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This year, Interplast’s volunteer surgical and healthcare teams are once again preparing to travel to developing nations across the Pacific to deliver life-changing surgery and care. The COVID-19 pandemic restricted Interplast to remote support for clinicians and patients in developing nations, for the first time since Rotary co-founded Interplast with the Royal Australasian College of […]
Since August 2020, the Rotary Clubs of Broadbeach, Gold Coast and Surfers Sunrise, together with the Rotaract Clubs of Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast Makers, Northern Gold Coast, and Nordwest (Germany), have been jointly implementing a three-stage project to substantially improve the facilities at the Mauna Hospital, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu. The project was initiated by a […]
By Graham JonesChair, Malaria Vaccine Project Launched in March 2017 by then Governor-General of Australia, the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK AC CVO MC (Retd), the Malaria Vaccine Project (MVP) is a partnership between District 9640 and the Institute for Glycomics at Griffith University. The aim of the project is to provide funding for Professor […]
By David Baguley The Botanical Bazaar is a unique grass roots community event that educates and inspires nature enthusiasts of all ages. Staged by the Rotary Club of Gold Coast, it has become the Gold Coast’s premier gardening and sustainability living festival. Not only is the Botanical Bazaar the club’s major fundraiser, it is also […]
Wheelchair Mobility Trust is a project of the Rotary Club of Surfers Sunrise. In developing countries that don’t have adequate healthcare facilities, immobility in children causes a major drain on families and communities and often leads to the child being disowned because they are seen as a burden. On a holiday to Fiji in the […]
For more than 40 years PDG Simon Manning, of the Rotary Club of Kapiti, has been an important part of the New Zealand funeral services industry, especially for his involvement in the disaster victim identification process. By David HaxtonEditor, Kapiti News Simon, from Raumati South, has been made a Companion of the Queen’s Service Order […]
Kaileen Casey, partner of Immediate Past District Governor Jeff Egan, adopted SolarBuddy as her partner project throughout 2021-22. SolarBuddy is an Australian charity uniting a global community with a big dream to gift six million solar lights to children living in energy poverty by 2030, to help them study after dusk and improve their education […]
The Little Blue Shed brings skills, education, employment and hope to girls and women living in East Rural Uganda. Tanja Curcic, of the Rotary Club of Taree, NSW, had a stirring in her soul to assist women living in Africa following a life-changing visit to Uganda in 2010. Mama was sitting inside a blue shed […]
Each ANZAC Day, the Rotary Club of Mt Warning AM, NSW, adorns the Murwillumbah Bridge with thousands of gorgeous handmade bright red crocheted and knitted poppies as a tribute of respect and remembrance to those who have served in all wars, conflicts and peacekeeping operations. “We definitely put smiles on people’s faces when placing the […]
New South Wales Rotarian Ken Hutt set out to paraglide from the top of Mount Everest, and while he didn’t make it, his message to end polio did. By Julius Dennis, ABC News Ken’s quest to become the oldest person to paraglide from the top of Mount Everest ended in near tragedy at the end […]
Serendipity and perhaps a little heavenly help shone down on Ballina resident Julie Alder in May, when members of the Rotary Clubs of Lismore and Ballina-on-Richmond, NSW, handed over a near-new Jayco Journey Outback caravan to her and her young family. A single mum of four, Julie and her children had been living with friends […]
The successful Riccarton Market, run by the Rotary Club of Riccarton, has been operating for more than 30 years and is now a local icon. From humble beginnings as a ‘boot sale’ in the carpark of Riccarton Mall, the market outgrew multiple venues before establishing itself at Riccarton Park, where it remains today. At its […]