After pummelling Vanuatu as a category-five storm on April 6, Tropical Cyclone Harold levelled buildings and caused dangerous flooding across Fiji’s largest island of Viti Levu on Wednesday, April 8. All of Fiji’s major settlements, including the capital Suva, but particularly the west coast settlements of Lautoka and Nadi, were...
Building Bridges Over Fences
While novel coronavirus has been a gargantuan global blow to life as we know it, Rotary is rising to the challenge; gathering our gargantuan global network to stay connected, reach out to our communities, support our essential workers and #KickCovidToTheKerb. Continue reading in RDU issue 627
The Good Life issue 626
We had originally scheduled ‘Top Tipples’ doing good in the world for this month’s The Good Life – which we could probably all do with – but incoming RI Director Jessie Harman says we need Rotary more than Riesling in these uncertain times, so we listened. “It seems to me...
Building Rotary’s Future. Are you interested in being involved?
As advised in previous editions of Rotary Down Under, the Rotary International Board has agreed to Rotary in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands developing a plan to revitalise Rotary in our region. This is an exciting opportunity for all interested Rotarians to have their say. A full explanation...
Creativity & Innovation
Observed six days after Leonardo da Vinci’s birthday, World Creativity and Innovation Day (#WCID) is well-positioned to encourage creative, multidisciplinary thinking to help us achieve the sustainable future we work so hard for. Creativity and innovation, at both the individual and group level, has become the true wealth of nations...
Hippo Rollers changing lives in Pomfret
The forgotten and abandoned 32 Battalion community of Pomfret in north western South Africa has no running water and no electricity… just the will to survive. But a collaboration between a number of Rotary clubs from Australia and New Zealand, individual donors and community leaders is changing the lives of...