Press releases

New partnership will bolster ranks of experts needed to stem the water and sanitation crisis killing millions in the developing world

Rotary and its partners are now "This Close" to eradicating polio.

Initiative aims to improve maternal and child health in East Africa

Uppsala University is seventh center for international studies in peace and conflict resolution.

Improves effectiveness of microfinance as a means to economic growth

One of the world’s largest privately sponsored international scholarship program focuses on humanitarian service, personal diplomacy, and academic excellence.

Dr. Robert S. Scott, chair of Rotary’s International PolioPlus Committee, will receive the Sitar-e-Khidmat award.

A centerpiece of Rotary’s emphasis on water and sanitation issues is the International H2O Collaboration.

Global network of volunteers provides emergency relief and assistance for long-term recovery.

Rotary will join Sanofi Pasteur in ringing the trading bell in four financial markets in Europe and at the New York Stock Exchange in support of a polio-free world.

From Italy’s Trevi Fountain to the New York Stock Exchange, world landmarks will carry Rotary’s End Polio Now pledge the week of 23 February 2011.

Klinginsmith’s meeting with President dos Santos will build upon prior meetings by Rotary’s partners in the global effort to end polio

Bill Gates leads list of international public figures ‘This Close’ to ending polio

Rotary helps foster peace and world understanding through education

Experience of seasoned international professional complements the global humanitarian organization’s mission and philosophy

International humanitarian group has provided more than $18 million in funds and donated supplies and services for long-term recovery projects in Haiti

Rotary Peace Fellow leading three-week peace caravan to engage youth and traditional leaders in peace, unity and reconciliation

In response to these disasters, Indonesian Rotary clubs have established the Disaster Relief Fund to support immediate humanitarian assistance.

Partners UNICEF and WHO to conduct immediate immunization activities in high-risk areas

Humanitarian service organization helps train next generation of peace makers

Former Rotary Peace Fellow to dedicate the first of a series of Peace Huts in West Africa

From raising funds to distributing life-saving shelters, Rotary clubs worldwide are assisting flood victims in Pakistan.

Rotary members worldwide raised more than $19 million in donations and grants for relief and recovery efforts throughout the region.

Football signed by Desmond Tutu receives a rousing welcome at Rotary International Convention in Montreal

International service organization promotes peace by addressing the root-causes of conflict through humanitarian and educational programs

Aggressive efforts by Rotary clubs to help solve the global water and sanitation crisis

Shining the light on polio eradication

Aggressive efforts by Rotary clubs to help solve the global water and sanitation crisis

New strategy builds on 99% drop in Nigeria cases but faces 50% funding shortfall

With 17,000 delegates and a local economic impact of $28 million, humanitarian group’s convention will be among city’s largest ever

Northbrook Korean teen who donated his entire allowance to End Polio Now gets first-pitchhonors.

People around the world to sign online ball supporting Rotary’s effort to End Polio Now

Crippling disease is almost gone thanks in part to continued leadership by the United States Government

Partners UNICEF and WHO to conduct immediate immunization activities in high-risk areas

Congolese band Staff Benda Bilili joins Rotary’s EndPolioNow campaign as goodwill ambassadors

More than 500 university students from 29 countries have been selected to study abroad as Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholars during the 2010-11 academic year.

members around the globe are focused on the issue 24/7

85 million children to be immunized across 19 countries

Desmond Tutu helps launch Pan-African awareness campaign as pyramid of Giza and V&A Waterfront in Cape Town will carry Rotary’s End Polio Now pledge

World landmarks will carry Rotary’s End Polio Now pledge during the week of Feb. 23

From raising funds to collecting relief supplies Rotary clubs worldwide continue to ramp up efforts to assist the victims of the Haiti earthquake.

Critical step as global eradication effort faces entrenched challenges

Rotary clubs worldwide raised millions of dollars for schools, hospitals, housing, economic development

Virtuoso joins Rotary International, New York Philharmonic in historic Concert to End Polio worldwide

Humanitarian service organization announces 2010-12 class of 90 World Peace Fellows

The UN Global Compact and Rotary International deepen their collaboration

Banerjee will target polio eradication as his top priority

Rotary clubs worldwide participate in global fundraising campaign, as new polio vaccine is approved for countries still battling the disease

Oscar-nominated documentary, “The Final Inch,” focuses on eradication efforts in India

Rotarians help after multiple natural disasters strike.

