Rotary International and Rotary Foundation CEO (Aired on October 18, 2020)

Through the magic of Zoom. RadioRotary interviews John Hewko, the General Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of both Rotary International and The Rotary Foundation. As CEO he directs some 800 Rotary employees in the United States and around the world—Rotary has 1.2 million members worldwide, with only about 25% of them in the United States. Rotarians are committed to doing good in the world as well as making person connections with like-minded others. In addition to contributing $400 million for projects through The Rotary Foundation, Rotarians contribute about 47 million people hours to make those projects work—and these numbers do not count the gifts and projects of the 35,000 individual clubs that make up Rotary. With numbers like that, Rotary embarked on a huge project in 1985 (later joined but other international organizations) to eliminate polio. At this point they have succeeded everywhere except Pakistan and Afghanistan where there remain a few cases annually. Another emphasis of Rotary is enrolling youth in both projects to improve communities but also in supporting peace through annual youth exchanges between countries around the world.

Learn more:

General Secretary and CEO: https://my.rotary.org/en/general-secretary-and-chief-executive-officer

Rotary International: https://www.rotary.org/en

The Rotary Foundation: https://www.rotary.org/en/about-rotary/rotary-foundation

Polio Eradication: https://polioeradication.org/

Rotary Youth Programs: https://www.rotary.org/en/our-programs/youth-programs

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Global Polio Initiative

Rotary Foundation

Rotary International

Youth

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