Ten Rotarians honored as Champions of Change at White House

Ten U.S. Rotarians were honored by the White House on 20 April as Champions of Change for their exemplary humanitarian work locally and internationally.

At the daylong event, more than 160 Rotarians attended a morning round of briefings by U.S. government officials on topics including maternal and child health, disease prevention, economic development, youth and education, water and sanitation, and peace building.

RI President Kalyan Banerjee, addressing the session, said the 10 honorees clearly demonstrate a problem-solving spirit.

"Each of them identified a problem—whether it was water-borne disease or poverty or hunger or polio -- and they did something about it. But they did it in a way that works,” said Banerjee. "They worked closely with the community to ensure that the solutions they proposed were better than what was there before in all ways -- solutions that were workable, preferable, and -- and this is a key point -- sustainable.”

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