Economic and Community Development is one of the six global service themes of Rotary -- the focus for October. Rotary Club of Ladner's engagement in Adopt A Village Laos is just one example of that theme in practice throughout the world. ► 795 million people — or 1 in 9 people in the world — do not have enough to eat ► 60% of the world’s hungry people are women and girls ► 70% of the world’s poorest people live in rural areas and depend on agriculture and related activities for their livelihood ► $9.2 million The amount The Rotary Foundation has spent to grow local economies and reduce poverty last year A woman in Honduras runs a village bakery thanks to a microloan through Rotary |