By PDG Bob Aitken AMRI End Polio Now Coordinator, Zone 8 With World Polio Day behind us, Rotary clubs turn their attention to the entire range of Rotary Foundation programs in November. However, it is still important to recognise the vital importance of ongoing financial support for the Global Polio...
Clean water builds business and enthusiastic entrepreneurs
In 2016, following a devastating 7.8 earthquake the previous year, the Rotary Club of Westhaven, NZ, began working with The Himalayan Leaky Foundation of Nepal (HLF) on a number of projects. Following a visit to the Thamdanda community in the Kavre District of Eastern Nepal, where he observed how the...
Sanitation solutions for island paradise
Rotary presence in the Pacific region was recently bolstered by the return of Rotary to the small island nation of Kiribati. The newly chartered Rotary Club of Tarawa, Kiribati, has hit the ground running by partnering with the Rotary Club of Richfield, US, and the Rotary Club of Otahuhu, NZ,...
Water for peace
The Supurunda Water Supply Project in PNG has been a benchmark project for Rotary. In 2018, eight villages covering five culturally diverse groups agreed to put aside past enmities to ensure they could enjoy the mutual benefits of a safe, clean water supply. The resultant water system is now a...
Record-breaking Rotary Foundation grant addressing global surgery crisis
Rotary clubs in Australia and New Zealand have contributed to the largest-ever Rotary Foundation Grant to fund vital healthcare equipment on the world’s largest purpose-built NGO hospital ship, operated by Mercy Ships.The Global Mercy launches in 2021 and will double the NGO’s healthcare impact throughout West Africa by providing six...
Our centenary project in the Pacific is underway
Our key international project to celebrate the 2021 centenary of Rotary in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, Rotary Give Every Child A Future, is now underway. Working in partnership with UNICEF, it is introducing three vaccines into nine Pacific Island countries. Raising funds to complete this project is a...