Rob Edwards OAM, a professional motivational speaker, arrived in Perth on Wednesday just in time for our club meeting. He was here to present to some 600 people at the Convention Centre the following day. Rob is a member of the Rotary Club of Corrimal in Woollongong. He runs the Fiji Raffle…
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…
This week we were able to download our 2021/22 Rotary Citation certificate.
At last week’s meeting we welcomed PP Gordon Hudson and Peter from the Rotary Club of Scarborough, to tell us about their wonderful Wheelchairs for Kids project. Established in 1996, Wheelchairs for Kids has evolved from using old bicycles to create wheelchairs to now a very solid, safe and customised wheelchair for each…
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…
The Rotary Down Under magazine published this spread on Past RI Director Ken Collins in their September 2022 edition. (Errata: Ken was born in 1936)
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.