Every day is World Water Day for the WASH Rotary Action Group

March 22, 2023

By Lisa Talley, WASH-Rotary Action Group Marketing and Communications Chair The WASH Rotary Action Group (WASH-RAG) supports and ensures sustainable, long-lasting, clean water, sanitation, and hygiene programs to communities in need. In 2007, WASH-RAG was formed to help local Rotary and Rotaract clubs find international projects and global partners, ensuring sustainability by providing technical advice … More Every day is World Water Day for the WASH Rotary Action Group

The Rotary – Ashoka partnership solves problems, creates leaders, and changes societies

March 16, 2023

By Carrie Golden, Manager of Service and Project Partnerships at Rotary International “Hunger is the greatest problem I’ve ever seen, and it’s the problem I fear the most,” says Rotarian and Ashoka Fellow Jude Chimdi Ohanele. Ohanele reflects on his childhood in Nigeria where systems were not properly harnessed to secure the food system. In … More The Rotary – Ashoka partnership solves problems, creates leaders, and changes societies

Take action with Rotary and the Institute for Economics and Peace to empower women

March 8, 2023

By Rebecca Pursche, Institute for Economics and Peace (Sydney Office) “We must learn from our past mistakes, or else risk making them again” – Regional Director of the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa, Hala Al-Karib, during her 13 September 2021 briefing to the Security Council on the Sudan. In the face … More Take action with Rotary and the Institute for Economics and Peace to empower women

2022 Interact Award Winners: Rotary’s young leaders champion diversity, equity, and inclusion

February 23, 2023

By Casey Jones, Programs and Communications Specialist, Rotary International In 2022, nearly half a million Interactors embodied service above self by engaging in projects that supported their schools and communities. To honor their efforts, the annual Interact Awards invites Interact clubs to submit a video, photo(s), and/or essay showcasing their projects. Alongside the opportunity for … More 2022 Interact Award Winners: Rotary’s young leaders champion diversity, equity, and inclusion

Rotary Peace Fellowships: training peace and development leaders

February 20, 2023

By Christine Torres, Senior Marketing and Recruitment Strategist, Rotary Peace Centers Promote peace in the world by encouraging peace and development leaders in our communities to apply for the Rotary Peace Fellowship. Each year, Rotary awards fully funded fellowships for peacebuilders from diverse backgrounds to study at one of the Rotary Peace Centers located at … More Rotary Peace Fellowships: training peace and development leaders

Bring solar power to Habitat homes

February 16, 2023

Leverage the Rotary-Habitat for Humanity partnership to increase your club’s impact By Dr. Liz Henke, Habitat Solar Lead for Renewable Energy Task Force (RETF) of the Environmental Sustainability Rotary Action Group (ESRAG) and member of East Chapel Hill Rotary Club, North Carolina, U.S. If your club cares about affordable housing and wants to increase the … More Bring solar power to Habitat homes

Train civil society to be peace ambassadors in your community

February 9, 2023

Building Unity for Peaceful 2023 Elections in Sierra Leone By Loretta Raider, Team Leader of Mediators Beyond Borders International’s Sierra Leone Project, and Principal of The Raider Consulting Group, a global firm focusing on organization development and peacebuilding Mediators Beyond Borders International (MBBI), a Rotary International service partner and non-profit organization that builds skills for … More Train civil society to be peace ambassadors in your community

Be a disruptor for peace: 4 ways to generate peaceful change

February 2, 2023

By Rebecca Crall, Areas of Focus Manager, Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention In a recent conversation with a group of professional peacebuilders, one of my colleagues (and a new Rotary member) surprised me when he referred to Rotary as a “disruptor for peace.” A disruptor for peace? That was something new and unexpected. Disruption signals significant, … More Be a disruptor for peace: 4 ways to generate peaceful change

What I Gain from Ashoka and Rotary, and How We Can Work Together

January 26, 2023

By Lynn Price, Ashoka Fellow and member of the Rotary Club of Denver Southeast Growing up in foster care, I held the label of foster kid destined to failure. To make matters worse, my older sister and I lived in different homes. Brothers and sisters fight, argue, and tease. Yet, they are the first to … More What I Gain from Ashoka and Rotary, and How We Can Work Together