At the 1994 United Nation's International Conference on Population & Development (ICPD) in Cairo, global values for addressing human well-being and our environment were transformed. 180 nations agreed that a balance between population and resources is essential to preserving both.

It is fitting that, 10 years later, the Rotarian Fellowship for Population & Development and the Humanitarian Service Resource Fellowship sponsor this conference in Cairo to address these concerns on Sustainable Development.

380  Rotarians, from 60 different Countries gathered for three days in Cairo for this important conference. 114 projects were received for Matching Grants.  Below you will find a listing of these Matching Grant projects (not yet finalized) that address Sustainable Development.

The conference was organized by PRID Bill Cadwallader and hosted with exceptional care under the leadership of D 2450 PDG Salem Mashhour and DG Mounir Sabet (brother of Egypt First Lady, H.E. Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak).  Two sitting RI Directors were present as well as other Rotary leaders from all corners of the world.

Twenty discussion workshops addressed such topics as Hunger, Water, HIV/AIDS, Micro-enterprise, Litreracy. Population Concerns was a topic woven through the entire agenda, emhasizing its importance as an underlying issue to most other areas of Rotary humanitarian work. A report on Findings was prepared and will be presented to the RI Board and to the Foundation

Key presenters were Awad Tag ElDin, Egyption Minister of Health, Virginia Ofosu-Amaah, past UNFPA Africa Director, and representatives of the World Health Organization, the UN Development Program, and UNICEF.

Click here for a listing (not yet final) of Humanitarian Grants submitted in Cairo asking for support. Clubs/districts interested in sponsoring one or more should contact Executive Director RFPD, LPBatlanta@aol.com

Posted below are copies of six presentations- more postings will follow as information is received about this conference

Click below for complete presentations on topics indicated - allow time to download

Water and Life, Slide Presentation by Prof. Dr. Ragaie Ahmed El-Gebaly, Ph.D. D 2450 File size 352 Kilobytes

Population and Development, Slide Presentation RI Institute in Maastricht  9 October 2004 by Prof Dr. Robert Zinser, Chairman RFPD and member RI WCS Commitee,  D 1860 File size 4.62 Megabytes

UN Development Programme - Private Sector can help MDG -  (Millennium Development Goals)  Slide Presentation by Christopher Louise - UNDP File Size 844 KB

UN Development Programme - Speech - Christopher Louise UNDP File size 48 KB

Prevention Mother-Child HIV - Slide Presentation by Niels Einer-Jensen D 1460 File Size 16 KB

Reproductive Health for Adolescents on Internet - Slide Presentation by Niels Einer-Jensen D 1460 File Size 796 KB

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