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By Tony ThomasRotary Central Melbourne, Vic Victoria’s first Rotary Peace Scholar, Tania Miletic, has kept up her peacebuilding theme ever since District 9800 sent her to two years’ MA studies at the International Christian University (ICU) Rotary Peace Centre in Tokyo, Japan, in 2002. She is now Assistant Director working to help establish an Australian […]
By PDG Bob Aitken AMRI End Polio Now Coordinator, Zone 8 With World Polio Day behind us, Rotary clubs turn their attention to the entire range of Rotary Foundation programs in November. However, it is still important to recognise the vital importance of ongoing financial support for the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. Thank you to […]
In 2016, following a devastating 7.8 earthquake the previous year, the Rotary Club of Westhaven, NZ, began working with The Himalayan Leaky Foundation of Nepal (HLF) on a number of projects. Following a visit to the Thamdanda community in the Kavre District of Eastern Nepal, where he observed how the devastation from the earthquake was […]
Rotary presence in the Pacific region was recently bolstered by the return of Rotary to the small island nation of Kiribati. The newly chartered Rotary Club of Tarawa, Kiribati, has hit the ground running by partnering with the Rotary Club of Richfield, US, and the Rotary Club of Otahuhu, NZ, to score a whopping $100,000 […]
The Supurunda Water Supply Project in PNG has been a benchmark project for Rotary. In 2018, eight villages covering five culturally diverse groups agreed to put aside past enmities to ensure they could enjoy the mutual benefits of a safe, clean water supply. The resultant water system is now a common and enduring thread that, […]
Rotary clubs in Australia and New Zealand have contributed to the largest-ever Rotary Foundation Grant to fund vital healthcare equipment on the world’s largest purpose-built NGO hospital ship, operated by Mercy Ships.The Global Mercy launches in 2021 and will double the NGO’s healthcare impact throughout West Africa by providing six surgical specialities, as well as […]
Our key international project to celebrate the 2021 centenary of Rotary in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, Rotary Give Every Child A Future, is now underway. Working in partnership with UNICEF, it is introducing three vaccines into nine Pacific Island countries. Raising funds to complete this project is a priority. Diseases such as pneumonia […]
The opportunities to work with and assist communities within the scope of Rotary’s seven Areas of Focus are endless. Projects can be big or small, span a few days or several years, involve a handful or a horde of people, be local or international. But for every project’s differences, there are some elements that remain […]
By Barry RassinPresident, Rotary International 2018-19Trustee, The Rotary Foundation I would like to share a story of hope from Malawi, East Africa, where Esther and I had the opportunity to visit a local school. Rotarians showed us the two toilets and water pump they had put in the school using a global grant.They had matching […]
Multiply the impact of your GIVING Our apologies! It turns out we’ve only been telling you half the story about the benefits of contributing to the Foundation’s Annual Fund. You probably know that with the Annual Fund’s ‘Share’ feature, half of your contribution is used by the Foundation to fund programs like global grants, while […]
In May 2018, the Victorian State Government announced they would be giving Victorians the opportunity to acquire one of 134 retired W Class trams. The Rotary Club of Diamond Creek, Vic, was approached by the Diamond Creek Country Fire Authority (CFA) and the Diamond Creek Men’s Shed to put in a joint submission to acquire […]
The Rotary Foundation is dedicated to assisting Rotarians Do Good in the World. By delivering financial resources and facilitating new connections, the Foundation helps clubs and districts work together to perform meaningful, sustainable service – whether in their own communities or around the globe. Our top-rated, award-winning Foundation has spent billions of dollars on life-changing, […]