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Rotaract Ethiopia

One of the key focus areas of rotary is mentorship of the young to be able to have the necessary skills and guidance in becoming productive citizens of their society with the ideal of service and volunteerism. This is why as part of its international program for mentoring the young, rotary international formed one of the largest and primary youth service organizations in the world called Rotaract. Rotaract which means "Rotary in Action" is under Rotary international that constitute collections of youth. This started as a community service project by rotary clubs in the 1960s by sponsoring university youth groups and later on was approved as 1968 as an official program for Rotary Clubs. Global Membership

Today the global membership of Rotaract has grown into 7,300 clubs in more than 150 countries and has more than 145,000 members which are young men and women between the ages of 18 to 30. Each Rotaract club is sponsored by a local Rotary club. This sponsorship is a result of Rotary's belief that young people, or New Generations, should take an active interest in community life and have the opportunity for professional development. Under the guidance of the rotary clubs; Rotaract clubs engage in implementing different projects in various areas of professional development, leadership development and service projects leading up to international youth exchange programs, ambassadorial scholarships to eventually grow to be Rotary clubs. Goals of Rotaract

Rotaractors through their membership

Develop professional and leadership skills Emphasize respect for the rights of others Promote ethical standards and the dignity of all useful occupations Provide opportunities for young people to address the needs and concerns of the community and our world Provide opportunities for working in cooperation with sponsoring Rotary clubs Motivate young people for eventual membership in Rotary

History

The Rotaract history in Ethiopia goes back to the early 90s when interested Rotarians from Rotary club of Entoto and Rotary Club of Addis Ababa Bole facilitated and sponsored the establishment of community based two Rotaract clubs named Rotaract Club of Piassa and Rotaract Club of Richae. Sadly, as there was no strong linkage between the sponsoring Rotary clubs and the Rotaractors, both clubs during the coming years died out with their members moving on to assume higher personal and carrier responsibilities.

In 2002, the third Rotaract Club in Ethiopia (which is assumed to be the first existing club) – Rotaract Club of Mella thanks to the efforts of Rotary club of Bole lead by its committed members Past District Governor Dr. Tadesse Alemu and Past Country Chair Rt. Samrawit Moges- the then Next Generation Chair, and the young committed individuals who wanted to make a difference in the community they lived came to exist. RtC Mella did not only come to be a strong stable club throughout the years but played a major role in establishing other Rotaract clubs in institutions. Accordingly in 2003, Rotaract Club of Abugida in Unity University and Rotaract Club of Ra'ey in Addis Ababa University –Social science campus; and in 2004 Rotaract Club of Lewet in Addis Ababa University college of natural science campus was established and chartered.

Furthermore previous members of the intuition based RtC Abugida went on to establish Community based Rotaract clubs of Keroggie in 2004 and in 2007 Rotaract Club of Solyana while Rotaract Club of Atrons in 2008 was established by senior members of RtC Lewet. In addition to the 7 clubs, Rotaract Club of Andenet in Unity university, Rotaract Club of Alegnta, Rotaract Club of Habesha, Rotaract club of Lik, Rotaract Club of Alpha, and Rotaract Club of Wodya Mado were established and chartered. The establishment of Rotaract club of Tou in Ethiopian Airlines Ground Technician School and Rotaract Club of Finot in 2012 has brought the number of Rotaract clubs in Addis Ababa to 15.

The expansion of Rotaract out of Addis Ababa started with Rotaract Club of Blue Nile in Bahir Dar University in 2008, Rotaract Club of Keradion in Jimma University –Medical Faculty in 2008 and recently Rotaract club of Temsalet in Adama 2012.

In Ethiopia

Currently there are 14 active Rotaract clubs comprising over 600 active volunteers of different professional backgrounds. These clubs are chartered either as university based comprising of young students from the universities or community based that includes those that have entered the employment arena but still continue to serve their community along the way. It is believed that since 1992 more than 5,000 youth has passed through the doors of Rotaract engaging in fellowship through service in Ethiopia.