International

Across Borders: members find community and connection worldwide

District Support for Ukraine set to music

Watch this clever short reel, created by District Governor Nominee Anne Sutcliffe, for a summary of what Rotary in Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire have achieved so far. Working together Rotary is unstoppable. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02qf7EAAeZHsMbn5q6oxc266WTZwnQZkQMKBRYyRcBRvwR1X3RsF7FHEkavW1vyaAzl&id=100095390585388 Featured image thanks to Elena Mozhivlo @Unsplash

Twenty-three years and £1.2 million later, local Rotary and ShelterBox continue to rebuild lives after devastation

Author: Rebecca A Mendoza Twenty-three years and £1.2 million later, local Rotary and ShelterBox continue to rebuild lives after devastation On 8 September 2023, a 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit just south-west of Marrakesh, Morocco, causing violent tremors throughout the region. Just two days later, a storm in north-eastern Libya brought strong winds and severe rainfall. […]

Sincere thanks from Kandy Rotary

"Please convey to all at your end our most sincere thanks and appreciation for your repeated generosity towards the poor in Sri Lanka." Shamil Parkes Kandy Rotary September 2023 Shamil goes on to say "...For all the very generous donations you have made, we have sent you completed project reports. There is no doubt at […]

Rohingya Refugee School Project

Mirfield Rotary

The Rotary Club of Mirfield September 2023 Many congratulations to Mirfield Rotary. Paul Cusworth has just written to say that as a result of their work on the Rohingya School Project they have earned the right to use the logo of the UNESCO Chair for Global Health and Education.https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wy6YAHWZ-GS2awYjGV-ERpv2ACST1XTH/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=105873332563876339993&rtpof=true&sd=true July 2023 Thank you to Paul […]

The Rotary Club Beirut Cosmopolitan wish to express their thanks and gratitude to the donors of the Beirut Governmental Hospital in Karantina

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End Polio - June 2023 - note: 2023 crocus corms order forms included

Birstall Luddites Rotary supports the Punjab area of India

Birstall Luddites Rotary

Rotarian Makhan Dhesi, a member of the Rotary Club of Birstall Luddites, has recently returned from his latest trip to the Punjab region of India. Armed with a donation from the Birstall Luddites, Makhan headed for the Junior Dhesian Kahna School, Jullundar, Punjab where he presented a cheque to fund a new water cooling system […]

Rotary Ukraine Task Force April and May 2023 Bulletins

Rotary Great Britain & Ireland

End Polio - May 2023

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How Rotary is widening access to water, sanitation and hygiene services

International

Access to safe water, sanitation services and hygiene education are basic human needs for health and wellbeing. Despite it being declared a human right and one of the United Nation’s sustainable development goals, there are still over 2 billion people around the world without access to safe drinking water. Almost half the world’s population (3.6 […]

End Polio - April 2023

International

Supporting children and parents worldwide with vital equipment and education

It’s estimated that approximately 385,000 babies are born each day, over 140.5 million babies annually. Being born into war zones, into poverty, or born with a disability are some of the many challenges that millions of babies, mothers and families face today—requiring care and support to get through pregnancies, birth and the first years of […]

Rotary International Britain Ireland Ukraine Crisis Taskforce February 2023 Update

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Promoting peace around the world through education and action

International

A recent press release by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) revealed there are over 100 million people displaced as a result of violence, war, persecution and human rights violations. The Russian invasion of Ukraine and other emergencies across Africa, Afghanistan and beyond, has significantly added to this rising trend of human displacement. […]

A glance at how Rotary is reaching new audiences and cultures in Europe

At the time of writing this article, I am in the small Sardinian port city of Olbia enjoying the last warmth of summer. I am now halfway through a two-month adventure around Europe, visiting some of the many places I had yet to experience around the continent. As I walked through Olbia’s old town this […]

End Polio Now - World Polio Day 24 October

International

Rotary and WHO’s World Polio Day 2022 and Beyond event in Geneva, Switzerland, brought health experts together to share updates, exchange ideas. https://www.rotary.org/en/global-health-leaders-see-clear-path-polio-eradication Rotary in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire supported End Polio Now around World Polio Day 24 October 2022. This ranged from planting crocus corms, to running stalls and working with partners to raise awareness […]

Rotary International Britain Ireland - Pakistan Flooding Disaster Response Bulletin September 2022

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Leeds Rotaractor joins a Leadership in Action project as part of a partnership with the Laidlaw Foundation in Mexico City

International

Leeds Rotaract President and District Rotaract Representative Penelope shares an Interntional story: This summer, I took part in a Leadership in Action project in partnership with the Laidlaw Foundation in Mexico City. I had the opportunity to work with make sense Mexico and Ecolana alongside my project partner, Saranya. Ecolana is an App that aims […]

The impact of our Rotary International District 1040 alongside D1010, D1145, D1190

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What is a Sand Dam? Thank you all and your supporters for enabling this dam, agriculture and environmental improvement in Kenya. When we first built sand dams our focus was those suffering from drought in the drylands. The numbers suffering today are increasing again but now we are also aware of the agriculture and environment […]

PhysioNet - helping people with disabilities overseas

District

With PhysioNet being based in our District near Boroughbridge YO51 9AA, we see several of our clubs offering support in a range of ways. Read more about PhysioNet on their website: HOME - PhysioNet Here is PhysioNet's latest Ukraine newsletter:

