Honoured Rotarian—Jill Forsyth, OAM, focused on creating jobs
Type: Story
Published: Oct 23, 2020
Whilst her parents were active Rotarians, Jill’s involvement in Rotary came about through her children's school, which was sending aid to East Timor through Donations in Kind where she had become an active volunteer. This led to her being invited to join Rotary Kew and run the Maternity Pack project with the Alola Foundation, supporting women and children of Timor-Leste to build a better future. Through Rotary Kew’s International Director, Jill discovered the hidden secret for anyone with a passion for philanthropy—Rotary Australia World Community Service (RAWCS), through which tax-deductible donations can be made to local and International projects. Jill’s fundraising for organisations in Timor-Leste has also helped support the development of the preschool education curriculum and Tetum literature (Tetum being one of the two main languages spoken in Timor-Leste). She has made annual trips to East Timor where she has seen positive progress through the
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Type: Site Page Story
Published: May 29, 2019
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Sustainable food sources and clean water in Cambodian village
Type: Story
Published: May 30, 2022
COVID-19 has had a devastating effect on tourism in Cambodia. The normally crowded tourist area around Siem Reap is a ghost town. Due to this lack of tourism-related work, there was a similar effect on the lives of families in Kok Tnoth, a village in northern Cambodia. Australian, Darrel Steer, a member of Rotary Passport Club of Melbourne, lives in Cambodia and has installed 450 toilets, and 150 clean water bores in Kok Tnoth village and during COVID was supporting village families with rice, cooking oil, seed and soap. A project of Brighton North Rotary costing $16,500; supported by a District Foundation Grant and by the World of Difference Committee was to encourage village farmers in the village of Kok Tnoth to utilise their land between rice crops and plant fast-growing vegetables; with water pumped from water bores. The crops supplemented the food needs of the community with the excess sold at local markets providing income for the villagers
Assembling Birthing Kits to Save the Lives
Type: Story
Published: Jun 28, 2023
Posted by Mamode Osikoya on Jun 28, 2023 Members of the Rotary Club of Wyndham Harbour have created a great project to celebrate motherhood. On the 13th of May 2023, club members, joined by Rotarians from other clubs and friends of Rotary, came together to assemble 400 birthing kits. In so many parts of the Third World (particularly in the remote areas) there are many women living in poverty who give birth in filthy, unhygienic places without any professional medical help. Often, well-meaning friends and relatives cut the umbilical cord of the newborns with unclean objects such as a piece of bamboo. Infection during delivery threatens both the lives of the mothers and babies. The six items contained in the birthing kit (gauze, scalpel blade, gloves, plastic sheet, soap, and pieces of cord) can assist in providing clean and safe births for at least 400 b