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A relatively new Rotary program is rescuing old playgrounds from landfill to bring joy to children in developing nations. The City of Greater Dandenong, Vic, typically replaces around four playgrounds per year. In the past, the old playgrounds have often gone straight to landfill. However, Melinda Bell from the Rotary Club of Greater Dandenong and […]
Incoming Rotary International president Shekhar Mehta has announced the 2021-22 presidential theme – Serve to Change Lives. He has urged members to become more involved in service projects, saying that caring for and serving others is the best way to live because it changes not only other people’s lives, but also our own. During his […]
Love was in the air this Valentine’s Day when District 9640 Governor Andy Rajapakse launched what could quite possibly be the cutest Rotary club in the world at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary on Queensland’s Gold Coast – the Rotary Club of Koala Lovers. The animal cause-based club is a first of its kind under Rotary International’s […]
Rotarian Ken Hutt is still planning to ‘jump’ off Mount Everest in his paraglider to raise money for The Rotary Foundation’s End Polio Now campaign. A member of the Rotary Club of Berry, NSW, Ken has a history with the highest mountain in the world, having led an expedition there to support the polio eradication […]
Despite world efforts over the past 40 years, hunger still claims a child’s life every three seconds. By Anne MatthewsD9560 Passport Club Hunger hides in every community. All over the world, Rotary supports programs to provide healthy food and develop sustainable solutions to food insecurity; however, despite all efforts, hunger still claims the lives of […]
During the charter of the Global Nurses & Midwives Rotary Club (GNMRC) on December 22, 2020, Charter President Wendy McIntosh was delighted to hear special guest, RI President Holger Knaack, state; “The world has never before seen a Rotary club of nurses and midwives. A totally innovative idea”. His words were a fantastic endorsement of […]
Sometimes the peace Rotarians seek to make is a local matter. Very local. By Frank Bures Jean Best was about to resign from Rotary. It was a sad day for her; she loved being a Rotarian. But she had become enmeshed in a conflict with another member of her club. Although she tried to engage […]
By Amy Fallon Volunteering isn’t that common in Ahmed Tohow’s homeland. A Somali refugee, he lived through a deadly civil war and famine that killed hundreds of thousands of people. But Ahmed, the first African to receive the Rotary Club of Melbourne’s Senior’s Award for 2020-21, has certainly done plenty of that since moving to […]
By John OxenfordInternational Director, Rotary Club of Bribie Island Initiated in the early 2000s, more than 1500 students have since graduated from Rotary International’s Peace Fellow program, typically going on to have careers in community building and development, conflict resolution and policy development. It is challenging work, often undertaken in dangerous parts of the world. […]
The Rotary Club of Melbourne, Vic, is inviting all Rotary clubs to become ambassadors for the Rotary SAFE Families program to promote family peace and harmony, and help prevent family abuse. Rotary SAFE Families (SAFE = Stopping Abuse in Families Everywhere) was created in 2019, following the Rotary Club of Melbourne’s adoption of a family […]
By Gabe HauD9800 PeacebuildingCommittee Chair Institute for Economics and Peace Ambassador Why Peace?During Past Rotary International President Ian Riseley’s term in office, a number of peace summits were held around the world. The last one was the Toronto Peace Summit, held just before the 2018 Toronto Convention. It was around this time that Rotary International […]
Chair of the Rotary Action Group for Peace, District Governor Alison Sutherland, says it is a privilege to see the group grow as it strives to advance peace in an ever-changing world. he Rotary Action Group for Peace was founded approximately 12 years ago, making slow and steady progress towards its mission of ‘engagement, education, […]