Eradicating Polio will take renewed resolve, says Gates
Bill Gates, cochair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, praised Rotary for its continued success in the effort to eradicate polio, but cautioned that Rotarians will need to redouble their efforts to keep the disease from spreading — and threatening hundreds of thousands of children. Gates, the keynote speaker at the third plenary session of the 2011 RI Convention, 24 May in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, said that because of Rotary, there are many places in the world where...
Read MoreRotary Theme 2011-12
RI President-elect Kalyan Banerjee will ask Rotarians to Reach Within to Embrace Humanity during the 2011-12 Rotary year. Banerjee unveiled the RI theme during the opening plenary session of the 2011 International Assembly, a training event for incoming district governors. He urged participants to harness their inner resolve and strength to achieve success in Rotary. “In order to achieve anything in this world, a person has to use all the resources he can draw on. And the only place to...
Read MoreRotary Theme 2011-12 Speech
Once Rotarians find their inner strength, they can accomplish great things in their communities and around the world, says RI President-elect Kalyan Banerjee. See an excerpt from his 17 January speech at the International Assembly, and watch as he unveils the next RI theme, Reach Within to Embrace Humanity .
Read More‘Reach Within to Embrace Humanity’ is 2011-12 RI theme
RI President-elect Kalyan Banerjee will ask Rotarians to Reach Within to Embrace Humanity during the 2011-12 Rotary year. Banerjee unveiled the RI theme during the opening plenary session of the 2011 International Assembly, a training event for incoming district governors. He urged participants to harness their inner resolve and strength to achieve success in Rotary. “In order to achieve anything in this world, a person has to use all the resources he can draw on. And the only place to...
Read MoreRI President 2011-12
Kalyan Banerjee, a member of the Rotary Club of Vapi, Gujarat, India, since 1972, is the selection of the Nominating Committee for President of Rotary International in 2011-12. Banerjee will become the president-nominee on 1 October if there are no challenging candidates. Banerjee said he would like to see Rotary “blossom from being the world’s most recognized service organization to being the most important NGO [nongovernmental organization] in the world. “Rotary, it is...
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