D3230- GML November 2016

Rotary is fun, take it seriously

When I was studying in Calcutta, Ross (short for rasa- gulla) was my classmate. He was called Ross because he was fair complexioned and well-rounded. Pinching his fluffy cheeks was a pastime for almost all in the school; his cheeks were most of the time red. We were great pals.

Ross was absent from school for a week before the half- yearly examinations, and when he came back after the holidays, he was not the rasgulla we had known; he had become thin; his skin had dark patches. His cheeks were not tempting to pinch. He was so tired that he could not sit through the maths class and was sent home. (We too could not sit through the class but had to stay).The next morning just before the Assembly, I overheard his mother telling the class teacher that Ross suffered from some unpronounceable disease and needed immediate treatment. Amidst uncontrollable sobs, she managed to say that they had no money and only God could save him. I was very sad. For the first time, I concentrated on every word of the prayer song, begging Him to help Ross.

Annual exams were written and passed, moved up to the next grade and quarterly exams too were written and passed. One fine morning, in breezed my pal Ross. He looked healthy; cheeks were fluffy, though not to the earlier size. He looked strong and moved with a confident gait. I hugged him and started crying. He had received the right treatment at the right time and the medicines had worked wonders on him. I again overheard his mom telling the new class teacher that a member of some club who was a friend of the doctor, had heard Ross’s story and arranged for his treatment. Free. For me, it was God who had heard my prayers and had done all that to bring Ross back to me.

I met Ross years later at Nagpur airport. The first thing I did was to pinch his fluffy cheeks! We hugged and laughed; tears were rolling down our cheeks. What I learnt before his boarding announcement was made was that a Rotary Club had funded and taken care of his treatment under a three H programme of the Foundation and now he was a PP and Chairman - TRF of that club. I did not understand what he said. A couple of years later, when late NRN Aiyer asked me to join Rotary, I did.

This is one of the many stories you hear about Rotary and the Foundation.

The Rotary Foundation

Ask anyone who has been touched by The Rotary Foundation what it is and every To a young set of parents in Afghanistan, answer will be different. Ask anyone who has been touched by The Rotary Foundation it was a life-saving immunization for just how important it is, and every answer will be identical. their five-month-old son. What the Foundation has achieved in the last ten decades is to preserve the faith of To a woman with seven children in Ma- the suffering in a small group of men and women, the Rotarians, who are ready and laysia, it was a loan to start a sewing willing to face any odds to do good in the world. business that enabled her to feed her children. In comparison to some of the largest US foundations, TRF could be considered as mid-size; but in comparison to foundations from other service club organizations, TRF To North Koreans, it was an ambulance is the largest by far. that equipped a hospital to be able to The country that gives the most to TRF is the US. Japan came in second, followed by take care of them. India, Korea, Taiwan, Italy, Canada, Germany, Australia and Brazil.

To thousands of college students in al- On a per Rotarian basis Taiwan comes on top, followed by Korea, Canada, Japan, the US most every country on earth, it was the (not including the Gates foundation matching funds) and Australia. In other countries, chance to study abroad, with all expens- average giving per Rotarian to TRF is below $100 per year. es paid, and learn their educational spe- ciality up close and personal. TRF is the foundation of global understanding and To a dying man, it is a bottle of blood intercommunal cooperation. It’s foundation - selfless from the blood bank. fellowship, borderless equality, and colorless fraternity.

Rtn. Nagoji Natarajan MAKE ROTARY YOUR CHARITY OF CHOICE Rtn. John Germ Governor, District 3230 President, Rotary International ident 2

Remarkable We should not live for ourselves alone, Rotarians but for the joy in doing good for others. and At the 1917 convention, outgoing Rotary President Arch Klumph proposed to set up an endowment “for the purpose of doing good in the world.” In 1928, it was renamed Memorable The Rotary Foundation, and it became a distinct entity within Rotary International. Moments Helping women find dignity and earn a living A Rotaract project in Uttar Pradesh, India, is liberating women who emptied dry toilets with their hands by teaching them skills that enable them to earn a living for their families. Although manual scavenging was banned in India in 1993, it persists in many parts of the country. The women who engage in it, many of them the sole wage earners for their families, make a meager income for their efforts.