Rotary Working Partnership with Aquabox

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In the UK we take clean water for granted, but the world's glass is only half full. Over 800 million people across the world do not have access to safe drinking water. See how Aquabox helps those in need in times of disaster by sending water filters, which help to prevent water-borne diseases, as well […]

Direct contact within the worldwide Rotary network continues to provide humanitarian support for Ukraine, Sri Lanka, and Beirut

International

Ukraine Past District Governor Stephen Ellis will be re-joining the International Committee from September to help deliver the Ukrainian project. Our focus now is very much on delivering the Disaster Response Grant. To date we have approved successful project proposals from the Dales, Leeds, North, North East, South West and Bradford areas of our District […]

Uniting generations, organisations and continents to deliver life-changing mobility and healthcare solutions

International

Rotary, Rotaract and Interact clubs across USA, UK, Sri Lanka and Taiwan demonstrate the impact of collaborative working. Many people join Rotary to unite with likeminded people and take action to create lasting change locally and internationally. The same also extends to younger generations joining Interact, an opportunity for young people ages 12-18, and Rotaract, […]

From the north, south, east and west of our District, a diverse collection of stories from Rotary clubs responding to Ukraine's call for help

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Stories of support for Ukraine from Knaresborough, Northallerton, York, Barton Upon-Humber, Howden, Louth, Scunthorpe, Normanton, Pontefract, Calverley, Halifax Calder and Keighley. Knaresborough Rotary report on Facebook: As of Monday 21 March 2022, the total raised from our bucket collection plus member's donations is £1,574. This is being added to the over £36,000 raised by Rotary […]

Rotary International Statement on Ukraine Conflict

Rotary International

It is a tragic and sad time for the people of Ukraine and the world. At Rotary, we are deeply concerned by the deteriorating situation in Ukraine and the escalating loss of life and humanitarian hardship there. Continued military action against Ukraine will not only devastate the region, but also risk spreading tragic consequences across […]

Humanitarian Aid for Beirut

International

Following the devastating explosion in Beirut on the 4 August 2020 37 Rotary clubs across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire responded positively. Thanks to their generosity and quick response we were able to release District designated funding and support Beirut. Cosmopolitan to meet their target and submit a Global Grant bid in February 2021. The aim was […]

Denby Dale and District Rotary Club working in partnership with District 1040 and the Busoga Trust borehole to improve lives in Uganda

Denby Dale Rotary

The Busoga Trust is a UK based Christian Charity founded in 1982 and has since been working to provide the people of rural Uganda with clean water and a comprehensive hygiene and sanitation education. There guiding principle is one of long term partnership with the people it serves as can be demonstrated by the fact […]

Rotary in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire (worldwide Rotary District 1040) sponsored Global Grant Scholar Phoebe Hornsby, has recently graduated with her MSc in Sanitation at IHE Delft, Netherlands

International

Phoebe has done some remarkable work in the field of water and sanitation which is one of the 7 areas of Rotary’s focus. She now has the knowledge and skills that will help Rotary deliver on its global aim of giving access to clean water and sanitation to all. Phoebe reports: I recently graduated with […]

Centre For Handicapped, Kundasale, Sri Lanka partnered with The Rotary Club of Kandy

Linked to our current appeal for The Rotary Club of Kandy in Sri Lanka

Aireborough Rotary continues to be an Ambassador for Aquabox demonstrating the efficacy of the Aquabox concept and its water filters to wider audiences

Aireborough Rotary

When Geoffrey Barton moved to Aireborough Rotary following the sad closure of the Pudsey Club his wife Heather also retained her membership of Inner Wheel with a similar move. This soon enabled their enthusiastic work with the Aquabox charity to continue without a break. Geoffrey was soon encouraging Aireborough’s members to budget for a fixed […]

Lebanon has become the 48th country where School in a Bag have distributed school bags

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On 4th August 2020, in the Port of Beirut in Lebanon, a large fire broke out in Warehouse 12. Firefighters rallied to the scene. Unbeknownst to residents in Beirut, since 2013, Warehouse 12 had been housing 2,750 tonnes of the fertiliser Ammonium Nitrate, which was taken off a stricken Moldovan cargo ship, the MV Rhosus […]

Bingley Airedale Rotary support the COVID-19 battle in Pokhara, Nepal

Bingley Airedale Rotary

Bingley Airedale Rotary have provided direct financial of £1250 support to the Rotary Club of Pokhara Fishtail in Nepal, to support the local hospital with purchasing items to help with their continuing fight against COVID-19. Rotarian Binod Koirala reports that COVID-19 is again on the rise in Nepal which includes the area of Pokhara, a city […]

York Ainsty Rotarians and their supporters, through Yorkits, are aiding abandoned and orphaned children in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

York Ainsty and Bradford Blaize Rotary

The Yorkits initiative provides inspiration, templates and instructions. These enable sewers in Addis Ababa to make and distribute the washable feminine hygiene kits out of locally sourced materials. The Ethiopian youngsters are rescued from begging on the streets and given food, shelter, medical attention and education as part of the Saltergate Children’s Home project. In […]

Our District clubs having an impact on the ground to support India's battle with COVID-19

International

Aireborough Rotary Club reached out quickly to their sister club in Tamil Nadu, India, working together to identify need and launch an appeal which in two weeks has raised £15,500.00 plus a further £1,000 pledged from 23 clubs across the District. They have also received some very generous personal donations. The first amount of money […]