Gary Bren during a previous year’s Ride to End Polio in El Tour de Tucson. By Gary Bren, past governor of District 5650 (Iowa, Nebraska, USA) For more than two decades, my wife and I have been committed to Rotary’s effort to eradicate polio. The roots of my involvement go back to events before I…
Dr. John Philip with some of the medical supplies the International Fellowship of Healthcare Professionals has collected for Ukraine. By Dr. John Philip, a member of the Rotary Club of Newbury, Berkshire, England, and Chair of the International Fellowship of Healthcare Professionals I recently traveled 1,350 miles from my home in Newbury, South England, through…
A team from HelpingUkraine.us, including Rotary members from Georgia, USA, deliver supplies and generators to communities in Ukraine. Photo courtesy HelpingUkraine.us By Emory Morsberger, Rotary Club of Gwinnett County, Georgia, USA In August I wrote about my June 2022 trip to Ukraine, where I saw firsthand the devastation families were facing as they struggled to…
By John Hewko, General Secretary and CEO of Rotary International Today is the one-year anniversary of the tragic war in Ukraine. It’s a war that never should have started. And it’s a conflict that has evolved into a non-stop humanitarian catastrophe because the Russia strategy is now to inflict as much pain on the civilian…
The Miracle Field has a rubberized, barrier-free turf that allows children with disabilities to play baseball safely. Editor’s Note: In 2010, the Fargo-Moorhead Rotary Foundation, which is supported by five Rotary clubs in the Fargo, North Dakota, and Moorhead, Minnesota, USA, area, raised 100 percent of the funds needed to build a Miracle Field in…
Project AIDS Aware helps people living with HIV in Nigeria Members of the Rotaract Club of Medilag Golden, Lagos State, Nigeria distribute HIV self-testing kits and information. By Princewill Onyekah, Rotaract Club of Medilag Golden, Lagos State, Nigeria As a member of Rotaract, I’ve had the opportunity to make meaningful impacts in my community. I…
ARES provides education materials for rural schools in Kenya Two teachers in Kenya look at educational content on one of the laptops set up by the ARES project. By Sean Hogan, past governor of District 5050 (British Columbia, Canada; Washington, USA) and member of the Rotary Club of Pacific Northwest Passport I lost my wife,…
Natallia Melnik and Sviatlana Baranava and their children in Wilmington, North Carolina, USA. By Dan Parks, Rotary Club of Wilmington East, North Carolina, USA At the end of December, two Ukrainian families arrived in North Carolina, USA, after a whirlwind departure from Kyiv on Christmas day. They traveled through Warsaw and Chicago enroute to North…
Rotary Peace Fellows at the Rotary Peace Center at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. By Rebecca Crall, Areas of Focus Manager, Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention In a conversation recently with a group of professional peacebuilders, one of my colleagues (and a new Rotary member) surprised me when he referred to Rotary as a “disruptor for peace.”…
By Bob Hyde, Rotary Club of Miami Brickell and Miami Brickell Passport, Florida, USA Marcy Ullom About two years ago, Marcy Ullom and her husband sold their longtime home in Miami and relocated to Brevard County, Florida. That took Marcy away from her Rotary Club of Miami Brickell, but also well above District 6990’s northern…