May is Rotary’s Youth Service Month!
Throughout
the month, Rotarians, Rotaractors, and younger members
of the
Rotary family, including.
Interactors and RYLA and Rotary Youth Exchange
participants,
celebrate
the service, leadership development, connections,
and FUN of
Rotary’s programs for young leaders.
Every year, over 350,000 young leaders participate
in Rotary’s youth programs.
across Interact, Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA),
Rotary’s
Youth Service Month is an opportunity to promote.
our young
leaders’ local and global impacts
and the Rotary and Rotaract clubs that make these
programs possible.
A seasoned runner
might take water and protein bars on a long training run,
but girls and women in Afghanistan consider
other equipment more essential:
knuckle dusters or pepper spray, so that when
anybody comes close,
they can demonstrate
they have something to defend themselves.
It’s one of the startling details in a 2019
documentary about
female runners in the deeply conservative
nation.
The film is the culmination of years of work
by Martin Parnell
, a Rotarian from
suburban Calgary, Alberta, and an avid runner.
Learn more about the
documentary
and
We are pleased to announce the launch of
Rotary
Western Australia and
invite you to join us for this special
occasion.
Tickets available at
BOOKINGS ARE
NOW OPEN FOR THE
DISTRICT 9455
CELEBRATION DINNER
https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=1046186&
As another chapter
closes for Rotary in Western Australia,
District Governor Ric and the board of
District 9465 invite all Rotarians.
to join them om June 17th at South of Perth
Yacht club,
to celebrate the
achievements of the last 13 years as Rotary District 9465.
Many Awards will be
presented on the night ,
.
The Charity Auction is aimed at raising funds of Australian Rotary Health,
ROMAC
and Clubs under the
hammer of well-known Stock Auctioneer
Chris Waddingham
from Waddingham Rural Agencies.
The night will feature a two course sit down dinner with a cash bar ,
District Awards and
Commendations
and great dancing
to the music of Darren Reid and the Soul City Band
The incoming chair
of Australian Rotary Health will be there.
Tickets are available through try booking.
https://www.trybooking.com/CHUFB
so,
book a table for your club and save $200.
So,
put on your dancing shoes and join us for a fun filled night
of
Rotary fun and fellowship
as
we celebrate and conduct one final service to Rotary
in the true reflection of what has been an
impressive era
for
clubs in the Southwest of our great state
we
look forward to seeing you and your club on Saturday 17th June 2023
The ShelterBox tagline is
'disaster relief',
but we don't just respond to sudden onset
disasters.
Around the globe there are millions of people
displaced by other types of disaster.
Next month, the 20th of June marks World
Refugee Day
and this week we are
launching our annual Off the Grid campaign.
We aim to highlight the plight of those
fleeing conflict and persecution.
, seeking refuge in another
country or displaced within their own.
Below are three such stories.
Vlada (right) was studying
at the Ukraine University before the Russian invasion.
Ukraine - Vladyslav & Vlada
More than 15 million people have been displaced by the
conflict in Ukraine.
. With around five million of them now living as refugees
across Europe,
fleeing to
neighbouring countries like Moldova, Poland, Romania and beyond
. Vladyslav and Vladsylava are one of thousands.
of couples who
fled to Moldova.
where ShelterBox worked to support people displaced by
the conflict
. In April 2022, they received ShelterBox cash assistance
to help.
with the financial
burden of being displaced.
The ShelterBox
team sat with them as they shared their story.
Before the war, "We lived as normal people. We
walked out to the park.
and other things;
home, work, studying. Everything was calm and quiet.
We enjoyed living
there. Life was good before the war.
Then the bombing
started. It became, of course, worse,
so we had to leave
our own home and move to Moldova
to find a way out," said Vlad.
"We
have only one hope that the war will end soon.
But are hope is
very small. Our future plans are to go back to Ukraine.
We hope that
everything will be fine, people will stop dying,
and that God will protect everyone."
Fatima and her children
Syria - Fatima and her children
Last year Fatima’s family were facing incredible amounts
of hardship,
her children were
enduring long cold nights, having to share
what little
clothes they had.
Neighbours would
often drop plates of food around their home,
knowing that they
might not have been able to afford basic staples.
