Posted by Bob Ruehl on Apr 29, 2022
Rotary In Review - A Roundup Of Rotary News
Rotarians unite to send medical aid to Ukraine
Rotary members in North America, Argentina, and Europe are collaborating with a U.S.-based association of Ukrainian health care workers to collect and ship more than 100 tons of critical medical supplies to Ukraine. The effort was built off of connections Marga Hewko, president of the Rotary Club of Chicago, had forged with the Ukrainian medical community in Chicago. Rotary clubs have pooled their resources to secure donations from equipment manufacturers and purchase supplies which are then flown over to Europe for distribution within Ukraine. Read how Rotary’s network has been providing support to Ukraine.
 
 
 
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Using innovation to prevent malaria
Volunteers and experts working to eliminate Malaria will be discussing the need to harness innovation to save lives and reduce the burden of the disease on World Malaria Day, 25 April. Partners for a Malaria-Free Zambia, The Rotary Foundation’s first Programs of Scale recipient, is implementing a three-year program to recruit, train, and support community health workers to test for and treat malaria in hard-to-reach areas of Zambia. Learn more about this effort and what Rotary is doing to prevent malaria in a blog for Rotary Service in Action.
 
Council on Legislation takes action
Representatives to the 2022 Council on Legislation 10-14 April voted overwhelmingly to add “equity and inclusion” to Rotary International’s bylaws, affirming the organization’s continued effort to be inclusive of all cultures, experiences, and identities, and to reflect the communities it serves. The five-day conference in Chicago, Illinois, USA, marked Rotary’s first successful attempt to host a hybrid international event since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Representatives also supported a dues increase and a pilot that would test a new governance structure. Learn more about the council action.
 
Vaccines save lives
World Immunization Week, 24-30 April, gives Rotary and Rotaract clubs an opportunity to raise awareness of the part that vaccines play in saving lives – as well as of the critical need to continue supporting global polio vaccination for children and COVID-19 vaccines for all. Download the World Immunization Week toolkit.
 
 
 
 
Rotary and Earth Day
For Earth Day, 22 April, learn how Rotarians are already fighting climate change. Protecting the environment is one of Rotary’s areas of focus.
 
 
 
 
 
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