Queen Noor of Jordan addressed attendees of the 2010 RI Convention in Montréal, Québec, Canada, on 22 June during the third plenary session, highlighting the importance of building sustainable communities through the work of The Rotary Foundation and of collaborating with like-minded organizations. While conflicts and other global challenges make achieving stability seem like a [...]
Karien Ziegler, past governor of District 7470 (New Jersey, USA), believes in the ability of The Rotary Foundation to multiply one person’s impact on the world. On 20 April, Ziegler was inducted into the Arch C. Klumph Society, which honors people who give at least US$250,000 to the Foundation. “I allow my contribution to be [...]
Dr. Bruce Aylward, director of the initiative at the World Health Organization, said 2009 was a watershed year in the fight against polio. For the first time, eradication workers discovered a chink in the armor of the disease “that has been tormenting mankind for thousands of years,” he said. “Our tactics are better, the tools [...]
Dear Rotarian, I am happy to announce that the International Golf Tournament that is being arranged by the Rotary Club of Kandy, a Club in District 3220, Sri Lanka, will be held during the weekend of the 28th to 30th May 2010. The Organizing Committee have put together an attractive package (excluding travel to and [...]
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Dear District Governor elect, Greetings from RI South Asia Office This email is a friendly reminder to let you know that we are still missing with essential information of some of the incoming club officers for 2010-11 (President, Secretary & Executive Secretary) in your district. Clubs who have not submitted this data will miss important [...]
Dear DG Usman Masud, Greetings and a very happy new year to you. International Golfing Fellowship of Rotary, based in Switzerland is having its annual Rotary International Golf Tournament in Paris,Versailles,France.This event will be held between 18th and 24th July 2010. For the golf playing Rotarians this is the best event in the Rotary International [...]
Rotary Club of Karachi Gateway is one of the leading/active clubs in the district and has established a safe drinking plant in line with Rotary International at Chandni Park, Gulshan-e-Iqbal in collaboration with city government to provide pure drinking water to low and middle class families. The total cost of the plant has born by [...]
Some Rotary Youth Exchange students may experience a delayed homesickness a few months after arriving in their host country, a phenomenon known as the “middle wave” of culture shock. Psychologist Dennis White, a member of the District 6220 (parts of Michigan and Wisconsin, USA) Youth Exchange Committee and past RI Youth Exchange Committee chair, helps [...]
PDG Aziz Memon, Pakistan PolioPlus Committee Chair, said: “Children who cross the border miss out on the NIDs on both sides. In the heat and desert, there is no way we can give them polio drops while crossing borders.” Dan Nixon quoted in the article “Afghanistan-Pakistan shelters boost end-polio effort” on RI Website. Dan says [...]
Dear Rotarians, At their April meeting, The Rotary Foundation Trustees examined how the global economic crisis has affected the Foundation’s ability to support Rotarians’ good work worldwide. Like many foundations, we have been forced to reduce program spending, and consequently, the Matching Grants budget was reduced for 2009-10. Recognizing the vital role that Matching Grants [...]
August is Membership and Extension Month. The new online version of Rotary Basics is an indispensable tool for introducing new and prospective club members to the fundamentals of Rotary. Lets start by watching this video! Then, download Rotary Basics PDF. Take a walk through The Organization of Rotary Learn about the Responsibilities of Club Membership [...]
In a recent article on Rotary.org titled “Water and Wellness” Diana Schoberg reports that Rotary club members have helped install 19,000 bio-sand filters in the Dominican Republic through the Rotarian-led Children’s Safe Water Alliance, reaching an estimated 100,000 people in 300 communities. For seven years, more than 200 clubs in 18 districts in Canada, the [...]
From left to right Past Asst Gov. Rtn. Satwat Butt, Past Asst Gov. Rtn. Muhammad Aslam Chishti, DGN. Rtn. Shahzad Ahmed, Past Asst Gov. Rtn. Mir Arif Ali, District Governor Rtn. Muhammad Saeed Shamsi, PDG. Rtn. Abdul Rauf Rohaila, President Masooda Sadiq, Secretary Amina Bano of Rotary club of Rawalpindi Rohtas in the House of [...]
