The Rotary Club of Whakatane, NZ, has continued its long-standing relationship with Taveuni Island in Fiji, with the official opening of a kindergarten classroom block at the Wairiki Holy Cross Primary School on the island. Building and funding the facility through the trials of COVID-19 proved a challenge for the...
Belly laughs raise funds for Sydney flood relief
Since the beginning of the year, the Greater Sydney area has experienced multiple severe flooding events, in one case receiving eight months of rain over four days. These events have caused devastation and distress throughout the region, with tens of thousands displaced. Witnessing how devastating the latest floods in the...
Teacher in a Box (TIB)
TIB is a project of the Rotary Club of Paddington. Since this project was featured in the February 2020 edition of Rotary Down Under, it has continued to go from strength to strength. They now have a 20-member team led by founder and project manager Jeanette Johnstone, technical lead Patrick...
Kijiji Mission
Photos: @euvouepronto A project of the Springs of Hope Foundation, the Kijiji Mission is supported by the Rotary Club of Brisbane Mid-City. The Mission is located in Nakaru, Kenya, and is committed to empowering Kenya’s growing number of young, single mothers, who have some basic education skills, by teaching them...
The skinks have arrived
When it comes to conservation, even the little guys – like New Zealand’s native copper skink – deserve a helping hand in order to thrive. Fourteen native copper skinks, or mokomoko, were recently rescued from a housing development site in Te Awamutu – a town in the Waikato region in...
The Travelling Jackaroo Tractor
The Travelling Jackaroo Tractor is a fundraiser supported by the Rotary Club of Maleny. Sam Hughes, a 19-year-old from Maleny, is driving a fully restored 1960 Chamberlain 9G tractor, which he has named Slim, 13,500km around Australia. The trip will raise funds for the Royal Flying Doctor Service, Dolly’s Dream...