Youth and their Future in Rotary In the several places that I have been and the several Rotary leaders with whom I have been talking to, some constant comments always appears and are constantly mentioned:
The average age of the members of our clubs have been growing steadily; We have not had successes in attracting young leaders to our clubs; Rotaractors are not admitted in our Rotary Clubs immediately after they comply with all pre-conditions to aspire such opportunity; America is a continent with an expressive young population and will maintain this profile for more 30 years.
At the same time, youth in Latin America have fought in great extent and with variable intensity from country to country, with problems in the areas of unemployment, school evasion, social exclusion, poverty, precarious quality of their houses and also in the areas of security and health, in particular related to early pregnancy and the increase of AIDS occurrences. There exist also some myths in relation to our Youth that must be better understood, which are, between others: Myth #1 - Young people have no worries. It is a Youth with no motivation - Well, exactly the contrary. If you just stop for a while and talk with them, you will verify that they are in permanent search
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