The Surf Coast Trek is an annual joint fundraising event run by Give Where You Live and Kids+, with funds raised shared equally between the two organisations. The Rotary Club of Kardinia is the main source of volunteers for the event, providing around 40 members who assist with event planning,...
Bandari Project
The Bandari Project is a not-for-profit organisation helping break the cycle of poverty by providing education opportunities to underprivileged children and women in Mto wa Mbu, Tanzania. The project commenced in 2015, with Geoff Coxall, of the Rotary Club of Port Fairy, as one of the founding members. The Rotary...
Klibur Domin Foundation Timor Leste
John Kirby from the Rotary Club of Mount Gambier Lakes is the treasurer of Klibur Domin, an aged and disability care facility in Timor Leste. Several District 9780 clubs, including Casterton and Hamilton, provide assistance to the facility. Since independence from Indonesia, Klibur Domin survived the terrible events that followed...
Forest Fire Management Vocational Training Team
The Rotary Foundation’s Vocational Training Team (VTT) between Portugal’s Ponta Delgada, S. Miguel (Açores) (District 1960) and the Rotary Club of Ballarat South was designed to build forest fire management capacity and capability in Portugal. Across the entire rural landscape of Portugal there exists a community at risk from forest...
Rotary mobilises for earthquake crisis
Rotary responds to the devastated communities of Türkiye and Syria. (Photos: Adem Altan/AFP) On February 6, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck southern Türkiye (formerly Turkey) near the Syrian border. This was followed almost nine hours later by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake situated approximately 95 kilometres to the southwest. More than...
Getting on after Gabrielle
Cyclone Gabrielle caused unprecedented flooding and damage across parts of New Zealand’s North Island, leaving the country in a national state of emergency. PDG Stuart BattyExecutive Director, RNZWCS Limited (Photos: Stuff Ltd.) Severe Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle hit the uppermost region of New Zealand’s North Island on February 12 and tracked...