Please scroll down and see just some of the highlights of the March 2023 RAGFP Newsletter. Be sure to check out their website for even more info, and how to join. https://rotaryactiongroupforpeace.org .....
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The Rotary Action Group for Peace was founded in 2012. In 2018 the concept of RAGFP Peacebuilder Clubs was introduced. At the start of Covid in 2020 there were 80 RAGFP PB Clubs and no Chapters. During 2020 three Chapters were Chartered (Hong Kong, Germany, Serbia). Now in 2023 this number of RAGFP PB Clubs stands at 400, with three Chapters and two more in the pipeline. A big thank you to all our Peacebuilders for making this growth possible.
Disaster Funding Update |
Your support and Peace: Assisting those whose lives have been disrupted by disaster is a fundamental peacebuilding activity. Showing support for the victims provides them with the immediate relief that they have not been forgotten and helps provide them with a degree of inner peace. The emergency response aspect provides shelter, a source of drinking water, and food. This is consistent with the overall Rotary Foundation approaches focused on disease prevention, clean water and sanitation, building family and strengthening community. These are all avenues to peace. Turkiye and Syria Each day, the news out of Turkiye and Syria grows bleaker. The depth and breadth of the devastation is unprecedented, and the living conditions unbearable with no infrastructure remaining in place. Disaster funding through the Rotary Foundation provides a degree of immediate response as well as a longer-term focus. Your support helps survivors in these countries with immediate assistance, shelter, and disease prevention due to contaminated drinking water. Longer you’re your contributions help to rebuild families and communities. Ukraine The Rotary Disaster Fund for Ukraine was founded in 2022 following the invasion by Russia. Approximately 18 million Ukrainians (40 percent of the population) required humanitarian assistance by the end of 2022. Those needs continue as the country’s infrastructure remains under attack, leaving millions of people without basic services or drinkable water. Nearly 8 million refugees across Europe are also in need of assistance. Pakistan Flooding during the monsoon season inundated more than one third of the country, affecting more than 33 million people, destroying more than 2 million homes and displacing 8 million residents. According to UNICEF, there were an estimated 4 million children living near contaminated flood waters, putting their health at risk.
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The next Global Meeting of the RAGFP Peacebuilder Clubs and Peacebuilders will be held April 4. This is a follow up to the February 7 meeting. Register Now |
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The International Peace Conference will be held in Birmingham Alabama from May 4-6. In addition to the great lineup of speakers for the conference, a preconference session will be held on the afternoon of May 3. This is a session to introduce Peace Fellows to Rotarians so the two groups can begin the process of acquaintance and collaboration. Please follow the link to meet the Peace Fellows virtually. Please sign up and attend the session on May 3 to meet them in person. Learn More |