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Rotary operates a broad range of humanitarian, intercultural, and educational programs and activities to improve the community, our world and its people.
A few examples are listed here. Complete information can be found at the Rotary International web site. Your donation will help us operate these and other programs
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Polio Plus |
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In 1988, the World Health
Assembly challenged the world to eradicate polio. Since that time, Rotary's
efforts and those of partner agencies, have achieved a 99
percent reduction in the number of polio cases worldwide. Rotarians are working
hard towards celebrating the global eradication
of polio in 2005, the organization's centennial year. |
Children in Myanmar participate in a polio
National Immunization Day launching ceremony.
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Rotary
Youth Exchange
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| The most powerful
force in the promotion of international understanding and peace is
exposure to different cultures. The world becomes a smaller, friendlier
place when we learn that all people — regardless of nationality —
desire the same basic things: a safe, comfortable environment that allows
for a rich and satisfying life for ourselves and our children. Youth
Exchange provides thousands of young people with the opportunity to meet
people from other lands and to experience their cultures, thus planting
the seeds for a lifetime of international understanding.
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Preserve
Planet Earth
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| Through Preserve
Planet Earth, Rotarians — and through them, others — are encouraged to
live environmentally conscious lifestyles, to increase the number and
diversity of environmental service projects carried out by clubs, and to
promote greater awareness among all Rotarians of the critical
environmental issues affecting their communities and the planet.
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Literacy
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| Combating illiteracy has been a
focus of Rotary International since 1986 — and for good reason. UNESCO
estimates there are 862 million illiterate adults in the world and about
two-thirds of them are women. Millions more are functionally illiterate,
without the reading and writing skills necessary for everyday life. The
United Nations has identified illiteracy as a major obstacle to economic,
political, and social development. |
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