In nearly 30 years of existence, the Rotary Club of Metro Iloilo has implemented a wide variety of projects in service of the community. It has consistently served the day care centers, and has engaged in various projects involving literacy, health and hunger, and water management.

“Save the Mangroves In Iloilo River” is the Centennial Project of RCMI. It is a multi phased prve trees in the Iloilo River, through an advocacy campaign, community based outreach, a mangrove nursery, oject that aims to save the dwindling mangroand replanting of lost cover. The project started with the formation of a multi-sectoral alliance known as KATUMANAN which now boasts of 15 member agencies. RCMI is one of the original convenors of the group.

The club’s Project Day Care is a package of projects that answer the call of Rotary International to promote literacy, water management and health among our children. It aims to develop the physical, emotional and educational well being of the 10,000 day care children enrolled in the more than 200 day care centers in the city.

The project has provided educational materials and facilities that can be used in the long term and can benefit present and future enrollees. Day care centers suffer from lack of budget and over crowded classrooms. The club is helping address the issue with literacy projects and day care worker motivation.

This Rotary Year, the Club has so far adopted twenty (20) day care centers which were provided with blackboards, books and other educational materials, video and audio equipment and educational aids. Each day care center was also provided with 100 literacy workbooks.

In addition, supplemental feeding programs were conducted and they were also provided with water dispensers.

The Rotary Club of Metro Iloilo, in cooperation with Caltex, Philippines is conducting a Mentorship program for elementary school pupils who have reading problems.

Since the start of the Rotary year in July 2006, the Rotary Club of Metro Iloilo, headed by its young and dynamic president, Dr. Ronnel Quiñon, has been trailblazing in activities that help the local community.

Rotary is an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide who provide humanitarian service, and help to build goodwill and peace in the world. There are approximately 1.2 million Rotarians who are members of more than 31,000 Rotary clubs in more than165 countries.

The Rotary Club of Metro Iloilo is one of the 54 Rotary Clubs in District 3850, covering Western Visayas and Western Mindanao. The District Governor is Ramon Cua Locsin, who is also a member of the Metro Iloilo club.

The continuing quest of the club to look after the health of the community spurred it to donate potable
drinking water systems to three (3) elementary schools in the city.

The drinking fountain and water filter will help reduce the high incidence of diarrhea and other water borne diseases.