While there are more than 34,000 Rotary clubs in the world, only a few are caused-based. The Rotary Club of World Disability Advocacy is one of them.
 
Traditionally, Rotary clubs are centered on a geographic area such as a city, town, or region. Our Rotary club is centered on human rights for people with disabilities around the world.
 
Our club does have a community: advocates of the world. And it does have a region: the world. 
 
But our club is also providing a new direction for Rotary because we goes against tradition in many ways. Traditionally, every Rotary club works hard to get and keep new members. There are many reasons for that.
 
That said, our club does not have that challenge because everyday we hear from people who want to be a part of our cause. While many of these people had never heard of Rotary, they are now passionate about Rotary and its service-above cause, which brings them to learn about the wonders of Rotary.  
 
Many Rotarians don’t feel comfortable with change. But even Paul Harris, one of the founders of Rotary 116 years ago, said that if Rotary does not change with the times, it would not survive. 
 
Our worldwide movement has grown to 247 members, consisting of 90 Rotarians and 157 non-Rotarians from 19 countries. Welcome, new members and non-members. Your ideas and suggestions are also welcomed as we promote inclusion by being aware of our unconscious-bias challenges as we achieve success through education while maintaining a positive focus and direction on all people, everywhere, with disabilities.
 
For people with visible and non-visible disabilities, the two sets of human-rights needs are:
1.     Wheelchairs, hearing aids, food, shelter, etc.
2.     Encourage people with disabilities to empower themselves through training, education, self-improvement, skill building, and laws.  
Both are important and worthy for Rotary projects. The first need is more immediate and urgent while the benefits of the second need can last a lifetime. 
 
The members of the Rotary Club of World Disability Advocacy assisted by Rotarian and non-Rotarian members of the Rotary Disabilies Advisory Group are gaining support from an increasing amount of the 1.2 million Rotarians worldwide. Together with the rest of the world. we will strive to identify news and information items that serve as good examples for others to emulate