Accelerated growth in recent years has made it a major source of activities to provide humanitarian assistance , to enhance education and promote international understanding and peace.

        Among programs that the Rotary has undertaken in recent years , the largest is the Polio Plus , whose goal is the eradication of the polio disease throughout the world. To achieve this goal , Rotary is working with the World Health Organization UNICEF , the US center for Disease Control and Prevention , and the Task Force for Child Survival and Development , supplying funds for vaccine purchase and manpower for polio immunization campaigns in polio-endemic countries.