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Brookfields School

Early summer 2010 Rotarians helped with the construction of raised planting beds at a local school Read more >

Nyumbani Newsletters

Read the latest from Nyumbani orphanage in Kenya Read more >

Reading Rotarys response to Haiti disaster Shelterboxes on their way

Our club raised a total of £15,000 for the victims of the Haitian earthquake. Read more >

Life Education 12/01/2008

The Rotary Club of Reading is now supporting pupils at four primary schools in Reading. Oxford Road and Wilson Primary Schools have recently enjoyed their first annual visit from The Thames Valley Life Education Centre (LEC) mobile classroom and Whitley Park Infants and Nursery School have had their second visit. Katesgrove Primary School signed up their 330 pupils to the Project in January making a total of over 1300 young children in Reading who now benefit from Life Education.

Polio Eradication

At the RI Convention in Birmingham June 2009, it was announced that Rotary had raised USD90.7 million to wards the USD100 million matching grant from the Bill Gates Foundation towards the eradication of polio. A second tranche USD155 million from the Bill Gates Foundation is to be matched by Rotary with a further USD100 million.

The UK Secretary of State for International Development the Rt. Hon. Douglas Alexander MP told the convention that the UK government would put another £100 million to the campaign saying that the last bit of the climb to reach the eradication of polio was steep but achievable.

Ban ki Moon the General Secretary to the United Nations in addressing the convention acknowledged Rotary's input to the campaign. He said that Rotary's funding was crucial and critical but, even more important, was Rotary's presence on the ground. No other organisation in the world, he said, could muster such resources.
For his part, Ban ki Moon said that he was applying pressure in the areas of conflict to allow immunisation to take place and that he was with us in this great campaign.

There is a determination in Rotary, the WHO, UN, UNICEF and national governments to make this dream, to eradicate polio, real.

Nyumbani Newsletter August 2009 August 2009

Read the2009 newsletter from the Kenyan orphanage here. Read more >

RICS South East Awards 2008 22/05/2008

Prestigious Award for Reading Rotary

From amongst hundreds of entries for the RICS South East Area Awards, the Reading Rotary Community Projects received the runners up award. Richard Stone and Rod Cole mastered the Club's submission and a group of Rotarians attended the Awards Dinner at Oxford Castle on Thursday 22nd May.

Polio Plus 26/11/2007

Rotary International today announced a partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that will inject a much-needed USUSD200 million into the global campaign to eradicate polio. Read more >

Centenary House opened 27/02/2007

Centenary House was opened by the Mayor of Reading, Councillor Bet Tickner.