For a planet with finite resources, we are consuming at a rate where we would need 2.8 Earths to sustain our consumption in 2019. The scale of this challenge may seem so extreme that we as individuals struggle to see how we can make a difference. One simple way we can all have a big […]
In 1981, Australian Rotary Health was born when $2 million was raised to fund research into Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. The findings by Professor Terry Dwyer, in a trial using 10,000 babies, produced outstanding results and helped save millions of lives worldwide. In 2000, ARH took the bold step to make its main research focus […]
Stuck for Christmas gift ideas for the grandkids or some good stocking fillers that also do good? Buy from a fantastic range of music and educational products by Australian Children’s Music Foundation (ACMF) founder and singer/songwriter Don Spencer, with proceeds donated back to the foundation. The ACMF provides free, long-term music programs and instruments to […]
By Lucy BladenThe Canberra Times Vincent Toto has a smile that could brighten up any room. But the toddler from the Solomon Islands hasn’t had an easy start to life. He was born with a gap between his stomach and oesophagus, which meant no food was able to get through. Vincent had a gastrostomy tube […]
Queensland Rail was a sea of red on Friday, October 23, when 100 Rotary clubs across three Rotary districts in Southeast Queensland – Districts 9600, 9630 and 9640 – collaborated for the Train Ride to End Polio Now campaign. Kicking off in Gympie at 5.56am, hundreds of Rotarians and Rotaractors jumped on and off at […]
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, many Rotary clubs have found it difficult to undertake events to raise funds to support their local communities… and The Rotary Foundation. The Rotary Club of Heidelberg, Vic, has initiated a long-term project that will generate ongoing funding for The Rotary Foundation on behalf of the many Rotary clubs across Australia. […]
The Rotary Club of Springvale City, Vic, recently took part in a remarkable project that is changing the lives of children in a remote province of Cambodia by providing hygiene and sanitation solutions for the SCCFA Pailin School. A $5000 district grant was matched by $5000 from the club, with additional funding made up by […]
By Tony ThomasRotary Central Melbourne, Vic Victoria’s first Rotary Peace Scholar, Tania Miletic, has kept up her peacebuilding theme ever since District 9800 sent her to two years’ MA studies at the International Christian University (ICU) Rotary Peace Centre in Tokyo, Japan, in 2002. She is now Assistant Director working to help establish an Australian […]
By PDG Bob Aitken AMRI End Polio Now Coordinator, Zone 8 With World Polio Day behind us, Rotary clubs turn their attention to the entire range of Rotary Foundation programs in November. However, it is still important to recognise the vital importance of ongoing financial support for the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. Thank you to […]
In 2016, following a devastating 7.8 earthquake the previous year, the Rotary Club of Westhaven, NZ, began working with The Himalayan Leaky Foundation of Nepal (HLF) on a number of projects. Following a visit to the Thamdanda community in the Kavre District of Eastern Nepal, where he observed how the devastation from the earthquake was […]
Rotary presence in the Pacific region was recently bolstered by the return of Rotary to the small island nation of Kiribati. The newly chartered Rotary Club of Tarawa, Kiribati, has hit the ground running by partnering with the Rotary Club of Richfield, US, and the Rotary Club of Otahuhu, NZ, to score a whopping $100,000 […]
The Supurunda Water Supply Project in PNG has been a benchmark project for Rotary. In 2018, eight villages covering five culturally diverse groups agreed to put aside past enmities to ensure they could enjoy the mutual benefits of a safe, clean water supply. The resultant water system is now a common and enduring thread that, […]