El-Shorouk Rotary Club was established in the great city of Cairo, the capital city of Egypt. The club was officially established in the year 2002 (I.D.#58324). In January 2006, the number of club members reached 28 and is expected to increase in the near future. The club meets every Tuesday at 7:30pm in the Salam Concord Hotel at Heliopolis.

Rotary was founded on the basis of exchanging information with people in diversified careers, fellowship and community service. It quickly became an idea whose time had come and spread into international service. Where else can you enjoy the fellowship of your community leaders, get involved with worthwhile community projects, meet people from all over the world and enjoy a good program?

As with any worthwhile endeavor, you will get out of Rotary much more than you put into it. However, you must make an effort to put something into it. This is not a lunch club; you can eat lunch anywhere. This is a service club. Rotary is the number one service club in the world. It will expose you to a wide range of service projects in your community as well as around the world. It will give you a chance to give back to your community some of the benefits your community has given you.

Rotary will also allow you the opportunity to make a difference in the world. Yes, the world. In 1985, Rotary International initiated a world-wide vaccine program. Its purpose was to inoculate the children of the world against the five major childhood diseases. As of January 1995 over 600,000 children in the world have been inoculated. This program wiped out polio in the western hemisphere as of September 1994. When this program is complete in the year 2005, Rotary will have directly or indirectly affected the lives of one out of four people living on the earth.