Since then,
ShelterBox, along with our partner ReliefAid,
have provided Fatima and her family with support,
including clothes,
a carpet for their
tent, a mattress, and hygiene items.
ReliefAid sat down
with Fatima to ask her.
how this aid has improved their condition.
Fatima shared what the changes in weather have been like
for her family.
“The weather was
bad, and we were very happy with the carpet.
We felt warm and
very happy.”
With her family in need of such crucial winter items and
materials,
Fatima described
the moment she received items from ShelterBox.
“What I liked the
most is the carpet and the mattress,
also, the soap and
the tarpaulin.
I did not imagine
that I would get the materials, I was very happy.”
Fatima was overjoyed when her children received warm
clothing.
“When they got the clothes, they were happy, and I felt
very happy.
You helped us after we were displaced,
and you made our
children very happy.”
Marie with her children and
mother-in-law
Burkina Faso - Marie & her family
The humanitarian crisis in Burkina Faso continues to
worsen,
with almost two
million people displaced in the country.
Since 2015, armed
groups have been fighting one another over control for territory,
driving
displacement in a country where many people had already been.
forced to leave their homes because of increasing
violence.
Marie is one of those people, and she sat down.
with our acting
partner HELP to share her experiences.
“My name is Marie I am 33 years old. I have four
children,
and there are six
of us in the tent in total.”
Marie also lives with her mother-in-law, who you can see
pictured above.
Marie arrived at the camp nine months ago,
fleeing her
hometown due to the increasing levels
of insecurity her
hometown faced
. “Before the conflict, we lived well. Our house was in
good condition,
made of banco [a
building material, consisting of mud,
water and other
organic materials].
Marie was one of the many families to receive an
emergency shelter,
known as a
Sahelian tent.
These tents are
constructed from locally sourced materials.
and offer a more
durable structure for displaced families.
who have fled their homes to escape extremist violence.
Marie spoke about how she feels more protected.
from the upcoming
rainy season:
“Of all the things
we received, the [Sahelian tent]
was the most
useful, followed by the covers.
We are no longer
worried about the coming rain
due to the new
shelter as we are well protected.
“Mosquito nets have also helped us a lot because.
if you don't have
one, you risk of developing malaria.
from mosquito
bites. There are the dishes too.
Everything we
received was very useful.”
Join
ShelterBox supporters from around the country and camp out.
on Saturday 17th-18th June, ahead of World
Refugee Day.
Help ShelterBox raise essential funds to
deliver emergency shelter aid.
to people around the world who have been left
homeless following disaster and conflict.
There are rewards for hitting the various
fundraising targets.
Go
#OFFTHEGRIDFORSHELTERBOX
on your
own or grab some friends and make up a team!
https://offthegrid.raisely.com/
A busy Fellowship meeting this
week.
Firstly, a Paul Harris Fellow Award (PHF)
to a great friend of the Club,
Peter Salleo, Deputy Principal at Carson
Street School (CSS),
a long-term Community Partner of Como Rotary.
In addition to Peter’s
dedication and commitment
with the special needs children
at CSS,
Peter stepped up to take a
leadership role with
Rotary D9465 Camp Inspiration
for past two years.
Peter’s wonderful experience and skills
with children with special needs
shone through and with a great
support team,
ensured the Camp was a great success.
Thank you, Peter, your support was hugely
appreciated,
and this PHF Award
is most deserving, along with your dedicated
service at CSS.
Secondly,
we welcomed guest speakers,
Murray Patterson and Mary Brell OAM, both
Rotarians
from Orange Club, NSW.
Both
Murray & Mary gave a great presentation
about
the Rotary Dream Cricket program
which is designed to provide primary school
students with special needs
an opportunity to play cricket activities.
The program has been successfully introduced
in the eastern states,
and now seeks to be introduced into Perth.
Murray
& Mary had a successful day with the program.
last
week with Peter Salleo at CSS,
where the students were highly engaged and
enjoyed the cricket activities
.
A plan is to be developed to organise an annual Gala Dream Cricket Day
involving selective local primary schools,
and
Como Rotary stands ready to assist.
