Our Singaporean members Sheila and LAU delivered a Buddy Bench to Principal Angela of Chaoyang School on 6th September 2022. Sheila’s mother, Mrs Cheng Sang nee Mdm Yap Yin, kindly paid for the cost of the Bench and the airfreight. Sheila’s sister, Lee Moi, delivered the Bench to Sheila and…
Having successfully received a District Grant to fund our first 10 Peace Poles, our participation in this project is officially underway! All 10 schools have chosen which 4 languages they would like the phrase “May Peace Prevail on Earth” to be displayed in, and the poles have been ordered. We…
The Women’s Development Centre is a non government organisation in Kandy, Sri Lanka, which among other things runs a Centre for Crisis Intervention – a shelter for female victims of violence to provide protection, care, and rehabilitation of women and girl survivors of gender based violence. The Crisis Intervention Centre is…
Dr Sujit, founder of the Institute for Indian Mother and Child (IIMC), gave us a fascinating look at his background, his work with Mother Theresa, and her encouragement for him to go out and provide his own help to the community. It was incredible to trace his journey, from starting out…
The Post newspaper has published an article in today’s edition promoting Dr Sujit’s upcoming talk at our club.
The August issue of the Rotary Down Under magazine contained an article about our Microscopes in Schools project.
With two of our members residing in Singapore, some of our club projects are undertaken in Singapore by Sheila Cheng and LAU Eng Seng. One of those underway is to provide Chaoyang Special School with a Buddy Bench. Sheila and LAU visited the school on July 7th and were given a…
At our club meeting on July 13th, Jessie Tan gave an excellent presentation on the opportunities to volunteer at Bethesda Hospital. Volunteers are particularly sought for the palliative care rooms, which the Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay has previously provided 15 oil diffusers for. Diffusing essential oils is beneficial both…
Please make sure you put Wednesday 31st August in your diary to attend our club meeting, as Dr Sujit of the Institute for Indian Mother and Child will be our guest speaker while he is visiting Perth! You can learn more about Dr Sujit in the 4 minute video below.
Alice O’Sullivan, who was the beneficiary of a Rotary Australia Benevolent Society project, attended our club’s first meeting in June to thank us for our assistance over the past few years. Alice is cerebral palsied and visually impaired; she has been accepted into the Australian National University to join the…