About Us
What is Rotary
International?
Rotary is a worldwide organization of business and
professional leaders that provides humanitarian service, encourages
high ethical standards in all vocations, and helps build goodwill
and peace in the world. Approximately 1.2 million Rotarians belong
to more than 32,000 clubs in more than 200 countries and
geographical areas.
What is Rotaract?
Rotaract is an international program
for young men and women ages 18 to 30 who believe they can make a
difference. Rotaract clubs provide an opportunity for young adults
to enhance the knowledge and skills that will assist them in
personal development, to address the physical and social needs of
their communities and to promote better relations between all people
worldwide through a framework of friendship and service.
Rotaract was founded in 1968 by Rotary
International, a worldwide association of service-minded business
and professional leaders. Today there are over 6,000
Rotary-supported Rotaract clubs with more than 130,000 members in
some 120 countries around the world. Clubs are either
community-based or university-based.
Most Rotaract activities take place at
the club level. Rotaract clubs hold formal meetings, usually
every two weeks, which feature speakers, special outings, social
activities, discussions or visits to other clubs. Club members also
get together for service projects, social events or
professional/leadership development workshops.
Rotaract clubs associate at the Rotary
district level where they are represented by an elected
Rotaractor, the District Rotaract Representative, and his or her
committee. This association of clubs at the district level provides
the opportunity for joint Rotaract club conferences, project,
training and leadership seminars and other cooperative activities.
It also strengthens and promotes long-lasting friendships between
club members.
At the international level
Rotaractors and Rotarians have the opportunity to attend an annual
forum held prior to the Rotary International Convention. This event
offers Rotaractors from all over the world the chance to meet,
discuss issues of mutual interest and develop bonds of international
understanding and goodwill. When young people join Rotaract, they
join a community which extends across the world, bringing friendship
and hope to the lives of people around them.
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