There are now at least 24 people dead, over 12,000 structures destroyed, 36,000 acres burned (an area the size of Washington, D.C.), 150,000 already ordered to evacuate, another 166,000 warned they may need to flee and still 92,000 under evacuation orders. 8,500...
Following the planned International Conventions in: Calgary, Canada; Taipei, Taiwan; and Honolulu, Hawaii, Rotary has announced that Minneapolis, Minnesota will host our convention in 2028. Rotary and Rotaract clubs in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul are...
Successful clubs set goals to give the club direction. Maybe yours wants to welcome more members, participate in more service projects, or improve the club experience Setting goals is a first step to motivating members working for a common purpose. But success takes...
While you may already know about, and use, Rotary’s Learning Center, many of your District’s Rotarians don’t. They may not know the breadth of material there or that it is customized for their membership status and role. New members needing to explore Rotary, leaders...
For the 2023-24 year, The Rotary Foundation has recognized 59 Districts in the world which achieved at least 90% compliance with grant reporting requirements in each quarter. Of these, seven (12%) were in our two Zones! Each received a certificate of appreciation...
Time to remind your clubs and districts to prepare their concept notes for the 2026 Programs of Scale grant. These awards make one $2 million grant each year, distributed over three to five years. Proposed programs must demonstrate success and readiness to expand....
New wild poliovirus isolates reported this week: AFP cases: 6 Environment: 24 Others: 0 New cVDPV isolates reported this week: AFP cases: 0 Environment: 2 Others: 0 Summary of new poliovirus cases and positive environmental samples: Algeria: one cVDPV2 positive...
Over 550,000 children were vaccinated with a second dose of nOPV2 in the second round of the polio campaign in Gaza. New wild poliovirus isolates reported this week: AFP cases: 3 Environment: 19 Others: 2 New cVDPV isolates reported this week: AFP cases: 9...
RI's General Secretary, John Hewko, will be raising funds for polio eradication by participating with 9,000 other riders in the Ride to End Polio on November 23rd. Since 2009, the group of cyclists, working with the Gates Foundation, has raised over $67 million. Their...
Gaza Update: The second round of the Gaza outbreak response was implemented in key areas, but due to the escalating violence, intense bombardment, mass displacement orders, and lack of assured humanitarian pauses across most of northern Gaza, the Polio Technical...
World Polio Day is October 24th, help use our collective voice to advocate, raise awareness, and fundraise. Here's a story about the importance of vaccinating our children to share on media:...
In 2021, The Rotary Foundation added a new grant opportunity to its District, Global, and Disaster Grants. It created Programs of Scale to support Rotarian-led, evidence-based programs that have already demonstrated success. Scaling up already proven programs can...
