Rotary is defined as 'An organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide, who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations and help build goodwill & peace in the world'
![]() Rotary is the world's largest service organization with a global presence. Presently Rotary International has its presence in 216 countries & geographical regions and with a global membership of more than 1.2 million Rotarian volunteers across 34,000 Rotary Clubs worldwide. The Clubs are grouped into 534 Districts, and the Districts are organized into 34 Zones. Each Club is an independent unit and leads its own service projects, in collaboration and support from other Rotary Clubs and the Rotary District.
The motto of Rotary is 'Service Above Self'.
The object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:
Service efforts of the Rotary clubs are directed toward the following areas of focus:
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