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In 2020, the Rotary Club of Browns Bay, Auckland, NZ, launched its Mural Project following a proposal by member Murray Allison in conjunction with Long Bay College’s art department. A design competition sponsored by the club tasked students with producing a mural of a local scene, and four submissions were received in February 2021. The […]
In the lead up to National Reconciliation Week at the end of May, the Rotary Club of Darwin Sunrise (RCDS), NT, announced its commitment to develop a Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) throughout 2022 to acknowledge and respond to the impact of our colonial history. The club has been endorsed by Reconciliation Australia. Chartered on July […]
The spread of COVID through Western Australia’s communities severely affected the number of regular and corporate volunteers across the state’s five regional Foodbank branches and the Perth Centre for Hunger Relief. Foodbank is WA’s leading hunger relief charity, and each month provides food to more than 55,000 disadvantaged Western Australians. The charity serves as a […]
The Western Port Seagrass Partnership, led by Rotarian Dick Cox, is working hard to restore the ‘forests of the sea’ for generations to come. By Jack Campbell Rotary International Immediate Past President Shekhar Mehta has taken on mangrove restoration as an international environmental project, with 10 countries currently joining the cause (see Rotary Down Under, […]
In 2021, it was estimated more than 9,000 Western Australians were homeless. This is partly due to the end of the COVID-19 rent moratorium, and the numbers have continued to grow this year. Rotary is well equipped to address the problem and many West Australian clubs have been working on a number of homelessness projects. […]
By PDG Bob Aitken AMLower Blue Mountains Rotary Club, NSW The Rotary Club of Coolamon, NSW, and Past District Governor John Glassford have launched the unique concept of selling sunflower seeds to raise funds for the Ukraine Crisis Appeal. The beautiful sunflower is the national flower of Ukraine and John has connected with a generous […]
In November 2019, an opportunity presented itself to members of the Rotary Club of Hope Island, Qld, to support communities and families out west (particularly in the areas straddling the Queensland and New South Wales border), who were suffering from drought. Fodder for the West was created to raise funds to support farmers feed their […]
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 […]