Thank
you, Murray and Mary, for your passionate and informative presentation,
and appears to be a positive opportunity for
Dream Cricket to be rolled.
out in selective primary schools in Perth.
A key priority in 2023 is to
end both wild- and variant polio transmission.
around the world is focusing on the
most
consequential geographies
where children are at
the highest risk of encountering and spreading the virus,
and which collectively accounted for 90%
of all new polio cases worldwide in 2022.
Northern Nigeria is one of these seven
subnational areas.
that now hold the key to a polio-free world.
In Nigeria increased
vaccination and surveillance efforts
have yielded positive
results in 2022:
No isolates from the country’s main historical
transmission chain,
the Jigawa lineage, which was responsible for
most cases.
and international spread to many neighbouring
countries in West Africa,
have been detected since February 2022.
There was a decline from 1028 cases as on 31st
December 2021
to 168 cases as on the 31st of December 2022.
As a result, the virus is currently confined
primarily to two states.
in the northwest zone of the country, namely
Sokoto and Zamfara.
This presents a
distinctive opportunity for Nigeria to interrupt transmission by
December 2023, according to the Expert Review
Committee
for Polio Eradication and
Routine Immunization (ERC),
the independent technical group advising the
country on its eradication efforts.
Our Club is deeply saddened by
the recent passing.
of Tom Mwangi Maina.
Tom joined Rotary in April 2019,
was our Immediate Past President
and held the role of Foundation
Chair
, but he was so much more than
that.
Tom epitomised the qualities of a fine
Rotarian.
and Rotary’s motto, Service
Above Self.
A larger-than-life character as well as an
integral part in our community,
Tom held positions on many organisations.
such as Midwest Multicultural
Association,
Regional Development Australia
Mid-West
Gascoyne and many more.
Our Club and our community have
lost a wonderful friend.
who dedicated much time to others, and he will
be sorely missed.
Sincere condolences to Tom’s
wife Irene and family,
Tom's work colleagues, friends,
associates
and all who were lucky enough to know him.
Vale Tom Mwangi Maina
reprinted with club permission.
Our Guest Speaker for the 11th
of May Breakfast Meeting is Penny Lane,
International Coordinator for The John Fawcett Foundation (JFF).
JFF has been helping the needy
in Indonesia since 1991,
mainly in the field of Sight Restoration and
Blindness Prevention,
and over that time has restored the sight of
well over 60,000 blind people with free
cataract operations.
Penny, who has been with JFF
since 2001,
will update Club members on JFF’s work over
the last few years,
including how the COVID situation was handled,
and the road ahead.
RCWP's support of JFF's Bali
project has been in place since 1988,
making it one of the longest-running projects
in RCWP history!
Come along and learn more about
the amazing work they are doing.
and how you, as a new Rotary Member, can be a
part of supporting it!
Sunday 14 May
Swaparama Markets run by the
Rotary Club of Kalgoorlie
Mother’s Day theme
Bring Mum down and browse the
stalls.
Bring a rug and chairs and enjoy the pleasant
day.
Enjoy a Rotaburger - hamburger,
bacon, egg, onion, cheese in a fresh roll.
Egg and Bacon Burger - egg,
bacon, onion, cheese in a fresh roll,
Sausage sizzle. Cooked by your
friendly Rotarians.
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Wonderful open house for the
first 4 'My Home' houses
in North Fremantle yesterday
with a good crowd of Rotarians, Soroptimists,
Catholic Women's League
and general public having a walk
through the houses.
. Great to see this wonderful
project nearing completion.
Director PDG Jerry Pilcher and
wife Kerry
attended the Benefactor Wall celebrations.
at The University of Western Australia.
Australian Rotary Health
was
acknowledged for the support of Research Grants,
PhD Scholarships and Indigenous Health
Scholars.
The Benefactor’s Wall was launched in 2015 to
acknowledge the outstanding.
contribution of the University's
significant donors.
We are pleased to be acknowledged alongside so
many other fine donors.
#research
#Rotary #australianrotaryhealth
Give a Damn Can collection
points are now being delivered.
to a shop or school near you.
Giving an item or non-perishable
food to those who are struggling.
in our community is so simple
but so needed.
