Around the world – The Rotary Foundation

The Rotary Foundation is Rotary’s own charity which funds projects throughout the world. We carry out a range of international programmes and activities, designed to help our members to reach out to the people in need worldwide.

We worked in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Butembo Semuliki (Democratic Republic of Congo) to instal a water tank in a school where there had been an outbreak of Ebola. The provision of hand washing facilities was needed as an aid to prevent the spread of this disease. The washing facilities have since then been useful for the prevention of the spread of Coronavirus as well.

We use our skills and links to clubs in other countries to alleviate some of the main causes of death, illness, and deprivation.

Eradicating Polio


 

Rotary has been at the forefront of the eradication of polio worldwide. Since 1985, this has been its key humanitarian priority. Rotary spearheaded the campaign at a time when there were over 1,000 polio cases a day in 125 countries, paralysing and even killing children. Today, the number of cases is down by 99.9%. Today, polio remains endemic only in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Pangbourne Rotary Club is one of Rotary’s leading donor in the UK thanks to the efforts of Richard Anderson’s fees from after-dinner speaking over the past seven years. His donations are topped up by the Club and then this sum is increased by 200% by The Gates Foundation. In this way we have contributed £120,000 to the campaign.

Likewise, Saerah Hopley donated an award from her employer of £5,000, which was magically transformed into £20,100  by the above process.

Our main areas of focus as a worldwide organisation include:

• Disease prevention and treatment

• Water and sanitation

• Economic and community development

Economic and Community Development


 

We worked in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Butembo Semuliki (Democratic Republic of Congo) to instal a water tank in a school where there had been an outbreak of Ebola. The provision of hand washing facilities was needed as an aid to prevent the spread of this disease. The washing facilities have since then been useful for the prevention of the spread of Coronavirus as well.

ShelterBox

Pangbourne Rotary Club is awarded a Siver Partner certificate for donating £ 4,225 to ShelterBox in the past year. ShelterBox provides rapid aid to global disasters by sending pre-prepared aid boxes to disaster areas.

The official citation reads
"According to our records*, the members of the Rotary Club of Pangbourne raised a total of £4,225 during Rotary year 25-26. In light of this, we would like to award your Rotary Club a Silver Partner Club Certificate - congratulations!

A message from their CEO, Sanj Srikanthan:
“We are so very grateful for the generosity and ongoing support of your Rotary club, which enables us to stay prepared for the next disaster. This proved vital following Hurricane Melissa and the earthquakes in the Philippines, where we were able to use pre-purchased stock held in our global warehouses."