Category: RDU editions

The Rotary Club of Brookfield, Qld, has been an avid supporter of the charity Broken to Brilliant over the years. The organisation assists domestic abuse survivors on the road to recovery. The Rotary Club of Brookfield was honoured to be invited to write a testimonial for Coerced to Courageous, the...

What do you do with more than 1,300 pairs of disused reading glasses? The answer for Havelock North Rotarian Niall McCormack was simple – repurpose them and then take them to Africa where they are greatly needed. The Hastings-based optometrist quickly got club members on board with the project to...

By the Rotary Club of Adelaide Light, SA Who could forget the images of millions of people scrambling desperately for safety outside Kabul airport in Afghanistan after the Taliban took control? Simultaneously, some 10,000 kilometres away in Adelaide, SA, members of the Rotary Club of Adelaide Light were undertaking training...

Drawing on their community connections and organising prowess, two big-hearted Rotary clubs in Victoria and South Australia have made a tangible difference to the lives of Afghan families fleeing their homeland. By Jeanette Leigh, Rotary Club of North Balwyn, Vic On August 15, 2021, Afghanistan’s President, Ashraf Ghani, fled the...

Rotary’s involvement in disaster relief has been recognised during National Volunteer Week, acknowledging Rotary’s key role in sheltering people in need and making lasting change. In celebration of National Volunteer Week, ShelterBox Australia announced the winners of the 2023 ShelterBox Volunteer Awards, with Rotarians taking out three main awards. The...