Education & Literacy
Help strengthen access to basic learning and support learners and teachers.

Working together for education, wellbeing and opportunity in our communities and beyond.
Rotary's work emphasizes basic education, literacy, reducing gender disparities in education, and improving learning opportunities for children and adults.
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EDUCATION IS OPPORTUNITYThe source site highlights education and literacy as important parts of Rotary's humanitarian work. It also describes efforts that reach beyond the classroom into health, sanitation and local development.
Rotary volunteers and community partners can create a brighter future when they share their time, resources and skills.
What We Do ↗A tradition of service that began with Paul Percy Harris in 1905.
Paul Percy Harris was an attorney in Chicago, Illinois, who founded Rotary in 1905. The organization grew from a community of neighbors and professionals into an international network of people united through service.
The source homepage also recognizes the Paul Harris distinction for generous humanitarian service.
Learn about Rotary →Explore the causes featured across the source homepage and Rotary's broader mission.
Help strengthen access to basic learning and support learners and teachers.
Support healthier communities through access to water and sanitation.
Community-focused health efforts, including polio prevention awareness.
Encourage students with awards, resources and educational opportunities.
Work alongside neighbors on projects that meet local needs.
Build lasting connections through humanitarian work.
The homepage mentions these examples from the wider international Rotary network.
A selection of humanitarian themes and activities listed by the original homepage.
Examples of impact topics highlighted by the Rotary Club of Akute homepage.
Testimonials presented on the source homepage.
“It is a humanitarian organisation that gives hope when hope is lost. This branch helped my community to eradicate polio, cholera by providing good water and many more.
“They've really put in immense efforts and skills in making the world a better place starting from Nigeria.
“Rotary District 9112 is really a God-sent organisation. Ever since they were founded in our society, it has become a place of joy.
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