Rotary members and their children pack oatmeal, cereal, and trail mix into weekend portions during a recent club activity. By Jessika Hane As a mom of four little kids, I wanted to find a better way to share the joy of Rotary with my children. My Rotary club, Bloomington Sunrise, Indiana, USA, is an amazing…
Raymond Foster, right, shakes hands with Lt. Colonel Kim in front of food collected by the San Dimas club to support military families. By Raymond E. Foster, President, San Dimas Rotary Foundation Sometimes the most powerful projects start with a conversation – and a question. For us, that conversation happened between the Rotary Club of…
Rachael Maima, right, addresses a workshop of the Papua New Guinea Midwifery Leadership Buddy Program. By Linda Deys and Rachael Ame Maima In April 2024, I (Linda) joined six other Australian midwives as part of a project to improve maternal and newborn outcomes in Papua New Guinea by strengthening the leadership skills of midwives there.…
Sanem Alkan, right, on stage at the Presidential Peace Conference By Sanem Alkan I have been a part of the Rotary family since my high school days after learning about this wonderful community from my father, a Rotarian. Several pivotal experiences over the years have helped shape who I am today, personally and professionally. These range…
Editor’s Note: This year marks the 25th anniversary of the World Health Organization’s certification of the Western Pacific Region as polio-free. To commemorate this anniversary, we invited Dr. Shigeru Omi, who led the WHO’s polio eradication efforts in the region from start to finish, to reflect on the story behind that victory. Dr. Shigeru Omi…
By Jessica Malaty Rivera — Jessica Malaty Rivera In the last five years, the world has had a crash course in public health. A flurry of scientific jargon-filled headlines has caused a fair amount of confusion, panic, and fear. This dynamic is not new, and, in fact, it has a name in epidemiology: infodemic. Epidemiology…
Three generations of Rotary Youth Exchange students from left, Ivan Vianna, his granddaughter Isabella, and his son Gustavo. By Ivan Vianna, Rotary Club of Belo Horizonte-Pampulha, Brazil — Whenever I speak about or write about Rotary Youth Exchange, my mind goes back to my teenager years and I have good memories. No doubt that year as…
Alexei Oduber (center) talks with a Canadian Rotarian at a project fair in Guatemala in 2010. By Alexei Oduber, Rotary Club of Panamá Nordeste, Panama As a past president of my club and district Rotary Foundation chair, I have seen and participated in many successful Rotary projects. A recent water sanitation project has shown me…
Rotaractor Benjamin Parent on the second stage of his round-the-world journey. By Benjamin Parent, Rotaract Club of Cannes Riviera, France — It all started with a dream and a question. I had tucked away in my mind for years a dream of cycling around the world. A series of questions pushed me to take the…
Volunteers turn out to help collect and distribute donations for fire victims, firefighters, and first responders. By Tracey Thompson Busa, Rotary Club of Marina del Rey, California, USA — The most destructive fire in Los Angeles, California, USA’s history broke out on 7 January in Pacific Palisades, Malibu, and Eaton. The Marina del Rey Rotary…