By Ivan Vianna, Rotary Club of Belo Horizonte-Pampulha, Brazil —  Whenever I speak about or write about Rotary Youth Exchange, my mind goes back to my teenager years and I have good memories. No do...

By Alexei Oduber, Rotary Club of Panamá Nordeste, Panama —  As a past president of my club and district Rotary Foundation chair, I have seen and participated in many successful Rotary projects. A r...

By Benjamin Parent, Rotaract Club of Cannes Riviera, France —  It all started with a dream and a question. I had tucked away in my mind for years a dream of cycling around the world. A series of qu...

By Tracey Thompson Busa, Rotary Club of Marina del Rey, California, USA — The most destructive fire in Los Angeles, California, USA’s history broke out on 7 January in Pacific Palisades, Malibu, an...

By Jide Ogunleye, Rotary Club of Omole-Golden — I never imagined that my beard – something I had nurtured for years – would become a powerful tool for change. But on 22 February, I stood in front o...

By M. M. A. Al Numan Tonmoy, Rotary Club of Habiganj Khoai, Bangladesh —  When I began my university education in 2012, I was very introverted. I tried not to talk with people much and I would avoi...

By Mariafernanda Burgos Ariza, a Rotary Peace Fellow — My journey toward being a peacebuilder began shortly after I joined the Rotaract Club of Bogotá Centro Histórico in 2015. Rotaract planted the...

By Irwan Norris, District 3310 Rotary Youth Exchange Chair — Our first Rotary Youth Exchange student in 17 years faced a grueling 28-hour journey to begin his exciting year in a new country. Venezu...

By Cindy Howe and Kathryn Lucero, DigDeep — World Water Day is 22 March, a global reminder that clean, running water is not a privilege – it is a human right. Yet, here in the United States, more t...

By Mark Daniel Maloney — When my tenure as President of Rotary International began in 2019, I made a call to action to our members in the form of a theme: Rotary Connects the World. To me, that was...