Together, We End Polio

This World Polio Day, 24 October, join the global movement to eradicate polio and ensure no child is paralyzed by this preventable disease.

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Rotary offers meaningful ways to create lasting, positive change, expand your leadership skills, and build lifelong friendships with people in your community and around the world. Every project and partnership helps you become part of something bigger than yourself. Whatever your skills or interests, you can find your place in Rotary.

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Business Development Director Mingaile Scherer in Lithuania from her interview about her decade long work with Rotary

I develop my skills, I meet people, I create lifelong friendships, and I get the opportunity to grow.

Mingailė SchererRotary member, Vilnius, Lithuania

Image of Data Security Founder and CEO, Bryant Wallace, from his interview on his work with Rotary

I have a network of people who share my passion and build on my ideas, but they also expand my thinking.

Bryant WallaceRotary member, Evanston, Illinois, USA

Rotaract member Charvi Shah, from her interview about her work with Rotary Youth Programs

We’re all very globally aware, we’re all very passionate to give back, and I don’t think I’d be the person I am today without Rotary.

Charvi ShahRotaract member, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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For more than a century, we've bridged cultures and connected continents to help solve the world's most persistent challenges.

A group of 2025 Rotary Peace Fellows walks together in a sunlit corridor at Bahçeşehir University in Istanbul, Turkey.

Sophia Waliya cradles her newborn at Port Moresby General Hospital as part of a Rotary-supported midwifery partnership improving maternal and newborn care in Papua New Guinea.

Dr. Mathew Varghese examines Shaheen Parveen in the polio ward at St. Stephen’s Hospital in New Delhi, India.

Instructor Donaty Campos assists students using laptops in a technology-enhanced classroom in Santiago, Panama.

A sea turtle fitted for satellite tracking moves toward the water as people observe on a beach in Mersin Province, Turkey.

A woman collects clean drinking water at a community filtration point in Karachi, Pakistan, part of a Rotary and Coca-Cola Pakistan partnership.

Yeter Tasbas feeds goats at her home in Antalya, Turkey, where Rotary-supported wildfire recovery efforts helped restore local livelihoods.

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1.2 million

Rotary and Rotaract club members across more than 200 countries and geographical areas worldwide.

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US$850 million

The value of the 47 million hours of volunteer effort our members provide each year.

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US$273 million

Awarded for global service initiatives in 2024-25

Health worker administers oral polio vaccine to a child during a door-to-door vaccination visit while a caregiver sits nearby.

One day. One focus: ending polio.

World Polio Day on 24 October is a time for Rotary members, public health advocates, and all who want a world free from polio to come together, recognize our progress in the fight to end polio, and talk about the actions we need to take in order to end polio for good.

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