Gadgac
locations
Supa IGA Myaree, Woolworths Willagee, Coles Melville,
Gerald Burns Pharmacy,
Stammers Woolworth, East Freo Pharmacy, IGA Hamilton Hill,
Pharmacy 777 Hilton,
Banovich Pharmacy South Freo, IGA South Freo,
Woolworths South Freo,
Schools- Bicton Primary School, East Freo
PS, Richmond PS,
Fremantle College, CBC Fremantle,
Fremantle PS,
Whit Gum Valley PS
HEAR THE NEWS ABOUT
THE FIGHT AGAINST MALARIA
West Australian
Rotarians,
register
and come and attend.
and represent
Rotary in Western Australia
https://www.globalmalariacongress2023.org/registration
Volunteering is the art of
giving back,
the heart of making a difference,
and the soul of creating a
brighter world.
CONGRATULATIONS
to our member Gerry McGann
- just invested with an Order of
Australia!
So very well deserved!
Congratulations Matty Pham!
Matty, who has delivered multiple Membership Voice webinars,
was named last night as one of the Business
News 40 under 40 in Perth.
Matty (Matthew) Pham is pictured
here.
with a delighted District
Governor 9455 Ineke Oliver.
As Ineke says: "Matty is a proud Rotary
ambassador,
who tells everyone everywhere about his Rotary
story".
Well done, Matty!
This week Rotary Club of Karrinyup
celebrated forty-nine wonderful
years of service.
to the community with a fabulous dinner
and recognition of some
outstanding local people.
Pat and President Jenni cut the
cake.
Highlight of the evening was the
presentation of the prestigious 2023.
Osborne Park Hospital Nurse
of the Year Award.
Seen here are finalist Melissa,
Nurse of the Year Donna,
finalist Tanya and coordinator Lorraine
. Congratulations to all.
https://karrinyuprotary.org.au/.../2023-nurse-of-the.../...
On behalf of recipient Val,
Meggan accepted.
the 2023 Michael Chin Humanitarian Award
from brothers Anthony and Peter Chin.
https://karrinyuprotary.org.au/.../2023-michael-chin.../...
Unable to attend the birthday
evening,
community volunteer of more than
thirty-six years Val,
later received the 2023 Michael
Chin Award surrounded.
by staff at the Dianella Library - City of Stirling.
Happy 39th birthday, Rotary Club
of Dalkeith!
We enjoyed a wonderful celebratory dinner last
night.
Thank you to Brigadier Brett
Chaloner for being our very special guest speaker.
He mightn’t have recruited many
last nights but the message of the good works
and service of the Army in Western Australia
will be spread.
Thank you, Trevor, for the
awards, especially to Bob for his philanthropy.
Here’s to another great year.
The Rotary Club of Matilda Bay
hosted recently.
the annual Mowanjum Community
visit.
with an eclipse included in the
entertainment that evening.
Mowanjum is a medium-sized Aboriginal community,
located 10 km southeast of Derby
in the Kimberley region of Western Australia,
within the Shire of Derby-West Kimberley
with a population of 311 at the last Census.
It was a perfect day as the visiting kids enjoyed
the usual kayak paddle on the Canning River,
returning to a kick of the footy, then sampled
barbecued sausages.
and hamburgers expertly cooked
by member David Royal,
with support provided by Paul
Rumble.
A special thank you to The Good Grocer, Shenton Park
who generously provided a $150
voucher to spend at their store
and to Amar at the Meat Safe
butchers at Crossways in Subiaco
for their specially priced and
extremely tasty sausages
and hamburgers (recommended)
and the usual thanks to the Rivergods
who tell us there’s no better
way to explore the great outdoors
than in a pollution-free, silent, renewable
energy-powered kayak.
#Rotary #matildabay #administration
#mowanjum #rivergods #thegoodgrocer #meatsafe
Image supported by the Mowanjum community.
Bloomhouse Projects is committed to providing a
side-by-side platform.
for emerging
artists to work with established professionals on all of our projects.
These
artists also have access to mentorship across performance, producing,
career
mapping and networking.
