By Michael Collins, Executive Director Americas, Institute for Economics and Peace In June, the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) released its 15th annual Global Peace Index, one of the leading measures of peacefulness globally. Since 2017, the IEP and Rotary have been in a strategic partnership, providing members with new tools to effectively build…
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Members of the Rotary Club of Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras, check names off a list as they distribute food bags on the island of St. Helene. By Roger Bjoroy-Karlsen, Rotary Club of Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras I am on a small boat fully loaded with food bags headed for the people of St. Helene, a…
The Rotaract Club of Dhaka Orchid has been collecting and cleaning used masks and gloves to mix with cement and create new products from the waste. By Abdullah Al Fahad, Rotaract Club of Dhaka Orchid, Bangladesh The COVID-19 pandemic has presented us with a new environmental challenge. Every month, more than 120 billion disposable masks…
By Elizabeth Guybert, Rotary Club of Grande Terre Pointe Des Châteaux, Guadeloupe, French West Indies\ Rotarians organized a large-scale collection to feed, shelter, and provide medicine for animals affected by the volcanic ash that destroyed pastureland. In April, the successive eruptions of the Soufrière volcano devastated part of the island of Saint Vincent and the…
A Rotary member and physician helps screen patients for their vaccinations at the University of Baguio City Gym By Carlito “Tolitz” Villanueva, Rotary Club of Baguio Summer Capitol, Philippines We heal as one. Our communities were brought to a standstill by the COVID-19 pandemic. But now that vaccine is becoming available in the Philippines, we…
By Rotary magazine staff Your club president is on the board of a local organization. The organization wants to partner with your club, but it doesn’t have many resources that would enhance your club. In fact, you believe your club would end up providing resources and network connections without getting anything in return. Your club…
Volunteers from Albergue Douglas distribution center provide food for people in Pamplona, Colombia in the winter of 2021. By Cristal Montañéz, International Coordinator for Hope for Venezuelan Refugees and a member of the Rotary E-club of Houston, Texas, USA It is immensely gratifying to witness children, in the midst of crisis, smiling again over a…
Rotary clubs in New South Wales delivered a message against domestic violence during the baton relay event marking 100 years of Rotary in Australia and New Zealand. By David Harmon, president, Rotary Club of Ballina on Richmond, New South Wales, Australia If we want to reverse the decline in membership that many clubs have been…
Rotaract and Rotary clubs in Dhaka distributed 25,000 masks in April. By Abdullah Al Fahad, Rotaract Club of Dhaka Orchid, Bangladesh In Bangladesh, the infection rate from COVID-19 had been increasing daily earlier this year. The death rate was also frighteningly high. It’s a threat to our country’s health and economy. Our population density is…