In July 2020, Pam Pritchard and the Rotary Club of Turramurra made a strong connection with Moree East Public School, a disadvantaged school where 87 per cent of the students come from the Indigenous community. It was the beginning of lockdown and a survey by Principal Lorinda Potter showed that 117 computers were needed for […]
In 2011, Barbara Parkins left her comfortable home on the mid-north coast of NSW and boarded a plane for Kenya. She could never imagine that this would soon become her permanent home. “As I landed in Kenya, I felt like I was coming home,” Barbara says. “I travelled throughout the country undertaking auditing and looking […]
Under the leadership of Jennifer Hartnett, the Rotary Club of Upper Blue Mountains Sunrise Cookbook Project honours the legacy of the late Irene Reid and the selfless work she undertook within the community as a chef, hospitality manager and caterer. Launched on November 29, 2022, It’s Not Just a Cookbook is produced mostly from Irene’s […]
In 2012, Penelope Vos, now a member of the Rotary E-club of Greater Sydney, received a message from Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo: “Ĉu vi povas helpi nin?” The writer was a member of a tiny local charity, Solidareca Bonvolo (SBV), supporting the poorest orphan children by paying their school fees. The founders […]
Rotary DCaf was first launched as a pilot study in November 2018. It was the brainchild of a group of Rotarians on Sydney’s North Shore, who wished to provide a fun and safe social space for dementia sufferers. The team came up with the catchy name and a plan of how it would come together, […]
By Kylie Hatfield When then Rotary International President Jennifer Jones visited Nepal in December 2022, she stopped by The Didi Foundation, one of only two organisations to receive a visit during the whirlwind trip. Described as “such an honour” and “inspiring” by The Didi Foundation’s founder, Jan Pryor, Ms Jones’ visit highlighted that the charity’s […]
This year will see the completion of the Rotary Club of Mosman’s first scholarship awarded to a successful student through the Harding Miller Education Foundation. With each full scholarship supported by a donor, or donor organisation, Harding Miller matches the scholarship – so two for one! The Harding Miller Education Foundation was established in 2015 […]
The Rotary Foundation has just introduced a new kind of grant for deployment in Australia and Brazil – Corporate Social Responsibility Grants, or CSR Grants. The goal is to attract financial backing for Rotary projects from for-profit organisations. CSR Grants combine the simplicity of a District Grant and the scale of a Global Grant. The […]
The highly acclaimed global World Press Photo Exhibition, which is seen by millions each year, returns to Auckland, NZ, for the first time since 2019 to showcase and celebrate photojournalism and documentary photography of the past year. The annual exhibition, which is seen in over 60 cities around the world, now includes Tāmaki Makaurau once […]
Harnessing the power of working collaboratively, six Napier Rotary clubs have turned a grand idea on paper into reality, with the creation of more than 50km of pathways and cycleways around the Hawkes Bay city. In 2002, then Councillor Barbara Arnott had the vision to provide Napier with a comprehensive system of safe pathways circumnavigating […]
Protecting our oceans from waste has been the focus of the Rotary Club of Tauranga Sunrise’s environmental program recently, installing drain socks on two major storm water outlets that drain into the beautiful Tauranga Harbour. Club Director Michelle Beaton says the drain socks (sausage-shaped nets) were fitted over the two outlets towards the end of […]
New Little Penguin (or Fairy Penguin) nesting boxes, made by members of the Rotary Club of Palm Beach, WA, have the potential to revolutionise artificial nests worldwide, according to club member and bird specialist Rick Dawson. A heat trial of the boxes has been running on Western Australia’s Penguin Island to assess if double wood […]