Through Project Azmat, members of the Rotaract Club of SRCC Panchshila Park partnered with the international nonprofit Enactus to organize women who had been doing this work into a cooperative, teaching them basic literacy skills and training them to make and market detergent. The project is also replacing dry latrines with two-pit toilets, which require no maintenance and use only a small amount of water to convert human waste into manure, improving Arch C. Klumph sanitation and preventing the spread of disease. More than 120 new toilets have been installed, enabling over two dozen women to earn a living through the sale of detergent. The project was selected as this year’s international winner of the Rotaract Outstanding Project Award. The Rotary Foundation transforms your gifts into projects that change Reducing maternal and child deaths lives both close to home and around the world. As the charitable In Malawi, about 670 women in 100,000 die in child- arm of Rotary, we tap into a global birth each year. The Rotary Clubs of Limbe, Malawi, network of Rotarians who invest and Currie Balerno, Scotland, aided by a Rotary global their time, money, and expertise grant, are working with the Freedom from Fistula into our priorities, such as eradi- Foundation to lower the number of maternal deaths cating polio and promoting peace. by training 150 midwives to work in rural health clin- Foundation grants empower Rotar- ics in Malawi. ians to approach challenges such In Liberia, the Rotary Clubs of Los Altos, California, as poverty, illiteracy, and malnutri- USA, and Sinkor, Liberia, are helping Liberian women tion with sustainable solutions that get tested early in their pregnancy for HIV and receive leave a lasting impact. appropriate prenatal and postnatal care as part of a Strong financial oversight, a stellar global grant-funded project. The risk of HIV transmis- charity rating, and a unique fund- sion to unborn children is low, if women get the testing ing model mean that we make the and treatment. The Rotarians aim to reduce the number of new HIV infections in children in Liberia by very most of your contribution. Give 95 percent over two years in 23 clinics run by Save the Children. and become a part of Rotary’s life- To decrease the number of deaths and long-term health issues in prematurely born children, the Rotary changing work! Clubs of Pune Pride, Maharashtra, India, and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA, launched a program at a Pune hospital to collect, store, and distribute milk donated by lactating women. The program, started with the help of a global grant, is expected to grow to benefit 100 babies per day in seven years.

Peace fellows help refugees start over The number of people forced from their homes by war and conflict has surpassed 60 million, the largest ever recorded. Among the graduates of the Rotary Peace Centers — more than 900 since the program began in 2002 — are agents of change working to help this growing population of refugees.

Mahamoud Ahmad (right), education program coor- dinator for the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Ethiopia Program and a graduate of the Rotary Peace Center at the University of Bradford in England in 2010, helps distribute sewing machines to graduates of a tailoring course. 3

If you are looking for the details of the events and programmes of the district office and the clubs, this’s the place. But, be warned! You will find only the information which has been forwarded to me. It is rather a trying exercise to motivate the clubs to share information about their own projects with other clubs through the GML. Let the world know what you are doing in your club! Editor

Rotary Leadership Institute

Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) is a As per guide lines, the participants were split into two groups of 20 worldwide leadership training program for and 25 each. A class can have at the maximum 25 persons for the Rotarians to keep them informed of Rotary, training to be effective. Faculty members were: PDG.Rekha Shetty; its fundamentals, programs and most recent PDG.A.Subramainam; Rtn.Muthupalaniappan; Rtn.Mohan and Rtn. changes. It helps each Rotarian keep abreast of this dynamic organization. Prakash from D3190, Bengaluru.

RLI training is broken down into Four modules, each leading to a higher level of knowledge and leadership ability. Once a person completes all four modules, he/she is given a completion certificate. The person can also attend the Faculty training program and qualify to be a faculty for future RLI training sessions.

While RLI is a world-wide organization, it is not however an official RI program – meaning, RI does not fund any portion of RLI and the fund management for RLI is by the trainers and trainees.

The training is through highly interactive sessions – a method that has been proven to be the most effective for adult learners. Training is not imparted through class room style lecturing or long speeches – unsuit- able for adult learners.

