Welcome to the Riga International Rotary Club

 
Our club members are dedicated people who share a passion for community service and friendship.
The Riga International Rotary Club was chartered on 22 August 1998, our Rotary club number is 51459. We belong to the Rotary District 2405 which covers the whole Latvia and part of Sweden.
The first Rotary Club of Riga was founded 1933, it was shut down during the Soviet occupation.
During “Glasnost” in the late 1980s and the following liberation of Latvia the old Riga Rotary club was restarted with help from the Swedish Rotary organization.
A number of foreign experts came to Riga to help modernize the society.
Many of them wanted to do more for Latvia and joined the Rotary club.
Because of the increasing number of foreigners who could not speak Latvian there was a decision to start an English spoken club: 
The Riga International Rotary Club.
 
The Club has the status of an approved charity organization by VID, so if you make a donation
to us it will be considered as eligible allowance for corporate income tax purposes, 
depending upon the approach you use.
Our data: 
Rīgas Starptautiskais Rotari klubs, Mutes iela 1, Rīga, LV-1010, Reģ.nr.: 40008036330
Banka: Luminor Bank AS, RIKOLV2X, IBAN: LV47RIKO0000084023375
Club News
HandOverRotaryYear
 
In July we had a HandOver meeting to celebrate the shift to the new Rotary Year and the shift of President, Secretary and Treasurer to this years.
The meeting was held in the beautiful Kukšu muiža, members, friends and spouses were invited.
 
 
We celebrated the achievements during the year 2025-26:
 
The Santa Fun Run (December) was a success with 1 000 participants, we collected 13 000 EUR that we donated to RMHC Latvia.
 
 
Food Drive (December and January):
We bought basic food products that was distributed by the Salvation Army, Latvia, to 63 families (319 people) in 7 different Latvian cities.
 
 
Used Clothes Project
Rotary Club Bad Homburg-Kurpark collects used clothes, textiles and sometimes Furniture in Germany. We transport it to Riga and hand it over to The Salvation Army and PINS shelter in Riga.
 
 
Soup Kitchen with Rotaract
3 sessions with 2 servings each was done in the autumn. Approximately 180 portions across the autumn. 
We had guests from 18 different countries to our Thursday lunch meetings at Grand Palace Hotel in Old town Riga.
 
     
 
 
 
We had 8 guest speakers and 2 club visits
 
 
 
We inducted 5 new members.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
New member Lena
On our meeting December 18th we inducted the new member Lena Rigere!
 
One of the main charity events that we do every year is the Santa's Fun Run.
It is arranged in Riga a few weeks before Christmas.
We usually manage to raise a good sum of money for charity by this event.
 
Since a few years we have done the so called "Food Drive". We donate money and buy food to needy families in Latvia. The Salvation Army is helping us to distribute the food packages. This happens around Christmas.
We are collaborating with the Bad Homburg Kurpark Rotary Club in Germany from where we get yearly donations of used clothes.
We take help from the Salvation Army to distribute the clothes to needy people in Latvia.
Rotaract in Riga
Rotaract clubs bring together people ages 18 and older to exchange ideas with leaders in the community, to develop leadership and professional skills and have fun through service.
 
In communities worldwide, Rotary and Rotaract members work side by side
We have an international Rotaract club related to us here in Riga.
Rotaract in Facebook
All over the world there are Rotary Clubs, as a member you are always welcome to visit them.
 
Below we show flags from clubs that have visited us or that we have visited.
We meet every week.
We usually invite guest speakers to inform us on interesting issues.
Sometimes we have bigger gatherings for fun with families as showed on the picture to the left.