Past District Governor Leanne Jaggs, of the Rotary Club of Manukau Sunrise Inc., grabbed the Handbags to Heal idea after reading an article in Rotary Down Under about a club undertaking a similar project. Leanne thought it was a great idea her club could try as a new project. After...
A celebration of Dutch heritage in Australia
On March 18, 2023, the Rotary Club of Casey, Vic, will once again run the Holland Festival at the Berwick Showgrounds, Akoonah Park. The festival ran for 40 years until 2014 and was then re-ignited very successfully as a Rotary fundraiser in 2017, 2019 and 2020, each time attracting between...
Rotary Club of Savusavu: A unique partnership in economic empowerment
In 2022, the Rotary Club of Savusavu, Fiji, built a lookout café above Urata Village. This ticks a whole column of boxes: up-skilling the local community, giving them a stake in tourism, environmental rehabilitation, establishing a highly attractive tourist stop on the Labasa-Savusavu Road. The café commands an iconic lookout...
Second round of Balwyn Centenary Grants announced
Rotary’s theme for 2022-23 is Imagine Rotary, and it is easy to imagine the difference the following projects will make across the globe. The projects were all successful in gaining funding through the Rotary Club of Balwyn’s Centenary Grants scheme, which will see $1 million over six years donated to...
Africa’s next top coders take on the world workforce
Onja is a social enterprise in Madagascar that trains capable, underprivileged youth into world class software developers and places them in global tech teams. Initiated and led by Rotarian Simon Jones, with the backing of Kevin Kevany and Gary Key, from the Rotary Club of St Johns and District 9920,...
Graffiti Removal Australia calls time
After 10 years of dedicated community service, Graffiti Removal Australia has ceased operation. Following several unsuccessful attempts to obtain a decision from the NSW Government on future funding of Graffiti Removal Day, the Board of Directors of Graffiti Removal Australia agreed at their December meeting there was no other option...