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We donate €3,000 to the Carrera por la Vida Foundation
9 Nov 2024
€3,000 donation to Fundación Carrera Por La Vida/Walk for life. Once again our club organised, together with Club Tenerife Másters and Fundación Carrera Por La Vida/Walk for life, the 'SWIM FOR LIFE' event. All proceeds go to the Foundation's projects. The handover was made by our president Carmen Nieves
Rotary Club Tenerife Sur and Solidaridad Esperanza de los Pueblos were present today at the Volunteer Fair
9 May 2025
Rotary Club Tenerife Sur and Solidaridad Esperanza de los Pueblos were present today at the Volunteer Fair organised by the Tenerife Island Council around the Los Cristianos Cultural Centre. A great opportunity to meet other organisations that, like ours, have only one goal: to help others.
Our 2024 student exchange youth share their experiences with us
9 Dec 2024
Yesterday at our weekly meeting, and as at every end of the school year, we were visited by the three exchange students we sent to Thailand, the United States and Austria. Saimi, Tania and Rodrigo, accompanied by their families, delighted us by sharing their experiences, and it was clear that it was something unforgettable that will stay with them for life.
We have our Christmas Lottery number. Good luck!!
7 Oct 2024
Many topics were discussed today at our weekly ordinary meeting, and we were also visited by fellow Rotarians Rega Martínez and Rosa Cardera from Rotary Rosas Empuria Brava-Gerona. Also, as every year, our fellow Rotarian Pepe Casellas has brought us the National Lottery number that the club sells to raise funds for our social work.
Our thanks to Jugueterías Arvelo
7 Jan 2025
As every year at this time we would like to thank JUGUETERÍAS ARVELO for their unwavering support of our work
THE DIVINE, THE HUMAN AND THE CRUEL. A PSYCHOLOGICAL AUTOPSY OF THE PASSION OF CHRIST
7 Apr 2025
Today we combined our weekly meeting with the conference given by psychiatrist Eduardo Vera at the new El Barranco cultural space in Adeje, entitled The Divine, the Human and the Cruel. A Psychological Autopsy of the Passion of Christ – a scientific and spiritual study that from the field of forensic psychology offers an explanation of what happened there and, among many other things, shows us the importance of EMPATHY.
Everyone against the DANA (storm)
6 Nov 2024
IT IS TIME TO HELP. ROTARY GUARANTEES THAT 100% OF FUNDS WILL GO TO THOSE AFFECTED BY THE DANA. ALL TOGETHER!! Our fellow Rotarians in the area have been helping from the very first moment.
The International Youth Exchange programme is one of our best contributions to promoting Peace
5 Oct 2024
From Ávila our fellow Rotarian Mariví Gracia sends us these photos of our Canary Islands inbounds together with the rest of the 30 exchange students from district 2201 #rotaryexchange. From our club we have Annamaria Fogel from Germany, Noanne from France through La Laguna Club and Marta from Italy through Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Club.
An unforgettable morning
31 Aug 2024
Our Solidarity Tournament has been a great success thanks to the incredible effort and support of everyone involved
Thanks to Sergio González and the rest of Titsa staff for the toy donation
3 Jan 2025
As in previous years we would like to express our thanks to Sergio González and all Titsa staff for the donation of toys given to charities including ours. Thanks to solidarity actions like this we can significantly improve the support we offer to the most disadvantaged families.
As every year… Swim for Life
29 Sep 2024
Once again our club has co-organised, together with Club Tenerife Másters and the Carrera Por La Vida/Walk for Life Foundation, the SWIM FOR LIFE event, taking part in a solidarity-filled and fun Sunday at T3 – Tenerife Top Training, a solidarity and sporting action whose proceeds go entirely to the Foundation's projects.
Informal members' gathering at Beach Club OA
29 Jul 2024
Yesterday Monday we held an informal members' gathering at the magnificent Beach Club OA facilities at Hotel Villa Cortes, where we are always treated with great warmth. There we toasted to our club, which, although it will not hold any regular meetings during August, will continue working tirelessly on the various open projects such as the Sensory Farm (ASD), Rotary La Palma Educational Centre, University of La Laguna Scholarships, Solidarity Food Bank, Rotary Club Tenerife Sur Solidarity Golf Tournament and many others.
