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- Drought Community Outreach Program: RAWCS received a $7.5m grant from the Commonwealth Government to distribute to drought affected communities through the Rotary network. There were 51 Community Outreach Events held in 6 states, 5791 vouchers were distributed totalling $2,895,500 and 42 clubs participated each of which was paid $1500 run the event.
- The 2019/20 Bushfire Appeals raised $1,500,000.
- DIK shipped a total of 200 containers to a value of $12,000,000. This total was made up of $10,000,000 in the value of goods, $1,000,000 in freight and transport costs and $1,000,000 in the value of volunteer labour estimated to be 30,000 hours.
- A new initiative of DIK is MediShare. In Australia it is estimated that the value of bio-technology equipment that is reaching "End of Life" and being discarded is as high as $1billion. The aim of MediShare is to repurpose some of this equipment.
- Rotarians against Malaria (RAM): There have been 200 million new malaria infections last year resulting in 400,000 deaths. 67% of these deaths are children under 5years, mainly in Sub Saharan Africa. RAM continues its strong support for its five partner countries, PNG, Timor Leste, West Timor, Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands.
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