We would love you to join us on this special occasion, to launch our amazing Iron Lung Roadshow.
We need every club, every Rotarian in our district to jump onboard the Roadshow to make it a success.
The Lung will travel around our district. This is a unique opportunity for your club when it is in your area. Not only will it help raise funds and the profile of END POLIO, and importance of having children vaccinated against terrible but preventable diseases, but an opportunity for you to connect with your local community.
When it makes appearance near you, you will be surprised at the interest and conversation it will stimulate. You will be able to let people know about your club, what us Rotarians get up to.
We need your help, so please join us for our launch event on 29th February. There will be great food, great music, lots of laughter and great company. We will have great FUN for a great cause. Hope to see you there!
Simply purchase your conference tickets in February, and have the opportunity to win a gift hamper to the value of $500 courtesy of our platinum sponsor Everything Floral
Tickets can be purchased here:
Rotary Clubs across Australia are working hard to provide relief and assistance during these horrific bushfires.
It's easy to feel that there's not much we, as individuals, can do to help.
But every dollar that can be put toward helping others can help in significant ways.
Rotary Australia World Community Service (RAWCS) Bushfire appeals is taking donations and the funds raised will go directly where they're needed most.
You can donate here https://
Donations to RAWCS are Tax Deductible and funds will be utilised in the Community by Rotary Clubs where needed.
It's easy to feel that there's not much we, as individuals, can do to help.
But every dollar that can be put toward helping others can help in significant ways.
Rotary Australia World Community Service (RAWCS) Bushfire appeals is taking donations and the funds raised will go directly where they're needed most.
You can donate here https://
Donations to RAWCS are Tax Deductible and funds will be utilised in the Community by Rotary Clubs where needed.
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Beyond the media spotlight, the drought is continuing…
The severity of the drought in inland eastern parts of Australia is undeniable and continuing, despite the rainfall experienced by our coastal communities. Australia’s drought-affected communities are experiencing extreme long-term rainfall deficits, intensely hot temperatures and severe water shortages. The media has reported regularly on the enormous pressure facing farmers and their families.
All indications are suggesting this natural disaster will continue for the foreseeable future. What is less known, and discussed, are the specific ways in which children and young people are being impacted by the drought. UNICEF Australia initiated this important project as part of our mandate to be a voice for children – to focus on their wellbeing, healthy development and rights. Our decision to talk with primary and high school students and their communities was driven by UNICEF’s global approach, anchored in the Convention in the Rights of the Child. As part of our ongoing work consulting with children across the country, it is key to UNICEF Australia’s efforts to listen to children and involve them in problem solving – to help ensure a fair chance for every child.
It is clear, from our discussions in these drought-affected communities, that children and young people are making reasoned, informed, adult decisions – based on real lived experience - on a daily basis. They have been forced to grow up prematurely. Among other things, these decisions concern the running of the farms, the lives of their families, their own education and management of their relationships with others. Their insights are therefore informed and valuable.
The chief purpose of this report is to encourage government stakeholders to listen to and consult with these children and young people who are living with drought, and in doing so, to protect them and take action to strengthen the broader drought response. Since our consultations for this report were completed, media and government attention has naturally been drawn to new emergencies, such as flooding across northern Australia and acute fires across southern Tasmania.
Yet, while national attention and media reporting on the drought has waned, children and families are continuing to experience the significant stressors and hardship that flow from it. We encourage government stakeholders at all levels to adequately consider and prioritise the wellbeing of children and young people affected by natural disasters in Australia. The onset of natural disasters inevitably creates circumstances of disrupted education, displacement from their homes and multiple economic and social stressors.
During natural disasters such as drought, risk factors that already exist for children in rural and remote areas - such as mental health and suicidality, family violence, social isolation and poor education outcomes - can become exacerbated. Coordinated and whole-of-government approaches are, therefore, required to ensure that this does not take place.
To read more, download the full article here
In January 2017, RABS announced its Compassionate Grants program to help Australians in need.
As a result of a second $1,000,000 donation to Rotary by Dick Smith, grants will be assessed by the Rotary Australia Benevolent Society (RABS) and funds distributed to disadvantaged Australians identified by local Rotary Clubs or Rotary Districts as being in need within their local or wider community.
Projects granted funding must meet RABS criteria for registration. They must provide direct relief to people in need. If the intended recipients are disadvantaged, the relief should target that disadvantage. The concept of disadvantage is unlimited and could have arisen from sickness, suffering, distress, misfortune, disability, destitution, helplessness or poverty, any aspect of the negative side of the human condition. The criteria are not prescriptive but are to be used as a guide to determine the disadvantage.
To read more visit: https://rawcs.org.au/projects-2/rotary-australia-benevolent-society/dick-smith-matched-funding-grant/
Why not join our District Governor Graeme and Sue as they Paint it Red for Polio
Join them on the 3rd carriage from the front of the train or the first carriage on the Dungog excursion.
Our DG's travel plans are as follows
7:42am leave Fassifern
8:29am leave Newcastle Interchange
9:00 am leave Maitland
10:02am leave Dungog Station
10:56am leave Maitland Station For those leaving Singleton catch 10:39 train
11::12am leave maitland Station
11:30am Newcastle Interchange Coffee time
12:35pm leave Newcastle Interchange
14:42pm Arrive Berowra catch up with Sydney Rotarians
14:56 pm leave Berowra for Newcastle Interchange
Please wear An End Polio T-shirt or a Red T-Shirt
He looks forward to an enthusiastic bunch of Rotarians being onboard
Saturday 26th October Paint it Red for Polio Walk
Join us for a Morning stroll to celebrate Rotary involvement to End Polio
Meeting at Scratchley's at 9am to proceed to Nobbys beach.
We will return to Queen's Wharf Hotel to quench our thirst and support the drought appeal.
Look forward to you all joining us.