Strengthening the bonds of friendship
29 Dec 2024
At this special time of year we Rotarians foster our bonds of friendship even more, one of the pillars of our organisation. HAPPY HOLIDAYS
Our president receives an award at the XXXI Adeje Summer University
26 Jul 2024
Today our president Carmen Nieves Rodríguez Fraga was awarded a prize alongside four other people at the XXXI edition of the Summer University. Adeje Council presented the 1st UVA Awards Gala to recognise key figures in the history of the Adeje Summer University.
OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE CLUB BY THE ROTARY DISTRICT 2201 GOVERNOR
25 Nov 2024
We warmly welcomed our District Governor, Luis Gómez-Ojero Martínez, who was accompanied by his provincial representative, Omar Bahaya, on his traditional official visit with the aim of exchanging experiences and coordinating actions among the hundred or so clubs in District 2201 of Spain.
World Polio Day celebration in Adeje
24 Oct 2024
Yesterday, 24 October, as every year, our club joined the World Polio Day celebration at a special event in Adeje's Plaza de España, with many Rotarians and residents who also want to support this cause. Our president Carmen Nieves and our District Governor's Representative Omar Bahaya addressed us there, alongside health authorities and doctors who also shared reflections on this serious disease.
San Juan Association Art Workshop-Gallery Project
24 Mar 2025
Today members of the San Juan Association of Adeje presented to us the ART WORKSHOP – GALLERY project that Rotary will fund through the organisation of a Solidarity Gala.
The Mayor of Arona, Fátima Lemes, visits our club
24 Jan 2025
Today we were visited by the Mayor of Arona Fátima Lemes Reverón, who before a large audience and accompanied by our president Carmen Nieves, shared her current vision for the municipality she leads. At the end of her presentation a Q&A session was held where attendees took the opportunity to ask the mayor for her views on the most current issues in the area.
We receive the ROTARY RECOGNITION award again
23 Sep 2024
As in recent years, and for the fifth year in a row, Rotary International has again awarded our club its most important accolade, the ROTARY RECOGNITION, which rewards the work carried out in the 23/24 Rotary year under the presidency of Cristina Gentile, effectively helping to CREATE HOPE IN THE WORLD.
The TEA SENSORY FARM moves forward
23 Dec 2024
Today is a very important day for us Rotarians in the south of Tenerife. A major solidarity project we have been working on and promoting for several years has begun: the construction of the LA GRANJA SENSORIAL TEA-Carlos Gonzalez Toledo in Las Zocas, San Miguel de Abona. In a few months it will be a reality.
The Rotary Club Tenerife Sur meeting room will be named «Sala Wolfgang Pollinger»
22 Jul 2024
From today our club's meeting room will be named «Sala Wolfgang Pollinger» in tribute to our late member whom we all remember with great affection. Both our president, Carmen Nieves Rodríguez Fraga, and his widow, Ane Ugarte, addressed the large group of Rotarians and friends present with moving words.
We met ANNA MARÍA our exchange student for this year and Rotaract presented their projects
21 Oct 2024
Yesterday Monday we had a weekly meeting full of good news. Our president Carmen Nieves brought us up to date on the most important events. We were also visited by Katerina, president of our Rotaract Tenerife Sur club, accompanied by some of her team, who explained the different projects they are working on.
Our thanks to KINETICS for their support of the Solidarity Food Bank
21 Oct 2024
Today we would like to highlight the constant support we have received from KINETICS for our Solidarity Food Bank over the past 4 years, donating various cleaning and hygiene products that are essential in the aid baskets we give to our users.
Our thanks to the CEPSA FOUNDATION
20 Sep 2024
Running the ROTARY SOLIDARITY FOOD BANK requires rigorous administrative control, so we are very grateful to the CEPSA FOUNDATION for donating a laptop that will make this important task easier. THANK YOU
Our president attended the opening of the ULL Tourism Degree at the Adeje campus
2 Oct 2024
Yesterday our president, Carmen Nieves Rodríguez, attended the opening of the academic year for the Tourism Degree at the Adeje campus. She had the opportunity to speak with the Rector of the ULL, Fran García, about the agreement we have recently signed to provide two scholarships for university students in the South.
