Nakivale Refugee Settlement, established in 1958. 132 miles from Kampala, Uganda’s capital city. Refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Somalia, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Eritrea (and others). Run by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and assisted by NGOs. 71 square miles, Nakivale is within the Isingiro District in southwest Uganda, in which…
Founded in 2013, Girls Are Powerful is the brainchild of Shawntan Howell, who was frustrated with the lack of cultural appropriateness options available in the Minneapolis–St. Paul area to help girls build healthy self-esteem and awareness of self and others. With her eyes set on a brighter future, she began planning and organizing a movement…
Rotary started with the vision of one man — Paul P. Harris. Harris persuaded several business associates to discuss the idea of forming an organization for local professionals. On 23 February 1905, Harris, Gustavus Loehr, Silvester Schiele, and Hiram Shorey gathered at Loehr’s office in downtown Chicago for what would become known as the first…
It was a weird year. President Kristin was out on maternity leave for some of the year, we had some members leave, but some new members join our club. We had a very successful fundraiser to fund our Rotary programs and a Club Visioning to see where we want our club to be in three…
Congratulations to Selena Pineda-Martinez for winning the Jack Conzemious Memorial Scholarship.
Congratulations to Selena Pineda-Martinez for winning the Jack Conzemious Memorial Scholarship. The label was owned by the Chicago Record Company, which in turn was owned by promoter Mayo Williams. The label was named after 19th century African-American singer Sissieretta Jones, who was nicknamed The Black Patti after famous Opera star Adelina Patti. Mayo Williams had…
Books For Africa remains the largest shipper of donated text and library books to the African continent, shipping over 54 million books to all 55 countries on the African continent since 1988. Last year alone, Books For Africa shipped 3.1 million books, valued at over $26.2 million, and 224 computers and e-readers containing over 885,000…
To meet the needs of abandoned and orphaned in Kenya, supporting placing of children in loving homes and strengthening families. We provide high school education to oppressed, needy girls who would otherwise drop out of high school due to lack of tuition since government doesn’t provide funding for high school which lack of, compounds abuse…
Congratulations to our Hill Murray Rotary Jack Nelson. Jack is very involved with his academics and the fine arts, with being in over 40 plays and musicals in the past 4 years. He is one of the founding members of the Hill Murray Student for Change, which is an organization that brings awareness and combats…
Congratulations to our Hill Murray Rotary Student of the Year Jack Nelson. Jack is very involved with his academics and the fine arts, with being in over 40 plays and musicals in the past 4 years. He is one of the founding members of the Hill Murray Student for Change, which is an organization that…
