More than half of the 2.5 million refugees fleeing
#Ukraine have arrived in Poland,
where #Rotary members are organizing shelter, transportation,
and basic necessities
for the incoming refugees.
Rotary Club Olzstyn is collecting and managing donations for refugees,
primarily unaccompanied children, staying at Ostróda Camp.
Within a few hours, four cars full of donated items were collected-
-
including food, clothes, bedding, personal hygiene products, as well as some
toys.
The #Rotary Foundation has received thousands of donations,
totaling over $2 million.
These donations support efforts like those of Rotary Club Olsztyn
as well as provide medical supplies in #Ukraine and support refugees
who have fled to neighboring countries. #RotaryResponds
Donate to Rotary's designated fund to support refugees and victims
of the Ukraine crisis here: https://on.rotary.org/3tMiAzv
Australian
Governors of Rotary
This week we were advised that The Rotary Foundation
has made a decision that all donations to Its Disaster Response Fund
until 30 April this year will be used to support the Ukrainian people.
Rotary Districts in Ukraine and districts bordering Ukraine sheltering refugees
will be able to access this fund to apply for disaster response grants
to purchase items such as water, food, shelter,
medicine and clothing.
We have quickly pivoted and placed a link on our
Rotary Foundation Australia homepage to enable Australians to easily donate.
Donations are tax deductible.
The link takes donors to the donation page of The Rotary Foundation
and once the donor clicks that the donation will be in Australian dollars
the money goes
through Rotary Foundation Australia and is tax deductible.
If you support the campaign, would you be kind enough
to send the enclosed press release to your clubs and asked them
in turn descended to the local media.
The more publicity we can get, the more we can help the Ukrainian people
through local Rotarians both within Ukraine and in adjoining countries.
The Rotary district covering Ukraine also covers a number
of adjoining countries and we will be able to quickly
get the money to where it is most needed.
The procedure is of course that local districts in that area apply
for a disaster response grant which has been increased to $50,000 for them
. My experience is
that these applications are processed very quickly.
This is also a great opportunity to showcase The Rotary Foundation
at work,
utilising our Rotary volunteers throughout the world.
Your
support and assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Best
wishes
Maurie Stack
Chair
Rotary Foundation Australia
Our club has paid for an additional Shelter Box to assist with the displacement of people in Ukraine
. Over 660,000 people have already left the country and predicts as many
as 12 million people may need
humanitarian assistance.
If you would like to help with part of or a full Shelter Box,
please see the link below:
https://www.shelterboxaustralia.org.au/
How do we create a safe and more resilient world for girls
as we re-open societies post-#COVID19?
Please join the UNICEF and #Rotary communities
as we tackle this question together.
: Empowering girls
: 25-26 March 2022
: Livestream and virtual sessions
Register Today:
Circulating
vaccine-derived poliovirus confirmed in Israel and the occupied Palestinian
territory
Local health authorities conducting
investigations to determine source
of virus and potential risk of further spread
On Monday 7 March 2022,
a case of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 3 (cVDPV3)
was confirmed in an unvaccinated girl aged three years
and nine months in Israel
. The girl had developed acute flaccid paralysis
and upon testing of her stool,
poliovirus was confirmed.
Further testing of the poliovirus isolated from the girl
revealed genetic links to VDPV3-strains
detected in environmental samples collected
from sites in in Israel and the
occupied Palestinian territory between
September 2021 and January 2022.
These isolates, previously classified
as ambiguous VDPV3,
have now been reclassified as circulating
VDPV3 (cVDPV3).
This confirms an outbreak of cVDPV3 in both Israel
and the occupied Palestinian territory.
Local health authorities are conducting field,
epidemiological and virological investigations,
to determine more clearly the source and origin
of the isolated virus,
and potential risk of further spread associated with it.
International Women’s Day was marked on 8 March
and among several online activities, the
featuring the voices of some of the women involved
in the polio eradication effort in Pakistan.
Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs,
European Union and Cooperation and Gender Champion
for Polio Eradication
José Manuel Albares also paid tribute
to all the women in polio
eradication.
The club awarded Rosinda Seara from Harrisdale High School
with a Paul Harris with one sapphire for her outstanding achievements
with the Interact club at the school which has gone
from strength to strength with her guidance and input.
. Congratulations and well deserved Rosinda
Tuned in to the Rotary district conference online.
