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At last year’s United Nations’ Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, Rotary International President Shekhar Mehta vowed to lead the way on a mangrove planting project to combat climate change. Now, 10 countries have agreed to support the project. By Doug Wills A pledge made at COP26 to restore vital coastal regions with mangroves in […]
Rotary SAFE Families has had its Guide for Prevention of Abuse in Australia translated into five languages to inform our non-English speaking communities on the prevention of family abuse. Rotary SAFE Families has continued to work hard with its commitment to engage Rotarians and the Australian public to become responsible and informed in how to […]
By Nicole ShanksPublic Relations Director, Rotary Club of Dubbo West The Rotary Club of Dubbo West became involved with the Western Cancer Centre in 2015, when doctors Florian Honeyball and Colin McClintock came to their meeting as guest speakers to discuss the need for a positron emission tomography (PET-CT) scanner in Dubbo. This piece of […]
By the Rotary Club of Dubbo For the past two years, the Rotary Club of Dubbo has hosted Santa photos with a difference. Drawing on what had been an unusual and often unsettling time for people, the club came up with Santa Paws – photos of pets with Santa. With pets often being the only […]
Rotary clubs throughout Christchurch, NZ, have been working with She Is Not Your Rehab founders, Mataio and Sarah Brown, to help spread the global anti-violence movement they birthed from a barbershop. By Jack CampbellRDU Intern Mataio Brown is the face behind ‘She Is Not Your Rehab’, a powerful personal account of hurt and healing inspiring […]
The National Cartoon Gallery is Australia’s only dedicated cartoon gallery, exhibiting the largest private collection of contemporary cartoons in the Southern Hemisphere. It is organised by the Rotary Club of Coffs Harbour City. The original gallery is housed in an underground WWII bunker that has been converted into a funky exhibition space. The creation of […]
Heather Mayne chose Youth Insearch as her DG partner’s project. Youth Insearch is one of Australia’s most successful youth intervention programs, having helped more than 32,000 young people rebuild their lives since 1985. It is a peer-to-peer program led by youth, with the support of adults and mental health professionals. “Suicide is the biggest killer […]
Tasmanian Rotarians Phil and Joyce Ogden mount their tandem bicycle to stage an epic fundraiser in support of Rotary’s End Polio Now campaign. PDG Bob AitkenRI End Polio Now Coordinator, Zone 8, 2018-22Rotary Club of Lower Blue Mountains, NSW With 30 years of tandem cycling behind them, the duo will leave Perth, WA, on May […]
The Northwest Regional Careers Expo is coordinated each year by the Rotary Club of Tamworth First Light. The expo helps the region’s students navigate the extensive career pathways available to them. With over 70 exhibitors, the expo is the largest in the region. Exhibitors range from local businesses, leading universities and colleges, registered training organisations, […]
It took two years for COVID-19 to reach American Samoa, but since breaching its shores earlier this year, it has sent the island nation into lockdown, with limited business territory-wide. Thousands of residents now face reduced work hours or have been laid off completely. Among those most affected are low-income homes and ‘non-essential’ workers, who […]
The Burindi Campdraft has been operating for 27 years and is the major fundraising project of the Rotary Club of Barraba; a small, dedicated club in the New England region of Northern New South Wales. It is the hometown of INXS founding band member and singer/songwriter Andrew Farriss, and country singer and harpsichord maker Bill […]
A collaboration between three Rotaract MDIOs across the globe is raising awareness of Rotary’s newest area of focus – protecting the environment. By Jack CampbellRDU Journalism Intern During the devastating 2021 wildfires that burned across the Mediterranean, three Rotaract Multi District Information Organisations (MDIOs) – Rotaract Oceania, Rotaract Mediterranean and Rotaract Europe – came together […]