Rotary International · District 9216

Every Thursday, forty-seven neighbours decide what to fix next.

The Rotary Club of Syokimau. Service Above Self, in Syokimau.

Visit on a Thursday Read MAUVOO

A Rotarian in a red Rotary vest surrounded by primary school pupils in blue uniforms reaching out to greet her.

Club members and community members standing behind a table of boxed books, holding up donated titles.

Members and community members planting tree seedlings on open ground, watering cans beside them.

Two lorries loaded with stacked school desks parked under acacia trees.

Club members dressed in white standing arm in arm at an evening district event.

A school visit. Basic education and literacy.

47
members: Thursdays, 7:00 PM
67 Airport Hotel, Syokimau: District 9216
from 1 July 2026: Create Lasting Impact
2026-27 theme

One club, one worldwide network

A Thursday in Syokimau is part of something much larger.

“Together, we see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change — across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves.”

Rotary International’s vision statement

1.2M+
Rotary members worldwide: 45,000+
Clubs, in nearly every country: 1905
Founded by Paul Harris, Chicago: 9216
Our district, from 1 July 2026

Membership and club figures from Rotary International.

What Rotary works on

Seven areas of focus

Every Rotary club chooses its own projects, but the work sits inside seven areas agreed worldwide. Three of them describe most of what this club has done.

Peacebuilding and conflict prevention
Disease prevention and treatment
Water, sanitation and hygiene
Maternal and child health
Our work
Basic education and literacy
Our work
Community economic development
Our work
Supporting the environment
See it in practice

Books, trees, desks and the Village Caravan.

Our projects →

In Syokimau and beyond

Service, in three directions

Books into classrooms

Boxes of books, unpacked and handed over to schools.

Trees along the river

Hundreds planted on the banks of the River Yala.

Desks delivered

Two lorries of school desks, loaded and driven out.

End Polio Now

Rotary has been finishing one job since 1985.

Rotary committed to a polio-free world before most of this club’s members were born. With its partners it has helped immunise more than three billion children in 122 countries, and cut cases by over 99% since 1988.

Wild polio now survives in two countries. Finishing it is what Rotary means by lasting impact — and giving to The Rotary Foundation is one of District 9216’s four priorities this year.

Learn about End Polio Now

99%
Fewer cases than in 1988: 3bn
Children immunised: 122
Countries reached: 2
Countries where it remains

What we ask of ourselves

The Four-Way Test

Rotarians have measured what they think, say and do against the same four questions since 1932.

Is it the TRUTH?
Is it FAIR to all concerned?
Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

Club life

Five groups, one club

Members are organised into five buddy groups, each small enough that people notice when you are missing. In a club of forty-seven, that counts for a great deal.