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Past District Governor Leanne Jaggs, of the Rotary Club of Manukau Sunrise Inc., grabbed the Handbags to Heal idea after reading an article in Rotary Down Under about a club undertaking a similar project. Leanne thought it was a great idea her club could try as a new project. After approaching members with the idea […]
On March 18, 2023, the Rotary Club of Casey, Vic, will once again run the Holland Festival at the Berwick Showgrounds, Akoonah Park. The festival ran for 40 years until 2014 and was then re-ignited very successfully as a Rotary fundraiser in 2017, 2019 and 2020, each time attracting between 4,000 and 5,000 visitors. The […]
In 2022, the Rotary Club of Savusavu, Fiji, built a lookout café above Urata Village. This ticks a whole column of boxes: up-skilling the local community, giving them a stake in tourism, environmental rehabilitation, establishing a highly attractive tourist stop on the Labasa-Savusavu Road. The café commands an iconic lookout site over Savusavu Bay that […]
Rotary’s theme for 2022-23 is Imagine Rotary, and it is easy to imagine the difference the following projects will make across the globe. The projects were all successful in gaining funding through the Rotary Club of Balwyn’s Centenary Grants scheme, which will see $1 million over six years donated to Rotary club projects. The second […]
Onja is a social enterprise in Madagascar that trains capable, underprivileged youth into world class software developers and places them in global tech teams. Initiated and led by Rotarian Simon Jones, with the backing of Kevin Kevany and Gary Key, from the Rotary Club of St Johns and District 9920, two global grants were awarded […]
After 10 years of dedicated community service, Graffiti Removal Australia has ceased operation. Following several unsuccessful attempts to obtain a decision from the NSW Government on future funding of Graffiti Removal Day, the Board of Directors of Graffiti Removal Australia agreed at their December meeting there was no other option but to shut up shop. […]
FORaMEAL is a project of the Rotary Club of Canterbury. The club has partnered with not-for-profit organisation Multicultural Australians Transforming and Engaging Society (M.A.T.E.S. for Change), which equips and challenges young multicultural Australians to participate in the social purpose sector. FORaMEAL provides emergency relief meals for those impacted by natural disasters. Each year more than […]
As well as numerous local projects, the Rotary Club of Essendon has a number of impressive international projects that are accredited by Rotary Australia World Community Service (RAWCS). All donations to these projects are fully tax deductible. The club has organised projects in the Philippines, Kenya and Bangladeshi, however, it is the support they have […]
Be Your Own Boss is a District 9800 recognition program for Vocational Services. The initiative came about following a collaboration between the Rotary Club of Brighton, Young Change Agents (YCA), Bayside City Council and local schools, to deliver YCA’s Explorer and Youth Incubator (YINC) programs to young people in the Bayside region. According to the […]
During the devastating bushfires in Gippsland over the summer of 2019-20, 15 million hectares of vegetation was burnt. This had an extensive impact on the unique Gippsland environment. Following the bushfires, a casual conversation between the incoming presidents of the Rotary Clubs of Bendigo South and Bairnsdale Sunrise turned into a large-scale project between clubs. […]
The renovation and re-establishment of the Kyebe Maternity Clinic is a project of the Rotary Club of Albert Park. The clinic is located in the Kyebe Sub-County, Kyotera District, Uganda, and is approximately 180km south of Kampala, the capital of Uganda. The facility was established in the 1950s to meet the medical needs of the […]
The Mock Job Interview Program is an initiative of the Rotary Club of Richmond. The project, organised in partnership with Melbourne Girls’ College, has been running for around 20 years. The object is to prepare students for successful careers by teaching them how to secure a job interview and how to perform during the interview. […]