Module 1 deals with the fundamentals of Rotary and exposes Rotarians While the session on Rotary Foundation was handled by Rtn.Muthu- to the essentials of Rotary. Topics covered in this Module are: palaniappan (past DRFC), the other faculty members handled all the 1. Insights into Leadership other modules, in the two class rooms, taking turns. 2. My Rotary world The program was organized by Rtn.Mythili Muralidharan and coordi- 3. Ethics - Vocational Service nated by Rtn.Sugumar, District Secretary-City Plus. 4. Foundation I – Our Foundation 5. Engaging members Rtn. PDG.Sampathkumar was the Chief Guest at the inaugural and he emphasized the importance of training in membership retention 6. Creating Service projects, and and public image. 7. Club History and Evaluation. The feedback from participants was very positive and they expressed The first Rotary Leadership Institute - Module 1 for city plus clubs was held at Vellore on October 9, 2016 with 55 participants. On October their readiness to move on to Modules 2, 3 and 4 quickly. 16, 2016, 45 Rotarians of city clubs were trained in Module 1. Rtn. PDG A Subramaniam

TRF is increasing sustainable service to communities locally and globally, focused on programs and activities that support youth and young leaders. More Rotarians are also using Rotary grants to carry out projects, boosting our capacity to serve communities world- wide through expanded support for our six areas of focus. 4

World Sight Day is an annual day of aware- ness to focus global attention on blindness and vision impairment, and is held on the second Thursday in October each year; this year, it was on October 13.

RC organized a ‘Blind Walk’ on October 9 to create awareness about WORLD World Sight Day and to encourage eye dona- tion. Rtn. DG Natarajan Nagoji was the chief guest and actor Mr. Madhan Bob was guest SIGHT of honour of the event held at Eliot’s Beach, Besant Nagar. RCs of Adyar, Madras Besant Nagar and Madras Industrial City, along with DAY Rotaractors and Interactors participated in this event.

World Heart Day is being observed from 2000 to inform people around the globe that heart disease and stroke are the world’s leading causes of death, claiming about 17 million lives each year. WHD is an annual event which takes place on September 29 every year.

Each year, a different theme, reflecting key issues and topics relating to heart health, is highlighted. This year the theme is Power Your Life. Together with World Heart Federation members, World Heart Day spreads the news that at least 80% of premature deaths from cardiovascular disease (CVD) could be avoided if four main risk factors – tobacco use, WORLD unhealthy diet, physical inactivity and harmful use of alcohol – are controlled.

The Community Service - Health team had organised a programme on October 3 to observe World Heart Day at HEART Andhra Club, T. Nagar jointly with RCs of Adyar, Chennai Gemini, City, Chennai Spotlight, Chennai Tow- ers, Chennai Velachery, Madras Cosmos, Madras Industrial City, Madras North, Madras North West, , DAY Tiruvannamalai Pride and Vellore Mid Town. Rtn.Manjula V Krishnan - Director, Community Service Health (City) wel- comed the gathering. DG Rtn.Natarajan Nagoji in his presidential address stressed the need for proper Heart Care through life style modifications. Rtn. Dr. G Sengottuvelu, Interventional Cardiologist, Apollo Hospital said that globally, non-communicable diseases are the major causes of death and to a large extent they could be prevented by controlling weight, diabetes, cholesterol, blood pressure and avoiding tobacco use. The need for adequate exercises to “power the heart” was also explained.

Both Dr.Rtn.Sengottuvelu and Dr.Ravikumar - Interventional Radiologist, released an app called “My Cardio Analytics” powered by hCue – Medical Software Company. This mobile based app basically monitors and promotes individual “Heart Healthy Life Styles” and the individual is linked with Health provider on a regular basis.

The Special Guests, actors Sivakumar and G.V.Prakash spoke on related topics in ian interactive session. The meet ended with the concluding remarks from Rtn.Dr.R.Venkatakrishnan, Advisor for Community Service Health & Vote of Thanks by Rtn.S.Gopu, Director, Community Service Health - City Plus.

The first Rubella vaccination camp for the year was conducted by RC Chennai Gemini and Inner wheel Club of Chennai Gemini for +2 students at KTCT girls higher secondary school on October 20 ,2016. Ninety girls were immunized that day and certificates were distributed.

