Press releases

In recognition of her contributions toward ending polio worldwide, Rotary International today presented Chancellor Angela Merkel with its Polio Eradication Champion Award.

Shelterbox among the first international relief groups to reach stricken Myanmar

Rotary International today recognized members of Congress with its Polio Eradication Champion Award for their ongoing support in securing critically needed funds to achieve a polio-free world.

In an effort to maximize interaction and collaboration, Rotary’s innovative peace studies program will develop an e-learning platform to provide greater access and enhanced learning opportunities to Rotary World Peace Fellows and other students around the world.

More than 750 university students from some 60 countries have been selected to study abroad during the 2008-09 academic year through a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship

Somalia is again polio-free, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) announced today, calling it a 'historic achievement' in public health.

While the United Nations designates March 22 as World Water Day, Rotary members around the globe are focused on the issue 24/7, volunteering their time and resources to provide safe water and sanitation to communities wherever there is need.

First portion of $100 million challenge grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Nairobi Rotary club honors three for promoting peace and helping others during post-election violence

Rotary will match grant, dollar-for-dollar, over one year

World on the verge of eradicating second disease after smallpox

The Rotary Foundation is proud to announce the new class of Rotary World Peace Fellows.

Next week, volunteers from the United States, Canada, Norway and Denmark will head to flood ravaged Bangladesh to help immunize children against polio, a waterborne illness that still paralyzes and sometimes kills children in parts of Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

Thirty-year-old polio-survivor Gautam Lewis of London will travel to his birthplace of India to help in the effort to immunize some 75 million children under the age of five against polio.

"Polio eradication will be a perpetual gift to all future generations of children, who can grow up free from the risk of this crippling disease."

Rotary International today announced a partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that will inject a much-needed US$200 million into the global campaign to eradicate polio, a crippling and sometimes fatal disease that still paralyzes children in parts of Africa, Asia and the Middle East and threatens children everywhere.

During Australia's National Water Week – 21 to 27 October -- local Rotary clubs are launching a renewed effort to raise funds to provide solar water purifiers to communities in developing countries around the world.

Rotary International has selected 23 professionals from 14 countries to study in a unique program that teaches the practical skills needed to succeed in jobs involving peacebuilding, conflict resolution, and mediation.

Wilfrid J. Wilkinson, a chartered accountant from Ontario, Canada, took office on July 1 as president of Rotary International, a volunteer service organization with more than 1.2 million members in more than 200 countries and geographical areas.

In recognition of his personal contributions and commitment to eradicating polio worldwide, Rotary International today presented President Laurent Gbagbo with its Polio Eradication Champion Award.

As monsoon-driven floodwaters threaten nearly 22 million people in northern India, Bangladesh, and Nepal, Rotary clubs have stepped up relief efforts to deliver food, medicines and clothing to marooned villages.

As monsoon-driven floodwaters threaten nearly 22 million people in northern India, Bangladesh, and Nepal, Rotary clubs have stepped up relief efforts to deliver food, medicines and clothing to marooned villages.

Cycling enthusiasts around Europe are shifting gears in anticipation of the 23rd Annual Rotary World Championship, set for 7-9 September in Mottarone in Italy’s Piedmont region.

For poor children in developing countries like Cambodia, a simple used bicycle may represent the most efficient and safest route to an education

In recognition of his commitment to eradicating polio worldwide, Rotary International today presented Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss, India’s minister of health and family welfare, with its Polio Eradication Champion Award.

The leader of the world’s oldest service organization will visit Istanbul on 1 September for the humanitarian organization’s Peace Forum