Category: Good Reads

The Rotary Club of Tasman Peninsula is located in a semi-isolated area of Tasmania, surrounded by the sea and with a limited capacity to raise funds for its many local, district and international projects. In 2000, members initiated an event that was not only unique to Tasman Peninsula, but is...

With the formation of community partnerships featuring high in the future directions of Rotary, the Environmental Committee of the Rotary Club of Plimmerton, NZ, has partnered with local conservational group Friends of Taupo Swamp and Catchment to restore and develop the swamp. In pre-European times, Taupo Stream and Swamp was...

In 2002, three shy yet hopeful young Tanzanians stepped through the doors of a small school built on hope, determination, and aching muscles. Today, that school is changing the lives of thousands of disadvantaged youths and the communities they call home. Enock Ephrahim was a young student at a government...

By Amy Fallon As urban refugees in the capital of Uganda – the number one host country for those who have fled their homes in Africa – many Burundians and Congolese in Kampala face unique challenges. Now, a chicken farm project created through a Rotary Foundation district grant to the...

Over the past 40 years, Rotary and Interplast have made a significant contribution to improving the health and wellbeing of people in need in the Asia-Pacific region, and have set an inspiring example of what can be achieved through effective collaboration and partnership. In the early 1980s, Dr Gerald Duff,...

When considering ideas for the Rotary Club of Tamar Sunrise’s Rotary Expo display, the small committee challenged members to come up with some unique ideas to showcase the club and its projects. From an initial idea to feature the club’s Books for Kinder Program by displaying children’s books and performing...