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The Rotary Peace Bell Albury Wodonga was a Rotary Club of Wodonga West initiative that brought a World Peace Bell to the Albury Wodonga region. The club wanted to increase peace awareness in the local community, in schools, businesses and homes. So, they set out to install a large Peace Bell that would become a focal […]
Calling all foodies and community champions! Leo’s Community Café is the best spot on the Northern Gold Coast to grab a delicious breakfast or coffee while making a difference in the community. Every cup counts! A project of the Northern Gold Coast Rotaract Club, the café operates out of The Meeting Place at 25 Leo […]
District 9790 Governor David McPherson asked his two children, Lily and Liam, to choose the organisation for his partner project during his term as governor. The inspiring project they selected was Wheelchairs for Kids. The Rotary Club of Scarborough in Western Australia founded this project in 1998. They started making wheelchairs from old bike frames […]
Slavery is not a word we hear too often in our day-to-day lives anymore. We certainly don’t associate it with developed countries like Australia. But slavery still exists, and it’s more common than you might think. ‘Modern slavery’ describes exploitative practices, including human trafficking, servitude, forced labour, debt bondage, deceptive recruitment for labour or services, […]
The sayNO2familyviolence initiative was initiated by the Rotary Club of Maryborough, Vic, in 2014. It started as a program to raise awareness of the problems associated with family violence in the Maryborough community. In 2017, the Rotary Clubs of Portland Bay and Portland made it a joint project in their local Glenelg shire. To top […]
Music for Dementia is an innovative program proving that music can help dementia patients and dramatically improve their quality of life. Extensive research has shown that the portion of the brain that contains music memories is the last to be affected in dementia sufferers. As a result, music can be used to engage with patients, […]
The Samaritan House Geelong Independent Living Unit Project is supported by the Rotary Club of Kardinia. The project involved the installation of seven independent living units within the existing Samaritan House property. The objective of the project is to provide homeless men an opportunity to experience self-sufficiency by residing in their own independent accommodation for […]
The Surf Coast Trek is an annual joint fundraising event run by Give Where You Live and Kids+, with funds raised shared equally between the two organisations. The Rotary Club of Kardinia is the main source of volunteers for the event, providing around 40 members who assist with event planning, logistics and pre-event packing of […]
The Bandari Project is a not-for-profit organisation helping break the cycle of poverty by providing education opportunities to underprivileged children and women in Mto wa Mbu, Tanzania. The project commenced in 2015, with Geoff Coxall, of the Rotary Club of Port Fairy, as one of the founding members. The Rotary Club of Bordertown is also […]
John Kirby from the Rotary Club of Mount Gambier Lakes is the treasurer of Klibur Domin, an aged and disability care facility in Timor Leste. Several District 9780 clubs, including Casterton and Hamilton, provide assistance to the facility. Since independence from Indonesia, Klibur Domin survived the terrible events that followed the referendum. In 2000, the […]
The Rotary Foundation’s Vocational Training Team (VTT) between Portugal’s Ponta Delgada, S. Miguel (Açores) (District 1960) and the Rotary Club of Ballarat South was designed to build forest fire management capacity and capability in Portugal. Across the entire rural landscape of Portugal there exists a community at risk from forest fires. This is mainly due […]
Rotary responds to the devastated communities of Türkiye and Syria. (Photos: Adem Altan/AFP) On February 6, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck southern Türkiye (formerly Turkey) near the Syrian border. This was followed almost nine hours later by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake situated approximately 95 kilometres to the southwest. More than 4,300 aftershocks have hit the […]