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Rotary Youth Leadership Award Oct 25, 2019

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RYLA is a week long residential personal development course for 18-27 yrs old, which gives young people a chance to come together in a supportive environment to learn about teamwork, communication and motivation and to develop life long leadership skills. We meet RYLArian Luke Prangell who attended RYLA 2018 and John Steel, from St Ives Rotary Club who directs RYLA in this area. An inspiring story of Rotary in action.

Rotary Matters. Hearing Services and Plastic Recyling in rural India Oct 18, 2019

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Dr Radha Simhadri is a qualified audiologist with special expertise in paediatric and adult hearing and assessment. From her base in Sydney and with some help from Rotary, she supports and manages nine clinics in rural Mysore, India allowing for early detection of hearing loss and installation of cochlear implants. Radha also leads a program in remote rural areas of India enabling the disabled to collect, process and weave plastic bags and other waste into useful, saleable and sustainable ite

Rotary Youth Exchange Program Oct 11, 2019

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The Rotary Youth Exchange program enables school students to spend a year abroad, going to school, learning the language and customs of another country. We meet Zoe Evans from Sydney who is soon to go to Chile and Barbora Wallova from Germany currently in Sydney. We find out their expectations and how this unique program may fashion their future career thinking.

Rotary Matters. Smart Villages Project. Cambodia Sep 27, 2019

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Although Cambodian families have been slowly building their lives since the Khmer Rouge genocide, Cambodia remains one of the poorest countries in the world. Rural areas of Cambodia still face severe poverty, lack of health care and low levels of education, economic opportunity and resources. Tony James from the Upper Northern Beaches Rotary Club in Sydney determined to correct the imbalance and raises funds, resources and awareness making a massive difference to these communities through the Build Your Own Future Today program transforming lives with a focus on infant mortality, water supply, education, microloans and healthcare.

Rotary Matters. Small Grants to Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Chris Curtis. 20 Sept 2019 Sep 20, 2019

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Nusa Tenggara just a few hundred kilometres north of Australia is a poor country where people live on less than US$1 per day. Chris Curtis and colleagues from Lane Cove Rotary Club in Sydney raise funds to make small grants to install water tanks, sanitation, education facilities and agriculture advice making a huge difference to this community.

Rotary Matters: Epping Boys High School supports aid project in Timor L'Este plus the Model United Nations Assembly Sep 13, 2019

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Epping Boys High works closely with Epping Rotary Club in Sydney raising funds and providing water and other essentials to help the disadvantaged community at Oecusse in Timor L'Este. We meet year 9 students Maea Applegarth and Harry Bowen and discuss how this volunteer work complements their school work and influences their career thinking. Bruce Jacob from Epping Rotary Club outlines the structure and impact of the Model United Nations Assembly, a competition whose international winners compete at the UN in New York

Rotary Matters. The Fiji Schools Solar Power Project and Plastic Free Oceans Sep 06, 2019

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We meet enterprising Rotarian Rob Edwards from Corrimal New South Wales who launched Its Time, a scheme providing solar power to schools in Fiji. Also with us is Laisa Digitaki from the Rotary Club of Suva, to discuss the impact of the program and its potential to assist many more schools in saving money and enabling them to connect to contemporary electronic communications systems. We also learn about the Plastic Free Oceans campaign, gathering momentum locally and around the world. Who wouldn't want to pick up at least one piece of plastic litter, a day?

Rotary Matters. The St Ives Food and Wine Festival Aug 30, 2019

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We meet Di Barnes the power house from St Ives Rotary Club on Sydney's upper north shore describing all the good things to be found at the St Ives Food & Wine Festival, 8 September 2019. A wide variety of tasty and unusual food, wines from the Hunter and from Mudgee. Lots of entertainment for children and stalls from many local community service organisations. Proceeds from the event enable the Rotary Club of St Ives to support Diabetes Alive and Room to Read. www.stivesfoodandwine.com

Rotary Matters. Meet Peter Kirkwood OAM. Extraordinary and Inspirational Rotarian. Aug 23, 2019

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We meet Peter Kirkwood OAM a Rotarian and all round community leader who throughout his life has always put service above self. Peter's commitment to youth and community development is exemplified in the driving role he played in the creation of the thriving Police Citizens Youth Club in Waitara, on Sydney's upper north shore. An inspirational Australian.

Modern Day Slavery and how to help Aug 16, 2019

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Modern day slavery exists in many forms....forced labour, human trafficking, debt bondage, forced marriage, the sale of children and sex slavery. We meet Doug Malcolm, Rotarian, founder and driver of Paint4Freedom a National Art Competition dedicated to raising awareness of slavery and raising funds to counteract it. www.paint4freedom.org

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