by Bryan Schaaf | Jan 22, 2020 | Blog, Bryan Schaaf, Community, Rotary, Uncategorized
Promoting peace is a Rotary priority. Every year, Rotary awards up to 130 fully funded scholarships for dedicated peace and development leaders from around the world to study at any of its seven peace centers. Rotary Peace Centers have trained over 1,300 individuals...
by Bryan Schaaf | Jan 17, 2020 | Blog, Bryan Schaaf, Charity, Philanthropy, Uncategorized
According to UNICEF, there are 2.7 million children around the world living in orphanages and other institutions. Volunteering at orphanages is common – but should it be? Institutionalising children when there are other options is very rarely in their best...
by Bryan Schaaf | Oct 31, 2019 | Blog, Philanthropy, Rotary, Uncategorized
Rotary International’s highest international priority continues to be the global eradication of polio. It has long been a member of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) which includes the World Health Organisation (WHO), the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the...
by Bryan Schaaf | May 14, 2019 | Blog, Bryan Schaaf, Community, Philanthropy, Rotary, Uncategorized
The world is more mobile than it has ever been before and I, like so many others, am a migrant. My family recently moved to Switzerland from Ukraine where we lived for over two years. I am originally from the United States, my wife from Germany, my son is Ukrainian,...
by Bryan Schaaf | Oct 6, 2018 | Blog, Bryan Schaaf, Charity, Community, Philanthropy, Rotary, Uncategorized
An estimated 40.3 million people around the world live in slavery involving either sexual exploitation or forced labor. A new partnership with Freedom United is giving Rotarians a chance to do something to stop it. Dave McCleary was volunteering at a youth conference...
by Bryan Schaaf | May 20, 2018 | Blog, Bryan Schaaf, Charity, Community, Philanthropy, Rotary, Uncategorized
Mushaho has lived in Nakivale since 2016, when he fled violence in his native Democratic Republic of Congo. After receiving death threats, he crossed into Uganda and joined a friend in the 184-square-kilometer settlement that serves as home to 89,000 people. The...
