Firefighters rush into burning buildings, rescue lives and face extreme danger daily – but there’s a hidden, often overlooked threat that also weighs heavily on them: the cumulative impact of being exposed to suicides. This unique kind of trauma, with its profound effects on their own mental health and world...
Women’s Gala Dinner raises vital funds
By Dr Grace Maano, Rotary Club of Taree, NSW For three years in a row, the Rotary Club of Taree, NSW, has participated in the Jean Hailes Women’s Health Week by hosting a Women’s Gala Dinner. This year, on September 2, 80 guests enjoyed an informative and entertaining evening. Inspired by...
Just what the doctor ordered
The opening of New Zealand’s first large-scale indoor healing garden at Auckland’s North Shore Hospital is a dream come true for PDG Peter Garnett. By Hannah Martin / Stuff Sitting beneath towering palm fronds in a hospital garden he helped fundraise for is the realisation of a dream for New...
Teaching children essential social and emotional skills to foster learning and encourage positive behaviour
Implementing school-based intervention programs to address issues related to PTSD and behavioural challenges in primary school children. Dr Govind Krishnamoorthy, a clinical psychologist and senior lecturer at the University of Southern Queensland was granted a Mental Health Research Grant by Australian Rotary Health in 2023. His research has focussed on...
An exchange of community, culture and country
An Indigenous Group Study Exchange from South Dakota, US, to south-western NSW has highlighted the shared experiences of both country’s First Nations Peoples. A group of Native Americans from the Sioux Nation spent time travelling through south-western NSW on a Group Study Exchange from October 15 to November 2. Kibbe...
Tackling a Rotary Camino one step at a time
Rotary International Director Elect Jennifer Scott AM outlines a new path forward for Rotary South Pacific in 2024-25. During September and October, I spent seven weeks walking the Chemin Le Puy, an 800 km Camino through France to the Spanish border. It certainly gave me time to think about the...