Rotary International is an organization of service clubs known as Rotary Clubs located all over the world. It is a secular organization open to all persons regardless of race, color, creed or political preference. There are more than 32,000 clubs and over 1.2 million members world-wide. The members of Rotary Clubs are known as Rotarians. The stated purpose of the organization is to bring together business and professional leaders to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world. Members usually meet weekly for breakfast, lunch or dinner, which is a social event as well as an opportunity to organize work on their service goals.

Rotary's best-known motto is "Service above Self", and its secondary motto is "They profit most who serve best".

District 7030 is a unique District that can be regarded as a mini Rotary International.
The reason for this is that the District covers fourteen Countries with 69 Clubs meeting in 19 different territories across the District.

The actual geography is as follows starting in the South on the South American continent with French Guiana, Suriname and Guyana and as it goes north encompassing the Eastern Caribbean, or as some people may know it, part of the old British and French West Indies.

Moving among the clubs from North to South entails about 1656 miles of travel and all territories can be accessed by air. However it is cheaper to travel to some of the smaller islands by boat. For example it is normal to travel from St Vincent to Bequia by ferry.

Travel however is not easy. There are some territories without regular scheduled flights and this can be a challenge in creating any type of travel plan. Access to Suriname is made now through Trinidad where flights are available only a few days per week. French Guiana has regular service only from Martinique or Guadeloupe and can be costly.

Our District Conference is held in a different country each year and is attended by 300-500 persons depending on its location.

The conferences are all conducted in English but simultaneous translation into French is provided. Since our Dutch members from Suriname all speak English well, there is no need to translate into Dutch.