Welcome

As a humanitarian organization, peace is a cornerstone of our mission. We believe when people work to create peace in their communities, that change can have a global effect. By carrying out service projects and supporting peace fellowships and scholarships, our members take action to address the underlying causes of conflict, including poverty, discrimination, ethnic tension, lack of access to education, and unequal distribution of resources.

Our commitment to peacebuilding today answers new challenges: how we can make the greatest possible impact and how we can achieve our vision of lasting change. We are approaching the concept of peace with greater cohesion and inclusivity, broadening the scope of what we mean by peacebuilding, and finding more ways for people to get involved.

Rotary creates environments where peace can happen.

Rotary’s Four Roles in Promoting Peace

Rotary and its members are:

Practitioners: Our work fighting disease, providing clean water and sanitation, improving the health of mothers and children, supporting education, and growing local economies directly builds the optimal conditions for peaceful societies.
Educators: Our Rotary Peace Centers have trained over 1,300 peace fellows to become effective catalysts for peace through careers in government, education, and international organizations.
Mediators: Our members have negotiated humanitarian ceasefires in areas of conflict to allow polio vaccinators to reach children who are at risk. ary Peace Centers have trained over 1,300 peace fellows to become effective catalysts for peace through careers in government, education, and international organizations.
Advocates: Our members have an integral role as respected, impartial participants during peace processes and in post-conflict reconstruction. We focus on creating communities and convening groups that are connected, inclusive, and resilient.

Ways our members and peacebuilders take action

Rotary members and program participants are people of action who advance peace in countless ways:

Through every service project that fosters community well-being
In Positive Peace workshops that build understanding and skills
By participating in Rotary Friendship Exchanges or Intercountry Committees
By joining a Rotary Fellowship or Rotary Action Group
By facilitating young leaders programs that develop the next generation of leaders
By supporting Rotary Peace Fellows and global grant or district scholars

PEACEBUILDER CLUBS

A central part of the mission of Rotary is to empower Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace. Rotarian Peacebuilder clubs commit to engage in dialogues and projects that promote positive peace in their communities and across the globe. Building peace may seem like a daunting task, but the Rotarian Action Group for Peace has identified the Simplify, Unify, and Engage approach, which paves a more do-able, effective and successful path to peace and nonviolence. peace through service rotarian action group for peace. Do Your Piece of Peace.

Rotarian Action Group for Peace is a strong believer and supporter of Peacebuilder clubs. Peacebuilder clubs play a vital role in sparking passion and a direction for peace within their own Rotary clubs, districts and communities. We encourage every club to take action, become a Peacebuilder club, and contribute to creating a more peaceful world.

Become a Peacebuilder Club. Applications here: https://rotaryactiongroupforpeace.org/how-to-become-an-active-peacebuilder-club/

Build peace through Rotary

Building on these efforts, here are more ideas on how to promote peace through Rotary:

Learn and share

Download and share the Rotary Builds Peace brochure with your club members.
View and share new videos: Peacebuilding through the Rotary Peace Fellowship and Rotary’s work in Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention.
Share stories of impact about the 2025 People of Action: Champions of Peace and Programs of Scale grant recipient “Pathways to Peace and Prosperity in Colombia.”
Use these International Day of Peace graphics to help promote Rotary’s mission to create environments where peace can happen.