Author: RDU Editorial

December 11, 2023, marks 20 years since the establishment of Rotary New Zealand World Community Service (RNZWCS) Limited – whose development activities have included aid to nations across the Pacific, as well as India, Timor Leste, Cambodia, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Nepal, Uganda, South Africa, Tanzania and Eswatini. Included in...

Supported by the Rotary Club of Sandringham, The Girl Project is a unique program created by the Australian charitable organisation BeyondWater Global. Women in Kibera, Nairobi, have little or no access to sanitation products, which means that for one week out of four girls stay at home rather than go...

By Brian CoffeyRAWCS Eastern Region Assistant Co-ordinator A fairytale wedding at the Wandin Valley Winery, Hunter Valley, over the long weekend in June was a special occasion for two young high school sweethearts, and their friends from the Warrandyte Cricket Club, Singleton Roosters AFL Club and the mining industry. Alex...

Ping Pong-A-Thon is bringing communities together and uniting them under one cause: bringing freedom to the world’s most vulnerable. Their weapon of choice? The Pong. The fundraising and advocacy movement is combating human trafficking and exploitation of young people through a series of table tennis events held every year. Since...

Moving to Australia from Uganda – some 11,000km away – to study was a dream come true for Stuart Raymond Kasule, now a member of the Rotary E-club of Brindabella, in NSW and ACT. But once here, the stress of paying the exorbitant international fees nearly forced him to take...

In 2016-17, there were 285 rough sleepers seeking the help of Uniting Care Harrison, which was looking after people in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. This number included 127 people sleeping on the streets and in parks, 115 people sleeping in cars, 15 in tents and 28 in improvised buildings...