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PRESIDENT JOHN KENNY’S
EMPHASES FOR 2009-2010
IF ROTARY IS TO STAY
RELEVANT IN THE 21ST CENTURY,
IT MUST WORK TO IMPROVE
- ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER,
- HEALTH
- COMBAT HUNGER, AND
- EXPAND LITERACY.
ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER
Kenny set water as his first emphasis because “it is the necessity of every man,
woman, and child. We could, I suppose, all live without oil, but none of us can
live without water.”
Kenny, who has worked consistently on water projects for the
past two decades, emphasized that water projects must also encompass
sanitation, “because without adequate sanitation, our good work is easily
undone.”
HEALTH AND HUNGER
Kenny described health and hunger as the tent within which
much of Rotary’s service dwells. Rotarians who work in the area of
health and hunger are also working toward peace.
“How can there be peace in the world when so many will try
to sleep tonight without having eaten today?” Kenny asked incoming
governors, assembled this past January for the annual International
Assembly in San Diego, California, USA.
LITERACY
Literacy rounds out Kenny’s emphases.
"In the words of Nelson Mandela, 'no country can succeed if its
future leaders are not educated,' " he said. “Whether Rotary will
thrive or falter, whether our service will mean much to many or little to few,
whether Rotary is known with respect or seen as a relic
of days gone by -- all this is up to you,” Kenny said.
“The Future of Rotary Is in Your Hands.”
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