WHAT IS ROTARY?

Founded in Chicago USA in 1905 by Paul Harris, Rotary International is a worldwide organization of business & professional people. There are over 45,000 clubs and over 1.2m members, representing almost every walk of life.

Rotary's motto is 'Service Above Self'.

Its mission is to provide service in the community, in the workplace, and throughout the world to build goodwill and peace, provide humanitarian service, and to encourage high ethical standards in all vocations. 

Worldwide

A good example of Rotary worldwide is Polio Plus. This is a programme which has the goal of the total eradicating polio. Rotary has raised over $2.9 billion to end polio, including matching funds from partners like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Since 1988, we've seen a worldwide reduction in polio cases of 99.9%. Only two countries remain polio-endemic: Afghanistan and Pakistan.

The eradication of polio is one of our longest standing and most significant efforts. Along with our partners, we have helped immunize more than 2.5 billion children against polio in 122 countries. We have reduced polio cases by 99.9 percent worldwide and we won't stop until we end the disease for good.