The Rotary Club of Brisbane International, Qld, answered the call to help families affected by a catastrophic cyclone in Fiji, utilising building materials from an unlikely source. Tropical Cyclone Yasa, a category five tropical cyclone, battered Fiji’s second largest island, Vanua Levu, on the night of December 11, 2020. The...
Going green for more than 30 years
The Rotary Club of Newmarket’s commitment to supporting the environment continues with a new university scholarship. Rotary International Past President Paulo Costa’s Preserve Planet Earth (PPE) Program, established during his term in 1990, was the inspiration for the Rotary Club of Newmarket, NZ, to form an environment committee and undertake...
Agent of Change
Disability rights advocate and peacebuilder Dr Robbie Francis Watene has achieved a lot in a short amount of time. The international scholar, social entrepreneur, and published author has spearheaded research on gender, war and human rights, and as a proud disabled woman, advocates for and develops more inclusive and peaceful...
Shared stories, shared scars
Ann Lee Hussey has made the eradication of polio and the alleviation of suffering by polio survivors her life’s work. She has shared her story hundreds of times, carrying the message of PolioPlus around the Rotary world and beyond, raising money and creating new converts to the fight. She is...
A quest for humanity
Rotary International Past Vice President Dean Rohrs’ life-long quest for equality and peace has taken her many places, including prison! By Kylie Hatfield South African-born humanitarian Dean Rohrs has championed change for women and girls around the world for decades, having dedicated her life to improving opportunities for those carrying...
BEEcause they need us
The Rotarians for Bees (R4BEES) group was initiated by John McCaskill in 2018 as a project of the Rotary Club of Canterbury, Vic. The focus of the group is to highlight the vital importance of bees and pollinators in sustaining life as we know it. Bees and other pollinators pollinate...