November is Rotary Foundation month.  The rotary foundation helps Rotary members to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace by improving health, providing quality education, improving the environment, and alleviating poverty.  Since the foundation was founded more than 100 years ago, the Foundation has spent more than $4,000,000,000 on these life sustaining projects. 

 

These projects include the following:

PolioPlus, where Rotary has committed $2.2 billion towards the eradication of polio.

Global Grants that fund large-scale international activities.   In the last fiscal year, the Foundation awarded $130 million towards such activities.

District Grants that fund smaller scale, short-term projects related to the Foundation’s mission.

Disaster Response Grants that support relief and recovery efforts affected by natural disasters.

Rotary Peace Centers support the training of peace fellows at Rotary Peace Centers where the fellows earn master’s degrees or professional development certificates.

Programs of Scale grants empower Rotary members to work with experienced partners to implement large-scale, high-impact projects over three to five years to benefit a large number of people, such as the Malaria-Free Zambia Program.