From our DG
Posted by David Ling
on Feb 15, 2012
Our Rotary Clubs are often charactarised by the work they do within the local community. Much of the exposure our Clubs receive is for the local work they do serving the community and the people in it. But our Clubs hold their charter from Rotary International and the reach of our organisation is into over 200 countries and geographic areas around the world.
February is World Understanding Month, a great time to focus on our fourth avenue of service, international service and its goal of promoting peace, goodwill and understanding amongst the people of the world. Much of the work we do as Rotarians in fulfilling our fourth avenue of service will be to benefit people we will never meet in countries most of us will never visit. Some of these projects reach right into a local community such as adopting a village and provide bedding netting to reduce the chances of malaria, provide educational materials and support to village schools to empower young people with a basic education and literacy, support health initiatives in both hospitals and rural clinics and provide access to safe and clean drinking water.
Rotary is also providing the opportunity for outstanding young men and women to have a significant impact and role in the promotion of peace throughout the world, especially in areas where there has been conflict. Through the highly respected Rotary Peace Centres at selected universities around the world, Rotary is supporting the next generation of peacemakers and leaders who will serve in places of conflict around the world including, amongst others, the Middle East and in various locations in Africa.
As Rotarians we can also be directly involved with our international programmes. Many of our exchange programmes allow a sharing of cultures and an opportunity to bring the people of the world more closely together. There isn’t a better way to “bridge continents” than to exchange our young people through the Rotary youth exchange programme.
The Group Study Exchange programme of The Rotary Foundation also enables the exchange of young people and a sharing of cultures. Clubs within District 9790 have a great record of undertaking
RAWCS (Rotary Australia World Community Service) projects enabling Rotarians and others to implement programmes in host countries.
This month, Thursday 23rd February is Rotary Day,
February is World Understanding Month, a great time to focus on our fourth avenue of service, international service and its goal of promoting peace, goodwill and understanding amongst the people of the world. Much of the work we do as Rotarians in fulfilling our fourth avenue of service will be to benefit people we will never meet in countries most of us will never visit. Some of these projects reach right into a local community such as adopting a village and provide bedding netting to reduce the chances of malaria, provide educational materials and support to village schools to empower young people with a basic education and literacy, support health initiatives in both hospitals and rural clinics and provide access to safe and clean drinking water.
Rotary is also providing the opportunity for outstanding young men and women to have a significant impact and role in the promotion of peace throughout the world, especially in areas where there has been conflict. Through the highly respected Rotary Peace Centres at selected universities around the world, Rotary is supporting the next generation of peacemakers and leaders who will serve in places of conflict around the world including, amongst others, the Middle East and in various locations in Africa.
As Rotarians we can also be directly involved with our international programmes. Many of our exchange programmes allow a sharing of cultures and an opportunity to bring the people of the world more closely together. There isn’t a better way to “bridge continents” than to exchange our young people through the Rotary youth exchange programme.
The Group Study Exchange programme of The Rotary Foundation also enables the exchange of young people and a sharing of cultures. Clubs within District 9790 have a great record of undertaking
RAWCS (Rotary Australia World Community Service) projects enabling Rotarians and others to implement programmes in host countries.
This month, Thursday 23rd February is Rotary Day,
Rotary is also providing the opportunity for outstanding young men and women to have a significant impact and role in the promotion of peace throughout the world, especially in areas where there has been conflict. Through the highly respected Rotary Peace Centres at selected universities around the world, Rotary is supporting the next generation of peacemakers and leaders who will serve in places of conflict around the world including, amongst others, the Middle East and in various locations in Africa.
As Rotarians we can also be directly involved with our international programmes. Many of our exchange programmes allow a sharing of cultures and an opportunity to bring the people of the world more closely together. There isn’t a better way to “bridge continents” than to exchange our young people through the Rotary youth exchange programme.
The Group Study Exchange programme of The Rotary Foundation also enables the exchange of young people and a sharing of cultures. Clubs within District 9790 have a great record of undertaking
RAWCS (Rotary Australia World Community Service) projects enabling Rotarians and others to implement programmes in host countries.
This month, Thursday 23rd February is Rotary Day,
The District Drum can be accessed from our Home Page
As Rotarians we can also be directly involved with our international programmes. Many of our exchange programmes allow a sharing of cultures and an opportunity to bring the people of the world more closely together. There isn’t a better way to “bridge continents” than to exchange our young people through the Rotary youth exchange programme.
The Group Study Exchange programme of The Rotary Foundation also enables the exchange of young people and a sharing of cultures. Clubs within District 9790 have a great record of undertaking
RAWCS (Rotary Australia World Community Service) projects enabling Rotarians and others to implement programmes in host countries.
This month, Thursday 23rd February is Rotary Day,
The District Drum can be accessed from our Home Page