World Drowning Prevention Day 2026 – Unite to Turn the TideWorld Drowning Prevention Day 2026 (25 July) encourages everyone to "Unite to Turn the Tide" by working together to reduce drowning. The campaign highlights the importance of water safety, swimming education and community action to help save lives.  |
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Swim Vietnam 2025 ProgramIn 2025, Swim Vietnam provided inclusive swimming and water safety lessons to 68 children with disabilities in Hội An, helping them develop life-saving skills, improve physical strength and coordination, and build confidence and independence. The program created a safe, supportive environment where children could experience achievement, connection, and joy, while ensuring greater access to swimming opportunities for those who are often excluded from such activities.
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Quilpie Swim Camp Jan 2026A three-day swim camp in flood-affected Quilpie brought families, swimmers and coaches together through water safety, connection and resilience, reminding regional communities they are not forgotten.
Led by the Global Water Safety and Drowning Prevention Rotary Club, the trip highlighted the power of swimming to support recovery, hope and community spirit. |
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Alina Named Queensland Volunteer FinalistAlina Graham Named Top 3 Finalist for Queensland Volunteer of the Year |
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Quilpie Water Safety and Swim CampJanuary 3rd-5th, 2026 Help us...
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Alina 9620 Rotarian of the yearRecently Rotary District 9620 held their changeover meeting, and our president Alina Graham was there representing our club. During the changeover, Area Governor selected Alina to be awarded for Rotarian of the Year for the cluster for her work as President of Global Water Safety and Drowning Prevention Rotary Club.  |
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Namayingo Project UgandaThis project set out to train first responders in the Namayingo District in Uganda in water safety, rescue procedures, immediate response / first aid and first safety management. This project was developed to strengthen community capacities to prevent and promptly respond to life threatening emergencies involving drowning and fire incidents in, on and around Lake Victoria in the Namayingo District. Swim Safe Uganda and Uganda Police Directorate of Fire Prevention and Rescue Service have worked together to provide training for community first responders in water and fire safety, emergency care and improve their response knowledge and skills.
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Triple T Asia Tour 2023
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Who We Are  Our club is truly global, as we meet in 17 countries across 8 time zones and represent multiple cultures and diverse backgrounds. But for all our differences, our members join for the same reason: to prevent drownings. We build peace and tolerance by sharing our experiences and serving communities through our passion for water safety and drowning prevention. Since we are united by a cause instead of a location, our impact reaches way beyond the four walls of a meeting room. Our collective capacity for change is driven by technology, with more creative ways to raise funds and meet challenges wherever and whenever they present. We successfully completed several projects since we chartered. We’ve completed two district grant projects, one in Uganda and the other in Thailand. We’ve formed relationships with Rotary in Australia, where our club chartered, and in every country where our members live. We work with other Rotary clubs around the world so our members can discover the fellowship of Rotary for themselves. |
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Happy Members make Vibrant ClubsUnderstanding ExpectationsAs a Member: You are willing to attend Club meetings twice a month on Zoom and engage in Club projects that pique your interest as time permits. You can take the opportunity to assist in the running of the Club by accepting tasks and responsibilities that are of interest to you. You understand that all club programs, forums, business and communications are conducted in English. You understand that all currency is detailed in Australian dollars. You understand that your Membership fees contribute to the District and Rotary Foundation. You understand you will be considered a Member in good standing in Australia although residing in a State or Province of your own country. |
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What makes a GREAT member?What makes a GREAT member?You are willing to attend Club meetings twice a month on Zoom and engage in Club projects that pique your interest as time permits. You can take the opportunity to assist in the running of the Club by accepting tasks and responsibilities that are of interest to you. You understand that all club programs, forums, business and communications are conducted in English. You understand that all currency is detailed in Australian dollars. You understand that your Membership fees contribute to the District and Rotary Foundation. |
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 From left: Charter President Eve Fraser, Past District Govenor Jitendra Prasad, 9620 Distict Govenor Tim Keeler In March 2022 a gathering of Rotarians talked about creating a cause based Rotary club to bring together industry leaders and aquatic educators from around the world with a clear vision to reduce the number of PREVENTABLE deaths by drowning. On 25 July 2022, UN World Drowning Prevention Day, Eve Fraser chartered the first club mandated to address the barriers to participation and create generational change by ensuring every child can swim before they finish primary school. |
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An estimated 500 million people worldwide became infected. Many cities closed theaters and cinemas, and placed restrictions on public gatherings. Rotary clubs adjusted their activities while also helping the sick.
This is how Rotary responded to the influenza pandemic that began in 1918 and came in three waves, lasting more than a year.
The Rotary Club of Berkeley, California, USA, meets in John Hinkel Park during the 1918 flu pandemic.
Photo by Edwin J. McCullagh, 1931-32 club president. Courtesy of the Rotary Club of Berkeley.
Every hero has an origin story. “I was 10 years old when the entire journey started,” explains Binish Desai. It began with a cartoon called Captain Planet, an animated TV series from the 1990s about an environmentalist with superpowers. Desai can still recite the show’s refrain: Captain Planet, he’s our hero / Gonna take pollution down to zero! “That tagline stuck in my mind,” he says. “I wanted to do something to help Captain Planet.”
In early 1919, Rotarian Roger Pinneo of Seattle, Washington, USA, traveled to the Philippines to try to organize a Rotary club in Manila. Leon J. Lambert, a Manila business leader helped Pinneo establish the club. Several months later, on 1 June 1919, the Rotary Club of Manila was chartered and became the first Rotary club in Asia.
The club would be the only one in the country for more than 12 years. Eventually, Manila club members organized Rotary clubs in the Philippine cities of Cebu (1932) and Iloilo (1933). Iloilo club members then started a club in Bacolod (1937), and Rotary continued to expand across the country.
Rotary and the United Nations have a shared history of working toward peace and addressing humanitarian issues around the world.
During World War II, Rotary informed and educated members about the formation of the United Nations and the importance of planning for peace. Materials such as the booklet “From Here On!” and articles in The Rotarian helped members understand the UN before it was formally established and follow its work after its charter.
Many countries were fighting the war when the term “United Nations” was first used officially in the 1942 “Declaration by United Nations.” The 26 nations that signed it pledged to uphold the ideals expressed by the United States and the United Kingdom the previous year of the common principles “on which they based their hopes for a better future for the world.”
