Grant options to respond to COVID-19As people of action, Rotary members want to find ways to respond to COVID-19, which is now a global pandemic, and to help people affected by it. The Rotary Foundation offers several options that Rotarians can use to help care for and protect people in their own communities and others around the world. District grantsDistricts can use district grant funds to support local activities, like purchasing thermometers, protective medical gear, or other items to donate to medical professionals who need them. Districts can also use contingency funds from an open district grant or repurpose previously planned activities as a COVID-19 response. As districts prepare to submit new district grant applications for 2020-21, we encourage you to designate funds for COVID-19 responses. As a one-time exception, the Foundation will allow expenses related to COVID-19 that were incurred since 15 March 2020 to be reimbursed through 2020-21 district grants. Disaster Response Grants and Rotary’s Disaster Response FundRotary’s disaster response grants provide a fast and effective way to respond to local events. The Rotary Foundation recently added COVID-19 projects to its list of eligible activities for these grants. Each district can apply for one grant (of up to $25,000) to address COVID-19, depending on the availability funds. Disaster response grants are funded by the Rotary Disaster Response Fund to help districts around the world respond to disasters. The fund accepts online contributions and DDF. Districts may designate that their DDF contributions to the Disaster Response Fund be used exclusively for COVID-19 grant activities. Cash contributions will be used for general disaster response, including response to COVID-19 .Global Grants Global grants remain an excellent way to make a transformative impact in a community. If medical equipment is needed in order to respond effectively to COVID-19, global grants can help pay for these items. The Foundation is waiving the 30 percent foreign financing requirement for any new global grant that addresses COVID-19. Note that these grants still require both a host and international partner. Rotary International ConventionWe regret to announce that the Rotary International Convention, scheduled for 6-10 June 2020 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, has been canceled due to the ongoing threat of COVID-19. As the virus continues to spread rapidly around the world, we made the difficult decision to cancel our annual convention to protect the health and safety of our members, staff, attendees, and the local Honolulu community. Learn more. Other major Rotary eventsTo protect the health of all involved, Rotary has canceled the presidential conferences scheduled for 28 March at UNESCO in Paris, France, and for 9 May at the Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome, Italy. People who registered will receive an email from the organizers with additional information and details about refunds.
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News for 1st April 2020 Rotonotes
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John Power
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2020-03-27 13:00:00Z |
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Rotary's Role in Battling Coronavirus
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News for 18th March Rotonotes - Mike
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John Power
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2020-03-14 13:00:00Z |
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Further Information from Jane - There is much discussion and panic in the air at the moment, however I have copied some information that I feel is very sensible. This is from a person in WA working in Infectious Diseases.
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News for 18th March Rotonotes - Jane
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John Power
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2020-03-14 13:00:00Z |
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Dear John, DG John McKenzie reminds us that :- In November 2019 I emailed all Rotarians in District 9700 with information and a nomination form for District Governor for D9705 for the 2022-23 Rotary year. To date no nominations have been received from D9700. Nominations will close on March 8th 2020 so please give some thought to potential DGs you know and encourage them to nominate. If you know someone who might be interested encourage them to contact me or one of our past Governors to discuss the role and the support provided. regards John McKenzie District Governor D 9700 2019-20
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District Governor Nominations
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John Power
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2020-02-16 13:00:00Z |
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| Atomic bomb trees serve as silent witness for peace | The Rotary Club of Hiroshima Southeast, Japan, wanted a project to mark its 60th anniversary and also the 75th year since the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In his post for Rotary Voices, Akio Nishikiori, an atomic bomb survivor, describes the project to plant two saplings from trees that survived the A-bomb in a park midway between the two cities. |
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Our long history of promoting peace
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John Power
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2020-02-16 13:00:00Z |
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Charlie Allen Institute for Economics and Peace
Charlie Allen is Director of Partnerships at the institute for Economics and Peace.
A Master in Leadership, Organisation and Change, Charlie studied Human Rights, and as a Rotary Peace Fellow studied Peace and Conflict Resolution at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. Dr Angela Nicholas
Dr Angela Nicholas is a Research Fellow in the Centre for Mental Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, at theUniversity of Melbourne. She also works as Senior Evaluation Officer at headspace, the National Youth Mental Health Initiative. In these roles she is involved in the evaluation of primary mental health care delivery and reform. She has a Doctor of Health Psychology from LaTrobe University and a Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) from Flinders University of South Australia. Terry Jones Journalist and author.
My topic will be more Australia’s heroic Rotarian Donald Bruce Mackay‐ Australia’s first political assassination of a community leader/aspiring politician working with Concerned Citizens ofGriffith to combat an organised criminal group distributing drugs to Australia’s youth in the 1970s. Professor Euan Lindsay
Professor Euan Lindsay brings immense experience and passion for engineering to the establishment of CSU's Bachelor of Technology / Master of Engineering (Civil Systems). Euan's background is in mechatronic engineering, and he completed a PhD in Engineering Education, exploring how students learned while controlling equipment remotely via the internet. Prakash Aryal PHF
Executive Director Hike Himalaya Adventure and Member, Rotary Club of Ratnanagar Prakash grew up in a little village called Maidi in the Dhading region of Nepal, approximately 100 kms west of Kathmandu.
