FORaMEAL is a project of the Rotary Club of Canterbury. The club has partnered with not-for-profit organisation Multicultural Australians Transforming and Engaging Society (M.A.T.E.S. for Change), which equips and challenges young multicultural Australians to participate in the social purpose sector. FORaMEAL provides emergency relief meals for those impacted by natural...
Bushfire Recovery
During the devastating bushfires in Gippsland over the summer of 2019-20, 15 million hectares of vegetation was burnt. This had an extensive impact on the unique Gippsland environment. Following the bushfires, a casual conversation between the incoming presidents of the Rotary Clubs of Bendigo South and Bairnsdale Sunrise turned into...
Mock Job Interview Program
The Mock Job Interview Program is an initiative of the Rotary Club of Richmond. The project, organised in partnership with Melbourne Girls' College, has been running for around 20 years. The object is to prepare students for successful careers by teaching them how to secure a job interview and how...
All aboard to End Polio Now
After two previous cancellations, on Friday, November 11, Rotarians around Auckland took part in a Polio All Transit Day, which raises awareness for the End Polio Now campaign. This is the third year that Rotarians have flooded the Auckland city rail and ferry network with a sea of red End...
A new weapon in the fight against polio
A modified vaccine offers hope that eradication is closer than ever. By Jason Keyser n mid-2017, two groups of 15 strangers lived together for 28 days each in a ring of shipping containers assembled in the parking lot of Antwerp University Hospital in Belgium. They had access to books and...
Rotary’s ‘Down Under’ Centenary project
Most Rotarians will be familiar with Rotary Give Every Child a Future (RGECAF), with almost every district across Australia and New Zealand, and many clubs and individuals, supporting the project. Support has also come from districts and clubs in other parts of the world. RGECAF is Rotary’s ‘Down Under’ Centenary...