Recognise A Young Leader - Rotary District 9800

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ROTARY YOUTH LEADERSHIP AWARDS (RYLA)

Rotary Youth Leadership Award

The Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) program is a week-long residential personal development program for young people aged 18-25, which focuses on self-leadership and community.

Click here to download a RYLA 2007 Application Form (123.35kb)

Click here for the RYLA website

RYLA provides an opportunity for young people from a diverse range of backgrounds to come together to gain a better understanding of their own strengths and the unique qualities and abilities of others.

The program is delivered by young people for young people and is held in December each year. Participants can nominate themselves to participate, or be nominated by their local Rotary club. The selection process includes a written application.

To date 15 young East Timorese residents have visited Australia to attend RYLA. This is an expanding, multi-district objective to have East Timor RYLArians conduct their own RYLA refresher courses in Timor Leste.

How Can You Get Involved or Help Out?

You can nominate a young person (or yourself if you are a young person!) for RYLA by contacting your local District 9800 Rotary club and telling them why the young person should be part of RYLA. You can find a Rotary club near you HERE

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Get involved in Rotary! Either as a new Rotarian or a partner to our initiatives, your contribution can make a difference. Programs like this one rely on the efforts of volunteer Rotarians, whose time and effort has enabled the rollout of similar initiatives to thousands of young Australians.

We also rely on the contributions of our wonderful partners and donations from the public to make it all happen.

The values we impart in today's youth are the values we will see in tomorrow's society.

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