Vera Allotey demonstrates hand washing to school children in Denkyira, Ghana. Editor Note: Rotary International partners with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to support lasting, positive change in water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH). This is part of a series of occasional blog posts from local Rotary members describing their visits to project…
Click to view slideshow. Editor’s note: World Homeless Day, 10 October, is an opportunity to educate people about homelessness and raise awareness in your community. By John Matthews, Rotary International Vice President 2018-19 and member of the Rotary Club of Mercer Island, Washington, USA Spending the night under the stars sounds romantic. But for hundreds of…
LA 72 held this commemoration of the mass murder of 72 migrants by the Los Zetas drug cartel in San Fernando, Mexico, in 2010. Photo courtesy Giorgio Algeri By Giorgio Algeri, 2010-11 Rotary Peace Fellow, University of Queensland, Australia On a late evening in August, a family of eight migrant persons from Honduras arrived at…
Peer workshops allow Rotaract members to learn skills from each other over coffee and doughnuts. By Katherine Kirkpatrick-Wahl, Rotaract Club of Toronto, Canada We are our own greatest networking asset. I realized that early on when I assumed the role of professional development director for my Rotaract club. It amazed me every time I spoke…
Editor’s Note: This summer, Rotary International hosted two fellows from the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders program, who worked with our Rotary Peace Centers and Global Communications staff. Veracruz Ebong, a corporate finance professional and civic leader from Equatorial Guinea, wrote the following account of her experience. Veracruz Ebong By Veracruz Ebong Had…
Francine Falk-Allen By Francine Falk-Allen As a polio survivor (age three, left with partial paralysis of one leg which did not grow as much as the other leg), all of my life I have had moments when I turned to see a child trying to imitate my walk. It was always disconcerting, and of late,…
Jessie Case plants a tree with the Coronado Rotary Club. By Jessie Case, Rotaract Club of Pacific Beach, California, USA My very first Interact project was picking up trash at a nearby lake and recreation area. It was so simple, yet I was so moved by the idea that if you wanted something to happen,…
Members of the Leeds Phoenix satellite club present their first charity check in dramatic fashion. By Tony Scaife, Rotary Club of Aireborough, West Yorkshire, England For the last few months, I’ve been helping exuberant members of the Leeds Phoenix Satellite Rotary Club get established. I’ve been on a wonderful voyage watching as a new network…
Firefighters from Argentina and Florida, USA, share techniques during an exchange sponsored by Rotarians in both countries. By Celia Giay, past RI vice president and a member of the Rotary Club of Arrecifes, Buenos Aires, Argentina The idea for our firefighter exchange was born when my club received a visit from local volunteer firefighters. Club…
Marie Tornquist and her Brazilian classmates during her Rotary Youth Exchange By Marie Tornquist, former Rotary Youth Exchange student from Minnesota, USA, to Brazil On the first day of my Rotary Youth Exchange orientation in a Minneapolis suburb, I remember being confused about the nationality of my country officer. She kept referring to herself as…