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Resources for refugees Rotary peace fellow helps refugees fleeing Myanmar Since August 2017, nearly a million Rohingya Muslim refugees have crowded into the Cox’s Bazar region of Bangladesh, fleeing violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. Women and children face particularly difficult challenges in the massive refugee camps, including lack of adequate shelter, health care, and educational resources, and an increased risk of sexual violence. Sakun Gajurel worked in Italy and in her native Nepal with United Nations agencies before studying international development policy at the Rotary Peace Center at Duke University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As a part of her  Rotary Peace Fellowship , Gajurel spent the summer of 2018 working in Cox’s Bazar with an organization called  UN Women  that provides direct aid to women in the refugee camps. Illustration by Viktor Miller Gausa Q : What are the greatest challenges in getting aid to Cox’s B...

Rotary clubs in Canada invest in the PACT program, an urban peace initiative that aims to break the cycle of youth crime By  Ryan Hyland Produced by  Andrew Chudzinski SHARE ON FACEBO I EMAIL THIS PAG E Akeem Stephenson wanted to go to jail. He believed it was the only way he could free himself from a life of crime — a life he desperately wanted to change.  After being arrested for a fourth time more than 10 years ago, for aggravated robbery, the teenager in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, was set to go to prison. But the judge saw something in Stephenson that suggested that he could redeem himself. So he gave Stephenson a choice: participate in an 18-month youth program, or serve the six-month sentence.  Akeem Stephenson used the PACT program to turn his life around and launch his music career.  For Stephenson, the choice was clear. He decided to transform his life through the PACT Urban Peace Program. PACT, which stands for Participati...

Yesterday, at the Community Secondary school Abuloma the President of the Rotary Club of Port Harcourt South unveiled the new school signpost provided and erected by the Club and also present Charter certificate and induct club  officers of the interact club of the school. Rotary, the way to be!