UNITY THROUGH ROTARY

1
UNITY THROUGH ROTARY
HUMANITY IN MOTION
2
WHAT IS ROTARY?

• Founded in Chicago in 1905, Rotary celebrated 100
  years of service in 2005.
• Rotary International is a volunteer organization
  of business and professional leaders who provide
  humanitarian service, and help to build goodwill
  and peace in the world.

3
What is the purpose of Rotary?

• Rotary clubs exist to improve communities locally
  and around the world.
• Rotary also encourages high ethical standards in
  business and professions.
• Rotary clubs work to advance international
  understanding by partnering with clubs in other
• countries.

4
The Numbers

• 1,222,788 Rotarians
• 32,756 Rotary Clubs
• 532 Rotary regional districts
• 200 countries and geographic areas
• Rotary clubs are located throughout all seven
  continents

5
HOW DO THEY DO IT?

• HUMANITARIAN PROJECTS
• EDUCATION
• PEACE PROMOTION

6
HUMANITARIAN PROJECTS

• POLIO ERADICATION
• Since its launch in 1988, the Global Polio
  Eradication Initiative - spearheaded by the World
  Health Organization (WHO), Rotary International,
  the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  (CDC) and UNICEF - has reduced the incidence of
  polio by more than 99 percent. At the time, more
  than 125 countries were polio-endemic, and more
  than 350,000 children were paralyzed by the
  disease each year.

7
(No Transcript)
8
Other Heath Projects

• THOUSANDS OF ONGOING PROJECTS
• In Gumaco, Quezon, Philippines, a Rotary project
  provided free tuberculosis screening and
  treatment to pre-school and elementary school
  children.
• In Kerela and Tamil Nadu, India, Rotary clubs
  launched a wide-scale AIDS education campaign
  using bicycle and van teams to coordinate
  community outreach.
• The Gift of Life project, initiated by Rotary
  clubs around the world, offers free heart
  surgeries to children who have potentially fatal
  heart conditions. To date, more than 2,000
  children have received lifesaving surgery.
• In Bolivia, Rotary clubs prevent the spread of an
  infectious parasitic disease called chagas, which
  affects millions of people, through education
  initiatives and the building of new shelters.

9
TWO NEW AREAS OF FOCUS

• CLEAN WATER
• LITERACY

10
WATER THE PROBLEM

• Less than one percent of all water is available
  for human use. 97 percent of the world's water
  is oceans which contain saline, and over two
  percent of the remainder is frozen in icebergs
  and glaciers.
• Population growth and mega-cities have increased
  demand six times since the beginning of this
  century SO DEMAND EXCEEDS SUPPLY
• Pollution and contaminates also threaten
  available water sources.
• Today some 40 percent of the world's countries
  have severe water problems.
• Without clean water you do not survive.

11
WATER THE SOLUTION

• DEVELOPMENT OF WELLS AND FILTRATION SYSTEMS
  WHERE CLEAN WATER DOES NOT EXIST. Examples
• A Senegalese Rotarian created a device which
  forces tree roots to tap water well below the
  saline surface of the Sahel.
• The Rotary Club of Harare, Zimbabwe upgraded 900
  wells in rural Zimbabwe with support from Rotary
  clubs in Canada and Sweden,
• Working with UNICEF, Wisconsin Rotarians funded
  the installation of wells providing water to some
  6,000 Haitian villagers.
• Water and sanitation systems for 13 Indian
  villages in central Brazil are part of a
  comprehensive project supported by California,
  USA, and Brazilian Rotarians.
• In Rajasthan, India, Rotarians devised a way to
  capture the monsoon rains, holding them long
  enough to increase the water table. This makes
  safe water available year-round.

12
Literacy part of Rotarys Education Initiatives

• In 1985, Rotary declared basic literacy to be a
  pre-condition to the development of peace.
• Through this organizational emphasis, more than
  half the worlds 32,000 Rotary clubs address the
  full range of literacy and mathematical
• challenges for primary,
• vocational, and adult
• learners as well as
• teacher training.

13
Literacy

• Early Childhood and Primary Education
• Adult Literacy Programs
• Literacy and Women

14
Education

• Ambassadorial Scholarships
• Approximately 1,000 scholarships are awarded
  yearly to university students around the globe to
  study in another country for three months to two
  years. These students serve as ambassadors of
  goodwill.
• Youth Exchange
• Some 8,000 teenage students around the world
  study in another country and learn about its
  history, language and culture each year. They too
  serve as goodwill ambassadors.
• Rotary Grants for University Teachers
• Grants awarded to about 20 university faculty
  members yearly, who can teach for up to 10 months
  at an institution of their choice in developing
  countries.
• Group Study Exchange
• Another goodwill initiative, this program enables
  groups of young professionals aged 25-40 to
  participate in four-to-six-week exchange visits
  between countries.

15
PEACE

• Rotary Centers for International Studies in Peace
  and Conflict Resolution
• A two-year masters-level program that trains
  future diplomats and leaders in the art of peace
  building and conflict resolution.
• The program selects and sends up to 60 Rotary
  World Peace Fellows annually to study at seven
  participating universities.
• Duke University and the University of North
  Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
• Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires,
  Argentina
• University of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
• International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan
  
• University of California, Berkeley, USA and
• University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

16
Rotary Centers for International Studies in
Peace and Conflict Resolution

• US20 million is the estimated cost to provide
  full scholarships for the first five classes of
  scholars
• The scholars are chosen
• from a world-competitive
• pool of applicants.

17
What about me??

• Interact - the High School Version
• RYLA National
• Youth Leadership
• Conference
• Rotaract the College Edition- MSU

18
(No Transcript)
19

• HUMANITARIAN AID AND EDUCATION
• TO BRING PEACE
• AND
• UNITY
• YOU CAN
• BE A PART OF IT
• ROTARY.ORG