At last year’s United Nations’ Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, Rotary International President Shekhar Mehta vowed to lead the way on a mangrove planting project to combat climate change. Now, 10 countries have agreed to support the project. By Doug Wills A pledge made at COP26 to restore vital...
Abuse can happen to ALL Australians
Rotary SAFE Families has had its Guide for Prevention of Abuse in Australia translated into five languages to inform our non-English speaking communities on the prevention of family abuse. Rotary SAFE Families has continued to work hard with its commitment to engage Rotarians and the Australian public to become responsible...
Cancer Centre for Western NSW
By Nicole ShanksPublic Relations Director, Rotary Club of Dubbo West The Rotary Club of Dubbo West became involved with the Western Cancer Centre in 2015, when doctors Florian Honeyball and Colin McClintock came to their meeting as guest speakers to discuss the need for a positron emission tomography (PET-CT) scanner...
Santa Paws
By the Rotary Club of Dubbo For the past two years, the Rotary Club of Dubbo has hosted Santa photos with a difference. Drawing on what had been an unusual and often unsettling time for people, the club came up with Santa Paws – photos of pets with Santa. With...
She Is Not Your Rehab – Creating violence free communities
Rotary clubs throughout Christchurch, NZ, have been working with She Is Not Your Rehab founders, Mataio and Sarah Brown, to help spread the global anti-violence movement they birthed from a barbershop. By Jack CampbellRDU Intern Mataio Brown is the face behind ‘She Is Not Your Rehab’, a powerful personal account...
National Cartoon Gallery
The National Cartoon Gallery is Australia’s only dedicated cartoon gallery, exhibiting the largest private collection of contemporary cartoons in the Southern Hemisphere. It is organised by the Rotary Club of Coffs Harbour City. The original gallery is housed in an underground WWII bunker that has been converted into a funky...