Joining Rotary

Disease prevention

Rotary clubs in Canada, Ghana, Switzerland, and USA

Funded water systems to provide clean water and help eradicate Guinea worm in Ghana.

Economic development

Rotary clubs in Mongolia and Korea

Organized a reforestation effort and built community farms to fight desert dust storms.

Sanitation

Rotary clubs of Brussel-Cantersteen, Belgium, and Tamatave, Madagascar

Provided clean water and sanitation for families in Tamatave's poorest areas.

Community development

Rotary Club of New Orleans, USA

Rehabbed and reopened Louisiana's oldest public high school, damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Peace/conflict resolution

Rotary Peace Fellow, Sierra Leone

Dedicated first in a series of "peace huts" to teach youth how to peacefully resolve disputes.

Maternal and child health

Rotary Club of Western Henrico County, Virginia, USA

Funded a jeep to help Midwives for Haiti reach women in remote parts of the country.

Polio

Rotary clubs worldwide

Immunized children, held polio awareness rallies, and organized free health camps to help eradicate polio in India.

Disease treatment

Rotary clubs in Western Australia

Raised US$6 million for a cord-blood bank to help patients with life-threatening illnesses.

Literacy

Rotary clubs of Lahore Mozang, Pakistan, and Wilmington, Delaware, USA

Provided scholarships and funding to educate girls in a poor village in Pakistan.

Literacy

Rotary clubs in Brazil, Canada, and USA

Introduced the concentrated language encounter method to boost literacy rates in Brazil.

Clean water

Rotary Club of Zamboanga City West, Philippines

Brought clean water to poor areas of Zamboanga City, aided by the International H2O Collaboration.

Economic development

Rotary clubs in Mexico and USA

Gave over US$1 million worth of medical equipment to a hospital in a poor community in Mexico.