Rotaract, Rotary? Is there a difference you may ask? With the most recent elevate Rotaract announcement from Rotary International, there has never been a more resounding reason to say, ‘we are all Rotarians at heart’. Co-District Rotaract Representatives (DRRs) Alastair Sharpe and Kimberley Kerslake are the figure heads for Rotaract...
Power restored: Rotary fund helps rebuild hydro plant for remote mission
In February 2018, a series of devastating earthquakes hit Papua New Guinea, triggering landslides in the Southern Highlands, Hela, Enga and Western Provinces. The once pristine landscape was ravaged and thousands of remote, impoverished villagers were impacted, with many lives lost and homes and food gardens destroyed. The adverse impacts...
Everyone has the right to feel safe
After seeing reports of major child sexual abuse plastered over the front page of the West Australian newspaper in 2007, Holly-ann Martin rolled up her swag and set off to volunteer at two remote communities in the Kimberley. The experience highlighted the pressing need for more resources specific to the...
Uniting the community
It wasn’t an easy start to life for young Māori woman Kriddles Roberts. Born into gang life, she experienced homelessness as a teenager on the streets of Sydney. However, by the time she was appointed the youngest ever president of the Rotary Club of Waitakere, NZ, in July, Kriddles already...
Australian Rotary Health’s Indigenous Health Program continues to make a difference
Australian Rotary Health’s Indigenous Health Scholarship Program has been providing opportunities to Australian Indigenous students in a wide range of health professions since 2003. A collaboration between Australian Rotary Health (ARH), Rotary clubs, some State or Territory Governments, and the Commonwealth Government, the scholarships offer students $5000 per year to...
Volunteering your way to health & happiness
Service has long been recognised as a fundamental feature of Rotary membership. But neither Rotary nor any of the other major service organisations has been able to gain a meaningful handle on the actual scale or economic value of the volunteer effort they mobilise. Now, a recent international report has...