Miraverde residents donate two tonnes of food to our solidarity food bank
2 Jan 2025
Residents of Miraverde in Adeje have donated to our Solidaridad Esperanza de los Pueblos food bank two tonnes of products worth €2,900 raised at a solidarity event organised by the residents. Exemplary citizens
Meeting with Rotaract member Victoria Ballesteros
19 Sep 2024
Our dear friend and Rotaract member Victoria Ballesteros presented us with a pin and pen from the Illinois – Bloomington-Normal Rotary Club. Further proof of the international character and warmth of our Rotary clubs. A big hello to Bloomington-Normal Sunrise Rotary
Regular meeting with our Rotaract Tenerife Sur youth
19 May 2025
After the renovation work carried out at the hotel, we have resumed our weekly meetings at our headquarters. On this occasion we were joined by some Rotaract members who shared their experience at the recent Ryla in Madrid and the projects they are working on.
Our «One Child, One Meal, One Book» project at the Adeje Summer University
19 Jul 2024
Today the Adeje Summer University was inaugurated and, among its first events, an exhibition by Conrado Díaz. En ella, el cuadro titulado “1+1+1”, que nuestro querido artista ha donado a nuestro club para colaborar con el proyecto 1 niño, 1 comida, 1 libro. Nuestra presidenta Carmen Nieves Rod
Our Solidarity Food Bank always works for the best quality
19 Jul 2024
At the Rotary Solidarity Food Bank we always aim to provide the most complete and varied basket possible. This week we were also able to add an exceptional product, bluefin tuna loin, thanks to the Fisheries Ministry sub-delegation inspectors who gave us three fine confiscated tuna weighing approximately 100kg in total.
Rotary Youth Exchange programme gathering
18 Jan 2025
This weekend saw the third training and gathering of the Rotary Youth Exchange programme, with no fewer than 99 people taking part.
We celebrate International Women's Day
17 Mar 2025
Our meeting last Monday was specially dedicated to International Women's Day. From our organisation we want to contribute to the fight for equality, with which many advances have been achieved, but not yet enough.
Rotary Exchange 2025/2026
17 Jan 2025
Student Youth Exchange programme: 5 candidates, two rebounds and our Inbound Annamaria on the way to the Sierra de Guadarrama for Rotary Exchange 2025-2026 training. Adding experiences and knowledge.
We are a very fortunate club
17 Jan 2025
Our club is very fortunate to constantly receive visits from fellow Rotarians from many clubs around the world. Yesterday, at our weekly meeting chaired by Carmen Nieves Rodríguez, we were visited by members from Germany, Finland, Belgium, Italy and Venezuela, a clear example of the great network of FRIENDSHIP that is our organisation, which we put at the service of our community with great enthusiasm, humanity and commitment.
Swim for Life in support of the fight against breast cancer
16 Sep 2024
Attention!! Swimming enthusiasts and anyone who wants to show solidarity. On 29 September we will hold the 9th edition of SWIM FOR LIFE, a sporting and solidarity event in support of women and men with breast cancer, a project run by the Carrera por la Vida Foundation.
Our thanks to Adeje Council for their continued support of our work
16 Sep 2024
Today we would like to recognise and thank the constant support provided by Adeje Council to the Rotary Club Tenerife Sur Solidarity Food Bank since its creation in April 2020, during the toughest period of COVID-19 lockdown, by offering us the wonderful facilities of the Costa Adeje Tourism Development Centre.
Our Student Exchange programme is a world benchmark
16 Sep 2024
And as every year, another International Student Exchange programme gets under way. Here we see IKER on his arrival in Houston, where his host family was waiting for him with enthusiasm. With that same enthusiasm we welcome ANNAMARIA to Tenerife from Germany. Everything is rigorously organised by our fellow members on the Exchange committee chaired by Mariví Gracia.
Rotarians inaugurate the VILAFLOR ROTARY FOREST
16 Nov 2024
To mark the 41st anniversary of the club's foundation, and in cooperation with Vilaflor Council, the VILAFLOR ROTARY FOREST has been inaugurated, in line with Rotary International's environmental guidelines. The event consisted of the club purchasing 41 native trees
Solidarity is an attitude that cannot be missing in any advanced society. WITHOUT SOLIDARITY THERE IS NO FUTURE
15 May 2025
Today we were visited at the solidarity food bank by Arona town councillor Ruth Martín, who took an interest in how we operate and offered words of thanks for our work. For our part we shared our concerns and our determination to continue our solidarity work.
