Look who's on the cover

Rotary International News -- 28 April 2009

Gates poses for the May cover of The Rotarian , which featured an interview with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation cochair.

T he regional magazines of the Rotary World Magazine Press shared the excitement of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's announcement in January of a new US$255 million grant to Rotary for polio eradication.

Bill Gates appeared on several regional magazine covers, from Brasil Rotário to Rotary Africa.

The Rotary World Magazine Press consists of 32 magazines from Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia, and Europe that inform, inspire, and entertain in 25 languages. In addition to The Rotarian , Rotary’s English-language flagship publication, it offers magazines such as Vida Rotaria (Argentina), Rotary in Bulgaria (Bulgaria and Serbia), and The Rotary-No-Tomo (Japan).

More than half the Rotarians worldwide are served by the regional magazines, which are produced independently by Rotarians and distributed in more than 130 countries. They have a combined circulation of more than 760,000. Each magazine has a local editorial slant but includes required articles and photographs of international interest from The Rotarian.

6 Comments:

At 10:41AM on 11 May 2009, Chandrakant Chaudhari, Rotary Club of Aurangabad Metro, R.I. Dist. 3132, India wrote: I salute Melinda & Bill Gates for their concern towards polio eradication efforts of Rotary. Their generous contribution will motivate Rotarians world wide to raise the matching contributions as desired by Gates and put their strength & resources to eradicate polio from the face of the earth.

At 9:28AM on 5 May 2009, Rtn PP Faruqul Islam wrote: Bill Gates humanitarian act strenghten our Rotary movement

At 8:54AM on 4 May 2009, RTN. PROBIR KUMAR SIKDER wrote: I convey my salute to Mr. Bill Getes & Mrs. Malinda Getes for their great contribution for eradication of Polio. As a club president I strongly feel nececity to elemenate poverty from the society. In this regards I cordialy request to the Bill Getes & Melinda Getes Foundation to extened their more helping hand to Bangladesh.

At 9:02AM on 4 May 2009, Rtn Ibebuike Odinakachukwu wrote: There is so much in giving. Thank you Bill

At 9:09AM on 4 May 2009, Rohan Karunaratne wrote: Greatest of our times! Yes, Mr. Gates you have shown what humanity means. Thank you for trusting "Rotary"

At 9:15AM on 4 May 2009, Ruperto B. Esteban Sr. wrote: Praise God. If only God give us a hundred Bill Gates more, what else could we not eradicate! Am sure, even this H1M1 virus that currently attacks the world.

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