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๐ฉ Email: [email protected] What is Rotary? Rotary International is a volunteer organization of business and professional leaders who provide humanitarian service, and help to build goodwill and peace in the world sharing the ideal of Service Above Self. There are approximately 1.2 million Rotary club members belonging to 34,00
0 Rotary clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas. Founded in Chicago in 1905, Rotary will celebrate 112 years of service in 2017. The mission of the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International is to enable Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty. What is the purpose of Rotary? Rotary clubs exist to improve communities through a range of humanitarian, intercultural and educational activities. Clubs advance international understanding by partnering with clubs in other countries. Rotary also encourages high ethical standards in all vocations. What do Rotary clubs do? Rotary clubs address critical issues at home and abroad by providing support for the following six areas of focus:
Disease Prevention and Treatment โ In 1985, Rotary International created PolioPlus โ a program to immunize all the worldsโ children against polio. As of October, the 2012-2013 Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) budget estimates for core costs, planned supplementary immunization activities and emergency response is US $2.18 billion. Rotary has contributed more than US $ 1 billion and countless volunteer hours to the protection of more than two billion children. To date, 210 countries, territories, and areas around the world are polio-free, and 134 of these have been certified polio-free. With its community-based network worldwide, Rotary is the volunteer arm of the global partnership dedicated to eradicating polio. Rotary volunteers assist in vaccine delivery, social mobilization and logistical help in cooperation with the national health ministries, the World Health Organization (WHO) UNICEF, and the Atlanta-based U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Peace and Conflict Prevention/Resolutionโ In an effort to educate tomorrowโs peacemakers and ambassadors, up to 100 Rotary World Peace Fellows are sponsored each year to study at one of the six Rotary Peace Centers for a masterโs-level degree or professional development certificate http://levitrakamagra.com/. Since 2002, 591 fellows from more than 90 countries have participated at a cost of more than US $35 million. Maternal and Child Health - In 2010-11, 95 districts received district grants totaling more than $6.1 million, and 208 global grants totaling nearly $9.3 million to support large-scale sustainable activities aligned with Rotaryโs six areas of focus in 46 countries. The Foundation also partnered with Oikocredit International for grants focusing on economic and community development and with Aga Khan University for grants focusing on maternal and child health and education. Economic and Community Development โ Rotary clubs initiate thousands of humanitarian service projects every year. These volunteer-driven projects address the root causes of conflict, such as hunger, poverty disease and illiteracy. District simplified grants support the short-term service activities or humanitarian endeavors of districts in communities locally or internationally. Since the programโs inception in 2003-04, more than 3,050 grants have been awarded to 514 districts in 80 countries at a cost of more than $50 million. Basic Education and Literacy โ Rotary clubs work to improve literacy rates worldwide. The Rotary Foundation sponsors one of the largest international scholarship programs in the world. Scholars study in a country other than their own where they serve as unofficial ambassadors of goodwill. Since 1947, more than 41,000 scholars form over 130 countries have receive d scholarships at a cost of more than $542 million. In a Group Study Exchange annual awards are made to paired Rotary districts to provide travel expenses for a team of non-Rotarians from a variety of professions. Rotarian hosts organize a four-to-six-week itinerary of vocational, educational and cultural points of interest. Since 1965, more than 70,000 individuals from 106 countries and geographical areas have participated at a cost of US $113 million. Water and Sanitation โ Health, hunger and humanity grants fund large-scale, two-to-four-year projects that enhance health, help alleviate hunger, or improve human development. Since 1978, 347 projects in 78 countries have been funded at a cost of more than $88 million. Seven two-year grants for water and sanitation projects were approved in partnership with USAID. Recognizing the importance of clean water, many Rotary clubs help to install wells and develop water treatment and distribution systems to increase access to fresh drinking water for communities in need, especially in developing countries. HISTORY OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF HIYAS NG MAYNILA----
1998 saw the national campaign and election .... the inauguration of the country's 13th President... the Asian currency crisis and its accompanying economic changes, difficulties and challenges... the death and the resurrection of the country's national flag carrier - Philippine Airlines. Most important, 1998 witnesses the celebration of the Centennial of the Philippine Revolution and Independence. Amidst this colourful backdrop, the Rotary Club of Hiyas ng Maynila (RCHM) was born. Initiated and organized by the Rotary Club of Bagumbayan Manila (RCBM) under the presidency of Pres. Henry Freznoza and the inspiring guidance of DGSR/PP Ruben Fruto, PP/PDS Charoy Marquez and PDG Danny Yu, the Rotary Club of Hiyas ng Maynila bears witness to RCBM's many responses to the 1997 Rotary International theme "Show Rotary Cares." On June 24, 1998, the Club's application was approved by the Rotary International. RC Hiyas ng Maynila serves the communities of Singalong, Ermita and Malate. It was on March 1998 when a group of dynamic, energetic, pretty, intelligent and service oriented ladies first met at the Philippine Columbian Association in Plaza Dilao, Paco, Manila. These ladies who came from various professions and business interests were gathered together by RCBM members, namely PDG Danny Yu, PP/PDS Charoy Marquez, PP Ruben Fruto, Pres. Henry Fresnoza, IPP Rey Cristobal, Rtn. Jose Paulo Campos, PP Efren Santos, PP Vene Veneracion, Rtn. Ricky Uy (deceased), Rtn. Pepot Sto. Domingo, Rtn. Rey Bandali, and Rtn. Gonza Teehankee. A series of weekly meetings and gatherings occurred from March to June 1998 during which the ladies were briefed and introduced to the object of Rotary, its internationality and its many opportunities for service. The initial stage of organizing the Club could be likened to a woman's birthing pains as the Club members agonized about membership, recruitment, attendance, planning, budgeting and of course naming the "baby club." We are the only all-female club in Manila of District 3810. We were chartered on June 24th, the charter anniversary of the City of Manila. We are the only club organized and chartered this year in the whole District which has a total of 112 Clubs. After many deliberations, we agreed to name the Club- the Rotary Club of Hiyas ng Maynila. "Hiyas" is a Filipino word for gem or jewel-precious, feminine yet strong and determined. The Club's logo depicts a woman dressed in traditional Filipina attire, bursting from a seashell and holding the logo of Rotary International. It aims to project a Filipina woman of today, coming out of her traditional role in society to become a key player in the improvement and upliftment of the conditions of the less privileged members of our community. It hopes to project the character of the club and the reason of its existence: the ideal of service through Rotary. However, as the song goes-the only constant in this world is Change, RCHM deemed it necessary to adopt to the change of time to serve humanity more effectively. Thus, November of 2012 , the club inducted its first male member, Mr. Yoshihide Irie, a doctor of Sociology from Waseda University , Japan. And the story lives on... the Rotary Club of Hiyas ng Maynila (RC Gem of Manila) has maintained its relevance to the community it served and it will continue to be so for the rest of the century.
