Ingrid Waugh By Ingrid Waugh, Assistant Rotary Coordinator and Past Governor of Rotary District 9920 During this time of physical separation and social distancing, it is more important than ever to keep our social connections. Rotarians join Rotary to do good in their community. They stay because of the connections they make. Our relationships are…
Members of the Interact Club of South Delta Secondary, British Columbia, Canada, with Canadian Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister Carla Qualtrough. By Devon Joy and Joelle Hamilton, co-presidents of the Interact Club of South Delta Secondary, British Columbia, Canada “How does Interact affect Positive Peace? That is the question we had to ask ourselves…
Health workers administer polio vaccine to migrant families during a National Immunization Day organized by UNICEF and its GPEI partners in Ghaziabad, India, in January. By Stephanie Herzfeld On 27 March 2020, the World Health Organization’s South-East Asia Region recognizes six years of polio-free certification. To be sure, this is an important benchmark as we…
District 6440 Governor Suzanne Gibson By Suzanne Gibson, governor of District 6440 (northern Illinois, USA) For many of us, our Rotary family is an important part of our lives. These friendships connect us to our communities and the world and provide avenues of soul-enriching service. These uncertain times caused by the coronavirus pandemic challenge us…
Neil Van Dine, a member of the E-Club of WASH in District 9980 (New Zealand), spent 15 years on projects to bring wells and hand pumps to communities in Haiti, struggling to keep them operational. In 2004, he commissioned a survey that revealed half of the wells weren’t functioning. Previous efforts to provide maintenance weren’t…
Keep members engaged through virtual meeting platforms. By George Robertson-Burnett, Zone 34 Rotary Coordinator and past governor of Rotary District 6890 These are certainly interesting times we live in. None of us could have foreseen these extraordinary circumstances brought on by the pandemic of COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus. Rotary clubs everywhere…
Members of the Rotary Club of Washington Global By Quentin Wodon, District 7620 membership chair Creating new clubs is one of the best ways to grow Rotary. It’s also a great way to give the gift of Rotary to new members who may not have access to existing clubs where they live or work. Today,…
A youth tests his new prosthesis made through 3-D printing. By Rafael Vazquez Barragan, Rotaract Club of Monterrey Cumbres, Nuevo León, Mexico Three years ago, the nephew of one of my best friends was born with a congenital condition that required one hand to be amputated. As a result, he had trouble keeping his balance…
Rotarians, Rotary Peace Fellows, Rotaractors, and Rotary Scholars participate in a Positive Peace workshop. By Chris Offer, Rotary Club of Ladner, Delta, British Columbia, Canada, and chair of the Peace Major Gifts Initiative I spent three days in Ontario, California, USA, in January with a group of passionate peacebuilders learning to be Rotary Positive Peace…
Former Rotary Peace Fellow Megumi Nishikura filming with a DSLR camera. Megumi Nishikura By Megumi Nishikura, 2006-08 Rotary Peace Fellow, International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan When I was six years old, my Japanese father and American mother took me to the Pearl Harbor National Memorial in Hawaii. When I saw the wreckage of the USS…