We are incredibly grateful for the generous
support.
of Rotary
Club of Freshwater Bay who fund this award
and continue to encourage young performers and
creatives in WA.
Dr Ken Collins AO Award 
Congratulations to Bella Marslen
who was our Emerging Artist in
Contemporary Communication
supported by the Dr Ken Collins AO Award.
·
Dr Ken Collins AO Award
Congratulations to Lydia Lai who
is our Emerging Artist
in From My Side supported by the
Dr Ken Collins AO Award.
Today was the launch of the
Cycling Without Age- Mandurah's two very own
Trishaw's.
What a great event! A
heart-warming opening
with the sharing of the stories behind the
naming
of the Trishaw's; Barbara and
Rod.
Thank you to Kelly's Hotwater,
Gas & Air
and Mandurah Districts Rotary
Club for supporting.
Cycling Without Age Mandurah!
The free bike rides in the
specially built trishaw bikes,
are piloted by volunteers.
What a fantastic way for elderly people of Mandurah
to remain active in their
community,
whilst enjoying bike rides
feeling the wind in their hair!
Great to receive an award for
Pride of Workmanship today.
from the Mill Point Rotary and Graham Rennie
for working
with the Men and Women of the Manning
Men's Shed
An inspiring evening at Rotary Club of Armadale
as we held a celebratory dinner
to honour the recipients of this year’s
Pride of Workmanship Awards in
the Champion Centre.
More info on the club Facebook page
. So good to meet Rotaractor, Genelyn Giray from the
Philippines,
who visited with us for the first time.
Melville
Community Men's Shed Inc.
·
Man at work.
, Supervised by Mr W Hudson ,
the Men Shed Manager
** Rotary Club of Morley at the
Farewell to Baysie Bridge **
Rotary Club of Morley were
cooking at the Metronet,
Bayswater Community Day for the
Farewell to the Baysie Bridge
on Sunday, 30 April 2023.
A good day with a great crowd
and fantastic weather.
Thank you to all the Volunteers
on the day.
Day 2 of the
Science and Engineering Challenge at Leschenault Leisure Centre
thanks to Alcoa and all
other helpers.
Our newest member volunteering
to make blankets.
for the homeless.
WELL, DONE TRISH
·
We
love having visitors!
President
Grant presents David
from
the Rotary Club of West Perth
with a commemorative glass.
David is over from WA visiting his daughter
and her family.
It was great to see you, David.
Dr Vernon was on his way through
Kununurra,
so, it was a great opportunity
for the four Rotarians to snap a pic!
Rotary
Club of Mill Point Dial a Santa thank you breakfast.
pictured some of the Santa’s,
President
Veronica Lawrence and Santa coordinator Margaret Walton...
Dial-A-Santa is a community project
of Rotary in Western Australia.
Managed by the Rotary Club of Mill Point in
South Perth
and assisted by other Rotary and
Rotaract Clubs,
the Dial-A-Santa program provides Santa and
Elves to come to your
home, school, or workplace for a donation.
With these funds, Rotary will predominantly
help to support children and youth causes.
. Report from Margaret
Walton – DIAL-A-SANTA 2022
Mill Point RC took over the running
of Dial-a-Santa.
from Rotaract in 2015. 2022 was the
8th year and we had 16 Santa’s.
visiting clients, including 10 from Mill Point
and 6 externals.
Total for 2022 – 120 visits raising
$23,160 (a similar result to last year)
Many thanks once again to all our
willing Santa’s and helpers
and especially to our external Santa’s for
their invaluable assistance
in making another successful year for
Dial-a-Santa.
Corrigin Rotary club sausage sizzle.
Big thanks to Barn-Zee’s Burgers
for hosting
this week’s Rotary Club meeting.
Great burgers and service
Great night at the Rotary Club
of Cockburn’s FUN QUIZ yesterday.
Fantastic atmosphere and once again great
prizes won.
Next FUN QUIZ night June 1.
A small team of Como Rotary members
assisted a community dinner.
at George Burnett Leisure Centre, Karawara
organised by Lifestream Christian Church,
Como.
The meal was freshly cooked by
Josh Serafini and his volunteers.
and greatly appreciated by all the guests
attending.
Service above Self in action.
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