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ROTARY IN TAIWAN
台灣扶輪十二地區分布地圖
Map of Taiwan 12 Districts
Rotary was introduced
to Taiwan in 1931 D3481 D3482 D3521
with the formation of D3502
the Rotary Club (RC) D3522
Taihoku, sponsored by D3501
RC Tokyo. However, the
first three clubs, namely D3461 D3523
RCs Taihoku, Takao,
and Keelung, ceased The young students in Taichung City South District Xinyi Elementary RC Taipei Taimei cleans and renovates a monument built by 12 Rotary Led by President Jack, RC Chungli West and its partner, Both X In the 2024-25 environmental protection year, D3521 launches
operations in 1940 due D3462 D3490 D3461 School are watching a video and gain their awareness of drug-abuse D3481 clubs in Taipei 48 years ago. The landscape with a big Rotary wheel D3501 Hair Taoyuan, sponsor a free haircut service for Xikou and Qehuy D3521 the first of its six planned service activities with a street cleanup
on a tree-shadowing sidewalk nearby the Songshan Airport in Taipei
during an anti-drug project sponsored by RC Taichung Tung Hsing.
tribe members in Fuxing District, Taoyuan City. In addition, another
project in Taipei City's Dihua shopping district, focused on collecting
to World War II. City shows "WELCOME TO TAIPEI" and "PLEASE COME AGAIN" to partner, Shinyi Biomedical Technology Co., Ltd., donates health cigarette butts and litter.
international travelers. products to the participants from the tribes.
In 1948, RC Taipei
was established by D3470 D3510
community leaders
in Taipei and former
Rotarians from mainland 2
China's dissolved clubs
during the civil war. In
1960, Rotary International designated District 345 for the 19
clubs in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. Since then, Rotary
has grown steadily on the island, forming District 3460 in 1978,
District 3470 in 1984, District 3480 in 1987, and District 3490 in
1990. By 1998, all clubs were reorganized into seven districts,
which increased to twelve districts by 2017. In an ecological conservation project in Puli Town, DG Dental, To "Protect Environment, Preserve the Planet Earth", Rotary District The Youth Exchange Committee of D3502 sponsors a 14-day "2024 RC Taipei Songren, Taiwan organizes a vocational service team
D3462 President Lawyer of sponsor club RC Peitun, many other club D3482 3482 conducts six projects of beaches /mountains garbage removing, D3502 Cultural Culinary Camp" at Chung Yuan Christian University. The 13 D3522 traveling to the Philippines to train and enhance the local caregivers
In the Rotary Year 2023-24, membership in Taiwan grew to presidents and participants grow the nectar plants that will attract wildlife restoration and rescue in 2024-25. Rotarians works with foreign participants from 10 countries and the 13 participants from in oral health education, treatment and care for the elderly. The
community members to reduce carbon emission, showing the
project is supported by a Global Grant, RC Pasing South, Philippines
Purple Crow Butterflies. The project of NT$120,000 this year invites
Taiwan build a lasting friendship and enhance their international
35,117 Rotarians across 994 clubs, with a net gain of 30 clubs more volunteers to join in this 21-year environment effort. marvelous "Magic of Rotary.” understanding. and many Rotary clubs, health institutes in both countries.
and 1,365 members. That year, they contributed a total of US$
21,299,872 to the Rotary Foundation, ranking Taiwan as the
third-highest contributing country. Additionally, they supported
Global Grants with $5.8M and District Grants with $1.8M
donated from Taiwan. These efforts reflected the annual theme
"Light Up Rotary" of 2014-15 RI President Gary C.K. Huang,
the first Chinese RI President from Taiwan. Taiwan hosted the
Rotary International Convention in Taipei in 1994 and will host
another in 2026. They have also hosted Rotary Institutes in
Taipei and Kaohsiung multiple times and will host another in
Taipei in November 2024.
The RCs Tainan West, Tainan An-Nan, Tainan Dream Age, and Sponsored by the RC Wugu, D3490 and many other partners, a RC Kaohsiung Da Ai sponsors a 12-week "Art Therapy Classes” of Having been supporting various projects of Taiwan Spinocerebellar
D3470 Tainan City Saccam held a service project at a community center D3490 VTT team of doctors from Nepal visited Taiwan in October 2024 D3510 Kaohsiung city branch office of Taiwan Foundation for Rare Disorders D3523 Ataxia Association, RC Nanya recently sponsored another project for
in Yongkang, Tainan City to provide AI medical screening for the for a month-long training program of special care dentistry. Each to help local patients and their families relieve from stress and brave the patients of the association with lunch gatherings, sightseeing,
members in their communities to help them find and prevent from team member is presented with a certificate from National Taiwan out life's challenges through artistic creation. and interactive program, as well as a donation of NT$50,000.
the risks of stroke, early dementia and other diseases. University Hospital and will be a seed bringing the new concepts and
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