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By Rob ByrneSenior coordinator, The Rotary Foundation When a club delivers real humanitarian impact through great service projects the club becomes much stronger as a result. What’s not always apparent is the role The Rotary Foundation plays in enabling club members to deliver projects that truly make a difference in the world. For example, a […]
Emily Nabakooza is a recent UQ Peace Fellow graduate who is using her fellowship knowledge and leadership skills to improve conditions for women and girls in Uganda. Emily graduated from UQ in 2019 and founded Assisi Centre for Social Justice and Peace in Uganda. Assisi Centre focuses on youth-oriented social change and promotes an equal, […]
To make a difference to the lives of millions of people around the world. By PDG Grant SpackmanAssistant Regional Rotary Foundation Coordinator When you make a donation to The Rotary Foundation, you are helping Rotary members make a difference to the lives of millions of people around the world by promoting peace, preventing disease, supporting […]
Several Rotary clubs across two clusters in Brisbane have banded together to partner with local refuges for women and children who are victims of domestic violence. The Domestic Abuse Committee of Riseley and Huang Clusters is now comprised of seven clubs and supports five refuges. Originally conceived in 2019 by the Rotary Club of Kenmore, […]
The Rotary Club of Whakatane, NZ, has continued its long-standing relationship with Taveuni Island in Fiji, with the official opening of a kindergarten classroom block at the Wairiki Holy Cross Primary School on the island. Building and funding the facility through the trials of COVID-19 proved a challenge for the Rotary club and locals alike. […]
Since the beginning of the year, the Greater Sydney area has experienced multiple severe flooding events, in one case receiving eight months of rain over four days. These events have caused devastation and distress throughout the region, with tens of thousands displaced. Witnessing how devastating the latest floods in the Camden and Hawkesbury areas were […]
TIB is a project of the Rotary Club of Paddington. Since this project was featured in the February 2020 edition of Rotary Down Under, it has continued to go from strength to strength. They now have a 20-member team led by founder and project manager Jeanette Johnstone, technical lead Patrick Hackett, and John Lawrence, who […]
Photos: @euvouepronto A project of the Springs of Hope Foundation, the Kijiji Mission is supported by the Rotary Club of Brisbane Mid-City. The Mission is located in Nakaru, Kenya, and is committed to empowering Kenya’s growing number of young, single mothers, who have some basic education skills, by teaching them the skills needed to become […]
When it comes to conservation, even the little guys – like New Zealand’s native copper skink – deserve a helping hand in order to thrive. Fourteen native copper skinks, or mokomoko, were recently rescued from a housing development site in Te Awamutu – a town in the Waikato region in the North Island of New […]
The Travelling Jackaroo Tractor is a fundraiser supported by the Rotary Club of Maleny. Sam Hughes, a 19-year-old from Maleny, is driving a fully restored 1960 Chamberlain 9G tractor, which he has named Slim, 13,500km around Australia. The trip will raise funds for the Royal Flying Doctor Service, Dolly’s Dream and Drought Angels. It is […]
The 2023 AGFR Annual Tournament at Tura Beach brings together Rotarian golfers and their partners from across Australia for a wonderful week of competition, fun and fellowship. Rotarian golfers and partners are heading to the Sapphire Coast in 2023, when the Australian Golfing Fellowship of Rotarians (AGFR) holds its 45th annual tournament at Tura Beach […]
The Rotary Club of Unley, SA, marked Rotary’s centenary with an innovative horticultural project to be enjoyed by Adelaideans for decades to come. The ‘Circle of Trees’ was organised by the club’s Environment Committee to celebrate 100 years of Rotary in Australia and New Zealand. The idea for the garden came about while on a […]