by Deanna Rivera | Nov 12, 2018 | International Concerns, International Rotary Programs
The Rwanda English Project provides intensive English instruction to teachers in rural schools in Rwanda. The most fluent teachers are then trained to continue instruction with the less proficient teachers in their schools during the rest of the school year. This...
by Deanna Rivera | Jul 26, 2018 | District News, Environmental Concerns, International Concerns, Peace, Politics
During the Presidential campaign of 2016 both candidates called for the elimination of nuclear weapons. These weapons along with climate change are frequently seen as threats to our national security. Many leaders and numerous groups are working to educate Americans...
by Deanna Rivera | Oct 20, 2017 | International Concerns, International Rotary Programs, Non-Profit
Nancy Hughes, executive director of StoveTeam International, recalled what it was like for her growing up in a “Rotary family”. She recalls her dad joining the local Rotary group and she remembers being involved in various philanthropic activities like...
by Deanna Rivera | Nov 10, 2016 | Education, International Concerns, Non-Profit, Peace
Nick Drushella, who is a newly appointed Rotary Peace Scholar, was born and grew up in Portland, Oregon. In 2012 he graduated from the University of Oregon in International Studies with an emphasis in Media, Journalism and Communications. He has a fierce love for...
by Southtowne Rotary | Jun 16, 2016 | International Concerns, International Rotary Programs, Programs we Support
Rotary Youth Exchange is the opportunity of a lifetime for the more than 8,000 students who participate worldwide each year. Kate Stokes was a Rotary youth exchange student from 2003-2004 in a remote town in northern Japan. She shared her experience with us today...
by Southtowne Rotary | May 20, 2016 | International Concerns, International Rotary Programs
Project Amigo is a non-profit organization whose goal is to help poor rural children in the west-central state of Colima, Mexico achieve the education and skills they need to lift themselves and their families out of generations of poverty, and to build better and...
