This is not just about the weather; this is about people. Many Africans have lost their lives while so many more have lost their homes, farms and businesses. And as we continue to heat the planet, the situation in Africa continues to get worse.”
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The world is changing rapidly and to continue thriving in the years ahead, Rotary must keep evolving. The new Action Plan has been designed to take the organisation over to the next 20–30 years,” said RI general secretary John Hewko, addressing the Rotary virtual convention. “This plan
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Each of us is unique and that’s what makes us special. And in Rotary, we know that our differences really are our strengths. It’s our diverse perspective that helps
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Caring for the environment has always been part of most of the areas of focus of RI, said incoming RI president Shekhar Mehta at the Rotary convention, talking about Rotary’s role in environmentalism and how it has been adopted as an area of focus.
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At the Rotary virtual convention Yichun Elyse Lin, charter president, RC Taipei Daylight, Taiwan, highlighted how Rotarians and Rotaractors can work in harmony to achieve Rotary’s common goal — transforming communities. After the 2019 CoL voted to officially recognise Rotaract clubs as a membership
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History is full of catastrophes, rebirths and incredible accomplishments that seemed impossible in the darkest moments. Rotary was born in Chicago in 1905. Only 34 years before that, the entire city had burned to the ground with only a handful of structures still standing. Some wondered if
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Those who think that after the Covid pandemic it will be “business as usual”, are wrong, as “ that will be impossible,” said RI President Holger Knaack, at his inaugural address at the Taipei virtual convention. Rotarians will have to adapt to and embrace change, and think
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It’s eight in the morning on the island of Oahu, and Waikiki Beach is already bustling. People are clustered in the sunny patches between the shadows of the beachfront hotels: families
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Dr Pia Skarabis-Querfeld speaks about Medizin Hilft, the organisation
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In a short period of five to six years since Rotarians took on the mission to make India literate, “amazing progress” has been made. “We have trained over 47,000 teachers and this has impacted over seven million students. Realising that e-learning is the engine driver of the
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For justifiable reasons, one of the highlights of the Hamburg
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