By PDG Bob Aitken AMLower Blue Mountains Rotary Club, NSW The Rotary Club of Coolamon, NSW, and Past District Governor John Glassford have launched the unique concept of selling sunflower seeds to raise funds for the Ukraine Crisis Appeal. The beautiful sunflower is the national flower of Ukraine and John has connected with a generous […]
In November 2019, an opportunity presented itself to members of the Rotary Club of Hope Island, Qld, to support communities and families out west (particularly in the areas straddling the Queensland and New South Wales border), who were suffering from drought. Fodder for the West was created to raise funds to support farmers feed their […]
Wheelchair Mobility Trust is a project of the Rotary Club of Surfers Sunrise. In developing countries that don’t have adequate healthcare facilities, immobility in children causes a major drain on families and communities and often leads to the child being disowned because they are seen as a burden. On a holiday to Fiji in the […]
Kaileen Casey, partner of Immediate Past District Governor Jeff Egan, adopted SolarBuddy as her partner project throughout 2021-22. SolarBuddy is an Australian charity uniting a global community with a big dream to gift six million solar lights to children living in energy poverty by 2030, to help them study after dusk and improve their education […]
The Little Blue Shed brings skills, education, employment and hope to girls and women living in East Rural Uganda. Tanja Curcic, of the Rotary Club of Taree, NSW, had a stirring in her soul to assist women living in Africa following a life-changing visit to Uganda in 2010. Mama was sitting inside a blue shed […]
New South Wales Rotarian Ken Hutt set out to paraglide from the top of Mount Everest, and while he didn’t make it, his message to end polio did. By Julius Dennis, ABC News Ken’s quest to become the oldest person to paraglide from the top of Mount Everest ended in near tragedy at the end […]
Serendipity and perhaps a little heavenly help shone down on Ballina resident Julie Alder in May, when members of the Rotary Clubs of Lismore and Ballina-on-Richmond, NSW, handed over a near-new Jayco Journey Outback caravan to her and her young family. A single mum of four, Julie and her children had been living with friends […]
At last year’s United Nations’ Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, Rotary International President Shekhar Mehta vowed to lead the way on a mangrove planting project to combat climate change. Now, 10 countries have agreed to support the project. By Doug Wills A pledge made at COP26 to restore vital coastal regions with mangroves in […]
Rotary clubs throughout Christchurch, NZ, have been working with She Is Not Your Rehab founders, Mataio and Sarah Brown, to help spread the global anti-violence movement they birthed from a barbershop. By Jack CampbellRDU Intern Mataio Brown is the face behind ‘She Is Not Your Rehab’, a powerful personal account of hurt and healing inspiring […]
Heather Mayne chose Youth Insearch as her DG partner’s project. Youth Insearch is one of Australia’s most successful youth intervention programs, having helped more than 32,000 young people rebuild their lives since 1985. It is a peer-to-peer program led by youth, with the support of adults and mental health professionals. “Suicide is the biggest killer […]
Government owned and Australian Landscape Trust managed Calperum and Taylorville stations have been adopted by D9510 as the centre for their ecology and environmental projects. This massive 337,000-hectare site in the Riverland of South Australia covers an extensive mallee forest dryland area as well as River Murray floodplains. This includes lakes, creeks and wetlands that […]
At the time of writing, it was Day 30 of Ukraine’s heroic resistance to a full-scale Russian invasion. A total of 977 civilian deaths (as of March 24), including 81 children, have been verified by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and an estimated two million people have fled […]