Past RI Director Noel Trevaskis honours a Rotary hero and urges all Rotarians to get behind The Sir Clem Renouf Polio Appeal. Part of being a Rotarian is aspiring to make the world a better place. One Rotarian who truly delivered on this promise was Sir Clem Renouf, who passed away on 11 June. Clem […]
The End Polio Train Ride is now an annual fundraising and public image event held across Sydney, with Dave and Mark Anderson riding 32 different trains to stop at all 189 stations on the Sydney network. This year the event will also run in Greater Brisbane, Qld, Auckland and Wellington, NZ. Over the past two […]
The passing of Rotary International’s polio icon Sir Clem Renouf on June 11 has inspired a group of Australian, New Zealand and Oceania Rotary leaders to launch the Sir Clem Renouf Polio Appeal in 2020-21. Sir Clem was Australia’s second president of Rotary International in 1978-79, and three fellow RI presidents, Australia’s Glen Kinross (1997-98), […]
In response to the rate of domestic and family violence in the community, the Rotary Club of Ballina-on-Richmond, NSW, has partnered with the Ballina Domestic Violence Liaison Committee to identify the best way forward in organising and delivering preventative programs to educate the community about domestic violence, respectful relationships and consent. “Unfortunately, domestic violence is […]
Rotary is enabling a ground-breaking social enterprise that trains capable youths from poor backgrounds into world-class software developers. Madagascar doesn’t often feature in the headlines. Many of us will quickly associate it with a series of animated hit movies. Others may recall a biodiversity hotspot containing five per cent of the world’s plants and animals. […]
Part of being a Rotarian is aspiring to make the world a better place. One Rotarian who truly delivered on this promise was Sir Clem Renouf, who passed away on 11 June. Clem hailed from Nambour, Qld, and was president of Rotary International in 1978-79. However, he will perhaps be longest remembered for the pivotal […]
An art exhibition by a leading Australian watercolour artist set the wheels in motion for the Life on the Land Appeal, which has raised more than $87,000 for drought-affected communities. Terry Jarvis is one of Australia’s most exceptional watercolour artists and, with his partner Michelle Kent, they wondered what they could do to help during […]
Rotaract, Rotary? Is there a difference you may ask? With the most recent elevate Rotaract announcement from Rotary International, there has never been a more resounding reason to say, ‘we are all Rotarians at heart’. Co-District Rotaract Representatives (DRRs) Alastair Sharpe and Kimberley Kerslake are the figure heads for Rotaract clubs in District 9630. They […]
In February 2018, a series of devastating earthquakes hit Papua New Guinea, triggering landslides in the Southern Highlands, Hela, Enga and Western Provinces. The once pristine landscape was ravaged and thousands of remote, impoverished villagers were impacted, with many lives lost and homes and food gardens destroyed. The adverse impacts were widespread and compounded by […]
After seeing reports of major child sexual abuse plastered over the front page of the West Australian newspaper in 2007, Holly-ann Martin rolled up her swag and set off to volunteer at two remote communities in the Kimberley. The experience highlighted the pressing need for more resources specific to the needs of Aboriginal children in […]
Part of being a Rotarian is aspiring to make the world a better place. One Rotarian who truly delivered on this promise was Sir Clem Renouf, who passed away on 11 June. Clem hailed from Nambour, Qld, and was president of Rotary International in 1978-79. However, he will perhaps be longest remembered for the pivotal […]
It wasn’t an easy start to life for young Māori woman Kriddles Roberts. Born into gang life, she experienced homelessness as a teenager on the streets of Sydney. However, by the time she was appointed the youngest ever president of the Rotary Club of Waitakere, NZ, in July, Kriddles already had an established reach within […]