We are all watching remotely from our homes.
Fantastic to be involved !
Last week, the Club participated in our first Clean Up Australia Day
on Sunday, March 6.
We cleaned up Yagan Square for over an hour and a half with our hessian bags
and our yellow, reusable gloves provided by Clean Up Australia.
We collected masks, empty plastic cups, straws, clothing
and lots of
cigarette butts
After the successful launch in February, the Willetton Rotary Artisan Market
is on again this Sunday 13 March 2022 at Agincourt Park Willetton
from 9am to 1pm.
Come along, bring the family, bring your pooch (on a leash of course)
and enjoy the wide variety of high quality,
WA made products, plus music, food and coffee.
There's plenty to see and do.
See you there!!
FRIDAY, 29 APRIL 2022 FROM
18:00-20:00
Members & Friends - Social BBQ
Leighton Beach
Children or siblings of mentally troubled individuals can be vulnerable
to mental health difficulties.
It is critical that we understand how to support these individuals
to build a more resilient
Australia.
Donate to the Australian Rotary Health today
Cleaning Up Australia Day 2022, with Booragoon
Rotary.
Every year there is bit less to clean up.
Fremantle Rotary provide Notre Dame University an annual sponsorship
for the School of Education’s Award.
Bernie O’Shea from the club presented the Community Service Award
to Ms Emily Johnson and the
Youth Leadership Award to Ms Lauren Bailey
y#notredamuniversity #infreo #fremantle
Recently St Pats put out a call for urgently needed items.
In fact they were 'desperate'. So using a donation from Simone McGurk
towards our Rotary Freo’s GADGAC campaign
for goods to go to St Pats we used this donation to purchase desperately needed
saucepans, frying pans, can openers, women's underwear, tea bags
and cans of baked beans with ring pull tops.
The St Pats Op Shop was so grateful for these items.
You can see the op
shop behind Rotary member Deb Greenwood
Due to Covid in Newman College, presentations on the National Youth Science Forum
in January, 2022 were made via YouTube. Please
find links
Dylan O'Donoghue returned as a Staffie for a second time
and distinguished himself exceptionally well
. Congratulations Dylan on your outstanding contribution
to NYSF over the past three years.
Elissa Campbell was our sponsored attendee, with her brother Euan
having been successful three years back
, however, due to the
terrible fires in Canberra, his Session (C) was cancelled.
At our last meeting was the annual Ron Sloan Scholarships awards night..
Congratulations to students from Harrisdale High, Thornlie High,
Canning Vale College and Providence College..
The scholarships are designed to help the students with their future education needs
Organised by the clubs Vocational committee with help from the schools involved
thanks to
Craig Howlett for the photo's
Pre-market team meeting….today
Thanks so much to our fabulous
community for the nearly seamless adoption of the stage two requirement
to mask-up at public outdoor events.
Thanks to our wonderful extra volunteers
- who spent time during the busy morning ensuring
all were aware of the new requirements
and handing out masks where required,
to our friends at Western Australia Police Force who dropped by to say hi
and were impressed with the level of compliance
, and to our fantastic customers and stallholders - you rock!
The Rotary Club of Albany Port held a Quiz Night
at the Rotary Youth and Community Camp.
Organised by our Foundation Director, Grant Cosh,
the night raised $1200 for Rotary Foundation.
Quiz Master Peter Barnesby kept the night moving at a perfect pace.
Games between sets of questions were great fun.
Food was donated by Dominos Albany (President Adrian Benson)
and Lenard's Chicken Albany (Grant Cosh).
The feedback was very
positive, everyone had a most enjoyable night
Some of the members of the Rotary Club of Attadale
had a very enjoyable bowls evening
on Friday, 25th February,
with 20 people
attending the bowls and many staying on
for a meal afterwards.
The bowlers were divided into three teams
and each rink had an experienced bowler as instructor.
Thanks go to Don Bodlovich from Fremantle Rotary Club for helping out,
and to Bill Allen for organising the event.
Special thanks to those who acted as bowling
instructors.
Following the bowls we all enjoyed a drink afterwards,
then a meal in the social atmosphere of the bowling club.
It was such a success that Mt Pleasant Bowling Club’s membership
gained four new
members on the night.
Thank you to Joyce for organising this very social
Rotary outing.
Thank you to Winston for the summary of the evening
and to Colin McCulloch for the bowling photos
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