Meryl Shares Ink Spot on Rotary Peace Centres
VP Meryl shared last week's "Ink Spot" and "International Toast" on Rotary Peace Centres.INK 18: Nine Questions Answered On Rotary Peace Centres:
{01} What do we celebrate today?
• Rotary's Birthday
{02} What is Rotary Mainly About?
• The ultimate part of the Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the advancement of International understanding, goodwill and peace
{03} What is the Rotary Foundation’s First Area of Focus?
• Peace and conflict prevention/resolution
{04} How Does Rotary Promote Peace?
• Apart from Global Humanitarian work, Rotary has set up “Peace Centres” to train people to be “Peace Makers”
{05} Where are The Peace Centres?
Peace Centres are set up at Universities in:
• USA,
• Japan,
• England,
• Sweden and the
• University of Queensland in Australia.
{06} How Do They Work?
• Each year, Rotary International selects up to 100 individuals from around the world to receive fully funded academic fellowships at one of their peace centers.
• These fellowships cover tuition and fees, room and board, round-trip transportation, and all internship and field-study expenses.
• Programs last 15 to 24 months
{07} What Happens to the Graduates?
• Graduates become catalysts for peace and conflict prevention and resolution in their communities and around the globe. They…
• are reintegrating refugees in Sudan
• are creating jobs for disadvantaged women in India
• are supporting reconstruction in devastated regions of the world
{08} What has been achieved?
• In just over a decade, the Rotary Peace Centers have trained more than 900 fellows for careers in peace building
• Many of them go on to serve as leaders in national governments, NGOs, the military, law enforcement, and international organizations like the United Nations and World Bank.
{09} What we can do?
• We can donate to Peace Centres as individuals
• Our Club can donate money raised from a fund raiser
• We can invite Australian Peace scholars to speak to us
• We can make others aware of these facts
{01} What do we celebrate today?
• Rotary's Birthday
{02} What is Rotary Mainly About?
• The ultimate part of the Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the advancement of International understanding, goodwill and peace
{03} What is the Rotary Foundation’s First Area of Focus?
• Peace and conflict prevention/resolution
{04} How Does Rotary Promote Peace?
• Apart from Global Humanitarian work, Rotary has set up “Peace Centres” to train people to be “Peace Makers”
{05} Where are The Peace Centres?
Peace Centres are set up at Universities in:
• USA,
• Japan,
• England,
• Sweden and the
• University of Queensland in Australia.
{06} How Do They Work?
• Each year, Rotary International selects up to 100 individuals from around the world to receive fully funded academic fellowships at one of their peace centers.
• These fellowships cover tuition and fees, room and board, round-trip transportation, and all internship and field-study expenses.
• Programs last 15 to 24 months
{07} What Happens to the Graduates?
• Graduates become catalysts for peace and conflict prevention and resolution in their communities and around the globe. They…
• are reintegrating refugees in Sudan
• are creating jobs for disadvantaged women in India
• are supporting reconstruction in devastated regions of the world
{08} What has been achieved?
• In just over a decade, the Rotary Peace Centers have trained more than 900 fellows for careers in peace building
• Many of them go on to serve as leaders in national governments, NGOs, the military, law enforcement, and international organizations like the United Nations and World Bank.
{09} What we can do?
• We can donate to Peace Centres as individuals
• Our Club can donate money raised from a fund raiser
• We can invite Australian Peace scholars to speak to us
• We can make others aware of these facts