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Shia Smart

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Rotaract District 9810 - New DRR & DDRR for 2020-21

Rotaract District 9810 are excited to announce that Clare Caulfield (left) from Monash Rotaract will be the 2020-21 District Rotaract Representative and she will be joined by Deputy District Rotaract Representative Nat Arambasic (right) from Yarra Ranges Rotaract.

Congratulations to both Clare and Nat. We look forward to working with you both in Rotaract District 9810 during 2020-21.

Medical Supplies to Zimbabwe

In the first week of December, 2019 Doncaster Club members Leon Moore, Brian Talbot, Pat Armstrong, Tony Murray and David Grieve helped select and load medical equipment and consumables plus second hand children’s books into a 20’ container at the DIK (Donations in Kind) warehouse in West Footscray destined for Zimbabwe. We were ably assisted by Di Gillies from RC of Balwyn and Lawrie Fraser and Bob Glindemann from Rotary DIK Warehouse.

The medical supplies were for a newly constructed rural medical clinic at Gambo, a rural area south of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (near a town called Plumtree) and the books were for a library in a community centre in Bulawayo. The community centre is where the AIDS orphans meet each week to do their homework, engage in cultural and social activities and read library books in a safe environment. The new medical clinic was financed by a Global Grant initiated by the Rotary Club of Borken in Germany and this included training nurses in Germany.

(https://www.pressreader.com/zimbabwe/sunday-news-zimbabwe/20170625/281779924131933)

Doncaster Club received a District Grant to assist in the cost of transporting the container and membership of the DIK Warehouse and the Rotary Club of Alresford in England is paying for the land freight component once it reaches Bulawayo. The container will be loaded on a ship on Tuesday, 10th December, 2019, transshipped via Colombo in Sri Lanka, off loaded in Durban in South Africa for travel by rail to Bulawayo via Botswana. We expect the container to arrive in 6 weeks, ready for the opening of the clinic in late January 2020. The project is being managed by the Rotary Club of Plumtree and Rotary Club of Bulawayo South, the club who manages the Doncaster Club’s Bulawayo Orphan’s Education (BOE) project.

Doncaster Club President Niranjan Ramjee who immigrated from Bulawayo in 2001, was quoted as saying: “This is a great example of the power of Rotary with five Rotary Clubs from four different countries coming together to truly make a positive difference to others’ lives who are less fortunate than ourselves.”

David Grieve

RC Doncaster

How a Parma Night Raised $13,000+ for Polio

NewGen is a satellite club of the Rotary Club of Nunawading designed for young professionals aged 25- 40 in Melbourne’s outer east. It was established in 2018 and for people like myself, it’s been a chance to get involved with Rotary with likeminded people around the same age, given at 32 I’m too old to be part of a Rotaract club.

As a group of only five members with busy lives, we focus on supporting Rotary and our district’s biggest causes and events first and foremost. Naturally, Polio came to mind, especially the multiplying effects of donating to the cause. Throw in the love of a great Aussie pub meal – and Parmas For Polio was born.

Initially we thought we could safely pull off this event in a small function room of 50 and make a small but cheerful contribution. But we decided to back ourselves, send off a few emails, and aim high.

The end result: More than 100 people joining us at The Coach in Ringwood on October 3 for a parma (Hawaiian and Mexican were popular flavours), a keynote address from Past Rotary International President Ian Riseley, an appearance from Federal Member for Deakin Michael Sukkar, and some very happy raffle winners taking home prizes donated by local businesses.

To top it off, on the night I was made aware of our district’s Polio Plus program – offering 10 clubs a matching $US1000 contribution. We raised just enough money (with 24 cents left over) from ticket and raffle sales to qualify for a grant. Throw in a matching contribution from Rotary’s World Polio Fund, and a 2-for-1 contribution from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and our $1,480 was transformed into a $13,320 ($US9,000) donation. (See the chart below)

It’s pretty cool to have provided more than 5,000 children with a Polio vaccination just by getting together for a parma and pot. It’s also been great to show what a small group of passionate young Rotarians from a new demographic can do if they stay focused, put the time in to spread the word and aim high.

Five clubs – including ours – have taken advantage of the Polio Plus scheme so far, and there’s another five opportunities still available this financial year at the time of writing. Contact Stephen Fisher (District 9810 Polio contact) for more info if you want to snap one up and make a big impact.

And if you know someone who’s aged 25-40, be sure to tell them about our club, we’d love to have them join us for coffee every fortnight and more exciting projects this Rotary year. You can also follow us on Facebook by liking the ‘NewGen Rotary’ page (https://www.facebook.com/NewGenMelbourne ).

Kiel Egging

President NewGen Rotary

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