Happy New Year! January is Rotary Awareness Month, so thanks for visiting our website to learn more about Rotary. Here are some fun facts about the Rotary International:
- here are more than 1.2 Million Rotarians all over the world in more than 33,000 Rotary Clubs in more than 200 countries in all geographic areas.
- The Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarships is the world's largest, privately funded scholarship program.
- Providing vitamin A supplements during polio National Immunization Days has averted an estimated 1.5 million childhood deaths since 1998 – testimony to the "plus" in PolioPlus.
- The first project of the first Rotary club of Chicago was installation of public toilets in the city.
- The first Rotaract Club was formed in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
- The first women joined Rotary in 1987. Today, more than 196,000 woman are members of Rotary International.
- Since 1978 under the Health, Hunger and Humanity (3-H) Program, 340 projects in 78 countries have been funded from Rotary International totalling US-$ 87 million.
- Today, polio is found in only three countries - Pakistan, Nigeria and Afghanistan. We are this close to eradicating polio!