What is Rotary?
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Rotary is a global network of 1.2 million volunteers from professional and community leaders from over 200 countries. Members of Rotary clubs work to provide humanitarian aid, encourage high ethical standards, and promote peace. Rotary clubs fund projects that address issues like poverty, disease, lack of clean water and education. Notable initiatives include the decades-long effort to eradicate polio worldwide through immunization efforts.
What is Rotary?
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- 2. rotary 1.2 million business, professional, and community leaders More than 200 countries and geographical areas Providing humanitarian service Building goodwill and peace in the world
- 3. What is Rotary?
- 4. Rotary is a global network of commu- nity volunteers. Rotary members are business, professional, and community leaders who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards, and help build goodwill and peace in the world. Projects Over 32,000 Rotary clubs in more Rotary clubs participate in a broad range of humanitarian, intercultural, than 200 countries and geographi- and educational activities designed cal areas initiate service projects to to improve the human condition. Rotarys humanitarian grants support address todays challenges, including club projects that provide health care illiteracy, disease, hunger, poverty, and medical supplies, clean water, food, job training, youth develop- lack of clean water, and ment, and education to millions of environmental concerns. people in need, particularly in the developing world. In addition, Rotary provides more than 200 grants each year to fund the work of Rotary volunteers, who travel to parts of the world where their technical expertise and knowl- edge are most needed to alleviate hardship and solve problems.
- 5. Peace The Rotary Peace and Conflict Studies Program in Thailand offers mid- to Rotary builds understanding through upper-level professionals a short-term international scholarships, exchange alternative for training in conflict programs, and humanitarian grants. resolution and mediation strategies. The Rotary Centers for International Studies in peace and conflict resolution Since 1947, some 35,000 students is an innovative program designed to from 110 countries have studied educate tomorrows peacemakers. abroad as Rotary Ambassadorial Scholars. Rotarys Group Study Hosted at seven leading universities Exchange has helped more than around the globe, the program funds 45,000 young professionals explore 60 Rotary World Peace Fellows for their career fields in other countries. graduate studies in international rela- And each year, some 9,000 secondary- tions, conflict studies, and negotiation school students experience life in providing promising leaders the another country through Rotary tools to further the cause of peace. Youth Exchange.
- 6. Polio Eradication The savings to be realized from polio eradication is potentially as high as In 1985, Rotary launched PolioPlus, $1.5 billion per year funds that could an ambitious program to immunize be used to address other public health the worlds children against polio. priorities. The savings in human suffering Rotarys grassroots leadership, vol- will be immeasurable. unteer support, and initial funding for vaccine provided the catalyst for the World Health Assemblys resolu- tion in 1988 to eradicate polio worldwide. Spearheading partners of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative are the World Health Organization, Rotary International, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and UNICEF. As a result of this partnerships efforts, polio cases have dropped by 99 percent since 1988 and the world stands on the threshold of eradicating the disease. Rotary members have given more than US$650 million and countless hands-on volunteer hours to this critical effort.
- 7. Progress and 49 Rotary members served as delegates and consultants at the Paul P. Harris formed the worlds founding of the United Nations in first service club, the Rotary Club of 1945. Chicago, on 23 February 1905. More than a century later, Rotary remains Today, Rotary holds the highest dedicated to improving communi- consultative status given by the ties, relations between peoples, and United Nations to nongovernmen- world peace and understanding. tal organizations. In this capac- Rotarys principal motto is Service ity, Rotary has a voice within the Above Self. UN system, allowing access to its people and resources worldwide. During World War II, Rotary mem- bers became increasingly involved in promoting international under- standing. A Rotary conference held in London in 1942 was a precursor to the development of UNESCO,
- 8. People Rotary clubs are nonreligious, nonpolitical, and open to every race, culture, and creed. Members Belonging to a Rotary club gives represent a cross-section of local men and women an enjoyable and business, professional, and organized way to make a contribu- community leaders. tion to their community. Rotary members meet weekly to plan club, To learn more about a Rotary community, and international ser- club in your community, visit vice activities. By using their skills www.rotary.org or contact your and expertise globally, members local club. also enhance their professional network, career development, and cross-cultural understanding.
- 9. Contact RI World Headquarters RI Offices One Rotary Center Buenos Aires, Argentina 1560 Sherman Avenue New Delhi, India Evanston, IL 60201-3698 USA Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia Tel 847-866-3000 S達o Paulo, Brazil Fax 847-328-8554 Seoul, Korea or 847-328-8281 Tokyo, Japan Zurich, Switzerland www.rotary.org Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland (RIBI) Alcester, Warwickshire, England
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