International Service encompasses actions taken to expand Rotary's humanitarian reach around the globe and to promote world understanding and peace.

One of the best examples of this is the "On To Uganda" project. Inside of a 23,000-pound shipping container, Rotarians built a complete x-ray lab and dental suite. To maximize the shipment, the container was fully loaded with two generators, 120 bags of clothing, and 40 bags of towels and bedding. The $100,000 worth of equipment and supplies took approximately two months to travel from Nevada City around the world to the Bwindi Medical Centre in Buhoma, Uganda to assist the Batwa Pygmies.

Another example is our support of the Paolo Escopeda School near San Jose del Cabo, Mexico. The rural school and dormitory has been an annual project for our club since 2001. Children are carpooled to school on Monday mornings and picked up Friday afternoons simply because it is less expensive to house the students in the dormitory than it is transport students everyday. Rotarians have replaced dilapidated dormitory beds, constructed a well for clean water, repaired a leaky roof, and most recently installed solar panels to give the school electricity.