Mark and Dave Anderson will be riding the trains in Sydney 24 October to raise awareness and funds for End Polio Now. Rotary members have been at the center of the worldwide effort to eradicate polio for more than three decades. Rotary launched PolioPlus in 1985 and helped found the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in…
Olga Paramonova works with a child to help him take his first steps, assisted by the Katusha verticalizer. By Anna Tumanova, president, Rotary Club of Moscow Center, Russian Federation I remember how impatiently I waited for my Varvara to run. I waited for my daughter’s first step for 10 months. But there are parents who…
A child works on a craft project during the four-day recreational camp at Peaceable Kingdom in Killeen, Texas. Photo by Oliver Smith, Rotary Club of Northwest Austin. By Shannon Coleman, governor of District 5870 Central Texas, USA Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, the United Nations estimates that more than 14 million people are…
Participants at the 2022 Rotary International Convention in Houston, Texas, listen to tips on storytelling at one of many informative breakout sessions. By Randy Bretz, Rotary Club of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA I was seated in a breakout session at the 2022 Rotary International Convention in Houston, Texas, USA, with about 200 other attendees ready to…
A video about Rotary Youth Exchange captures one student’s story and the many people who go into making an exchange successful. By Logan Johnson, Youth Exchange and Youth Protection Promotions and Engagement Specialist at Rotary International A few years ago, volunteers of the Rotary Youth Exchange program were sending thousands of students around the globe…
The vocational training team leads a session for social workers and psychologists. By Jennifer Scott, Rotary Club of Central Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia Mongolia, a country caught between two giants – China and Russia, is a long, long way from Australia and I never planned to travel there. However, like many Rotary projects,…
Rotary Foundation Trustee Dean Rohrs with a child during a National Immunization Day trip in northern Nigeria several years ago. By Dean Rohrs, Rotary Foundation Trustee and past RI vice president A few years back, I was taking part in a polio immunization field trip in northern Nigeria, vaccinating children against the disease. After a…
By Geoffrey Diesel and Kathy Doherty, co-founders of the Racial Equity Project The two of us met as Rotary Peace Fellows during the inaugural cohort of Peace Activators in North America. We made a commitment to provide training, education, and support to the Rotary family on the framework of Positive Peace. The initiative grew out…
Polio survivor Div Louw, of the Rotary Club of Benoni, South Africa, trains for an upcoming para sport triathlon event. By Div Louw, Rotary Club of Benoni, South Africa I was a typical, energetic four-year old in South Africa, running around our house with visions of my hero, long distance runner Jan Barnard, in my…
A young volunteer (in white) helps distribute supplies to Ukrainian refugees in Moldova. By Kim Dixon, Rotary Club of Raleigh Midtown, North Carolina, USA When I served in the Peace Corps in the Republic of Georgia from 2014-2016, I engaged with the International Rotary Club of Tbilisi to support several service projects. As a Returned Peace…