By Lucy BladenThe Canberra Times Vincent Toto has a smile that could brighten up any room. But the toddler from the Solomon Islands hasn’t had an easy start to life. He was born with a gap between his stomach and oesophagus, which meant no food was able to get through....
Queensland jumps on board the End Polio Now train
Queensland Rail was a sea of red on Friday, October 23, when 100 Rotary clubs across three Rotary districts in Southeast Queensland – Districts 9600, 9630 and 9640 – collaborated for the Train Ride to End Polio Now campaign. Kicking off in Gympie at 5.56am, hundreds of Rotarians and Rotaractors...
Diversity: Part of Rotary’s core values
By Dave KingRotary Great Britain and Ireland When incoming Rotary International President, Holger Knaack, addressed the International Assembly in San Diego, California, earlier this year, few would have realised how prophetic those words would become three months later. On May 25, 46-year-old black American, George Floyd, was killed 2400 kilometres...
Cheers to that!
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, many Rotary clubs have found it difficult to undertake events to raise funds to support their local communities… and The Rotary Foundation. The Rotary Club of Heidelberg, Vic, has initiated a long-term project that will generate ongoing funding for The Rotary Foundation on behalf of the...
Changing lives in Cambodia
The Rotary Club of Springvale City, Vic, recently took part in a remarkable project that is changing the lives of children in a remote province of Cambodia by providing hygiene and sanitation solutions for the SCCFA Pailin School. A $5000 district grant was matched by $5000 from the club, with...
A meal for peace
By Tony ThomasRotary Central Melbourne, Vic Victoria’s first Rotary Peace Scholar, Tania Miletic, has kept up her peacebuilding theme ever since District 9800 sent her to two years’ MA studies at the International Christian University (ICU) Rotary Peace Centre in Tokyo, Japan, in 2002. She is now Assistant Director working...