Our Own Charity is the The Rotary Foundation supporting local, national and international projects.
The Mission
The mission of The Rotary Foundation 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.
The Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation supported solely by voluntary contributions from Rotarians and friends of the Foundation who share its vision of a better world.
Programmes of The Rotary Foundation
Through Foundation grants and programs, Rotarians and other contributors can help change the world. They can finance a well for a village that lacks clean water, improve the environment, or provide scholarships to educate the next generation. The grants and programs available to Rotarians allow them to realize Rotary’s humanitarian mission throughout the world, including its number-one goal of eradicating polio.
PolioPlus
To eradicate polio, Rotarians have mobilized by the hundreds of thousands. They’re working to ensure that children are immunized against this crippling disease and that surveillance is strong despite the poor infrastructure, extreme poverty, and civil strife of many countries. Since the PolioPlus program’s inception in 1985, more than two billion children have received the oral polio vaccine.
Rotary’s US$200 Million Challenge is the Rotary Foundation’s response to the two grants totalling $355 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help eradicate polio. Every dollar given to PolioPlus will be counted toward the $200 million match, which must be completed by 30 June 2012.
Since 1985, Rotary’s key humanitarian priority has been to rid the world of polio. After three decades, Rotary is on the brink of ending polio now and forever. Find out more here.
The Rotary Club of Lincoln Colonia
We are a Charity registered with the Charities Commission for England and Wales – charity registration number: 1140234