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daughters , and their vision is categorically a technology-related one .
He adds : “ It makes me then reflect on how I do my work on a daily basis , right ? It makes me think of the advantage of building diverse teams . Focusing on bringing in people from different backgrounds , and different areas , encouraging team members to share different ideas . That really helps you build bigger , better and stronger teams . That , in turn , is what endows the organisation with vision , which is what an organisation needs if it is to be successful .”
Rotary ’ s reach : facilitating progress and areas of focus What Rotary does is unite people from all continents and cultures to take action , to deliver real , long-term solutions to the world ' s biggest problems .
“ We have about 1.4mn members across the globe , in 46,000 community-based clubs in 200 countries and territories ,” Downey says . “ The power of Rotary is really the people that are its participants .
“ We help facilitate the work that people are doing as part of their volunteering . We do that by connecting people for the service projects that they do , working with local organisations to facilitate that volunteer
“ Our seven different areas of focus are : Peace Building ; Disease Prevention ; Water and Sanitation ; Maternal and Child Health ; Education and Literacy ; Community and Economic Development ; and Protecting the Environment ”
CRIS DOWNEY DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY SERVICES , ROTARY INTERNATIONAL technologymagazine . com 259