A chance conversation between President-elect of the Rotary Club of Nadi, Fiji, Krupesh Patel, and then District Governor-elect Ingrid Waugh, led to the establishment of a project and ongoing relationship with the Sarada Medical Centre and Ramakrishna Mission in Fiji. Ramakrishna Mission (RKM) is a worldwide organisation that primarily focuses...
Apply now for the 2023 Rotary and PCYC Youth Encouragement Scholarships
The Rotary Club of Sydney, NSW, in partnership with Police Citizens Youth Clubs NSW (PCYC) is delighted to announce the call for nominations for the 2023 Youth Encouragement scholarships (YES) for young people between the ages of 14-17. Nominations are circulated widely throughout NSW based Rotary and PCYC clubs, connecting...
Handbags to Help Heal
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...