So far, IWC has reached out to 18 schools, colleges, institutions creat- ing awareness on Rubella and its dangers and explaining them on the importance of immunization against the virus. Rotaract clubs are also gearing up to conduct awareness and vaccination camps. Ann. Nalini Prabhakar, InnerWheel Club of Madras Central Rubella is an infectious disease caused by a virus. It is also known as German measles or three-day measles, but it is not the same disease as measles. Young children who get rubella usually have a mild illness, with symptoms that can include a low-grade fever, sore throat, and a rash that starts on the face and spreads to the rest of the body. Rubella is usually spread to others through sneezing or coughing. It can be prevented with vaccination. 5

RC Velachery held a RYLA Camp for 212 Voice of District 3230 (VOD) is a students from their Interact clubs of Govern- singing competition conducted for ment Higher Secondary School, Velachery Rotarians, Anns and Annets of this and St. Anthony’s School, Taramani along District by RC Chennai Towers., The with their teachers. VOD eighth edition of the programme was held on October 23, 2016. The camp was inaugurated by Rtn. S N Balasubramaniam, Additional District Chair The preliminary round was held on Oc- - RYLA. Rtn. Nagendra Babu, Mr. S D Mohan, Rtn. PDG Rekha Shetty, tober 16. Two hundred and thirty participants from 35 clubs competed; Mr. Ramesh Prabbha, Rtn. Sathyajaya, Rtn. Dr. Padma Ramamurthy, 40 individuals and 6 groups were selected for the finals. The judges Rtn.Swamynathan spoke on various interesting and useful topics. for the preliminary round were Mr. Sajan, Ms. Jaya, Mr Sailesh and Ms. Vidya. A practice session with the orchestra was organised for all the finalists on October 19.

RC held a RYLA camp on September 24 and 25 at Dr. M G R Home and higher secondary school for speech and hearing impaired, The Grand finale was on October 23, from 5:30 pm to 9: 30 pm at Ramapuram. Children from Govt. girls high school, , Le Royal Meridien. The judges were Mr Unnikrishnan, Ms Anuradha Mogapair, Kumara Rani Meena Muthiah School, SEED, Home and Sriram, Mr Ananthu Padmanabhan, Mr Ranganathan and Mr Justin School for convicts’ children and from MGR deaf and dumb school. Prabhakaran. The Guest of Honour for the evening was Music Director Imman and the Chief Guest was Rtn. DG Natarajan Nagoji. Rtn. PDG Rtn A P Kanna, Rtn. Krishnakumar, President Rtn. Jayashri, Rtn. Preethikachari, Rtn. Karthi, Rtn.Madhu Prakash, Rtn.Manoharan and Rtn.Keshav spoke on subjects relevant to growing school chil- RC Chennai Towers arranged 15 free cataract surger- dren. There was a session with Brahmakumaris on spirituality. Rtn. ies for destitute and mentally challenged persons of Gunavathy narrated many stories to explain about self esteem! Anbagam, at Radhatri Nethralaya eye hospital. One free cataract surgery was done to a school girl after detection at a “Save This signature project of the club is being conducted for the 16 th Sight Give Light” joint vision screening camp for school children (a year in succession. joint project of RCCT and RC )

RC Madras South held RYLA for Interactors on October 15-16. 54 students of Girls H S . Participated in the District RYLA. Key spekers included PDG Nazer and PDG Raja Ramakrishnan.

Excellence in Community Service Awards were given to Ms. Shobha Menon, founder of Nizhal, an NGO and Dr. Shekar Raghavan, Director- Rain Centre and pioneer in rainwater harvesting.

Conducted Home appliances training by “Hand in Hand” to enable 12 village youth to be gainfully employed; course duration -1.5 months.

An advanced six months tailoring course d for providing for sustain- able livelihood was inaugurate; 80 women are being trained.

In January 2015, Rtn. Chuck Howey of the Rotary Club of Trenton, Michigan, USA, ascended a mile-long dirt road in St. Lucia to appreciate the beauty of a 180,000-gallon water tower. For over a year, he championed its construction, working with the governor from District 6960 in Florida (Howey’s winter home) and other Rotarians to meet a simple need of 3,000 people in St. Lucia: clean water.

Howey’s major gifts to The Rotary Foundation are a perfect example of how Rotary thrives on teamwork. He was inspired by the need to bring clean water to families. For nearly 30 years, St. Lucia’s leaders were unable to garner funds for the project from their government. Through Rotary, the gift from Howey was a call to action that was answered with over $112,500 in funds raised by six districts to finish the project. “I was most impressed with the effort that the Rotarian part- ners both in District 6960 and District 7030 put forth to carry out this project,” Howey says. “It was exceptional.” 6 Rotary’s special deepavali

Rotarians of D3230 celebrated Deepavali at VGP Universal Kingdom Director - Medisales, was the guest of honour. The children were ac- with over 1,500 children from 33 special schools. Thanks to the efforts companied by their parents, attendants and school coordinators. Over put in by Aanandha Deepavali Celebrations Chairman Mahaveer 200 Rotaractors from various colleges helped the children climb on to Bothra and his team, the children had a wonderful time not only en- the rides, play games and have fun. The children were provided with joying the fun and games but also the company of so many children breakfast, lunch, snack and a packed dinner, said a release. They also at one place. received a bag of goodies with biscuits, chocolates, cakes, chips, juice, Actor Srikanth was the chief guest and Narender Srisrimal, Managing health drink, water bottle, cap and a t-shirt sponsored by Rotarians.

