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INTERNATIONAL SERVICE DIRECTOR

Annie Ju
 
International Service Committees
Chair
Child Health & AIDS Prevention (CHAP)
Rich Casey
Polio Plus
Cindy Bogard O'Gorman
International Scholarships
Shiv Shastri
World Community Service (WCS)
Wendy Walleigh
 
  • Child Health & AIDS Project (formerly Los Altos Rotary AIDS Project) was founded in 1989 to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS. It was the first Rotary organization in the world to do so. Over time, CHAP evolved to focus on Mother-to-Child AIDS prevention. Currently, CHAP’s broader scope provides support for limited-resource countries (particularly in Africa) in combatting diseases and furthering initiatives for maternal and child health.
  • Polio Plus Committee encourages and partners with our members to support Rotary’s “End Polio Now” program. It was launched in 1985 to tackle global polio eradication through mass vaccinations. The Gates Foundation is a major partner.  With the exception of Nigeria’s outbreak which has minimally affected nearby countries, the effort’s success to date is almost no cases in 2021 worldwide.
  • International Scholarship Committee solicits, screens, and nominates candidates for Rotary Global Grant Scholarships.  These scholars pursue overseas graduate-level study to advance understanding and work in one of Rotary’s Seven Areas of Foci.
  • World Community Service (WCS) Committee leads community development and goodwill across the globe in four key areas:  Educating Youth, Economic Development and Sustainability, Emergency Relief, and Community Health.  By partnering with other Clubs and NGOs, WCS leverages funding and can identify, recommend, and implement sustainable grant projects, successfully building capacity and improving human lives in limited-resource countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

Global Telehealth Network (GTN)
The Global Telehealth Network (GTN) is an independently run nonprofit organization that LARC member Dr. Jack Higgins started.
GTN is comprised of volunteer physicians and psychologists who will be able to provide free online consultations for health workers located in medically underserved areas. Through this innovative technology, doctors and nurses will be connected through real-time video consultations with volunteer specialist physicians and psychologists around the world to help them diagnose and treat problems. By partnering with Rotary Clubs, GTN can develop regional telehealth networks which enable doctors to obtain in-country specialty consults, while also providing supervision for nurses in remote areas who currently have no physician backup.