The village which is difficult to reach and isolated from larger towns wakes up every morning to the full splendor of the Himalaya; the mighty Himalayas even looks down upon the village Maidi. Charlie Maslin, Board member Soils for Life
Charlie Maslin is a farmer from the southern Monaro, where he has been involved in running a grazing property, 'Gunningrah', for the past 35 years. After school, and before returning to his family property, Charlie graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Agricultural Economics. He then worked for a futures broker at the Sydney Futures Exchange and as an advisor and trader in the wool and cattle futures markets. Jonathan Usher, Entertainer, magician
I originally started out wanting to be a comedian but was scared people would laugh at me.
I’ve been a comedy magician since 2003 and am currently performing more than 200 shows per year at parties, functions, conferences and events all over New Zealand and Australia.
In real life, I own 6 service stations situated in Dunedin, Palmerston and Oamaru, all in the lower half of the South Island of New Zealand. Selina Win Pe
Selina Win Pe is of proud Indian and Burmese heritage, who moved to Australia at aged nine. But her connection with Australia dates back to when her grandfather who served in WW2 as a Brigadier General in the Indian Army, was captured as a POW ‐ but was saved by Aussie diggers.
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Speakers for Temora Conference
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2020-02-02 13:00:00Z |
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| New year, new starts | Whether it’s by giving back to the community, learning a new skill, or expanding your circle of friends, a new year is the perfect time to spark positive change.
Every January, we see a sharp increase in inquiries about joining Rotary. District and club leaders, make it a goal to follow up with prospective members in 2020. And remember that you may get more responses if you consider generational or other cultural communication preferences. Some groups may prefer phone calls, while others might be more likely to reply to a text message. |
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Membership Minute
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R I Membership Team
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2019-12-15 13:00:00Z |
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What did you do for the Foundation in November ? 
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November was Foundation Month
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John Power
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2019-11-17 13:00:00Z |
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The Rotary Club of Blayney welcomes their new Board of Directors
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New Board
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Jane Whitten
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2019-06-23 14:00:00Z |
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 Music has been an important part of leading an ordinary life for students at the Music School for Children With Disabilities in Honor of Paul Harris in Lublin, Poland. Founded by Rotary members, the school serves 20 students with various disabilities, including Down syndrome, autism, and visual impairments. The Rotary Club of Lublin-Centrum-Maria Curie-Sklodowska has provided funding with help from Rotary Foundation Matching Grants and the Henryk Wieniawski Musical Society, which houses the school. After their son Mateusz was born with underdeveloped eyes, Mariusz and Joanna Kania looked for ways to help him be active. When he showed an aptitude for music, they looked for a teacher and were thrilled to find the Paul Harris music school.
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Helping people with disabilities make their own music
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 For years, Angalia Bianca had slept in abandoned buildings throughout Chicago. She stole. She did drugs. She spent time in and out of jail for forgery, theft, trespassing, and possession of narcotics. But after she landed in prison for the seventh time, something changed -- Bianca knew she wanted a better life. She just didn’t know how to make it happen. After serving her time, Bianca sought help from a local homeless organization, A Safe Haven, and moved to its shelter in the Rogers Park neighborhood. Bianca followed the program closely -- she attended all the required meetings, passed drug tests, and volunteered at every opportunity.
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Finding Safe Haven
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2015-05-01 00:00:00Z |
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 What is it like taking a large team to Africa? It has probably been one of the most rewarding experiences in my life. In mid February, I began leading Rotary members from all over the East Coast of the United States through Ghana. I’ve tried to give the team a warm Ghanaian welcome like I’ve received on my earlier trips. A large trip is a real blessing because each person sees Ghana and our work in a different way.
A highlight for the team was greeting the chief of Sagadugu. The team got excited about buying goats and food for children in the villages where I support eight churches. It was good to see the pastors of most of the eight churches, and I had to explain that we were just passing through on our way to Bolgatanga.
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Saving lives in Ghana
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2015-05-01 00:00:00Z |
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 Throughout India and around the world, Rotary clubs are celebrating a major milestone: India has gone three years without a new case of polio. The last reported case was a two-year-old girl in West Bengal on 13 January 2011. To mark this historic triumph, Rotary clubs illuminated landmarks and iconic structures throughout the country with four simple but powerful words, "India is polio free." The three-year achievement sets the stage for polio-free certification of the entire Southeast Asia region by the World Health Organization. The Indian government also plans to convene a polio summit in February to commemorate this victory in the global effort to eradicate polio.
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India celebrates three years without polio
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