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Climbing 27 metres up rigging, above a heaving sea, to unfurl or reef a sail for the first time, with a team of other first-time sailors, is one of the key challenges of sailing a square-rigged ship. This is usually made worse by the inevitable sea sickness in the first days on the open ocean. […]
With 73 members, the multi-award-winning Adelaide University Rotaract Club (AURC) is the largest Rotaract club in Australia and Zone 8. Because of its location, membership retention is always an issue as graduating members need to be replaced each year. Despite this, the club has been capable of incredible efforts. It has a dedicated focus on […]
All grown up and now a proud husband and father, infant burns victim Safari Kimanzi is giving back to his home community of Kasaala by helping young girls gain a secondary education. By Jack CampbellRDU Journalism Intern There is a well-recognised ripple effect when young female students gain secondary education. They tend to have children […]
Throughout late February and early March, unprecedented rainfall battered the east coast of Australia, resulting in one of the worst flooding disasters in the region’s history. From Maryborough, Qld, in the north to Camden, NSW, in the south, more than 25,000 homes and businesses were damaged, and 22 lives were lost. Following nine days stranded […]
By Grant GodinoPresident of the Rotary LGBT+ FellowshipRotary Club of Traralgon, Vic As I have started to share my ideas and stories about LGBT+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and gender diverse, queer, and questioning) inclusion in Rotary, I have heard so many of our leaders say to me: “We’re a really decent club/district. We don’t […]
With the exciting announcement in January that Pakistan was 12 months wild poliovirus free, editor of India’s regional Rotary magazine, Rasheeda Bhagat, speaks with TRF Trustee and Pakistan National PolioPlus Committee Chair Aziz Memon, as well as four regional polio chairs, about the challenges they’ve faced and what this milestone means for Rotarians across the […]
Give a Damn – Give a Can is an annual appeal and signature project of the Rotary Club of Traralgon Central, which aids the St Vincent de Paul Society. The appeal is organised by club members and has been running since 1992. Since its inception, club members have collected more than 240,000 cans of tinned […]
By Jack CampbellJournalism Student Wayne Jenkins is the key man behind the “harvesting” of old playgrounds for District 9820’s Rotary Overseas Relocated Playgrounds (RORP) project. Wayne has been involved with Rotary since 1992 when he attended his first meeting as a guest at the Rotary Club of Karratha, WA. Working abroad from 1998 – 2017 […]
The Peninsula Trail is a unique project that benefits from the official endorsement of all eight Rotary clubs across the Mornington Peninsula and was chosen to mark the 100th anniversary of Rotary in Australia. Since their first meeting in 2019, the cluster has worked with the council to develop around 100 kilometres of trails, walking […]
A number of long-term connections to the people of Bali resulted in a fun, Bali-themed evening, hosted by the Rotary Club of Carterton, NZ, to raise much needed funds for those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Twenty-three years ago, Carterton Rotarian and plumber Paul Garrett went to Bali volunteer at a school on Java Island. […]
Photos: @rhysmartinphotographer A collaboration between Rotary International, Rotary International South Pacific and Philippines Office (RISPPO), and Rotary Down Under has seen the recently chartered Rotary Club of Koala Lovers, Qld, take centre stage in a new public image campaign by RI. Aimed at highlighting contemporary Rotary projects in areas that have not often been covered […]
An innovative new technology using recycled plastic blocks is rebuilding schools and homes in earthquake-ravaged Indonesia – and at lightning speed. By Kylie Hatfield When earthquakes devastated villages across the island of Lombok, Indonesia, in 2018, the collapse of homes and school buildings displaced thousands of people and temporarily stopped the education of 4,000 students. […]