Volunteers play a critical role in world’s largest global health endeavor

Humanitarian service organization to name the next class of Peace Fellows in October

From Maasai Warrior to peace builder

ITZHAK PERLMAN AND NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC TO JOIN ROTARY’S EFFORT TO END POLIO NOW

Rotary provides urgent relief for victims of Typhoon Morakot

Rotary honors Pakistan President Asif Ali Zadari

Scottish lawyer to lead Rotary into its 105th year

Rotary marks progress in drive to eradicate polio

Anna, 10, and Joshua, 14, donate their own money to help Rotary eradicate a crippling disease

Rotary honors Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean Claude Juncker as a champion in the worldwide effort to eradicate polio

Rotary International’s first Korean president poised to open historic convention in Birmingham

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to keynote Rotary International’s 100th annual meeting

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Desmond Tutu to speak at Rotary World Peace Symposium

Israeli Rotary clubs to host international “Water Quality in the Service of Welfare” Symposium May 6, at Agritech

New class of Rotary Ambassadorial Scholars selected to spread goodwill and understanding

Groundbreaking of medical center to take place in Kibaha on 15 April

Rotary clubs always pumped for World Water Day

Rotary clubs join with USAID to provide clean water and improved sanitation in developing countries

Rotary works with entertainer Dolly Parton to give children a head start on reading

Rotary clubs light up the world to end polio

New challenge grant helps bridge critical funding gap, inspire other donors in global effort to end crippling childhood disease

Sixty Students to Work for Peace in the New Year

Through Rotary’s Gift of Life program, heart institute will perform free surgeries.

Rotary International and its partners in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative will be inducted into the Polio Hall of Fame at the Georgia Department of Labor’s (GDOL) Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation (RWSIR) next month

"Full Circle," a thought-provoking exhibition of photographs centered on Rotary’s final stand against polio took place last week at the Menier Chocolate Factory art gallery in London.

As the United Nations estimates 2.1 million children die before the age of five each year due to a lack of clean water,

Multi-specialty initiative provides preventive care to children in Nairobi slums still recovering from post-election violence

Dong Kurn Lee to become the first Korean to head Rotary International.

World Health Organization declares polio eradication top operational priority

Service organization’s annual convention will highlight polio eradication, seek Guinness record for world’s largest book drive

US Rotary member joins ShelterBox response team in Yangon to assist in relief efforts

In recognition of her contributions toward ending polio worldwide, Rotary International today presented Chancellor Angela Merkel with its Polio Eradication Champion Award.

Shelterbox among the first international relief groups to reach stricken Myanmar

Rotary International today recognized members of Congress with its Polio Eradication Champion Award for their ongoing support in securing critically needed funds to achieve a polio-free world.

In an effort to maximize interaction and collaboration, Rotary’s innovative peace studies program will develop an e-learning platform to provide greater access and enhanced learning opportunities to Rotary World Peace Fellows and other students around the world.

More than 750 university students from some 60 countries have been selected to study abroad during the 2008-09 academic year through a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship

Somalia is again polio-free, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) announced today, calling it a 'historic achievement' in public health.

While the United Nations designates March 22 as World Water Day, Rotary members around the globe are focused on the issue 24/7, volunteering their time and resources to provide safe water and sanitation to communities wherever there is need.

First portion of $100 million challenge grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Nairobi Rotary club honors three for promoting peace and helping others during post-election violence

Rotary will match grant, dollar-for-dollar, over one year

World on the verge of eradicating second disease after smallpox

The Rotary Foundation is proud to announce the new class of Rotary World Peace Fellows.

Next week, volunteers from the United States, Canada, Norway and Denmark will head to flood ravaged Bangladesh to help immunize children against polio, a waterborne illness that still paralyzes and sometimes kills children in parts of Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

Thirty-year-old polio-survivor Gautam Lewis of London will travel to his birthplace of India to help in the effort to immunize some 75 million children under the age of five against polio.

"Polio eradication will be a perpetual gift to all future generations of children, who can grow up free from the risk of this crippling disease."

Rotary International today announced a partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that will inject a much-needed US$200 million into the global campaign to eradicate polio, a crippling and sometimes fatal disease that still paralyzes children in parts of Africa, Asia and the Middle East and threatens children everywhere.

During Australia's National Water Week – 21 to 27 October -- local Rotary clubs are launching a renewed effort to raise funds to provide solar water purifiers to communities in developing countries around the world.

Rotary International has selected 23 professionals from 14 countries to study in a unique program that teaches the practical skills needed to succeed in jobs involving peacebuilding, conflict resolution, and mediation.

Wilfrid J. Wilkinson, a chartered accountant from Ontario, Canada, took office on July 1 as president of Rotary International, a volunteer service organization with more than 1.2 million members in more than 200 countries and geographical areas.

In recognition of his personal contributions and commitment to eradicating polio worldwide, Rotary International today presented President Laurent Gbagbo with its Polio Eradication Champion Award.

As monsoon-driven floodwaters threaten nearly 22 million people in northern India, Bangladesh, and Nepal, Rotary clubs have stepped up relief efforts to deliver food, medicines and clothing to marooned villages.

As monsoon-driven floodwaters threaten nearly 22 million people in northern India, Bangladesh, and Nepal, Rotary clubs have stepped up relief efforts to deliver food, medicines and clothing to marooned villages.

Cycling enthusiasts around Europe are shifting gears in anticipation of the 23rd Annual Rotary World Championship, set for 7-9 September in Mottarone in Italy’s Piedmont region.

For poor children in developing countries like Cambodia, a simple used bicycle may represent the most efficient and safest route to an education

In recognition of his commitment to eradicating polio worldwide, Rotary International today presented Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss, India’s minister of health and family welfare, with its Polio Eradication Champion Award.

The leader of the world’s oldest service organization will visit Istanbul on 1 September for the humanitarian organization’s Peace Forum