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Register Now for the District Conference in Adelaide and Save with Early Bird Pricing
Rotary District 9800
Register Now for the District Conference in Adelaide and Save with Early Bird Pricing
Rotary District 9800 will join with Rotary District 9510 for this year's District Conference, at Morphettville Racecourse, Adelaide, South Australia. Combine your conference visit with a short stay in this beautiful city; visit the Barossa Valley wineries; head up north or down south, stay longer for the AFL 'gather Round". As they say in SA Great, "Travel. Our Way". Early Bird pricing still available. Click on the image below for more information and to book.
Support Mark and Thelma in RoCan 2025
Posted by Mark Ellis AM
Fundraising Rotary District 9800
Support Mark and Thelma in RoCan 2025
Again this year, PP Thelma Hutchison and PP Mark Ellis are going to be part of the Ride for a Cause RoCan 2025, raising money for ovarian cancer research via the Rotary Club of Williamstown. Both of us are committed to raising at least $1,000 each, so we are after donations to assist us!
 
In the first week of April, we will be covering at least 700 km as part of a group aiming at 1,000 km in one week, riding from Geelong to Adelaide.  Originally the idea was to coincide with the Rotary Conference, but that has been moved to May.  Both of us have fund raising pages published via Facebook.
 
To support PP Mark Ellis' ride with a donation to ROCAN: Click here
 
To support PP Thelma Hutchison's ride with a donation to ROCAN: Click here
 
PP Mark Ellis in action at ROCAN. No time for partying!
PP Thelma Hutchison at ROCAN. Is there a speed limit here?
New Club Project - Camcare Assistance
Posted by Alex Marshall
Community Service
New Club Project - Camcare Assistance
Many members will be aware that Camcare, located in St John's Avenue, Camberwell, is a community organisation of professionals and volunteers. Camcare's paid staff and up to 200 volunteers provide services to people in Boroondara who have low incomes, and are experiencing social disadvantage or personal adversity.
 
Our Club has assisted in various ways over the years. We have provided toiletry and personal hygiene packs for homeless individuals as well delivering  donated fresh food from the Ashwood Woolworths store. We have also assisted in the garden by demolishing an unwanted shed and removing a large of accumulated rubbish. Now there is a new opportunity to help out - click on Read more... below.
 
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Rotary Glenferrie Provides WASH Training for Children in Buedu
International Service Sierra Leone Project
Rotary Glenferrie Provides WASH Training for Children in Buedu
A Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) training program has been delivered at the Aladura Primary School in Buedu, Sierra Leone as part of the club's project to build two new gender specific toilet blocks at the school. Drawing upon existing programs delivered by Rotary projects in Cambodia and Timor Leste, and material from the Rotary Action Group WASHRAG and the USAID Hygiene Improvement Project, the WASH training was tailored by Rotary Glenferrie to meet the specific needs of the Aladura School. The initial training was conducted by the Health Department of the Government of Sierra Leone under the supervision of our project partners, the Rotary Club of Bo, with ongoing classes to be run by the school's teaching staff, and was delivered with the assistance of a District International Grant from The Rotary Foundation. 
 
Take a peek at the program material provided by Rotary Glenferrie by clicking on the images below.
 
The WASH program developed by Rotary Glenferrie, teaching children how, why and when to wash hands, was delivered to staff and students in January 2025 by the Health Department of The Government of Sierra Leone
The Hygiene Club program was designed by the Rotary Club of Glenferrie based on a concept provided by Beyond Water International. Older students at the school will take responsibility for the maintenance of supplies and cleanliness of the new toilet blocks.
Rotary's response to U.S.'s plan to withdraw from World Health Organization
End Polio Rotary International
Rotary's response to U.S.'s plan to withdraw from World Health Organization
Rotary notes the recent announcement that the United States intends to withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO), a partner in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI). We remain resolute in our mission to eradicate polio. As a founding partner of the GPEI, Rotary has for decades worked closely with all the GPEI partners, the U.S. government, and other governments to end polio worldwide. This effort has reduced the number of children paralyzed by polio by 99.9% since 1988. The global effort to eradicate polio has innovated many times over the years to come close to protecting every last child.
Rotary Glenferrie’s WASH Project in Buedu, Sierra Leone
Posted by Amelia Anderson
International Service Sierra Leone Project
Rotary Glenferrie’s WASH Project in Buedu, Sierra Leone
This story first appeared in the December 2024 issue of the District 9800 'Networker' newsletter.
 
The Journey
This story began a few years ago when Isaiah Lahai joined the Rotary Club of Glenferrie. Isaiah has an amazing story of survival: a refugee from Sierra Leone due to civil war; 14 years in five camps in Guinea; then  making his way to Australia. Since arriving in Australia, he has supported his community back in Sierra Leone and particularly the Aladura Primary School in Buedu: the value of education in improving the lives of young people cannot be underestimated. Buedu is in a remote area in the far east of Sierra Leone near the border with Liberia.
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Glenferrie Rotary is a friendly club that meets on the second, fourth and fifth Tuesday evening of the month, at:
 
Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club
489 Glenferrie Road, Kooyong. 
6:30pm for 7:00pm
 
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George Petrou OAM
Feb 11, 2025 6:30 PM
The Art of Sacrifice
The Art of Sacrifice

Artist George Petrou OAM is a successful graphic designer and acclaimed portrait artist. "The Art Of Sacrifice" is a haunting and poignant product born of a transformative period in the renowned Melbourne artists life, exploring stories of some inspirational and courageous Australians

Laura Coburn, Hyuga Nishimura and Jazmine Elmolla
Mar 11, 2025 6:30 PM
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