What is Rotaract?

Rotaract clubs are part of a global effort to bring peace and international understanding to the world. This effort starts at the community level but knows no limits in its outreach. Rotaractors have access to many resources of Rotary Foundation. Rotary International provides the administrative support that helps Rotaract clubs thrive. Each Rotaract club is sponsored by a local Rotary club. This sponsorship is a result of Rotary's concern that young people, or "New Generations", should take an active interest in community life and have the opportunity for professional development. Rotaract provides a vehicles through which New Generations can find that involvement. The Rotaract program gives Rotarians the opportunity to mentor dynamic young men and women interested in providing service to their own communities and the global community. Rotarians also serve as resources foe Rotaractors who are in the process of becoming professionals and community leaders. In turn, a Rotaract club can bring new energy to a Rotary club, inspire fresh ideas for service, increase support to projects, and help develop future Rotary club members. Rotaract clubs are self-governed and largely self-financed at the local level. Working in cooperation with their sponsoring Rotary clubs as partners-in-service, Rotaractors are an important part of Rotary's extended family.

You might ask, "What exactly does a Rotaract club do?" Rotaract club organize a variety of projects and activities, depending primarily on the interests of the club members. There are, however, three types of activities within the Rotaract program that all clubs undertake in varying degrees: professional development, leadership development, and service projects. Together these three areas ensure a balanced club program and provide important experience and opportunities for the personal development of each Rotaractor.

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