Daniel Bazán talks to us about Rotary and the Rotary Foundation
15 Jul 2024
Thanks to our fellow Rotarian Daniel Bazán for his instructive talk today at the club. It is good to constantly review and remember what Rotary is and, above all, what our most important hallmarks are. Thank you Daniel!!
Thanks to the Bosque Productivo de Adeje for their continued support of our Solidarity Food Bank
14 Feb 2025
We would like to thank and recognise once again the exceptional work of Laura and her team at the Bosque Productivo de Adeje, where they grow with expert hands and caring hearts a great variety of fully organic vegetables, fruits and produce that are donated with much affection to our food bank.
Thanks to our Solidarity Food Bank collaborators
14 Aug 2024
Among all the collaborators of our Solidarity Food Bank, today we would like to highlight and thank three in particular: PARQUE CENTRAL DE ADEJE, who every week donate fruit, vegetables and produce grown with great care and which are a prized addition to the food baskets we distribute.
PAUL RUANE President of Rotary Club Tenerife Sur 2026/2027
13 Jan 2025
PAUL RUANE has been elected President of Rotary Club Tenerife Sur for the 2026/2027 Rotary year. CONGRATULATIONS
Rotary is a great international network of Friendship
13 Jan 2025
Our club is very fortunate to constantly receive visits from fellow Rotarians from many clubs around the world. Yesterday, at our weekly meeting chaired by Carmen Nieves Rodríguez, we were visited by members from Germany, Finland, Belgium, Italy and Venezuela, a true reflection of the great network of FRIENDSHIP that our organisation is, which we put at the service of our community with great enthusiasm, humanity and commitment.
Construction continues on the TEA SENSORY FARM
13 Jan 2025
Work on the SENSORY FARM we are building for the LA GRANJA SENSORIAL TEA Association is progressing well. Here are some photos of the current state. We will keep you updated
Surveying, layout and fencing work has begun on the ROTARY TENERIFE SUR SENSORY FARM
12 Nov 2024
Surveying, layout and subsequent fencing work has begun on the ROTARY TENERIFE SUR SENSORY FARM. The project has been designed and is being led by our fellow Rotarian and architect Juan Diego Mayordomo together with his team at PLACA ARQUITECTOS. The Sensory Farm is an outdoor space in the Las Zocas neighbourhood in the municipality of San Miguel de Abona.
Commander Leonardo Rey Rodríguez, Head of the Civil Guard unit in Playa de Las Américas, visited us
11 Nov 2024
This week we were visited by Commander Leonardo Rey Rodríguez, Head of the Civil Guard unit in Playa de Las Américas, who informed us about various aspects of the level of security we have in the Canary Islands and more specifically in the south and southwest of Tenerife.
We attended the 25th anniversary of the South Tenerife Business Circle
10 Oct 2024
Yesterday Thursday a large group of Rotarians attended the 25th Anniversary event of CEST. Our congratulations to CEST – the South Tenerife Business and Professional Circle – for all their work.
Our longest-serving member, Lennart Fröberg, aged 98, paid us a visit
10 Feb 2025
Yesterday we were visited by several fellow Rotarians from European clubs, and we thank them for their visit. We were also very pleased by the attendance of our longest-serving member, Lennart Fröberg.
Solidarity is in our DNA
1 Oct 2024
There are few things that comfort the soul more than, when receiving a call for help, being able to help immediately. In this regard, in recent weeks we have received an unusual number of calls at our Solidarity Food Bank from both families and public institutions asking us to help people who literally had nothing to eat. Of course we have responded to all of them quickly.
Happy New Year 2025
1 Jan 2025
Dear friends, I wish you a prosperous and happy 2025, for you and your families. May this new year give us the opportunity to strengthen our bonds of friendship, renew our commitment to service and, above all, make the projects we have underway a reality.
Rotarians support the Carrera por la Vida Foundation walk
1 Dec 2024
As every year we attended the Carrera Por La Vida Foundation / Walk for Life walk, supporting its work for people and families affected by breast cancer and raising awareness of the importance of early detection. A great organisational success. Congratulations.
ROTARY SOLIDARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT in support of the SENSORY FARM (ASD)
1 Aug 2024
Our Solidarity Golf Tournament is here and we are asking for your SUPPORT. Remember that our Rotary Foundation is a recognised Public Utility entity, so all those collaborators or sponsors who need it can obtain the corresponding tax deduction certificate.