What is Rotary?

Rotary International is an international service organization formed in Chicago USA in 1905. With a history of more than 116 years, Rotary is a non-profit, non-political, non-religious organization connecting global business and professional leaders to provide humanitarian service in over 200 countries. Today, Rotary has more than 1.2 million members in over 35,000 clubs around the worldwide. Rotary is structured in club, district and international levels. Members of Rotary Clubs are known as Rotarians. A Rotary Club may comprise 20 or up to 50-80 members, and sometimes over 200 members. We are neighbors, friends, leaders, and problem-solvers who see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change – across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves.

Solving real problems takes real commitment and vision. Rotary’s people of action have used their passion, energy, and intelligence to take action on sustainable projects. From literacy and peace to water and health, we are always working to better our world, and we stay committed to the end.

Rotarians believe that we have a shared responsibility to take action on our world’s most persistent issues. As part of the Rotary family, we work together on seven areas of focus:

Promoting peace
Fighting disease
Providing clean water, sanitation, and hygiene
Saving mothers and children
Supporting education
Growing local economies
Protecting the environment