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Rotarian Action Groups provide assistance and support to Rotary clubs in planning and implementing community development and humanitarian service projects.  Committed Rotarians, Rotarians’ family members, and Rotaractors who have expertise and a passion for a particular type of service organize Rotarian Action Groups. Rotarian Action Groups are organized around the principal that our vocations give certain expertise to a particular community development or humanitarian service that can be used beyond their own club.
 
 
Each Rotarian Action Group functions independently of Rotary International, with its own rules, dues requirements, and administrative structure.  Rotarian Action Groups regularly collaborate and assist with obtaining funding with clubs and districts on service projects in their area of specialty and expertise. They provide opportunities for Rotarians to engage in meaningful service with like-minded Rotarians outside of their own country.
 
In order to receive official RI recognition a prospective group must secure the commitment of at least 25 prospective members representing at least 5 countries and 3 Rotary zones.
 
Example of Rotary Action Groups recent activity include:
  • Rotarians for Family Health & Aids Prevention and Rotary club members for Nigeria, Kenya, and Uganda sponsored a three-day event to provide HIV testing and counseling for more than 138,000 people.
  • The Rotarian Action Group for Population Growth & Sustainable Development partnered with Rotary clubs in Germany, Austria, and Nigeria to reduce maternal death by 50% at 10 hospitals in northern Nigeria with a program to treat obstetric fistula, a serious birth injury.
 
Currently 18 different Action Groups are here to support our District and your club.  You can learn significantly more by visiting www.rotary.org/actiongroups.  If your club is interested in having the District Chair for Rotarian Action Groups visit or speak at your club, please contact Gerald Robinson @ grobie_47@yahoo.com or (817) 896-2744.