedness 
         The club will continue to support and inspire two interact clubs and one Rotaract club to participate in various social programs and continue current participation of the two interact clubs and the Rotaract club in disaster preparedness activities.
3. Public Image
   1. Dissemination of Core Value
      The club believes that conducting“Clean street campaigns, road safety campaigns, disaster preparedness activities and, scholarship activities along with school reconstruction” with Rotaracts and interacts will help in promoting the Public Rotary and will continue such current programs.
4. Financial Sustainability and Operational Effectiveness
   1. Financial Sustainability
      The club will strictly plan that all club events and campaigns are self-sustainable.
      The club will conduct a once every year inside the club.
      The club will design realistic project implementation plans each year and promote projects along with fellowship with international clubs to receive financial support of club programs.
   2. Operational Effectiveness
      The club will focus on making operations of the club in an organized manner using club meeting locations at the Hotel Shankar.