Promoting Peace
Today, over 70 million people are displaced as a result of conflict, violence, persecution, and human rights violations. Half of them are children.
We refuse to accept conflict as a way of life. Rotary projects provide training that fosters understanding and provides communities with the skills to resolve conflicts.
Rotary creates environments of peace
As a humanitarian organization, peace is a cornerstone of our mission. We believe when people work to create peace in their communities, that change can have a global effect.
By carrying out service projects and supporting peace fellowships and scholarships, our members take action to address the underlying causes of conflict, including poverty, discrimination, ethnic tension, lack of access to education, and unequal distribution of resources.
Our commitment to peacebuilding today answers new challenges: how we can make the greatest possible impact and how we can achieve our vision of lasting change. We are approaching the concept of peace with greater cohesion and inclusivity, broadening the scope of what we mean by peacebuilding, and finding more ways for people to get involved.
Rotary creates environments where peace can happen.
Stories
Empower Youth
Young people from Uganda Badminton find an outlet for their energy – and a chance at Olympic gold – through Rotary.
Bridge cultures
Rotary Youth Exchange student learns understanding and appreciation of another culture and the key to global citizenship, progress, and peace.
Rebuild Lives
Muyenga Rotary club helping refugees from Congo start new lives.
Prevent Domestic Violence
Muyenga Rotary Club raise awareness and funds to prevent domestic violence and support its victims.
We support peace
The Muyenga Rotary Club for Peace gives Rotary members resources and support to advance peace efforts and turn ambitious ideas into life-changing realities.
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''I wanted to do something to help prevent war, rather than addressing its consequences.''
Robert Opira
Rotary Peace Fellow, University of Queensland, 2005-07
Providing Clean water
Fighting Disease
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Saving Mothers & Children
Supporting Education
Growing Local Economies
Protecting the Environment
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RC Muyenga helping to end domestic violence
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Rotary’s Four Roles in Promoting Peace
Rotary and its members are:
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Practitioners: Our work fighting disease, providing clean water and sanitation, improving the health of mothers and children, supporting education, and growing local economies directly builds the optimal conditions for peaceful societies.
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Educators: Our Rotary Peace Centers have trained more than 1,700 peace fellows to become effective catalysts for peace through careers in government, education, and international organizations.
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Mediators: Our members have negotiated humanitarian ceasefires in areas of conflict to allow polio vaccinators to reach children who are at risk.
Advocates: Our members have an integral role as respected, impartial participants during peace processes and in post-conflict reconstruction. We focus on creating communities and convening groups that are connected, inclusive, and resilient.