{"id":32868,"date":"2017-02-27T17:09:11","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T17:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rotary-club-rwanda-celebrates-anniversary\/"},"modified":"2017-02-28T18:07:07","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T18:07:07","slug":"rotary-club-rwanda-celebrates-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rotary-club-rwanda-celebrates-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Rotary Club Rwanda celebrates anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rotary Club Rwanda has celebrated the 112thanniversary of Rotary International expressing delight for achievements and continued expansion across different corners of the world. <\/p>\n<p>In a ceremony of celebrating the anniversary in Rwanda on Friday last week, members reflected on its achievements with the lead act of bringing professional doctors from abroad to treat Rwandans. <\/p>\n<p>A recent is case was in March 2016 where Rotary Club brought specialized  doctors at CHUK Hospital where they treated over 200 patients for five days. <\/p>\n<p>Rotary Clubs Rwanda provides health care to at least 150 patients each year. It   helped 30 children to get heart treatment in India.  <\/p>\n<p>One of the Rotary Club members in Rwanda, Ndoba Mugunga has said that more remains to be done to transform the world though they have achieved a lot. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cRotary Club has existed for 112 years and achieved a lot but we expect to do more. The target lies in youth, offer literacy programs, reduce deaths of children under five and restore peace across the world\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>It was established in Chicago city of the United States on 23rd February 1905. Rotary International has over 1,2 million members in 34, 000 Rotary Clubs from more than  220 countries.<\/p>\n<p>Rotary International has branches in countries called Clubs. It was introduced in Rwanda in 1966 and has since developed seven local clubs with 150 members.<\/p>\n<p>These include Rotary Club Kigali, Rotary Club Kigali-Gasabo, Rotary Club Mont-Jali, Rotary Club Butare, Rotary Club Virunga, Rotary Club Kibungo Mont Gisakaand Rotary Club Musanze-Burera.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-18506 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/_dsc3214-e2dcf.jpg\" alt=\"Members of Rotary Club Rwanda celebrating anniversary on Friday.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rotary Club Rwanda has celebrated the 112thanniversary of Rotary International expressing delight for achievements and continued expansion across different corners of the world. In a ceremony of celebrating the anniversary in Rwanda on Friday last week, members reflected on its achievements with the lead act of bringing professional doctors from abroad to treat Rwandans. 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