Disability as a driving force for success
By Badara Dafé, Rotary Club of Dakar Soleil, Senegal Badara Dafé Polio is a very coercive and disabling disease. But as a polio survivor, I’ve been able to draw extra motivation from the disabilities...
View ArticleFitness project promotes health for Oglala Lakota schools
By Martin Cohn, Rotary Club of Springfield, Vermont, USA For more than a decade, members of Rotary District 7870 (New Hampshire, Vermont, USA) have been helping residents of Pine Ridge Reservation in...
View ArticleClimbing mountains for those who can’t
Amélie Perfetti, Kevin Faure, and Christophe Terrand during one stage of the climb. Learn how you can help spread awareness on World Polio Day. By Amélie Perfetti, Rotary Club of Saint-Dizier, France...
View ArticleRaise awareness on World Mental Health Day
By R. Gordon R. McInally, 2023-24 Rotary International President R. Gordon R. McInally World Mental Health Day is 10 October 2023, as organized by the World Federation for Mental Health and endorsed...
View ArticleHunger walk draws attention to climate change, food insecurity
Rotary members, Rotaractors, celebrities, and members of the community carry signs during the hunger walk in Kathmandu. By Pragya Karki and Prince Shah, Rotaract Club of Kathmandu, Nepal Early on a...
View ArticlePreventing cervical cancer through vaccinations
Dr. Amal El-Sisi By Dr. Amal El-Sisi, Technical Coordinator for Maternal and Child Health, The Rotary Foundation Cadre of Technical Advisers and honorary program director of “United to End Cervical...
View ArticleMending hearts: 777 lives saved and counting
RI President R. Gordon R. McInally, fourth from right, and his wife, Heather, second from right, visit a heart surgery patient at Fortis Hospital in India. Also pictured is Past RI President Rajendra...
View ArticleA future where cervical cancer is not a threat
Part of Project Aastha’s education campaign to reach young girls with information about the HPV vaccine. Dr. Rita Kalra By Dr. Rita Kalra, Rotary Club of Chandigarh Midtown, Haryana, India, and a...
View ArticleProsthetic hands change lives
The recipient of a prosthetic hand during one of the Rotary club’s medical camps. By Mohan Kumar K V, member of the Rotary Club of Bangalore Prime, India Guided by Rotary’s Action Plan, we embarked on...
View ArticleMy purpose, passion in Rotary – and pet portraits
One of Lewis’ oil paintings, a pet portrait. By George Lewis, Rotary Club of Venice-Nokomis, Florida, USA Extraordinary.Amazing.Spectacular. This is how I feel about Rotary. I’ll be 90 years old in...
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