5 reasons to make
a year-end gift to
The Rotary Found-
ation
Posted on December 22, 2016 by Rotary International
By Rotary Voices staff
There’s still time to make your year-end gift to The Rotary
Foundation. Here are a few ways that your support is help-
ing to change lives all over the world:
Foundation. Here are a few ways that your support is help-
ing to change lives all over the world:
Growing local economies: In the Esmeraldas Province
of Ecuador, Rotary members have teamed up with a micro-
finance organization to provide small loans to poor women,
teaching them to sew and bake so they can start or expand
businesses. Global grant funds provide seed money for micro-
loans and buy sewing and baking equipment for a training
center where the women learn vocational skills and basic
business management. Learn more about the project.
of Ecuador, Rotary members have teamed up with a micro-
finance organization to provide small loans to poor women,
teaching them to sew and bake so they can start or expand
businesses. Global grant funds provide seed money for micro-
loans and buy sewing and baking equipment for a training
center where the women learn vocational skills and basic
business management. Learn more about the project.
Educating children: In partnership with Head Start in
Puerto Rico, a Rotary sponsored project is stimulating
young children’s minds by using a tactile method for learn-
ing the sounds of letters. Using play, the Souns program
motivates young children to become early readers and
writers. Designed specifically for children from birth to
five years — the time when research tells us that learn-
ing language and literacy skills is most effective — the
project has reached 50,000 children. Grants from The
Rotary Foundation purchase materials, and Rotary vol-
unteers train local residents, who then train the teachers
at the project sites. Help fund Rotary’s education efforts.
Puerto Rico, a Rotary sponsored project is stimulating
young children’s minds by using a tactile method for learn-
ing the sounds of letters. Using play, the Souns program
motivates young children to become early readers and
writers. Designed specifically for children from birth to
five years — the time when research tells us that learn-
ing language and literacy skills is most effective — the
project has reached 50,000 children. Grants from The
Rotary Foundation purchase materials, and Rotary vol-
unteers train local residents, who then train the teachers
at the project sites. Help fund Rotary’s education efforts.
Fighting disease: Rotary members in California, USA,
and Sinkor, Monrovia, Liberia, are using Foundation
grant money to train health care workers in techniques
to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV and to im-
prove their ability to diagnose and treat infected women.
The success of the project is measured in lives saved.
Read more about the vocational training team’s efforts.
and Sinkor, Monrovia, Liberia, are using Foundation
grant money to train health care workers in techniques
to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV and to im-
prove their ability to diagnose and treat infected women.
The success of the project is measured in lives saved.
Read more about the vocational training team’s efforts.
Promoting peace: Rotary’s most significant effort to
promote peace is the Rotary Peace Centers program,
established in 2002. Each year, the program trains
some of the world’s most dedicated and brightest
professionals, preparing them to promote national
and international cooperation and to resolve conflict.
They include graduates of a two-year master’s de-
gree program and a three-month professional certif-
icate program at Rotary’s partner universities. Watch
a video highlighting Rotary Peace Fellows at work.
promote peace is the Rotary Peace Centers program,
established in 2002. Each year, the program trains
some of the world’s most dedicated and brightest
professionals, preparing them to promote national
and international cooperation and to resolve conflict.
They include graduates of a two-year master’s de-
gree program and a three-month professional certif-
icate program at Rotary’s partner universities. Watch
a video highlighting Rotary Peace Fellows at work.
Ending polio: Thanks to you, we are closer than
ever to ending polio. We have reduced cases by
99.9 percent since 1988, and with our partners,
have immunized more than 2.5 billion children
worldwide. To end polio for good, we need to
reach every last child in Afghanistan and Paki-
stan, stop the newly detected outbreak in Nig-
eria, and protect the progress made in polio-
free parts of the world. Eradicating polio is an
achievable goal that will be known as one of
the greatest achievements in history. And
thanks to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,
which is matching every dollar two to one,
your donation works even harder. Learn
more about our work to end polio.
ever to ending polio. We have reduced cases by
99.9 percent since 1988, and with our partners,
have immunized more than 2.5 billion children
worldwide. To end polio for good, we need to
reach every last child in Afghanistan and Paki-
stan, stop the newly detected outbreak in Nig-
eria, and protect the progress made in polio-
free parts of the world. Eradicating polio is an
achievable goal that will be known as one of
the greatest achievements in history. And
thanks to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,
which is matching every dollar two to one,
your donation works even harder. Learn
more about our work to end polio.
See how we are impacting lives around
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