Three ideas to promote mental health in your community
By Claudia Urbano, Rotary Service and Engagement staff
Service companion club grows membership
A service-based companion club model tripled membership within a year. It’s been an amazing transformation. Within the first year, the club tripled its membership to 63. Even more exciting, women…
Participate in meaningful service experiences with Rotary
By Rotary Service and Engagement staff As we celebrate Membership month, consider ways to cultivate or support effective service projects to empower communities locally or abroad. Below you will find…
A fundraiser that attracts new members
Proceeds from the barn sale have doubled since the pandemic. And volunteers have discovered that working in the barn is a great way to socialize. We also discovered that working…
Geo-tracking system enhances polio response in Congo
Geospatial Tracking Systems have a critical role to play in the monitoring of vaccination teams during polio outbreak response campaigns. With support from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the…
Extraordinary chains of coordination to detect poliovirus amidst Sudan’s conflict
One of the first tasks they took on was to find ways to detect the possible spread of an outbreak of variant poliovirus that was confirmed in December 2022 after…
Tanzania
Status: affected by circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus 2 (cVDPV2) Polio this week in Tanzania One cVDPV2 case was reported in Rukwa making it the first in the country. A cVDPV2 was…
GPEI delegation concludes visit to Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, JULY 21, 2023 – A high-level delegation of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), including the Polio Oversight Board, visited Pakistan to discuss the impact of political transition on…
Africa’s polio certification commission calls for urgent action to bolster vaccination
Once children are vaccinated against polio, they are marked on their fingers to confirm their vaccination status. © WHO/AFRO With 117 confirmed cases of circulating variant polioviruses and 107 detections…
Participate in Rotary-Peace Corps Week 2023: Celebrating Our Connections
By Partnering for Peace, an independent affiliate organization comprised of Rotary and Rotaract members and Returned Peace Corps Volunteers The service partnership between Rotary International and the US Peace Corps…