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Chris Don is the Chairperson of the Annual Programme Giving Committee of Rotary District 9800, he talks with Ian Salek about his new district role and his Rotary experiences on the Rotary & Community Service Show on 3WBC 94.1FM.

John Wigley - District Foundation Chairman

I am very happy that so many clubs have applied for and received District Grants to support them with their local or inter-national projects this year. This is our club and personal contributions to the Foundation at work and I recommend you read the list of the 24 clubs and 31 projects in our newsletter. If your club did not have a project this year perhaps this will inspire you for next year.

As you may be aware our wonderful District has an unbroken record of finding suitable candidates for Rotary Peace Fellowship Program. Whether it be for the Two Year Master’s Degree or the Three Month Professional Development Course, it seems that now more than ever before, we need to have skilled and passionate practitioners in the realm of peace and conflict resolution. Do you know someone who would be an excellent candidate for this prestigious program?

If so let us know!

The Peace and Friendship Conference held in Istanbul on 18 April 2015 attended by many hundreds of Rotarians and the resultant Peace Declaration were the catalyst for this project. Details of the “Peace is Possible” project are in the attached document and will involve Rotarians from Australia, New Zealand and Turkey undertaking a two and a half weeks long joint program.

Further information Letter     GALLIPOLI_PEACE_INITIATIVE.pdf

If you, or Rotarians in your Club have queries, please contact:

Dr John V. Basarin, OAM
PP, PHF, Project Manager, Peace Is Possible
E: jbasarin@hamptonrotary.org.au, M: 0438 055 056 

Literacy and a good education is one of the greatest gifts we can give. Everyone has the right to learn to read, write and enjoy the power, pleasures and independence of being literate. For some the journey will be easy, for others it will take much hard work and unfortunately for approximately 18 percent of today’s world population it will never happen. We can change the world, but if we all contribute what we can, we can improve many lives.  This is the power of Rotary and every Club cancontribute.

It has never been easier to support this “Foundation Area of Focus”...........

This is the August 2015 newsletter which shows you where your grant goes.

District Foundation Director John Wigley said membership of the Paul Harris Society, which involves an annual donation of US$1,000 to the Rotary Foundation, has risen from 33 to 87 in the past 18 months.

There have been many exciting happenings since the last Foundation Newsletter last November. There has been an on‐going focus on District Grants with 23 now approved, a succesful foundation breakfast at the District Conference with 100 attendees and guest speaker Pyae Aung telling us of his life ling dream, as well as our partnership with the Girl Guides and more.

This month's Foundation Newsletter tells about the Hiroshima Peace Forum Team:

Fifty-five applications were received from young people to join the District sponsored Team to attend the Hiroshima Peace Forum on 17-19 May. It was a superb District effort with 29 Clubs involved in recruiting candidates. Applications were reviewed to produce a short list of 14 who were interviewed by a panel of four.

An introduction video on how Rotary does good in the world.

Rotary is a worldwide network of inspired individuals who translate their passions into relevant social causes to change lives in communities. Learn more about who we are and the volunteer work we do to help make the world a better place.

Generous gifts by our supporters and effective stewardship of these contributions bolster Rotary’s ability to make a positive impact in thousands of communities every year. Read more about the work of Rotary worldwide

Members of the Brighton North Rotary Club were privileged to have recently as their guests at their meeting the team leader and three members of the first Group Study Exchange (GSE) team from District 9800 (then D280) that travelled to Canada for ten weeks in 1966.

The guest speaker for the meeting was team leader John Nathan, a former member of the Rotary Club of Melbourne for 35 years, who arranged for three of his team to also attend to share their experiences with the audience.

Pakistan scoring great gains despite challenges

"Pakistan this year has perhaps the best chance ever to achieve success, because tremendous new efforts are being undertaken, led by the government, in implementing a national polio emergency action plan that mobilized all government and civil society resources," says Robert S. Scott, chair of Rotary’s International PolioPlus Committee, about progress in Pakistan.

"There is strong evidence that implementation of the emergency plan is showing results, particularly in key reservoir areas such as Balochistan and Sindh."

Learn about the progress being made by Rotary and our partners in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative.  http://www.polioeradication.org/

Get the latest news from Rotary on the fight to finish polio. http://www.endpolio.org/