A PICTURE PAINTS A THOUSAND WORDS!
IT IS GOOD TO KNOW THAT THE ROTARY CLUB OF HAWTHORN IS A PEACE CLUB.
Rotary’s Four Roles in Promoting Peace Rotary and its members are:
Practitioners: Our work fighting disease, providing clean water and sanitation, improving the health of mothers and children, supporting education, and growing local economies directly builds the optimal conditions for peaceful societies.- Educators: Our Rotary Peace Centres have trained over 1,300 peace fellows to become effective catalysts for peace through careers in government, education, and international organizations.
- Mediators: Our members have negotiated humanitarian ceasefires in areas of conflict to allow polio vaccinators to reach children who are at risk.
- Advocates: Our members have an integral role as respected, impartial participants during peace processes and in post-conflict reconstruction. We focus on creating communities and convening groups that are connected, inclusive, and resilient.
As the world continues to turn on itself through conflict and aggression we should be mindful of the wonderful job that Rotary across the world does in making life a little better for so many people who could only dream to live the lives we take for granted here in Australia.