Hello, friends

Welcome to February, the month of love and Rotary’s Peace and Conflict Prevention/Resolution. This month also includes the anniversary of the first Rotary meeting, which took place on February 23, 1905, in Chicago.

As Rotarians, we work to promote peace and conflict prevention by creating environments for peace to thrive. We provide training to help prevent and mediate conflicts. Our projects provide training that fosters understanding and provides communities with the skills to resolve conflicts. Peace is a cornerstone of our mission. We believe that when people work to create peace in their communities, that change can progressively have a global effect.

For more than 23 years, Rotary Peace Fellowships have been transforming communities. Rotary Peace Centers are hosted at leading universities around the globe, through which more than 1,800 fellows. These fellows are equipped to tackle some of the world’s most pressing challenges. This program is one of the many ways Rotary takes action in making a difference.

“The challenge of World Peace is the most pressing imperative of our time. In a world that possesses the means of self-destruction, if we do not find the path of peace, whatever else we do won’t make much difference. ” Charles C. Keller, R.I. President, 1987-88. – Address to 1987 Rotary International Convention, Munich, Germany.

In carrying out service projects and supporting peace fellowships and scholarships, Rotarians take action to address the underlying causes of conflict, including poverty, discrimination, ethnic tension, lack of access to education, and unequal distribution of resources.

Through our selfless actions and service projects, we continue to break barriers and promote peaceful coexistence, one community at a time.

YIRS,
Yvonne Iwo-Brown
Club President
Rotary Club of Port Harcourt Cosmopolitan