Rotary 3280 Bangladesh

Message of the RI President

March 2013

Dear fellow Rotarians,

When I was a young man, I wanted to travel the world. But in those years, I could only dream about travel. The world outside Japan seemed far away. But like all Japanese students, I studied English in school. I still remember my first English book. The first page said, “This is a pen.” That was almost... Read More

Message of the District Governor

My Dear Fellow Rotarians

March is Literacy Month at Rotary

-access to universal primary education forworld children is a daunting challenge:Rotarians around the world offer hope andsolutions.

Literacy and Numeracy, in their simplestsense mean "ability to read and write one'sown name and count"; in real life literacyand numeracy signify power- power overone's own ability to survive, Ability toread, write and calculate help open... Read More

Biography of the Trustee Chair

Our goals for the year

Accepting the leadership of The Rotary Foundation after my predecessors – in particular, Past RI President Bill Boyd – did such a great job is a challenge. Oh, it’s not that I don’t know about the job. You can’t have been a Rotarian for 50 years without knowing and loving the work that our Foundation has... Read More

Biography of the General Secretary

John Hewko
Evanston, Illinois, USA
Follow him on Twitter @johnhewko and Facebook.

John Hewko is the general secretary and CEO of Rotary International and The Rotary Foundation, managing one of the world’s largest global humanitarian service organizations, with 34,000 clubs throughout the world. With fiscal year 2010 annual revenues exceeding US$400 million, Rotary and its Foundation support... Read More