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Sir Clement William Bailey Renouf AM was born in Ingham, Qld, on April 19, He was one of six children who all spent two years at boarding school in Charters Towers, as there was no high school in Ingham. Sir Clem, who said after graduating from Year 9 “with a pass that was better than […]
During the one-hour event, the Governor-General and Mrs Hurley took part in the ‘Passing the Baton’ ceremony and the audience enjoyed musical performances by Josh Piterman, Nick Jones and Leo Sayer. To celebrate 100 years of Rotary in Australia and New Zealand, Rotary is reflecting and celebrating the past, but more importantly looking into the […]
Since The Rotary Foundation’s new grant system was adopted in 2013-14, Rotary International has supported six key Areas of Focus for Rotary projects (see page 12). Now, for the first time in history, a seventh Area of Focus has been unanimously approved by both The Rotary Foundation Board of Trustees and the RI Board – […]
There are an estimated 476 million Indigenous people in the world, living across 90 countries. They make up less than five per cent of the world’s population, but account for 15 per cent of the poorest. They speak an overwhelming majority of the world’s estimated 7000 languages and represent 5000 different cultures. Indigenous peoples have […]
Special thanks to all district teams in Australia and New Zealand who allocated 20 per cent of district designated funds (DDF) in their original The Rotary Foundation plan for 2019-20 – or recognised the shortfall in polio giving and tipped DDF residue into End Polio Now fundraising at year’s end. The call for a maximum […]
District 9570 can be immensely proud of the response it has delivered to victims of the devastating bushfires and drought in Queensland’s Bundaberg region. PDG Rod Medew, of the Rotary Club of Bundaberg East, was successful in applying for two Rotary Foundation Disaster Grants to assist farmers in the region. Within days, The Rotary Foundation […]
The playground will be close to the site of the long-gone Glen’s Ferry, which crossed the Yarra River at this point and gave its name to the area now known as Glenferrie. The site also has considerable significance for the local Indigenous people. The consortium is partnering with the City of Boroondara in the construction […]
A roadway to a remote hillside village in Timor-Leste, funded by Rotarians half a world away, has provided a lifeline for the 500 residents of Ai-Maulin.Until recently, access to the small, remote village of Ai-Maulin, nestled on a hilly slope in the limestone high country of Timor-Leste, was only possible by foot or horseback. Then […]
Two years in the making, two remote Philippine villages now have access to toilets, thanks to the combined efforts of several Australian clubs and districts and the Rotary Club of Intramuros, Manila. As you approach the village of Sitio Kawayan, in a mountainous area north of Manila, the first thing you see is a 1.5-metre-high […]
At the height of COVID-19 lockdown measures in New Zealand, necessity and ingenuity bred a solution to a crucial health challenge many countries were experiencing. A low-cost pandemic ventilator was developed by three neighbours – an engineer and two doctors – and is now in demand to help ease the burden of the pandemic on […]
The Rotary Club of Preston, Vic, actively supports the community outreach of Bridge Darebin and Reservoir Neighbourhood House (RNH), situated in Melbourne’s northern suburbs. Since March, the two community organisations have not been able to safely deliver their usual weekly food and social support services under the COVID-19 restrictions. Bridge Darebin normally runs a free […]
When the Papua New Guinea Midwives Society (PNGMS) reached out to the Australian College of Midwives to help improve maternal and newborn outcomes in PNG, the Rotary Club of Morialta, SA, saw an opportunity to make a positive difference. More than 80 per cent of people in PNG live in rural and remote, isolated, and […]