Despite world efforts over the past 40 years, hunger still claims a child’s life every three seconds. By Anne MatthewsD9560 Passport Club Hunger hides in every community. All over the world, Rotary supports programs to provide healthy food and develop sustainable solutions to food insecurity; however, despite all efforts, hunger...
Putting peace in perspective
Peace. What exactly is it and how do we obtain it? Often regarded as an intangible, utopian concept eliciting vague images of beautiful, flower-bearing, mandala-wearing youth, what does peace actually look like and how do we know if and when we have it? Can peace be measured? The answer, incidentally,...
Diversity: Part of Rotary’s core values
By Dave KingRotary Great Britain and Ireland When incoming Rotary International President, Holger Knaack, addressed the International Assembly in San Diego, California, earlier this year, few would have realised how prophetic those words would become three months later. On May 25, 46-year-old black American, George Floyd, was killed 2400 kilometres...
The most bang for your buck
The Rotary Foundation is dedicated to assisting Rotarians Do Good in the World. By delivering financial resources and facilitating new connections, the Foundation helps clubs and districts work together to perform meaningful, sustainable service – whether in their own communities or around the globe. Our top-rated, award-winning Foundation has spent...
Give a woman a fish – to smoke!
COVID-19 has struck hard for the many women in Uganda, who survive by market trading fruit, vegetables and fish. The markets have been closed to combat the pandemic, and the small incomes that sustained families have been lost. Ugandan Rotary Peace Fellow Emily Nabakooza is working hard to help provide...
Chickens for Change
The Rotary Club of Brisbane, Qld, has been supporting food and nutrition security in Papua New Guinea since 2018 through its partnership with the Kyeema Foundation, a Brisbane-based not-for-profit organisation implementing coral reef conservation and indigenous chicken keeping as alternative food and livelihood activities. So, why indigenous chickens? A good...