The Western Port Seagrass Partnership, led by Rotarian Dick Cox, is working hard to restore the ‘forests of the sea’ for generations to come. By Jack Campbell Rotary International Immediate Past President Shekhar Mehta has taken on mangrove restoration as an international environmental project, with 10 countries currently joining the...
Help for the Homeless
In 2021, it was estimated more than 9,000 Western Australians were homeless. This is partly due to the end of the COVID-19 rent moratorium, and the numbers have continued to grow this year. Rotary is well equipped to address the problem and many West Australian clubs have been working on...
Sowing seeds of love for the people of Ukraine
By PDG Bob Aitken AMLower Blue Mountains Rotary Club, NSW The Rotary Club of Coolamon, NSW, and Past District Governor John Glassford have launched the unique concept of selling sunflower seeds to raise funds for the Ukraine Crisis Appeal. The beautiful sunflower is the national flower of Ukraine and John...
Fodder for the West
In November 2019, an opportunity presented itself to members of the Rotary Club of Hope Island, Qld, to support communities and families out west (particularly in the areas straddling the Queensland and New South Wales border), who were suffering from drought. Fodder for the West was created to raise funds...
Interplast teams head back to the Pacific
This year, Interplast’s volunteer surgical and healthcare teams are once again preparing to travel to developing nations across the Pacific to deliver life-changing surgery and care. The COVID-19 pandemic restricted Interplast to remote support for clinicians and patients in developing nations, for the first time since Rotary co-founded Interplast with...
Mauna Health Centre Project
Since August 2020, the Rotary Clubs of Broadbeach, Gold Coast and Surfers Sunrise, together with the Rotaract Clubs of Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast Makers, Northern Gold Coast, and Nordwest (Germany), have been jointly implementing a three-stage project to substantially improve the facilities at the Mauna Hospital, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu. The...