🎉 Curaçao Corporate Challenge 2025
Team videos are live, volunteers were having fun and created a job well done, the excitement was REAL! 💥
Read all about it here 👉
RCC Lottery
Get Ready for the Rotary Club of Curaçao's End-of-Year Lottery!
Exciting news! The Rotary Club of Curaçao is hosting its highly anticipated End-of-Year Lottery, with tickets going on sale this October for just Naf 10 each! This is your chance to support impactful local projects while having a shot at winning amazing prizes.
By purchasing a ticket, you're not only participating in an exciting event but also contributing to the Rotary Club’s ongoing community initiatives. All proceeds from the lottery will be directly channeled into local projects, helping to make a real difference across the island.
📅 Mark Your Calendar! The lottery drawing will take place on December 13, 2024, and checking your results has never been easier. Simply scan the QR code on your ticket to see if you’re a lucky winner! The winning numbers will be posted right here on the Rotary Club of Curaçao’s website.
Don’t miss out on the fun and the chance to support great causes. Grab your tickets starting in October and join us in making this year’s lottery a grand success! 🎟️✨
Stay tuned for more details and good luck!
🎟️ Where to Buy Tickets?
We’ve made it easy! Tickets, priced at just Naf 10 each, will be available at fixed point-of-sale locations, and we’ll also have pop-up sales across the island. Be sure to check this page regularly for updates on where you can get your tickets!
Point-of-Sale Locations:
- Mensing's Caminada
- Vreugdenhil Supermarket
- Sound & Vision
- members of Rotary Club of Curaçao
Pop-Up Locations:
- Punda Heerenstraat 1 | October 10th, 2024 from 4:30 - 7:00 PM
- Zuikertuin Mall | November 30th, 2024 from 11:00 - 2:00 PM
- Last tickets are being sold at Door Design Curacao B.V. Cas Coraweg 39B
Some examples of our causes:
Rotary Scholarship
The scholarship program improves the life and education possibilities for high potential primary school graduates from challenging social – economic circumstances.
Students are offered homework guidance 3 times a week, transportation, lunch, extracurricular activities (sports, art etc.) of their choice and professional psychological support when deemed necessary from the brugklas until they graduate, 1 student at the time.
The scholarship program is now in its 12th year. This successful program has expanded from just 6 students in the 2011/2012 school year to 18 students in the 2021/2022 year. And right now we have already 24 students!
Every success story counts and opens doors to a better future. With your help we will be able to increase this successful program to our goal of 30 students.
Watch this video for more information about the Rotary Scholarship.
Due to privacy reasons we can't show pictures of the students.
Busproject
The Rotary Busproject- going strong for almost 50 years!
“Every child should get a chance to get to know her or his island better.” Rotarian Huub Bongers once said. Huub noticed that many children never made trips to parts of the island outside their immediate living surroundings,---some children had never even seen the sea!
He therefore, with a number of other Rotarians of the Rotary Club of Curacao, started the Rotary Bus Project on December 18, 1974. The idea was to every two weeks bring children of the basic schools to a nice destination of their choice.
From 2021 onwards, the children are being picked up in a tour bus, a luxury air-conditioned tour bus because they often see tourists driving around in these buses but usually they never did. You should see the anticipation on their faces when such a bus comes to pick them up at their school!
The idea has always remained the same, namely to give the children an educational & fun experience combined with a snack and a drink! Children come to places on our beautiful island where they have never been before!
The Rotary Bus Project, that has now become a tradition has by now brought more than 28,500 children to all sorts of destinations!.
A big thank you goes to attractions such as the Children's Museum, the Hato Caves, Carmabi and the Ostrich Farm, which often have a social entrance fee, as well as to the bus companies such as FTBB (Taber), Blue Angel Tours, TM tours and also to the Rotary Bus Project Team - Aschia Daswani, Hans van Aalst, JanPieter Herwijer, Arnoud Vossen, Heidi Getrouw, Gwido Jansen and all the fellows who sometimes accompany the tours but also donate weekly to make the tours possible!
The Rotary Club of Curaçao is dedicated to promoting health and well-being, focusing on youth through its "Rotary Positive Lifestyle Promotors" initiative. As part of this commitment, the club is launching two key campaigns: 1) Attacking Obesity and 2) It's Time for Mental Health.
These campaigns aim to actively reduce childhood obesity and improve mental health and resilience among young people. Here are some of the projects and events the Rotary Club of Curaçao is planning to support these goals:
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Hydration and Health Education: The club plans to install water coolers at some local schools, coupled with educational programs for both teachers and students on the importance of staying hydrated, exercising regularly, and making healthy food choices.
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Sports and Self-Esteem: A new basketball court will be built, and the Rotary Club will sponsor introductory lessons. The aim is not only to encourage physical activity but also to boost self-esteem, foster friendships, and teach teamwork through sports.
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Un Smile pa Korsou: This project (already up and running) provides free dental check-ups in various neighborhoods. Parents also receive information on the importance of dental health for their children. Rotary is proud to support this much needed, prived initiative.
Funds raised by the Rotary Club of Curaçao will directly support these type of initiatives and more to come, which align with our mission as "Positive Lifestyle Promotors".
Issued: 16.000 tickets, numbered 1.001 to 17.000, worth Naf 10,- per ticket. Approved by the Licensing Department of Curaçao Gaming Control Board. Permit No. GLV/2024/001.
The prize will be forfeited to the Foundation if the winner does not contact the Foundation within six months after the drawing. The winning numbers will also be announced on TeleCuraçao in the Bo Trai Merdia program on December 13, 2024, under the supervision of the Ministry of Justice.
Together with Rotary Club Willemstad, Rotary Club Curaçao, and 7.1 Giovanni Abath, we proudly unveiled the first three donation columns for old Curaçao money!💛
As Curaçao transitions from the ANG to the XCG, we’re offering our community a meaningful alternative: donate your old paper and coin guilders to support local charities. 💸➡️❤️
Each column, creatively designed by Giovanni Abath using repurposed Curgas gas cylinders, will soon appear across the island — starting June 1 — in malls, banks, hardware stores, and more.
Every donation counts. Let your old money create new opportunities. Click read more to see the video
🌴 Our Rotary Curaçao delegation just returned from the inspiring District 7030 Conference in Trinidad, where 17 Caribbean countries came together to share projects, ideas, and partnerships. We proudly presented our Health Academy initiative and even met with the Dutch Ambassador!
👉 Click to read more about this meaningful journey and what it means for Curaçao and the region:
The Rotary Club of Curaçao is on a mission to inspire a healthier, more vibrant community! With the Rotary Bo Stail di Biba! initiative, we aim to empower as many Curaçaoans as possible with the knowledge and motivation to embrace a healthier lifestyle in an accessible and engaging way.
This comprehensive program offers practical tools to seamlessly integrate better nutrition, movement, stress management, and sleep habits into daily routines. With three dynamic pathways—School Initiative, In-Company Initiative, and Public Initiative—there is an opportunity for everyone to get involved!