By Steven Sundstrom, Regional Grants Officer Global grant GG2456718 was approved this past April for a project titled ‘2023 Timor Rotary Consortium WASH Project’, hosted by the Rotary Club of Dili, Timor Lorosa’e, and co-sponsored by District 9800.The project sets out to provide water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) training, new...
Associate Foundations of The Rotary Foundation: What are they?
Jessie Harman, Chair, Rotary Foundation Australia Associate Foundations of The Rotary Foundation (TRF) exist to ensure that The Rotary Foundation can operate to best effect right around the world. In simple terms, the Associate Foundations are ‘enablers’, ensuring that donors can contribute, and funds can be directed to Rotary projects,...
New classroom for earthquake affected school in Türkiye
Assisted by a district grant of $2,444, the Rotary Club of Nerang, Qld, has donated a container home to Adana Topalak Village Primary School in the small town of Dortler Topatak, Türkiye. The school lost one of its three classrooms in the earthquakes that devastated the region in 2023.The 27m2...
What is the plus in PolioPlus?
PDG Murray Verso, Rotary International Zone 8 End Polio Now Coordinator The legacy of PolioPlus is much more than eradicating a deadly disease from the planet – it is also building stronger health systems, enhancing Rotary’s networks and reputation, and potentially leading to a larger global Rotary membership. Have you...
Fishing Buddies Project builds self-sufficiency and a connection with nature
Supported by a $1,250 district grant, the Rotary Club of Burleigh Heads, Qld, held two Fishing Buddies mentoring programs earlier this year to teach young people how to fish. Run at local Gold Coast waterways on February 18 and May 26, 27 youth took part, as well as several parents...
Lese Oalai School Toilet Project
By Steven Sundstrom, Regional Grants Officer Global grant GG2239706, titled ‘Lese Oalai School Toilet Project’, was put together to supply a school in Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, with composting toilets, handwashing basins, menstrual hygiene kits, hygiene education, and training on equipment installation, maintenance and repair. The application was submitted...