Annettes of RC Madras Northwest organized a fund raiser program to celebrate Joy of giving week on 06.10.16 at Hotel Savera. Renowned Actor and Stand-up Comedian T M Karthik was the Chief Guest and he gave a Stand up comedy show. Annettes have collected is Rs.1 Lakh through this program and donated the same to Swabodhini School for Special Children.

Rotary Club of Madras Northwest celebrated Rotary Vocational Services month by organized Vocational Excellence Award function on 24.10.16 at Hotel Savera. Padma Vibhushan Dr. T Ramasami. Former Secretary DST, Govt of India, Former DG CSIR, Former Director CLRI was the Chief Guest and PDG Ramakrishna Raja was the Guest of RC Katpadi celebrated Diwali with hearing and speech impaired Honour.The distinguished Awardees included Dr. B R Nammalwar, children at Worth Trust on October 23. About 320 children and 400 Paediatric Nephrologist, Dr B Chandrasekaran, Director CLRI and adults participated on that occasion. The children took part in the Mr.Sam Dayala Dev, Deputy Director ISRO. dance and other cultural and entertainment programmes. 7

Details of the Governor’s Official Visit to the district clubs will be covered in the GML. I request the president/secretary to send the information, with photographs of good quality, to me for publication. Kindly note that the visit to the clubs can be covered in detail, ONLY if I receive a report from an office bearer of the club. It is not feasible to get reports from the governor. Editor

Rotary Club of Manali New Town on Rotary Club of Ranipet on October 26. 14th Oct 2016. The secretary of the club highlighted the major projects of the club during the last 3 months The secretary detailed the projects the club are : had already completed since July 2016: * Conducted a training course in electrical and plumbing and gave employment to 20 youths. 1,000 saplings distribution and maintenance * 23 Medical camps conducted in 3 months benefiting about 370 persons. of 30 trees by club. Eye screening for 350 * 2 New members inducted and updated in RI website. senior citizens and cataract surgery for 16 * 350 Tree Saplings planted / donated so far. persons. General health & dental check for * 8 students were honoured for their meritorious achievements in academics and sports. 210 senior citizens. 1 Cancer awareness program for women. Nation Builder award for 6 Teachers. Academic toppers recognition to 30 students. Sports events for 600 students and recognition for 24 students. Sponsored English for change program for a school in Manali New Town.

DG suggested in his address:

Forming a trust, more Family participation programs, Contribution to TRF, Increase Membership, Make use of Yuva Jyothi project for developing employability for Youth, RI certification for Interact club, and organize more speaker meets and joint ventures.

Cheques for TRF contributions from 23 members totalling to USD 3,769 (Rs. 2,52,550) were Rotary Club of Chennai Spotlight on handed over to DG on that day. October 18.

The president informed the DG that 100 wa- ter filters were distributed to Corporation and The District Vocational Service Team along with six clubs – RCs of Thiruvallur, Tiruttani, Government Schools, through many Clubs Sholinghur, Arakonam, and Kanchipuram conducted a ‘Self Employment - of the District, as the Project of the Day. The Own Your Car Scheme Project’ on October 16 at Gnana Vidyalaya Higher Secondary School, water filters were donated by Rtn. Sivabala Thiruvallur. The highlight of the scheme: Vehicles at the best price, speedy loan approval and Rajendran. DG applauded the efforts of the release of funds, minimum down payment, best interest rate, and some other condones. The club in serving the community in all avenues team had also made arrangements for working with app based taxi service providers like of service . Ola, Uber, Utoo etc.

