Areas of Focus

 

Rotary’s 36,000 clubs and 1.2 million members serve communities around the world, each with unique concerns and needs. Rotarians have continually adapted and improved the way they respond to those needs, taking on a broad range of service projects. The most successful and sustainable Rotary service projects tends to fall within one of the following areas:

  • PEACEBUILDING AND CONFLICT PREVENTION
    • Rotary encourages conversations to foster understanding within and across cultures. We train adults and young leaders to prevent and mediate conflict and help refugees who have fled dangerous areas.
  • BASIC EDUCATION AND LITERACY
    • More than 775 million people over the age of 15 are illiterate. Our goal is to strengthen the capacity of communities to support basic education and literacy, reduce gender disparity in education, and increase adult literacy.
  • DISEASE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT
    • We educate and equip communities to stop the spread of life-threatening diseases like polio, HIV/AIDS, and malaria. We improve and expand access to low-cost and free health care in developing areas.
  • WATER, SANITATION, AND HYGIENE
    • We support local solutions to bring clean water, sanitation, and hygiene to more people every day. We don’t just build wells and walk away. We share our expertise with community leaders and educators to make sure our projects succeed long-term.
  • COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
    • We carry out service projects that enhance economic and community development and create opportunities for decent and productive work for young and old. We also strengthen local entrepreneurs and community leaders, particularly women, in impoverished communities.
  • MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
    • Nearly 6 million children under the age of five die each year because of malnutrition, poor health care, and inadequate sanitation. We expand access to quality care, so mothers and their children can live and grow stronger.
  • ENVIRONMENT
    • Rotary members are tackling environmental issues the way they always do: coming up with projects, using their connections to change policy and planning for the future.