Rotary Information

• History of Rotary• Rotary Guiding Principles• Rotary Commitments & Privileges• Rotary Programs• Rotary International Programs• The Rotary Foundation and its Programs• Rotary Organisation

Overview of Presentation

Rotary started in Chicago in 1905By 1920, Rotary had 45,000 members

and clubs in 12 countries.

History of Rotary

By 1970s, Rotary spread throughout Western Europe, Africa, South America, and Australia

History of Rotary

Today, membership tops 1.2 million with clubs in 166 countries, including the newest Rotary countries of the

United Arab Emirates and Afghanistan.

History of Rotary

• Four basic principles guide Rotarians in achieving the ideal of service and high ethical standards:

– Object of Rotary– Avenues of Service– Classification Principle– The 4-Way Test

Rotary’s Guiding Principles

SERVICE Above Self

• Object of Rotary:

– FIRST. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;

– SECOND. High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society;

– THIRD. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business and community life;

– FOURTH. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.

Rotary’s Guiding Principles

• Avenues of Service– Club Service

• Those things that a Rotarian does to help make the running of his/her Rotary Club successful.

– Vocational Service• The promoting of the ‘Ideal of Service’ throughout the business and

professional world.

– Community Service• Urges every Rotarian to participate in all activities which make his/her

community a better place in which to live.

– International Service• Encourage and foster the advancement of understanding and good will

among peoples of the world

Rotary Guiding Principles

• Classification Principle– Rotary allows only a specific number of individual members in any

vocation to belong to an individual club, thereby promoting a broad base of ideas and respect for each vocation.

– The current membership approves each individual who might wish to join a Rotary club.

• The Four Way Test– Of the things we think, say, or do …

• Is it the TRUTH?• Is it FAIR to all concerned?• Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?• Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

Rotary Guiding Principles

• Commitments– Attendance & Yearly Dues

– Active Participation• To be a Rotarian you must give of your time, treasures and talents

– in community

– In social functions

– In Club & District and International Rotary activities

• Privileges– Friendship & Fellowship

– Personal Growth and Development

– Developing International Good Will and Understanding.

– Building Higher Ethical Standards within your vocation

– Opportunity to Serve

“HE PROFITS MOST WHO SERVES THE BEST”

Rotary Commitments & Privileges

Rotary’s Programs will expand

its humanitarian service

and build bridges of

understanding.

Rotary Programs

Rotary Programs

• Rotary International– Interact

– Rotaract

– Rotary Community Corps

– Rotary Fellowships

– Rotary Friendship Exchange

– Rotary Volunteers

– Rotary Youth Leadership Awards

– World Community Service

– Youth Exchange

• The Rotary Foundation– Humanitarian Programs

• Matching Grants • Individual Grants • District Simplified Grants • 3H Program

– Educational Programs• Group Study Exchange • Ambassadorial Scholarships • Rotary Centers for International

Studies• Rotary Grants for University

Teachers

– PolioPlus

Interact - Rotary clubs organize and sponsor this service organization for youth ages 14-18.

Rotaract - Rotary clubs organize and sponsor this leadership, professional development, and service organization for young adults ages 18-30.

Rotary Youth Exchange - Clubs and districts send and host students ages 15-19 who travel abroad for cultural exchanges of one week to a full year; about 8,000 a year.

Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) - Clubs and districts sponsor seminars to encourage and recognize leadership abilities of youth and young adults ages 14-30.

Rotary’s Commitments to Youth

Rotary International Programs

The Rotary Foundation of RI is a not-for profit corporation whose mission is to enable the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty.

The Rotary Foundation


Permanent Fund, $141.3

Annual Fund, $348.5

PolioPlus Fund, $80.9

$570.7 million in assets

The Rotary Foundation supports humanitarian and educational programs implemented by clubs and districts thereby promoting world understanding and peace.

Achieving the US$100 per Rotarian annual giving goal will enable the Foundation to meet the need for humanitarian and educational programs identified by Rotary clubs and districts worldwide.


• Matching Grants projects have brought hope for a better life to people since

1965, with nearly 20,000 grants awarded, totaling more than US$198 million.

TRF Programs – Humanitarian Programs

• The Health, Hunger and Humanity (3-H) Grants program, created in

1978, has made possible a wide range of sustainable development

projects, such as the nationwide literacy effort in Bangladesh.

TRF Programs – Humanitarian Programs

In 1965, the Group Study Exchange program was also established, enabling over 30,000 business and professional men and women to participate in vocational activities in countries other than their own.

TRF Programs – Educational Programs

In 1999, seven Rotary Centers for International Studies in peace and conflict resolution were established.

TRF Programs – Educational Programs

Since its launch in 1985, more than two billion children have received oral polio vaccine as part of this program.

Rotary’s commitment to youth has never been more far-reaching than with its PolioPlus program.

TRF Programs – PolioPlus

The PolioPlus program was launched in 1985.


The Global Polio Eradication Initiative has reduced the incidence of polio by more than 99 percent. Today, endemic wild poliovirus has been eliminated from all but four countries (Afghanistan, India, Nigeria and Pakistan) in the world, and just 945 cases were reported worldwide in August 2008. Millions more were protected by vaccination.

Currently, the global funding gap

for 2008-09 stands at US$ 490

million. More than 10 million

children will be paralysed in the

next 40 years if the world fails to

capitalize on its US$5 billion global

investment in polio eradication.


Progress in Polio Eradication

• Rotary International is governed by a president and a board of directors elected from all over the world. – RI Board has a president, 19 Members and a General Secretary

• The Council on Legislation, Rotary's “parliament” meets every three years to deliberate and act upon all proposed enactments and resolutions submitted by:– Individual Rotary Clubs,

– District Conferences,

– the General Council and Conference of RIBI,

– the RI Board,

– the Council itself also makes proposals.

• A representative for each Rotary District is invited to the Council on Legislation

Rotary Organisation [International level]

Welcome to Rotary

Remember, no organization is greater

than it’s individual members.

You are Rotary

• Participate for Friendship• Participate for Service• Participate for Fellowship• Participate for Knowledge• Participate for International Understanding

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