PDG Rtn. I S A K Nazar was the Chief Guest and Rtn. R M Ananth – Director, Vocational Service, was the Guest of Honour. About 300 drivers participated and benefitted from the Governor’s Official Visit in October, 16 meet. The beneficiaries appreciated Rotary for giving them an opportunity to increase their income by owning their vehicle. 7 Manali New Town 8 Uptown 9 Vellore East 14 Chenai Capital 15 Cheyyar 16 16 Chetpet Elite 20 Madras Porur 21 Madras Magnum 23 23 Sriperumbudur 28 Madras Ashoknagar 8 In many ways, our Rotary Foundation is the foundation of Rotary as we PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE know it. It has created a mechanism for cooperation and partnership among clubs and between Rotary and other organizations; it has enabled Looking back at the momentous 1917 us to be ever more ambitious in our work and to reach for goals of Rotary Convention in Atlanta, it is historic proportions, such as the eradication of polio. It is impossible to difficult to see what could have been quantify the good that has been done over the last century as a result contentious about the words of then- of The Rotary Foundation. All we can know for sure is that Arch Klumph, President Arch C. Klumph: “It seems if he could see it, would be proud. eminently proper that we should ac- cept endowments for the purpose of I am looking forward to seeing many of you at our international con- doing good in the world.” Yet, at the vention in Atlanta: the city where our Foundation was born. I hope a time, support for the idea was far from record number of Rotarians will be there to celebrate the centennial unanimous. Some thought an endow- of our Foundation. In the meantime, there are plenty of other ways to ment fund would create more trouble celebrate! I encourage you to read more about the Foundation centen- than it was worth. But Klumph’s idea nial at centennial.rotary.org. There, you’ll learn about the history of our received the support it most needed Foundation and find ideas for events and projects in your clubs and in the form of an initial donation of your community. $26.50 from the Rotary Club of Kansas City, Mo. One of the most important ways we are celebrating the Foundation Nearly 100 years later, we recognize Klumph’s idea as not only visionary, centennial is with a fundraising goal of $300 million. Your gift to your but revolutionary: It set in place the mechanism that allowed Rotary to Foundation is the best way of ensuring a strong second century for become the vast force for “doing good in the world” that it is today. Rotarians Doing Good in the World and for Rotary Serving humanity.

“peace university ” with the launch of the Rotary Peace Centers. Trustee chair’s message Rotarian financial support has skyrocketed as well. In 1982-83, contribu- Back in 1956, the Rotary Interna- tions barely totaled $19 million. Compare that with 2015-16, when the tional Board of Directors designated figure jumped to $265.6 million. a week in November urging all clubs This November, we’ll celebrate not just Foundation Month, but also The “to devote a program to The Rotary Rotary Foundation’s centennial. The Rotary website offers many creative Foundation. ” In 1982, the Board de- ideas for honoring this very special occasion, but there are three activities termined that the entire month of November should be dedicated to the that I especially recommend. Foundation. The first is to hold an event for the entire community that spotlights the Since then our Foundation has grown Foundation’s 100 years of Doing Good in the World. Second, plan and and flourished in ways that few Rotar- sponsor a project that addresses a critical problem. It could be done ians could have imagined. In 1985, from locally raised funds, or you might seek a global grant. There are so Rotary took on its first corporate pro- many options to choose from – from providing clean water, to ensuring ject – a bold campaign to immunize basic education for girls in every part of the world, to tackling malaria the world’s children against polio and create a polio-free world. or HIV/AIDS or any number of preventable diseases.

Our humanitarian programs grew so rapidly that the Foundation could The third activity I recommend is for every Rotarian to make a centennial not process the volume of requests for grants efficiently. That led to the donation. Let’s never forget that The Rotary Foundation belongs to all of creation of a new grant model that supports global grants with greater us. You and I provide the funding for just about every bit of good that and longer-lasting impact and district grants which fund small-scale, our Foundation is doing in the world – and has been doing for an entire short-term activities. And we fulfilled Rotarians’ long-held dream for a century. Let’s make sure we continue that tradition for the next 100 years.

The Rotary Foundation transforms your gifts into projects that change lives both close to home and around the world. As the charitable arm of Rotary, we tap into a global network of Rotarians who invest their time, money, and expertise into our priorities, such as eradicating polio and promoting peace. Foundation grants empower Rotarians to approach challenges such as poverty, illiteracy, and malnutritionT with sustainable R solutions F that leave a lasting1 impact. 0 0 Strong financial oversight, a stellar charity rating, and a unique funding model mean that we make the very most of your contribution. Give and become a part of Rotary’s life-changing work!

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