Throughout May, the Rotary Club of Queanbeyan, NSW, held the 2024 pilot program of U-Turn the Wheel (UTTW) at three local high schools in Queanbeyan - The Anglican School at Googong, Karabar High School, and Queanbeyan High School. Overall, approximately 125 students took part in the one-day program. Feedback from...
Let it Rain! Catching water on Moso Island
The Tassiriki School Project saw the restoration of five school buildings, including upgrading the buildings’ guttering and fixtures, re-roofing a classroom, and the installation of an additional four 1,100 litre water tanks and downpipes. Vanuatu is a water scarce country and safe drinking water isn’t available for many school children....
Best-ever Wānaka Book Sale
This year’s Rotary Club of Wānaka, NZ, annual book sale, held at the Lake Wānaka Centre was a “huge success” according to organisers. Funds raised were up 40 per cent on 2023, with club spokesperson and organiser Geoff McLeay saying sales grossed $19,000. “The result was far beyond our expectations,”...
Produce Partnerships
In early 2000, the Rotary Club of Belfast Kaiapoi, NZ, recognised that food poverty was becoming a significant issue for many in their community. So, the club set about developing a major project to seek out fresh food that could be obtained at minimum cost and distributed to the various...
Rotary E-Club of District 9650 Supporting Marine Rescue
The Rotary E-Club of District 9650 has been selling Krispy Kreme doughnuts at the Port Macquarie monthly markets with great success. As a result, the club recently donated $2,000 to Port Macquarie Marine Rescue to help the rescue service purchase a new and larger vessel. This is just one of...
Food for Peace: How reducing waste can create a just and sustainable world
By Dr Elaine PratleyRotary Peace Fellow Positive Peace Activator, Founder of Peace Inc. and Peace Kitchen Despite 793 million undernourished people around the globe, one-third of all food produced for human consumption is wasted. Every year, Australian farmers discard millions of tonnes of edible fruit and vegetables deemed too oddly...