Since 1990, the National Coalition for the Homeless has led observation of Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day to honor the lives of Americans who have died while homeless in the previous year. Photo by Ken Martin/Street Sense By Sean Spence, Rotary Club of Columbia, Missouri, USA For the past four years, I have helped organize a…
Tina Fischlin, director of the medical mission and a Georgia Rotarian holds the recipient of a cleft lip surgery. By Tina D. Fischlin, past governor of District 6910 and a past president of the Rotary Club of Greene and Putnam Counties, Greensboro, Georgia, USA Sometimes the most powerful changes in the world happen in just…
A woman with a WaterSafe backpack carries water back to her home alongside a donkey outfitted with additional containers. By Connie Cheren, Rotary Club of Charlotte International, North Carolina, USA, and founder of Partners for Care When I first traveled to Kenya in 2007, I thought it would be a short trip, an opportunity to…
Safia Elaadmi, right, takes a selfie with a fellow member of Rotaract in Morocco. By Safia Elaadmi, Rotary Club of Agadir, Morocco My transition from Rotaract to Rotary was never really a transition. It was a continuation. Service for me didn’t start with a title. It started much earlier. When I was younger, I sometimes…
Haresh Ramchandani and his wife, Vandana. By Haresh L. Ramchandani, past district governor and member of the Rotary Club of L.I.F.E, Jamaica Prominently displayed on my office door is a small sign featuring The Four-Way Test. It recently caught the eye of a customer, sparking a 15-minute deep dive into morals and ethics. That conversation…
Rotary members in Japan tidy up a section of Lake Sanuma’s lakeshore, part of a multi-district project to clean beaches, rivers, and lakes. Inoue By Makoto Inoue, Rotary Club of Shimotsuma, Ibaraki, Japan I run a small bakery in Shimotsuma City, a rural town in Ibaraki Prefecture with a population of 40,000. I joined my…
Dody Priambodo, second from left, exploring the Whitsunday region of Queensland with other exchange students during his Rotary Youth Exchange to Australia in 1998. By Dody Priambodo, former Rotary Youth Exchange student and member of the Rotary E-Club of Jakarta Gunawarman Dody Priambodo In 1997, I arrived in Australia as a Rotary Youth Exchange student.…
Families in Arlington, Texas, USA, pack non-perishable meals for those facing hunger. By Derrick Kinney, Rotary Club of Arlington, Texas, USA I got a call in November that immediately got my attention. It was from our district community service chair, Victoria Farrar-Myers. She shared an idea, “What if our Rotary club partnered with a fifth-grader…
Leonardo Mangoldt, left, with a beneficiary of a club project to deliver wheelchairs to children. By Leonardo Gonzalo Mangoldt, 2025-26 governor of District 4851 (Argentina) At the beginning of my term as governor, I realized that the main challenge in my district was not simply increasing membership. The real challenge was restoring Rotary’s relevance in…
By Pablo Puga, Rotary Club of Tokyo Hiroo, Japan Pablo Puga I was born and raised in Mexico. Since childhood, I have admired Japan and dreamed of one day going there to study and work. I envisioned serving as a bridge between Japanese and Latin American cultures. After graduating from university, my desire to deepen…